NBA 1973-74Regular season

Final/OT

Cleveland Cavaliers117–112Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 12 January 1974
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1973-74Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	10–18	7–8	2	3	5	6	0	—	6	27
Dwight Davis	8–18	8–14	5	11	16	3	1	—	2	24
Bingo Smith	10–14	0–0	3	2	5	2	0	0	4	20
Lenny Wilkens	5–12	3–3	2	3	5	9	1	0	0	13
Steve Patterson	5–9	1–2	4	4	8	4	0	—	4	11
Luke Witte	4–6	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	—	5	8
Fred Foster	2–5	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	6
John Warren	2–5	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	—	0	4
Jim Brewer	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	—	2	2
Jim Cleamons	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2
Team totals	48–93	21–29	20	29	49	26	2	0	26	117

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	14–22	4–9	1	12	13	6	1	—	5	32
George Trapp	11–16	0–2	4	2	6	0	1	0	2	22
Dave Bing	7–19	4–4	1	1	2	7	0	—	4	18
John Mengelt	7–14	2–3	0	2	2	3	0	0	6	16
Don Adams	4–10	6–8	4	3	7	3	6	0	6	14
Curtis Rowe	4–6	0–0	3	3	6	2	0	—	3	8
Ben Kelso	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Bob Nash	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Ford	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0
Jim Davis	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	—	0	0
Willie Norwood	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	48–92	16–26	15	25	40	24	8	0	32	112

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1973-74.

14 Oct 1973Detroit Pistons 95–83 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Nov 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 96–91 Detroit Pistons
11 Jan 1974Detroit Pistons 106–96 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Jan 1974117–112 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 14–31
Detroit Pistons: 28–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 144, Cleveland Cavaliers 129.

11 Jan 1974Detroit Pistons 106–96 Cleveland Cavaliers
31 Oct 1974Detroit Pistons 101–118 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.