NBA 1972-73Regular season

Final/OT

Cleveland Cavaliers116–120Baltimore Bullets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Baltimore Bullets

Date: Saturday 24 March 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1972-73Regular season
Meeting: 18th meetingof 269 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	38:00	15–27	1–3	8	0	3	31
Bingo Smith	29:00	10–20	0–0	6	3	1	20
Jim Cleamons	27:00	1–4	0–0	3	7	1	2
John Johnson	24:00	5–10	2–2	7	2	2	12
Cornell Warner	24:00	5–7	0–0	8	0	3	10
Barry Clemens	24:00	4–6	0–0	3	2	3	8
Dwight Davis	17:00	2–6	4–4	6	2	5	8
Bob Rule	17:00	1–3	0–0	7	3	3	2
Lenny Wilkens	—	4–10	3–4	3	4	3	11
John Warren	—	3–7	0–0	1	2	0	6
Rick Roberson	—	2–8	0–0	2	0	1	4
Steve Patterson	—	1–3	0–0	1	0	0	2
Team totals	200:00	53–111	10–13	55	25	25	116

Baltimore Bullets

Baltimore Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	41:00	8–18	4–4	10	3	1	20
Flynn Robinson	37:00	4–13	3–4	4	3	1	11
Kevin Porter	30:00	4–8	4–7	0	4	4	12
Stan Love	29:00	10–20	8–8	9	0	3	28
Archie Clark	29:00	6–11	3–3	2	5	3	15
Mike Riordan	29:00	5–12	2–3	4	5	1	12
Wes Unseld	24:00	3–6	0–0	14	3	0	6
Dave Stallworth	20:00	5–8	0–0	1	2	3	10
John Tresvant	14:00	0–4	1–2	6	0	1	1
Tom Patterson	7:00	2–2	0–0	1	0	0	4
Rich Rinaldi	5:00	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	1
Team totals	265:00	47–102	26–33	51	25	17	120

This season

Washington Wizards 8, Cleveland Cavaliers 0 in NBA 1972-73.

10 Oct 1972Baltimore Bullets 102–90 Cleveland Cavaliers
4 Nov 1972Cleveland Cavaliers 98–108 Baltimore Bullets
5 Dec 1972Baltimore Bullets 103–100 Cleveland Cavaliers
3 Jan 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 80–89 Baltimore Bullets
28 Jan 1973Baltimore Bullets 102–93 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Feb 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 95–99 Baltimore Bullets
23 Mar 1973Baltimore Bullets 106–104 Cleveland Cavaliers
24 Mar 1973116–120 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 31–47
Baltimore Bullets: 50–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 127, Cleveland Cavaliers 142.

23 Mar 1973Baltimore Bullets 106–104 Cleveland Cavaliers
4 Jan 1974Capital Bullets 94–91 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.