NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets109–126Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 2 February 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 38th meetingof 285 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jack Marin	37:00	5–17	4–4	9	6	4	14
Calvin Murphy	31:00	2–11	0–0	1	5	6	4
Jimmy Walker	29:00	3–12	2–2	1	3	4	8
Cliff Meely	16:00	4–11	0–0	7	3	4	8
Eric McWilliams	12:00	3–6	1–3	5	0	3	7
George Johnson	6:00	3–4	0–0	2	0	2	6
Mike Newlin	—	10–16	10–10	3	9	4	30
Otto Moore	—	8–20	2–5	10	3	4	18
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	5–13	4–4	12	0	2	14
Team totals	131:00	43–110	23–28	50	29	33	109

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jim McMillian	33:00	6–12	2–2	9	3	3	14
Gail Goodrich	32:00	10–18	4–5	5	7	5	24
Jerry West	32:00	8–17	8–9	5	9	5	24
Bill Bridges	31:00	6–10	3–5	10	4	3	15
Jim Price	27:00	6–17	1–2	8	4	2	13
Bill Turner	5:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0
Wilt Chamberlain	—	5–8	8–11	21	3	3	18
Keith Erickson	—	5–9	2–2	5	2	0	12
Mel Counts	—	1–4	0–0	3	0	2	2
Pat Riley	—	1–2	0–0	0	0	1	2
Travis Grant	—	0–2	2–3	2	0	0	2
Team totals	160:00	48–101	30–39	68	32	24	126

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 3, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1972-73.

25 Oct 1972Los Angeles Lakers 112–107 Houston Rockets
7 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 109–122 Los Angeles Lakers
27 Dec 1972Los Angeles Lakers 104–136 Houston Rockets
2 Feb 1973109–126 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 21–32
Los Angeles Lakers: 41–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 179, Houston Rockets 106.

27 Dec 1972Los Angeles Lakers 104–136 Houston Rockets
23 Oct 1973Los Angeles Lakers 107–98 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.