NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers104–101Buffalo Braves

Cleveland Cavaliers at Buffalo Braves

Date: Friday 3 February 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 45th meetingof 142 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elmore Smith	33:00	5–17	10–12	4	8	12	0	1	4	2	4	20
Jim Chones	33:00	5–12	2–4	1	4	5	2	0	1	2	5	12
Walt Frazier	32:00	4–11	4–5	0	5	5	5	0	0	1	1	12
Austin Carr	31:00	7–14	5–7	2	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	19
Jim Brewer	29:00	3–6	0–0	5	4	9	1	2	0	3	2	6
Bingo Smith	28:00	10–17	2–2	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	2	22
Foots Walker	24:00	2–4	1–1	1	3	4	7	0	0	1	2	5
John Lambert	14:00	0–2	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	4	0
Terry Furlow	9:00	1–7	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	2
Dick Snyder	7:00	3–6	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Team totals	240:00	40–96	24–31	14	35	49	23	4	7	13	22	104

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Swen Nater	45:00	15–26	5–6	9	16	25	5	0	1	2	5	35
Randy Smith	43:00	9–20	4–4	1	2	3	4	2	0	2	4	22
Scott Lloyd	38:00	2–5	4–4	2	4	6	3	0	0	1	5	8
Chuck Williams	35:00	1–6	2–2	0	1	1	5	0	0	5	4	4
Marvin Barnes	33:00	10–21	5–7	2	7	9	3	1	0	4	4	25
Wil Jones	26:00	0–5	0–0	2	3	5	1	0	0	2	3	0
Mike Glenn	19:00	2–7	3–3	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	7
Larry McNeill	1:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–91	23–26	17	34	51	22	3	1	17	27	101

This season

Los Angeles Clippers 1, Cleveland Cavaliers 3 in NBA 1977-78.

25 Dec 1977Buffalo Braves 105–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
3 Feb 1978104–101 this game
10 Mar 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 117–118 Buffalo Braves
4 Apr 1978Buffalo Braves 105–116 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 23–24
Buffalo Braves: 16–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Clippers 61, Cleveland Cavaliers 81.

25 Dec 1977Buffalo Braves 105–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
10 Mar 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 117–118 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.