NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

New York Knicks98–87Cleveland Cavaliers

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Friday 22 December 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 14th meetingof 248 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave DeBusschere	46:00	9–20	6–6	8	5	3	24
Bill Bradley	37:00	5–13	0–1	6	7	2	10
Earl Monroe	36:00	8–18	2–2	6	10	3	18
Dean Meminger	29:00	2–4	0–0	5	3	2	4
Jerry Lucas	18:00	3–4	0–0	3	5	2	6
Dick Barnett	15:00	2–5	0–0	0	2	1	4
Henry Bibby	15:00	2–6	0–0	6	1	4	4
Willis Reed	—	7–12	6–6	10	1	2	20
Phil Jackson	—	3–10	2–3	5	0	2	8
Team totals	196:00	41–92	16–18	49	34	21	98

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	42:00	12–24	3–4	7	2	3	27
John Johnson	37:00	7–17	2–2	15	3	1	16
Cornell Warner	30:00	2–8	2–2	13	1	2	6
Barry Clemens	16:00	1–4	1–2	5	1	1	3
Bingo Smith	10:00	1–6	1–1	1	0	1	3
Bob Rule	9:00	2–2	0–0	1	1	0	4
Dwight Davis	9:00	0–3	0–0	0	1	3	0
Jim Cleamons	7:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	1	0
Lenny Wilkens	—	3–20	8–9	6	9	4	14
Rick Roberson	—	5–8	3–4	9	1	3	13
Steve Patterson	—	0–0	1–4	1	0	0	1
Team totals	160:00	33–93	21–28	58	19	19	87

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 0, New York Knicks 6 in NBA 1972-73.

20 Oct 1972New York Knicks 92–89 Cleveland Cavaliers
24 Oct 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 90–123 New York Knicks
28 Nov 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 84–107 New York Knicks
22 Dec 197298–87 this game
3 Feb 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 90–95 New York Knicks
4 Feb 1973New York Knicks 114–97 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

New York Knicks: 26–9
Cleveland Cavaliers: 9–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 112, New York Knicks 136.

28 Nov 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 84–107 New York Knicks
3 Feb 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 90–95 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.