NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers109–117Cleveland Cavaliers

Philadelphia 76ers at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 19 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 38th meetingof 239 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Julius Erving	44:00	18–32	7–8	3	3	6	5	1	1	2	3	43
World B. Free	38:00	8–18	9–10	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	2	25
Henry Bibby	36:00	9–16	1–1	1	4	5	2	2	0	3	3	19
Caldwell Jones	29:00	2–6	0–0	1	12	13	2	0	1	1	5	4
Joe Bryant	26:00	0–4	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	4	0
Darryl Dawkins	24:00	3–10	6–8	3	9	12	2	0	1	0	4	12
Steve Mix	24:00	1–5	2–2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	4
Harvey Catchings	19:00	1–7	0–0	4	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	42–98	25–29	15	32	47	17	4	3	11	27	109

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	42:00	8–12	5–6	1	4	5	4	1	4	3	1	21
Foots Walker	38:00	6–11	4–6	2	2	4	6	2	0	1	4	16
Walt Frazier	37:00	8–19	2–2	0	0	0	8	2	1	2	2	18
Campy Russell	28:00	7–12	3–3	1	5	6	2	0	0	3	6	17
Elmore Smith	27:00	11–14	5–7	3	7	10	2	0	3	2	5	27
Austin Carr	21:00	1–5	0–0	2	4	6	1	0	0	1	2	2
Bingo Smith	20:00	4–10	4–4	2	8	10	1	1	1	0	4	12
Jim Brewer	17:00	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	2
John Lambert	10:00	1–6	0–0	2	1	3	0	1	0	1	3	2
Team totals	240:00	47–93	23–28	13	32	45	26	8	9	13	29	117

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Philadelphia 76ers 3 in NBA 1977-78.

17 Dec 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 116–129 Philadelphia 76ers
4 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 93–108 Philadelphia 76ers
19 Jan 1978109–117 this game
21 Feb 1978Philadelphia 76ers 127–114 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 29–11
Cleveland Cavaliers: 19–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 117, Philadelphia 76ers 122.

4 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 93–108 Philadelphia 76ers
21 Feb 1978Philadelphia 76ers 127–114 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.