- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1972-73Regular season
- Meeting
- 34th meetingof 178 played
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Marin | 45:00 | 6–16 | 2–2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| Jimmy Walker | 35:00 | 6–16 | 0–0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Calvin Murphy | 19:00 | 4–10 | 1–1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Cliff Meely | 3:00 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | — | 10–23 | 1–3 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| Mike Newlin | — | 6–17 | 6–6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Otto Moore | — | 6–16 | 1–2 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Team totals | 102:00 | 39–100 | 11–14 | 48 | 18 | 18 | 89 |
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Havlicek | 45:00 | 11–21 | 6–11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 28 |
| Dave Cowens | 45:00 | 10–30 | 0–1 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| Jo Jo White | 39:00 | 6–16 | 0–1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Don Chaney | 29:00 | 6–12 | 1–1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| Don Nelson | 15:00 | 1–7 | 0–0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Art Williams | 10:00 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Hank Finkel | 3:00 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Silas | — | 3–9 | 3–6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Paul Westphal | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Steve Kuberski | — | 2–5 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Team totals | 186:00 | 42–104 | 10–20 | 69 | 28 | 18 | 94 |
This season
Boston Celtics 5, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1972-73.
Records going in
- Houston Rockets
- 29–47
- Boston Celtics
- 61–14
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.