NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons110–113New York Knicks

Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks

Date: Monday 25 December 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 190th meetingof 425 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave Bing	45:00	15–25	5–5	7	8	2	35
Bob Lanier	40:00	10–24	7–10	12	2	5	27
Chris Ford	27:00	5–11	0–0	4	2	2	10
Fred Foster	19:00	1–9	2–2	2	2	1	4
Curtis Rowe	17:00	4–5	0–0	2	0	0	8
Don Adams	17:00	4–7	0–0	2	0	2	8
John Mengelt	12:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0
Jim Davis	8:00	2–4	0–0	1	1	2	4
Bob Nash	7:00	1–2	0–0	4	0	1	2
Willie Norwood	—	3–7	2–4	6	1	2	8
Stu Lantz	—	1–7	2–2	4	1	3	4
Team totals	192:00	46–102	18–23	45	17	21	110

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bill Bradley	42:00	12–17	5–5	6	11	1	29
Dave DeBusschere	42:00	9–24	6–6	13	6	1	24
Earl Monroe	28:00	2–11	4–4	3	0	3	8
Dean Meminger	18:00	5–7	0–2	3	1	2	10
John Gianelli	14:00	2–3	0–0	3	2	4	4
Dick Barnett	6:00	0–1	0–0	1	1	1	0
Walt Frazier	—	9–14	2–3	1	11	4	20
Willis Reed	—	7–11	0–0	8	4	5	14
Phil Jackson	—	2–5	0–0	6	0	0	4
Team totals	150:00	48–93	17–20	44	36	21	113

This season

New York Knicks 3, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1972-73.

25 Dec 1972110–113 this game
29 Dec 1972New York Knicks 99–94 Detroit Pistons
31 Jan 1973New York Knicks 91–94 Detroit Pistons
10 Feb 1973Detroit Pistons 93–107 New York Knicks

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 15–18
New York Knicks: 27–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 233, Detroit Pistons 192.

9 Feb 1972New York Knicks 126–102 Detroit Pistons
29 Dec 1972New York Knicks 99–94 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.