NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers104–136Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 27 December 1972
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 37th meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Gail Goodrich	41:00	16–25	5–8	2	4	5	37
Jerry West	37:00	8–16	5–6	4	10	2	21
Bill Bridges	25:00	3–11	3–4	9	2	4	9
Jim Price	18:00	1–8	0–0	1	1	6	2
Wilt Chamberlain	—	5–10	2–2	20	4	2	12
Travis Grant	—	3–6	3–3	1	2	2	9
Pat Riley	—	3–9	2–2	0	4	1	8
Mel Counts	—	1–4	2–3	4	1	1	4
Keith Erickson	—	1–8	0–0	3	2	2	2
Team totals	121:00	41–97	22–28	44	30	25	104

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jack Marin	42:00	11–18	1–1	3	5	1	23
Jimmy Walker	36:00	10–16	3–4	4	6	4	23
Calvin Murphy	24:00	7–9	5–5	4	2	3	19
Cliff Meely	15:00	2–5	4–4	6	2	1	8
Eric McWilliams	3:00	2–3	0–2	0	0	1	4
Mike Newlin	—	11–20	2–2	5	10	4	24
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	8–16	4–5	13	1	1	20
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	—	4–10	3–4	10	1	2	11
Otto Moore	—	1–4	2–3	9	2	4	4
Team totals	120:00	56–101	24–30	54	29	21	136

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1972-73.

25 Oct 1972Los Angeles Lakers 112–107 Houston Rockets
7 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 109–122 Los Angeles Lakers
27 Dec 1972104–136 this game
2 Feb 1973Houston Rockets 109–126 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 28–6
Houston Rockets: 15–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

7 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 109–122 Los Angeles Lakers
2 Feb 1973Houston Rockets 109–126 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.