NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets106–116New York Knicks

Houston Rockets at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 6 January 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 33rd meetingof 160 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jack Marin	37:00	11–19	2–2	5	2	3	24
Jimmy Walker	37:00	5–16	2–2	3	11	0	12
Calvin Murphy	15:00	5–10	0–0	2	0	2	10
Cliff Meely	14:00	3–5	0–0	2	0	2	6
Mike Newlin	—	7–15	8–8	6	4	4	22
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	7–16	0–0	8	2	1	14
Otto Moore	—	5–13	0–0	6	2	1	10
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	—	2–6	4–6	8	2	2	8
Team totals	103:00	45–100	16–18	40	23	15	106

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bill Bradley	43:00	11–23	3–4	4	7	3	25
Earl Monroe	41:00	12–16	1–2	5	3	2	25
Dave DeBusschere	41:00	6–15	1–2	13	1	3	13
Jerry Lucas	21:00	3–5	0–0	2	3	2	6
Dean Meminger	7:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	0	0
Dick Barnett	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	0	0
Henry Bibby	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0
Walt Frazier	—	14–21	5–6	14	9	5	33
Willis Reed	—	3–9	2–2	6	4	1	8
Phil Jackson	—	2–2	2–2	2	2	3	6
Team totals	161:00	51–93	14–18	47	32	21	116

This season

New York Knicks 5, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1972-73.

17 Oct 1972Houston Rockets 95–103 New York Knicks
16 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 100–119 New York Knicks
20 Dec 1972New York Knicks 124–102 Houston Rockets
6 Jan 1973106–116 this game
12 Jan 1973New York Knicks 104–103 Houston Rockets
21 Jan 1973New York Knicks 103–107 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 17–21
New York Knicks: 33–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 81, Houston Rockets 79.

20 Dec 1972New York Knicks 124–102 Houston Rockets
12 Jan 1973New York Knicks 104–103 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.