NBA 1973-74Regular season

Final

New York Knicks109–97Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date: Monday 17 December 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1973-74Regular season
Meeting: 39th meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Walt Frazier	14–21	1–1	—	—	8	9	5	29
Bill Bradley	10–19	6–6	0	0	0	1	5	26
Dave DeBusschere	8–19	0–2	—	—	9	2	2	16
Phil Jackson	6–13	3–4	—	—	6	4	5	15
Dean Meminger	4–8	2–2	—	—	2	2	4	10
Jerry Lucas	3–5	2–3	—	—	11	3	0	8
Harthorne Wingo	2–2	1–1	0	0	0	0	2	5
Dick Garrett	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Bibby	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	47–92	15–19	0	0	36	22	24	109

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	12–19	4–5	—	—	9	4	2	28
Calvin Murphy	12–20	2–3	—	—	7	7	3	26
Mike Newlin	10–20	2–2	—	—	3	7	4	22
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	4–8	0–0	—	—	10	1	5	8
Cliff Meely	2–4	0–0	—	—	5	0	4	4
Matt Guokas	2–4	0–0	—	—	2	0	1	4
Ed Ratleff	1–4	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	3
Jack Marin	1–10	0–0	—	—	3	3	2	2
Team totals	44–89	9–12	0	0	39	23	21	97

This season

Houston Rockets 4, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1973-74.

13 Oct 1973Houston Rockets 86–85 New York Knicks
31 Oct 1973New York Knicks 102–91 Houston Rockets
28 Nov 1973Houston Rockets 114–106 New York Knicks
17 Dec 1973109–97 this game
18 Jan 1974New York Knicks 90–96 Houston Rockets
22 Jan 1974Houston Rockets 108–93 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 18–13
Houston Rockets: 11–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 79, New York Knicks 81.

28 Nov 1973Houston Rockets 114–106 New York Knicks
18 Jan 1974New York Knicks 90–96 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.