NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers117–118Buffalo Braves

Cleveland Cavaliers at Buffalo Braves

Date: Friday 10 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 46th meetingof 142 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elmore Smith	44:00	9–18	6–9	3	14	17	2	3	6	4	2	24
Campy Russell	39:00	9–16	7–11	1	1	2	2	1	0	3	5	25
Austin Carr	32:00	7–13	3–3	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	3	17
Bingo Smith	27:00	5–13	3–3	2	2	4	2	2	0	0	3	13
Jim Chones	26:00	7–9	1–3	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	4	15
Foots Walker	26:00	2–6	3–5	0	3	3	6	1	0	1	4	7
Terry Furlow	23:00	5–9	2–2	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	2	12
Dick Snyder	14:00	2–6	0–1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
John Lambert	9:00	0–2	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	46–92	25–37	9	28	37	21	9	6	11	25	117

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Swen Nater	46:00	14–26	2–5	5	21	26	5	0	1	2	3	30
Marvin Barnes	41:00	9–22	7–9	7	3	10	2	3	1	1	4	25
Mike Glenn	36:00	6–16	3–3	1	2	3	3	2	0	2	4	15
Wil Jones	31:00	4–7	1–1	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	5	9
Randy Smith	27:00	8–13	5–5	1	1	2	8	1	0	3	6	21
Larry McNeill	22:00	3–6	6–6	1	3	4	2	0	0	1	4	12
Bird Averitt	19:00	2–5	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	0	4
Chuck Williams	13:00	1–1	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Scott Lloyd	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	47–96	24–29	18	33	51	24	7	3	15	26	118

This season

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

25 Dec 1977Buffalo Braves 105–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
3 Feb 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 104–101 Buffalo Braves
10 Mar 1978117–118 this game
4 Apr 1978Buffalo Braves 105–116 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 31–34
Buffalo Braves: 22–41

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

3 Feb 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 104–101 Buffalo Braves
4 Apr 1978Buffalo Braves 105–116 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.