NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves105–111Cleveland Cavaliers

Buffalo Braves at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 25 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 44th meetingof 142 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	44:00	10–20	3–5	1	3	4	4	3	1	6	5	23
Billy Knight	43:00	11–21	4–4	5	5	10	4	3	0	6	5	26
Swen Nater	37:00	6–10	4–4	1	9	10	4	0	0	1	3	16
Wil Jones	34:00	2–9	2–3	1	5	6	2	2	0	2	3	6
Chuck Williams	28:00	2–6	0–2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4
Ted McClain	20:00	5–6	3–3	0	3	3	4	1	1	3	2	13
Marvin Barnes	19:00	5–14	3–6	6	3	9	1	1	0	2	4	13
Jim McDaniels	11:00	2–5	0–0	3	3	6	2	0	1	1	2	4
Mike Glenn	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	43–91	19–27	17	31	48	22	10	4	21	27	105

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	47:00	10–20	8–9	1	7	8	5	2	0	7	3	28
Austin Carr	39:00	6–15	4–5	1	1	2	8	1	0	1	2	16
Jim Chones	36:00	10–19	0–1	1	9	10	0	0	0	4	4	20
Walt Frazier	35:00	10–15	4–6	0	3	3	1	2	0	1	4	24
Jim Brewer	33:00	3–5	0–0	3	3	6	2	1	0	1	6	6
Elmore Smith	12:00	3–5	3–3	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	9
Dick Snyder	12:00	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Bingo Smith	10:00	3–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	6
Foots Walker	9:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	0
John Lambert	6:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Terry Furlow	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–87	19–24	8	28	36	19	8	0	16	26	111

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 3, Los Angeles Clippers 1 in NBA 1977-78.

25 Dec 1977105–111 this game
3 Feb 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 104–101 Buffalo Braves
10 Mar 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 117–118 Buffalo Braves
4 Apr 1978Buffalo Braves 105–116 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 13–16
Cleveland Cavaliers: 17–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 81, Los Angeles Clippers 61.

20 Mar 1977Buffalo Braves 108–115 Cleveland Cavaliers
3 Feb 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 104–101 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.