NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers89–94Boston Celtics

Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 31 January 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 14th meetingof 284 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	38:00	5–12	2–2	3	3	2	12
John Johnson	34:00	11–20	0–0	8	4	6	22
Barry Clemens	25:00	4–12	2–2	6	0	0	10
Dwight Davis	22:00	3–7	1–1	4	0	5	7
Jim Cleamons	14:00	1–2	2–2	5	2	2	4
Cornell Warner	13:00	1–2	0–0	3	1	1	2
Bingo Smith	10:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	4
Lenny Wilkens	—	7–22	5–5	8	10	3	19
Rick Roberson	—	2–7	5–6	6	1	5	9
John Warren	—	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	0
Team totals	156:00	36–89	17–18	44	21	25	89

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	48:00	6–20	4–6	5	9	2	16
Dave Cowens	46:00	2–17	3–4	14	1	4	7
Don Chaney	40:00	9–13	8–9	6	4	5	26
Jo Jo White	36:00	8–17	2–3	9	6	4	18
Don Nelson	16:00	2–8	0–0	3	2	2	4
Art Williams	5:00	1–3	0–0	2	1	1	2
Hank Finkel	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Paul Silas	—	8–13	3–6	9	0	1	19
Steve Kuberski	—	1–2	0–0	1	0	0	2
Tom Sanders	—	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	194:00	37–94	20–28	49	24	20	94

This season

Boston Celtics 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1972-73.

27 Oct 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 97–123 Boston Celtics
8 Dec 1972Boston Celtics 96–87 Cleveland Cavaliers
9 Dec 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 88–123 Boston Celtics
31 Jan 197389–94 this game
6 Feb 1973Boston Celtics 105–110 Cleveland Cavaliers
25 Feb 1973Boston Celtics 105–92 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 19–32
Boston Celtics: 40–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 170, Cleveland Cavaliers 114.

9 Dec 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 88–123 Boston Celtics
6 Feb 1973Boston Celtics 105–110 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.