NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers102–101Washington Bullets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Washington Bullets

Date: Friday 31 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 57th meetingof 269 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Foots Walker	41:00	8–14	4–5	1	3	4	9	5	0	6	5	20
Jim Chones	40:00	7–12	0–0	5	10	15	3	2	0	0	5	14
Campy Russell	32:00	9–18	6–6	8	4	12	2	0	0	3	2	24
Elmore Smith	32:00	3–12	1–4	1	5	6	1	1	0	2	4	7
Austin Carr	28:00	5–12	1–2	0	3	3	1	1	0	3	3	11
Terry Furlow	20:00	5–13	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	10
John Lambert	19:00	0–4	0–0	4	3	7	0	0	1	0	3	0
Bingo Smith	16:00	4–9	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10
Dick Snyder	7:00	3–6	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jim Brewer	5:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	240:00	44–101	14–19	22	30	52	16	9	1	18	26	102

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	42:00	11–21	4–6	4	8	12	1	3	3	1	5	26
Bob Dandridge	34:00	6–14	1–2	0	1	1	1	2	1	6	4	13
Larry Wright	30:00	6–11	1–1	0	3	3	3	3	0	5	3	13
Charles Johnson	30:00	5–9	0–0	2	3	5	3	0	0	2	3	10
Wes Unseld	28:00	3–10	0–2	3	6	9	9	1	0	1	0	6
Mitch Kupchak	26:00	6–11	7–12	3	7	10	0	0	2	1	2	19
Kevin Grevey	23:00	4–7	2–3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	10
Greg Ballard	14:00	1–4	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	2
Phil Walker	13:00	1–3	0–2	1	0	1	4	1	0	4	1	2
Team totals	240:00	43–90	15–28	15	30	45	24	10	6	20	22	101

This season

Washington Wizards 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1977-78.

4 Dec 1977Washington Bullets 100–94 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Dec 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 95–96 Washington Bullets
2 Feb 1978Washington Bullets 93–110 Cleveland Cavaliers
31 Mar 1978102–101 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 37–39
Washington Bullets: 41–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 127, Cleveland Cavaliers 142.

2 Feb 1978Washington Bullets 93–110 Cleveland Cavaliers
14 Nov 1978Washington Bullets 122–106 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.