- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1972-73Regular season
- Meeting
- 32nd meetingof 178 played
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Walker | 39:00 | 8–17 | 3–3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| Calvin Murphy | 28:00 | 8–17 | 4–6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| Jack Marin | 24:00 | 5–14 | 1–2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Cliff Meely | 23:00 | 2–11 | 0–0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Eric McWilliams | 4:00 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Newlin | — | 7–18 | 4–5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | — | 7–15 | 3–6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| Otto Moore | — | 2–9 | 7–9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Zaid Abdul-Aziz | — | 3–9 | 1–2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Team totals | 118:00 | 42–111 | 23–33 | 45 | 28 | 24 | 107 |
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Havlicek | 42:00 | 10–26 | 2–2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| Dave Cowens | 37:00 | 10–12 | 0–0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| Don Chaney | 27:00 | 5–8 | 3–4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| Jo Jo White | 24:00 | 6–13 | 4–7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| Don Nelson | 24:00 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Art Williams | 19:00 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Hank Finkel | 11:00 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Paul Silas | — | 4–8 | 7–9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| Paul Westphal | — | 4–9 | 0–0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Steve Kuberski | — | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Tom Sanders | — | 2–4 | 0–0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 184:00 | 52–96 | 24–33 | 66 | 35 | 23 | 128 |
This season
Boston Celtics 5, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1972-73.
Records going in
- Houston Rockets
- 17–24
- Boston Celtics
- 32–7
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.