NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves100–121Detroit Pistons

Buffalo Braves at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 16 March 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 130 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	42:00	13–17	2–2	11	1	3	28
Bob Kauffman	42:00	7–15	8–10	7	5	1	22
Dave Wohl	36:00	4–10	2–4	3	7	6	10
Elmore Smith	36:00	4–5	0–2	6	1	6	8
John Hummer	21:00	3–6	1–3	3	2	3	7
Dick Garrett	12:00	0–3	0–0	0	2	2	0
Howard Komives	7:00	1–2	0–1	0	0	2	2
Fred Hilton	6:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	1	2
Randy Smith	—	9–21	3–3	8	7	2	21
Team totals	202:00	42–82	16–25	38	25	26	100

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	39:00	9–23	1–2	15	3	1	19
Don Adams	38:00	13–19	10–12	5	2	5	36
Dave Bing	38:00	6–15	6–6	6	7	3	18
Chris Ford	34:00	6–10	0–0	8	4	4	12
John Mengelt	26:00	7–13	1–1	1	0	4	15
Curtis Rowe	23:00	4–11	0–0	8	2	2	8
Fred Foster	17:00	1–7	0–0	2	2	1	2
Jim Davis	9:00	0–2	1–2	3	1	2	1
Bob Nash	1:00	1–2	1–3	1	1	0	3
Willie Norwood	—	2–9	3–3	7	1	2	7
Team totals	225:00	49–111	23–29	56	23	24	121

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Los Angeles Clippers 1 in NBA 1972-73.

30 Nov 1972Buffalo Braves 116–127 Detroit Pistons
19 Jan 1973Detroit Pistons 98–108 Buffalo Braves
6 Feb 1973Detroit Pistons 107–105 Buffalo Braves
16 Mar 1973100–121 this game

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 21–51
Detroit Pistons: 33–40

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 73, Los Angeles Clippers 57.

6 Feb 1973Detroit Pistons 107–105 Buffalo Braves
17 Nov 1973Detroit Pistons 98–94 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.