NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers123–115Houston Rockets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 13 January 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 12th meetingof 144 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Johnson	31:00	9–19	1–2	6	3	0	19
Austin Carr	27:00	11–18	3–4	1	1	2	25
Dwight Davis	22:00	5–10	0–0	10	2	3	10
Jim Cleamons	20:00	3–7	6–7	4	4	1	12
Cornell Warner	15:00	3–8	3–4	6	0	3	9
Bingo Smith	10:00	4–5	1–2	1	0	0	9
Barry Clemens	7:00	1–2	1–2	3	1	2	3
Bob Rule	1:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	0	0
Lenny Wilkens	—	7–17	9–10	4	15	2	23
Rick Roberson	—	5–7	3–9	8	2	4	13
Team totals	133:00	48–94	27–40	44	28	17	123

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jack Marin	33:00	9–17	1–2	6	7	3	19
Jimmy Walker	29:00	6–10	0–0	1	2	4	12
Calvin Murphy	27:00	8–16	4–5	4	4	4	20
Cliff Meely	26:00	5–10	1–2	9	1	5	11
Eric McWilliams	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	9–21	1–1	9	1	6	19
Mike Newlin	—	7–15	3–3	7	12	5	17
Otto Moore	—	6–9	0–0	5	2	2	12
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	—	0–1	5–6	8	3	1	5
Team totals	116:00	50–99	15–19	49	32	30	115

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Cleveland Cavaliers 4 in NBA 1972-73.

13 Oct 1972Houston Rockets 109–108 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Dec 1972Houston Rockets 110–109 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Jan 1973Houston Rockets 97–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
13 Jan 1973123–115 this game
19 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 108–104 Houston Rockets
7 Mar 1973Houston Rockets 100–118 Cleveland Cavaliers
10 Mar 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 116–131 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 14–30
Houston Rockets: 17–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 51.

7 Jan 1973Houston Rockets 97–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
19 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 108–104 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.