NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks96–115Cleveland Cavaliers

Atlanta Hawks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 26 December 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 13th meetingof 263 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jim Washington	42:00	7–16	1–2	10	5	3	15
Bob Christian	41:00	2–4	4–4	9	3	3	8
Herm Gilliam	32:00	6–12	0–0	1	6	4	12
George Trapp	12:00	0–5	0–0	5	2	1	0
Don May	6:00	0–1	2–4	2	0	1	2
Jeff Halliburton	6:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	2
Eddie Mast	3:00	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	2
Lou Hudson	—	11–25	5–5	7	5	1	27
Pete Maravich	—	9–24	2–2	4	8	2	20
Steve Bracey	—	3–5	2–3	3	4	2	8
Team totals	142:00	39–96	18–22	41	33	17	96

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	36:00	11–22	4–5	7	3	2	26
Dwight Davis	28:00	8–12	3–5	12	1	4	19
John Johnson	28:00	3–9	0–0	3	3	3	6
Bingo Smith	19:00	5–12	0–2	4	3	1	10
Cornell Warner	18:00	3–6	2–2	8	2	2	8
Jim Cleamons	15:00	1–4	0–0	3	2	0	2
Bob Rule	10:00	1–2	0–0	3	2	1	2
Barry Clemens	2:00	1–1	0–0	1	1	0	2
Lenny Wilkens	—	9–18	6–6	7	11	3	24
Rick Roberson	—	3–9	2–2	15	2	3	8
John Warren	—	2–6	0–0	1	1	2	4
Steve Patterson	—	2–3	0–0	1	0	1	4
Team totals	156:00	49–104	17–22	65	31	22	115

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 4, Atlanta Hawks 3 in NBA 1972-73.

19 Nov 1972Atlanta Hawks 98–109 Cleveland Cavaliers
16 Dec 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 94–100 Atlanta Hawks
26 Dec 197296–115 this game
20 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 84–96 Atlanta Hawks
8 Feb 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 136–132 Atlanta Hawks
11 Feb 1973Atlanta Hawks 115–107 Cleveland Cavaliers
13 Mar 1973Atlanta Hawks 107–115 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 20–15
Cleveland Cavaliers: 9–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 128, Atlanta Hawks 135.

16 Dec 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 94–100 Atlanta Hawks
20 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 84–96 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.