NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final/OT

Cleveland Cavaliers116–120Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday 29 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 31st meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walt Frazier	50:00	6–15	6–6	0	4	4	11	3	0	2	1	18
Jim Chones	46:00	10–21	4–5	4	8	12	1	4	1	4	2	24
Campy Russell	43:00	14–21	7–9	2	5	7	1	2	0	4	3	35
Elmore Smith	37:00	3–10	3–4	1	9	10	0	1	2	2	6	9
Foots Walker	33:00	3–5	0–0	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	6
Austin Carr	19:00	5–12	6–6	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	16
John Lambert	14:00	2–7	0–0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	4
Bingo Smith	10:00	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2
Jim Brewer	8:00	0–2	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Snyder	3:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2
Terry Furlow	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	265:00	45–97	26–30	12	33	45	18	15	5	19	21	116

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eric Money	50:00	11–24	0–2	0	1	1	9	2	0	5	4	22
Bob Lanier	44:00	16–25	7–9	8	11	19	1	2	1	3	1	39
John Shumate	41:00	7–14	7–8	4	7	11	0	2	0	1	2	21
M.L. Carr	34:00	5–14	0–0	3	5	8	1	1	0	1	5	10
Chris Ford	31:00	2–6	1–2	3	2	5	3	0	0	6	4	5
Al Skinner	25:00	6–7	0–0	0	4	4	3	0	1	1	3	12
Leon Douglas	21:00	3–10	1–1	3	8	11	0	1	1	4	2	7
Gus Gerard	19:00	2–9	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	4
Team totals	265:00	52–109	16–22	21	40	61	18	9	5	22	23	120

This season

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

26 Nov 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 105–87 Detroit Pistons
28 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 115–105 Cleveland Cavaliers
29 Jan 1978116–120 this game
1 Apr 1978Detroit Pistons 99–113 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 22–22
Detroit Pistons: 21–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

28 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 115–105 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Apr 1978Detroit Pistons 99–113 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.