NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers96–92Indiana Pacers

Cleveland Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers

Date: Tuesday 24 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 4th meetingof 239 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elmore Smith	41:00	8–17	7–11	2	8	10	0	2	5	2	5	23
Jim Chones	39:00	4–15	4–4	3	6	9	3	3	0	3	3	12
Foots Walker	35:00	2–5	0–0	1	1	2	13	2	0	4	5	4
Walt Frazier	34:00	4–13	2–2	0	4	4	4	3	1	1	2	10
Campy Russell	33:00	5–13	4–5	3	7	10	3	0	0	2	1	14
Austin Carr	18:00	2–7	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	4
Bingo Smith	13:00	6–8	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	3	12
Jim Brewer	10:00	4–4	1–1	2	2	4	1	0	0	2	2	9
John Lambert	8:00	4–5	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	8
Terry Furlow	5:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dick Snyder	4:00	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–89	18–23	15	33	48	27	11	6	21	23	96

Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ricky Sobers	38:00	5–12	2–3	0	1	1	7	1	0	7	5	12
Ron Behagen	32:00	6–16	0–0	3	5	8	0	1	1	1	3	12
John Williamson	29:00	7–17	1–2	2	4	6	2	0	0	4	2	15
Len Elmore	29:00	4–11	1–3	7	5	12	3	2	2	1	1	9
Mike Bantom	26:00	8–15	1–1	1	4	5	5	0	1	1	5	17
Earl Tatum	24:00	4–9	5–7	1	2	3	4	2	0	0	0	13
Dan Roundfield	21:00	3–5	2–2	2	8	10	2	0	1	2	3	8
James Edwards	19:00	1–6	0–0	2	4	6	2	0	0	1	2	2
Steve Green	9:00	0–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
Mel Bennett	8:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
Mike Flynn	5:00	1–2	0–0	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	40–99	12–18	21	35	56	25	7	6	18	24	92

This season

Indiana Pacers 1, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1977-78.

24 Jan 197896–92 this game
12 Mar 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 95–90 Indiana Pacers
20 Mar 1978Indiana Pacers 127–104 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 21–21
Indiana Pacers: 19–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

10 Feb 1977Indiana Pacers 101–116 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Mar 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 95–90 Indiana Pacers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.