- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1972-73Regular season
- Meeting
- 33rd meetingof 178 played
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Walker | 38:00 | 9–20 | 3–3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| Cliff Meely | 31:00 | 7–10 | 1–2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| Calvin Murphy | 30:00 | 10–18 | 7–7 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| Jack Marin | 26:00 | 9–15 | 4–6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| Eric McWilliams | 12:00 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Mike Newlin | — | 5–23 | 11–11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | — | 4–16 | 5–6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| Otto Moore | — | 1–4 | 0–0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Team totals | 137:00 | 47–110 | 32–38 | 43 | 29 | 33 | 126 |
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cowens | 40:00 | 10–18 | 4–5 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| John Havlicek | 34:00 | 7–16 | 9–10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| Jo Jo White | 34:00 | 9–15 | 3–4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| Don Chaney | 33:00 | 5–8 | 11–13 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| Don Nelson | 24:00 | 5–12 | 4–6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Art Williams | 12:00 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Hank Finkel | 8:00 | 4–9 | 0–0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Paul Silas | — | 5–12 | 3–4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Paul Westphal | — | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Steve Kuberski | — | 1–6 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Sanders | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team totals | 185:00 | 50–106 | 39–49 | 67 | 34 | 30 | 139 |
This season
Boston Celtics 5, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1972-73.
Records going in
- Houston Rockets
- 19–30
- Boston Celtics
- 39–7
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.