NBA 1973-74Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers100–135Phoenix Suns

Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix Suns

Date: Tuesday 25 December 1973
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1973-74Regular season
Meeting: 42nd meetingof 345 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Pat Riley	5–12	7–8	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	17
Bill Bridges	5–13	3–5	2	3	5	1	0	0	4	13
Elmore Smith	5–13	2–3	2	8	10	0	1	1	1	12
Gail Goodrich	6–14	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	12
Jim Price	4–10	2–2	2	2	4	4	0	0	3	10
Happy Hairston	2–6	5–7	0	9	9	0	2	2	1	9
Mel Counts	4–6	0–0	1	5	6	2	0	0	1	8
Stan Love	4–11	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	3	8
Nate Hawthorne	3–10	1–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	7
Connie Hawkins	1–5	0–0	3	5	8	5	1	1	1	2
Kermit Washington	1–5	0–0	3	2	5	1	1	1	3	2
Team totals	40–105	20–27	14	41	55	20	7	7	24	100

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Charlie Scott	10–23	7–9	1	6	7	6	4	4	3	27
Neal Walk	8–16	4–7	2	9	11	4	3	3	4	20
Corky Calhoun	8–11	3–5	1	3	4	2	3	3	0	19
Mike Bantom	9–16	1–1	3	10	13	4	0	0	4	19
Keith Erickson	5–13	2–2	0	6	6	5	0	0	3	12
Dick Van Arsdale	5–14	1–1	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	11
Gary Melchionni	3–8	4–4	1	4	5	2	0	0	0	10
Clem Haskins	3–6	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	3	6
Jim Owens	2–4	2–3	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	6
Lamar Green	1–5	1–2	1	3	4	1	1	1	1	3
Bob Christian	0–2	2–2	1	4	5	1	0	0	2	2
Team totals	54–118	27–36	11	50	61	33	12	11	21	135

This season

Phoenix Suns 2, Los Angeles Lakers 4 in NBA 1973-74.

17 Nov 1973Los Angeles Lakers 130–110 Phoenix Suns
4 Dec 1973Phoenix Suns 103–120 Los Angeles Lakers
25 Dec 1973100–135 this game
28 Dec 1973Phoenix Suns 107–119 Los Angeles Lakers
1 Feb 1974Phoenix Suns 110–121 Los Angeles Lakers
2 Feb 1974Los Angeles Lakers 112–119 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 20–15
Phoenix Suns: 13–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 150, Los Angeles Lakers 195.

4 Dec 1973Phoenix Suns 103–120 Los Angeles Lakers
28 Dec 1973Phoenix Suns 107–119 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.