NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets100–118Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Wednesday 7 March 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 14th meetingof 144 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jack Marin	40:00	8–19	4–4	10	2	3	20
Jimmy Walker	32:00	6–14	0–0	1	9	4	12
Calvin Murphy	14:00	4–6	4–4	1	1	4	12
Cliff Meely	13:00	0–3	0–0	4	0	3	0
George Johnson	9:00	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	2
Eric McWilliams	6:00	2–4	0–0	1	1	1	4
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	10–26	5–5	15	4	2	25
Mike Newlin	—	10–28	2–2	7	5	4	22
Otto Moore	—	1–4	1–2	9	0	1	3
Paul McCracken	—	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0
Team totals	114:00	42–106	16–17	50	22	24	100

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	38:00	10–21	1–1	13	2	2	21
John Johnson	37:00	10–15	2–2	7	7	2	22
Dwight Davis	34:00	4–12	0–0	3	1	3	8
Barry Clemens	19:00	3–5	4–4	8	2	1	10
Jim Cleamons	16:00	2–4	2–2	2	1	2	6
Cornell Warner	14:00	4–7	2–2	4	1	0	10
Bob Rule	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	0	0
Lenny Wilkens	—	7–16	6–7	4	14	2	20
Rick Roberson	—	7–13	1–2	12	1	3	15
Steve Patterson	—	3–3	0–2	0	0	1	6
John Warren	—	0–0	0–0	1	1	1	0
Team totals	160:00	50–96	18–22	54	31	17	118

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 4, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1972-73.

13 Oct 1972Houston Rockets 109–108 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Dec 1972Houston Rockets 110–109 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Jan 1973Houston Rockets 97–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
13 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 123–115 Houston Rockets
19 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 108–104 Houston Rockets
7 Mar 1973100–118 this game
10 Mar 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 116–131 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 27–42
Cleveland Cavaliers: 24–45

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 51, Houston Rockets 93.

19 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 108–104 Houston Rockets
10 Mar 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 116–131 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.