NBA 1973-74Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves109–116Detroit Pistons

Buffalo Braves at Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday 17 March 1974
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1973-74Regular season
Meeting: 20th meetingof 130 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	14–22	4–4	—	—	4	6	3	32
Jim McMillian	9–17	3–4	—	—	5	4	3	21
Jack Marin	5–11	4–5	—	—	8	3	4	14
Ernie DiGregorio	5–16	3–3	—	—	3	10	1	13
Gar Heard	5–17	1–2	—	—	10	2	4	11
Bob Kauffman	4–7	0–0	—	—	8	3	4	8
Lee Winfield	1–3	4–4	—	—	1	0	2	6
Matt Guokas	2–4	0–0	—	—	3	0	0	4
Team totals	45–97	19–22	—	—	42	28	21	109

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	10–16	3–4	—	—	12	6	2	23
Dave Bing	10–18	3–4	—	—	3	8	4	23
Don Adams	8–16	4–4	—	—	8	4	4	20
George Trapp	9–14	2–4	—	—	8	2	2	20
Curtis Rowe	3–12	4–7	—	—	11	3	2	10
Chris Ford	3–7	1–2	—	—	7	4	5	7
Stu Lantz	1–2	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	4
Willie Norwood	2–4	0–0	—	—	1	0	1	4
Bob Nash	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	2
John Mengelt	1–4	0–2	—	—	2	4	1	2
Ben Kelso	0–1	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Davis	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	2	1	0
Team totals	48–96	20–31	0	0	53	34	23	116

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Los Angeles Clippers 1 in NBA 1973-74.

17 Nov 1973Detroit Pistons 98–94 Buffalo Braves
30 Jan 1974Buffalo Braves 96–111 Detroit Pistons
15 Feb 1974Detroit Pistons 116–118 Buffalo Braves
17 Mar 1974109–116 this game

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 41–36
Detroit Pistons: 49–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 73, Los Angeles Clippers 57.

15 Feb 1974Detroit Pistons 116–118 Buffalo Braves
9 Nov 1974Detroit Pistons 100–109 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.