NBA 1973-74Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers85–83Houston Rockets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 23 November 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1973-74Regular season
Meeting: 19th meetingof 144 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Bingo Smith	10–20	0–0	0	7	7	0	0	—	3	20
Austin Carr	6–17	2–3	1	3	4	4	3	0	4	14
Lenny Wilkens	5–14	4–6	1	4	5	8	1	—	2	14
Steve Patterson	5–7	1–1	2	5	7	1	1	—	4	11
Fred Foster	3–7	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	6
Jim Cleamons	2–2	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	6
Dwight Davis	2–9	1–2	1	10	11	2	1	—	3	5
Jim Brewer	2–4	1–1	1	4	5	2	0	—	3	5
Bob Rule	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2
John Warren	0–1	2–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Barry Clemens	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Team totals	36–86	13–17	7	36	43	17	7	0	26	85

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	8–18	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	16
Jack Marin	4–10	5–5	0	1	1	1	2	0	6	13
Ed Ratleff	6–15	0–0	1	4	5	2	2	—	2	12
Matt Guokas	4–13	3–5	2	3	5	0	0	—	2	11
E.C. Coleman	3–7	3–4	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	9
Rudy Tomjanovich	2–18	5–6	4	11	15	2	1	—	1	9
George Johnson	2–4	2–2	2	4	6	2	1	—	0	6
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	2–11	1–2	8	10	18	3	3	—	3	5
Mike Newlin	0–3	2–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	31–99	21–26	21	35	56	14	10	0	17	83

This season

Houston Rockets 4, Cleveland Cavaliers 4 in NBA 1973-74.

12 Oct 1973Houston Rockets 106–99 Cleveland Cavaliers
9 Nov 1973Houston Rockets 106–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
22 Nov 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 104–96 Houston Rockets
23 Nov 197385–83 this game
2 Dec 1973Houston Rockets 130–104 Cleveland Cavaliers
23 Dec 1973Houston Rockets 91–99 Cleveland Cavaliers
8 Feb 1974Cleveland Cavaliers 106–120 Houston Rockets
10 Mar 1974Cleveland Cavaliers 108–113 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 5–15
Houston Rockets: 5–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Nov 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 104–96 Houston Rockets
2 Dec 1973Houston Rockets 130–104 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.