NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets110–109Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 17 December 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 144 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jack Marin	37:00	16–24	3–4	8	7	3	35
Jimmy Walker	36:00	5–17	1–2	8	6	5	11
Cliff Meely	23:00	2–7	0–0	6	2	3	4
Calvin Murphy	8:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	0
Mike Newlin	—	14–18	6–6	4	8	3	34
Otto Moore	—	6–10	0–1	10	8	4	12
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	2–8	4–4	4	7	3	8
Stan McKenzie	—	2–5	2–2	1	1	2	6
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	—	0–4	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	104:00	47–96	16–19	41	39	24	110

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Johnson	44:00	10–18	10–11	9	4	4	30
Austin Carr	40:00	9–17	0–0	4	7	3	18
Barry Clemens	31:00	4–8	0–0	5	7	1	8
Dwight Davis	17:00	4–4	2–2	4	0	4	10
Jim Cleamons	8:00	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0
Bingo Smith	4:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2
Cornell Warner	3:00	0–1	2–2	4	0	0	2
Lenny Wilkens	—	8–19	8–9	3	11	2	24
Rick Roberson	—	7–15	1–2	13	1	1	15
Team totals	147:00	43–84	23–26	43	30	16	109

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 4, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1972-73.

13 Oct 1972Houston Rockets 109–108 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Dec 1972110–109 this game
7 Jan 1973Houston Rockets 97–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
13 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 123–115 Houston Rockets
19 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 108–104 Houston Rockets
7 Mar 1973Houston Rockets 100–118 Cleveland Cavaliers
10 Mar 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 116–131 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 12–17
Cleveland Cavaliers: 9–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 51, Houston Rockets 93.

13 Oct 1972Houston Rockets 109–108 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Jan 1973Houston Rockets 97–102 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.