- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1972-73Regular season
- Meeting
- 15th meetingof 144 played
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Johnson | 40:00 | 9–21 | 3–3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| Austin Carr | 39:00 | 11–23 | 4–4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 |
| Dwight Davis | 32:00 | 3–10 | 3–3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Jim Cleamons | 12:00 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Barry Clemens | 11:00 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Bob Rule | 10:00 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Bingo Smith | 8:00 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cornell Warner | 7:00 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Lenny Wilkens | — | 7–13 | 11–15 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| Rick Roberson | — | 4–15 | 1–2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| John Warren | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Patterson | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Team totals | 159:00 | 46–104 | 24–29 | 40 | 17 | 34 | 116 |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Walker | 33:00 | 4–15 | 3–3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Jack Marin | 30:00 | 8–13 | 6–6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| Cliff Meely | 22:00 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Calvin Murphy | 17:00 | 5–13 | 3–4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| George Johnson | 16:00 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Eric McWilliams | 4:00 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | — | 13–21 | 8–10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| Otto Moore | — | 8–9 | 3–3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Mike Newlin | — | 4–10 | 1–2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Paul McCracken | — | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Stan McKenzie | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Team totals | 122:00 | 51–101 | 29–36 | 56 | 25 | 32 | 131 |
This season
Houston Rockets 3, Cleveland Cavaliers 4 in NBA 1972-73.
Records going in
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- 25–45
- Houston Rockets
- 27–44
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Houston Rockets 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 51.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.