NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks89–93Cleveland Cavaliers

Atlanta Hawks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 22 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 45th meetingof 263 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Armond Hill	38:00	3–10	2–2	1	1	2	6	0	1	2	4	8
Steve Hawes	35:00	7–12	0–0	0	6	6	5	2	0	0	3	14
John Drew	33:00	14–28	3–4	2	9	11	0	1	0	2	1	31
Eddie Johnson	27:00	4–12	0–0	2	1	3	6	1	0	3	3	8
Charlie Criss	24:00	5–10	0–0	0	2	2	4	1	0	3	0	10
John Brown	24:00	2–6	0–0	1	6	7	2	0	0	0	5	4
Tom McMillen	20:00	5–10	0–0	2	5	7	0	0	0	2	5	10
Tree Rollins	17:00	0–3	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	1	1	2	0
Ollie Johnson	15:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4
Claude Terry	5:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Robertson	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–97	5–6	9	33	42	25	7	2	13	24	89

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	45:00	7–15	3–10	1	7	8	2	1	1	3	0	17
Campy Russell	39:00	8–18	4–6	1	5	6	3	2	2	4	3	20
Elmore Smith	38:00	8–16	0–0	5	17	22	0	1	5	5	2	16
Foots Walker	30:00	3–7	2–2	0	3	3	5	0	0	2	2	8
Walt Frazier	26:00	4–10	2–2	2	4	6	5	0	0	1	0	10
Dick Snyder	22:00	4–6	3–4	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	11
Austin Carr	18:00	2–8	3–4	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	7
Jim Brewer	13:00	0–2	0–0	4	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bingo Smith	9:00	2–3	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	4
Team totals	240:00	38–85	17–28	14	38	52	19	5	9	22	11	93

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 3, Atlanta Hawks 1 in NBA 1977-78.

22 Oct 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 101–107 Atlanta Hawks
10 Dec 1977Atlanta Hawks 87–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
22 Jan 197889–93 this game
7 Apr 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 111–109 Atlanta Hawks

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 21–25
Cleveland Cavaliers: 20–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 128, Atlanta Hawks 135.

10 Dec 1977Atlanta Hawks 87–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Apr 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 111–109 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.