NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers99–96New Jersey Nets

Cleveland Cavaliers at New Jersey Nets

Date: Friday 17 February 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 8th meetingof 218 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	36:00	4–13	2–2	1	12	13	2	1	0	1	2	10
Walt Frazier	35:00	8–13	5–6	3	1	4	5	3	1	2	2	21
Foots Walker	35:00	6–9	2–2	0	5	5	2	2	3	1	2	14
Elmore Smith	32:00	5–17	6–9	7	8	15	2	2	3	5	3	16
Campy Russell	27:00	5–14	3–8	2	4	6	4	1	1	0	1	13
Bingo Smith	22:00	1–8	0–0	0	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	2
Jim Brewer	17:00	1–2	1–2	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	1	3
Austin Carr	16:00	4–9	2–2	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	10
John Lambert	10:00	3–7	0–0	4	3	7	0	0	0	2	3	6
Terry Furlow	10:00	2–3	0–0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	39–95	21–31	21	39	60	19	12	10	18	21	99

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	48:00	11–22	1–5	0	3	3	11	2	2	6	3	23
John Williamson	44:00	12–23	8–11	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	2	32
Tim Bassett	38:00	2–10	0–0	5	10	15	3	0	1	3	4	4
George Johnson	36:00	6–20	3–4	7	7	14	2	1	1	0	5	15
Howard Porter	34:00	6–13	2–2	1	6	7	2	0	1	1	4	14
Jan van Breda Kolff	23:00	1–4	0–0	1	7	8	1	1	1	2	3	2
Wilson Washington	8:00	2–4	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	4
Kim Hughes	5:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0
Eddie Jordan	4:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	41–100	14–22	16	36	52	22	6	8	15	23	96

This season

Brooklyn Nets 1, Cleveland Cavaliers 3 in NBA 1977-78.

5 Nov 1977New Jersey Nets 93–105 Cleveland Cavaliers
16 Dec 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 106–116 New Jersey Nets
5 Jan 1978New Jersey Nets 94–110 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Feb 197899–96 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 27–27
New Jersey Nets: 13–43

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 91, Cleveland Cavaliers 127.

5 Jan 1978New Jersey Nets 94–110 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Oct 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 108–123 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.