NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves113–125Boston Celtics

Buffalo Braves at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 4 March 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 156 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	44:00	8–19	4–5	10	3	6	20
Bob Kauffman	42:00	8–19	6–6	14	1	3	22
John Hummer	33:00	5–6	3–5	6	1	5	13
Dave Wohl	29:00	3–10	5–7	0	6	6	11
Elmore Smith	24:00	4–7	5–8	8	3	6	13
Dick Garrett	11:00	1–1	0–2	1	4	0	2
Howard Komives	11:00	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0
Bill Hewitt	1:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0
Randy Smith	—	15–22	2–3	5	8	4	32
Team totals	195:00	44–85	25–36	45	27	32	113

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	44:00	10–20	2–2	13	4	4	22
Jo Jo White	40:00	5–16	3–4	5	7	2	13
John Havlicek	38:00	9–22	5–6	7	5	1	23
Don Chaney	31:00	3–14	0–2	7	5	4	6
Don Nelson	17:00	4–9	2–4	5	2	4	10
Art Williams	5:00	0–2	0–0	3	1	2	0
Hank Finkel	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	2	0
Paul Silas	—	9–14	8–12	14	2	2	26
Paul Westphal	—	6–9	4–5	1	2	3	16
Steve Kuberski	—	4–5	0–0	2	1	1	8
Tom Sanders	—	0–1	1–3	0	1	2	1
Team totals	178:00	50–112	25–38	57	30	27	125

This season

Boston Celtics 7, Los Angeles Clippers 0 in NBA 1972-73.

20 Oct 1972Buffalo Braves 118–126 Boston Celtics
24 Oct 1972Boston Celtics 105–97 Buffalo Braves
10 Nov 1972Boston Celtics 106–104 Buffalo Braves
16 Jan 1973Boston Celtics 106–102 Buffalo Braves
21 Jan 1973Buffalo Braves 97–104 Boston Celtics
4 Mar 1973113–125 this game
6 Mar 1973Boston Celtics 127–112 Buffalo Braves

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 19–48
Boston Celtics: 54–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 105, Los Angeles Clippers 51.

21 Jan 1973Buffalo Braves 97–104 Boston Celtics
6 Mar 1973Boston Celtics 127–112 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.