NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves97–104Boston Celtics

Buffalo Braves at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 21 January 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 15th meetingof 156 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Kauffman	45:00	8–13	1–2	9	7	1	17
Elmore Smith	42:00	14–25	4–7	9	2	4	32
Dave Wohl	38:00	6–12	0–0	3	6	1	12
Bob McAdoo	34:00	5–19	1–1	5	2	0	11
Howard Komives	27:00	2–7	1–2	4	9	4	5
Bill Hewitt	23:00	4–7	0–1	8	1	4	8
Randy Smith	—	6–15	0–0	5	6	6	12
Team totals	209:00	45–98	7–13	43	33	20	97

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	45:00	10–19	6–7	10	5	0	26
Jo Jo White	44:00	10–20	0–0	6	13	3	20
Dave Cowens	36:00	7–16	0–0	12	0	5	14
Don Chaney	27:00	4–8	4–4	4	2	3	12
Don Nelson	13:00	2–2	0–0	0	1	0	4
Hank Finkel	12:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	3	4
Art Williams	2:00	0–0	0–0	1	0	0	0
Steve Kuberski	—	4–8	6–6	4	1	0	14
Paul Silas	—	4–8	2–5	11	3	1	10
Paul Westphal	—	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0
Tom Sanders	—	0–3	0–0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	179:00	43–89	18–22	49	26	15	104

This season

Boston Celtics 7, Los Angeles Clippers 0 in NBA 1972-73.

20 Oct 1972Buffalo Braves 118–126 Boston Celtics
24 Oct 1972Boston Celtics 105–97 Buffalo Braves
10 Nov 1972Boston Celtics 106–104 Buffalo Braves
16 Jan 1973Boston Celtics 106–102 Buffalo Braves
21 Jan 197397–104 this game
4 Mar 1973Buffalo Braves 113–125 Boston Celtics
6 Mar 1973Boston Celtics 127–112 Buffalo Braves

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 15–31
Boston Celtics: 38–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 105, Los Angeles Clippers 51.

16 Jan 1973Boston Celtics 106–102 Buffalo Braves
4 Mar 1973Buffalo Braves 113–125 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.