NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers105–87Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 26 November 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 29th meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walt Frazier	36:00	6–12	6–7	2	4	6	0	2	0	2	3	18
Campy Russell	35:00	5–14	3–3	1	5	6	4	1	0	1	1	13
Foots Walker	34:00	4–9	4–4	0	4	4	10	0	0	2	3	12
Jim Chones	31:00	3–13	5–6	1	3	4	1	1	1	0	3	11
Austin Carr	24:00	7–12	2–2	1	2	3	4	0	0	1	2	16
John Lambert	24:00	7–9	0–0	6	4	10	0	0	1	1	0	14
Jim Brewer	24:00	2–6	1–4	3	7	10	0	0	0	0	3	5
Elmore Smith	17:00	3–3	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	4	1	4	6
Bingo Smith	13:00	5–11	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	10
Eddie Jordan	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–89	21–26	16	33	49	20	4	6	9	20	105

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	41:00	8–22	3–3	3	10	13	2	1	2	0	2	19
Chris Ford	36:00	8–12	0–0	1	1	2	6	2	1	2	2	16
Leon Douglas	34:00	5–12	1–3	6	5	11	3	1	0	4	5	11
M.L. Carr	33:00	2–9	1–4	3	6	9	0	0	0	1	2	5
Ralph Simpson	31:00	8–14	3–4	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	5	19
Al Skinner	30:00	4–12	2–6	3	0	3	3	1	0	1	4	10
Ben Poquette	16:00	0–5	3–4	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	2	3
John Shumate	13:00	0–3	0–0	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	2	0
Gus Gerard	6:00	1–1	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	36–90	15–26	19	30	49	16	5	4	11	24	87

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1977-78.

26 Nov 1977105–87 this game
28 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 115–105 Cleveland Cavaliers
29 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 116–120 Detroit Pistons
1 Apr 1978Detroit Pistons 99–113 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 11–5
Detroit Pistons: 6–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

9 Apr 1977Detroit Pistons 103–96 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 115–105 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.