NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers116–107Cleveland Cavaliers

Los Angeles Lakers at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 31 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 31st meetingof 127 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	44:00	10–14	0–0	1	7	8	8	1	0	2	3	20
Adrian Dantley	43:00	11–23	3–3	0	2	2	3	2	0	3	3	25
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	36:00	14–22	3–6	5	5	10	3	2	0	0	1	31
Charlie Scott	33:00	4–9	8–8	1	7	8	9	4	0	1	0	16
Don Ford	31:00	2–7	2–2	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	4	6
Lou Hudson	19:00	3–4	2–4	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	8
Jamaal Wilkes	18:00	3–9	0–0	0	6	6	3	1	1	3	4	6
Dave Robisch	12:00	2–5	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	4
Kenny Carr	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Team totals	240:00	49–93	18–23	11	31	42	28	11	3	11	20	116

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walt Frazier	44:00	11–14	5–7	1	5	6	9	0	0	4	2	27
Jim Chones	42:00	6–18	2–5	3	4	7	3	1	1	1	4	14
Campy Russell	38:00	8–19	5–6	3	4	7	4	0	0	4	2	21
Elmore Smith	34:00	9–15	0–0	1	9	10	0	0	1	3	5	18
Austin Carr	32:00	3–9	1–1	0	3	3	5	1	0	4	2	7
Foots Walker	20:00	2–4	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	4
Jim Brewer	15:00	1–3	0–0	1	4	5	2	0	0	0	1	2
Bingo Smith	13:00	6–8	0–0	0	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	12
John Lambert	2:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	47–91	13–19	10	33	43	27	2	2	18	18	107

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1977-78.

15 Nov 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 102–95 Los Angeles Lakers
29 Nov 1977Los Angeles Lakers 101–118 Cleveland Cavaliers
31 Jan 1978116–107 this game
5 Mar 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 117–128 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 22–25
Cleveland Cavaliers: 22–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 56, Los Angeles Lakers 71.

29 Nov 1977Los Angeles Lakers 101–118 Cleveland Cavaliers
5 Mar 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 117–128 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.