NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers106–104Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 17 February 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 11th meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	42:00	9–22	5–6	7	1	1	23
Cornell Warner	40:00	7–14	2–3	9	2	4	16
John Johnson	25:00	6–13	1–1	5	2	5	13
Dwight Davis	23:00	0–6	3–4	4	2	1	3
Bingo Smith	21:00	7–12	2–3	6	2	2	16
Barry Clemens	21:00	3–5	0–0	1	3	4	6
Jim Cleamons	16:00	1–2	0–0	4	4	1	2
Bob Rule	8:00	1–4	0–0	3	0	3	2
Lenny Wilkens	—	6–17	8–11	4	8	5	20
Steve Patterson	—	1–3	3–4	4	0	1	5
Team totals	196:00	41–98	24–32	47	24	27	106

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	48:00	15–26	8–16	13	6	2	38
Curtis Rowe	42:00	7–10	4–6	4	2	4	18
Dave Bing	39:00	9–16	0–1	2	12	4	18
Chris Ford	35:00	6–9	4–4	4	2	4	16
John Mengelt	25:00	3–7	0–0	3	4	3	6
Don Adams	15:00	1–4	0–0	6	0	4	2
Bob Nash	8:00	0–0	4–4	2	0	1	4
Fred Foster	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Willie Norwood	—	1–5	0–0	4	0	3	2
Justus Thigpen	—	0–2	0–0	2	0	1	0
Team totals	214:00	42–79	20–31	40	26	26	104

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1972-73.

21 Oct 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 96–103 Detroit Pistons
1 Dec 1972Detroit Pistons 114–113 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Feb 1973106–104 this game
28 Mar 1973Detroit Pistons 131–119 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 21–39
Detroit Pistons: 26–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 144, Cleveland Cavaliers 129.

1 Dec 1972Detroit Pistons 114–113 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Mar 1973Detroit Pistons 131–119 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.