NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers109–112Indiana Pacers

Cleveland Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers

Date: Friday 3 December 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: First meetingof 239 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	37:00	6–14	2–2	1	0	1	4	1	0	4	14
Campy Russell	36:00	6–15	4–6	3	3	6	3	2	0	1	16
Jim Brewer	33:00	3–7	4–4	3	6	9	3	1	1	6	10
Jim Cleamons	32:00	7–11	0–2	0	3	3	1	0	0	3	14
Jim Chones	25:00	9–11	1–1	1	3	4	2	0	0	3	19
Bingo Smith	25:00	6–11	5–5	0	6	6	3	0	0	1	17
Nate Thurmond	23:00	3–8	3–3	2	10	12	3	0	2	3	9
Dick Snyder	18:00	3–6	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	6
Foots Walker	10:00	2–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	0	3	4
Rowland Garrett	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–85	19–23	10	32	42	26	6	3	27	109

Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Wil Jones	44:00	7–19	2–2	5	4	9	4	0	0	3	16
Darnell Hillman	40:00	7–14	6–6	3	5	8	5	3	1	4	20
Don Buse	40:00	4–10	2–3	1	1	2	11	8	0	2	10
Billy Knight	36:00	12–24	5–6	4	5	9	2	1	0	0	29
Dan Roundfield	34:00	4–17	4–6	8	12	20	0	0	2	4	12
Freddie Lewis	14:00	5–6	3–3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	13
Dave Robisch	14:00	3–8	4–5	2	3	5	1	2	0	1	10
Steve Green	9:00	1–2	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Mike Flynn	6:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Mel Bennett	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	43–102	26–31	25	31	56	27	14	3	16	112

This season

Indiana Pacers 1, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1976-77.

3 Dec 1976109–112 this game
16 Dec 1976Indiana Pacers 105–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
10 Feb 1977Indiana Pacers 101–116 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 16–4
Indiana Pacers: 9–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Indiana Pacers 121, Cleveland Cavaliers 118.

16 Dec 1976Indiana Pacers 105–111 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.