NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets112–129Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday 25 February 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 35th meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
George Johnson	2:00	0–0	0–0	1	0	0	0
Mike Newlin	—	10–22	4–6	2	—	3	24
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	8–21	2–2	13	—	5	18
Calvin Murphy	—	6–11	5–5	0	—	5	17
Cliff Meely	—	7–13	0–0	8	—	5	14
Otto Moore	—	5–9	2–6	10	—	5	12
Jack Marin	—	4–14	3–4	5	—	3	11
Jimmy Walker	—	3–12	2–2	2	—	3	8
Eric McWilliams	—	3–4	0–0	2	—	0	6
Paul McCracken	—	1–4	0–0	1	0	0	2
George Johnson	—	0–0	0–0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	2:00	47–110	18–25	45	0	29	112

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	—	15–27	12–16	21	—	2	42
Dave Bing	—	11–18	10–13	4	—	2	32
Willie Norwood	—	7–13	3–4	8	—	3	17
Curtis Rowe	—	5–10	2–5	12	—	2	12
Chris Ford	—	3–7	2–3	5	—	2	8
John Mengelt	—	3–8	0–0	3	—	0	6
Justus Thigpen	—	3–7	0–0	1	0	3	6
Don Adams	—	2–7	0–0	4	—	6	4
Jim Davis	—	1–1	0–0	0	—	0	2
Bob Nash	—	0–1	0–0	1	—	0	0
Team totals	—	50–99	29–41	59	0	20	129

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1972-73.

27 Oct 1972Detroit Pistons 118–130 Houston Rockets
4 Nov 1972Houston Rockets 118–108 Detroit Pistons
16 Dec 1972Houston Rockets 123–112 Detroit Pistons
25 Feb 1973112–129 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 26–39
Detroit Pistons: 29–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 77, Houston Rockets 76.

16 Dec 1972Houston Rockets 123–112 Detroit Pistons
20 Oct 1973Detroit Pistons 107–104 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.