NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls104–113Cleveland Cavaliers

Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday 21 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 33rd meetingof 273 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Reggie Theus	43:00	7–21	4–7	0	2	2	3	2	0	3	2	18
Artis Gilmore	42:00	14–19	4–5	4	10	14	3	1	4	7	5	32
Mark Landsberger	40:00	5–12	4–8	9	7	16	0	0	0	1	3	14
Wilbur Holland	35:00	5–10	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	6	10
Mickey Johnson	33:00	4–8	11–13	3	11	14	7	0	0	6	4	19
Charles Dudley	17:00	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
John Brown	16:00	2–4	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	5	4
Steve Sheppard	13:00	2–5	1–1	2	1	3	1	1	0	4	4	5
Andre Wakefield	1:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	40–83	24–34	20	37	57	20	4	4	25	30	104

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Brewer	37:00	2–10	1–2	8	6	14	1	2	1	0	3	5
Jim Chones	36:00	7–21	4–5	2	6	8	2	1	1	1	6	18
Campy Russell	30:00	7–18	4–6	3	4	7	1	2	0	1	3	18
Austin Carr	26:00	7–9	6–8	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	20
Foots Walker	24:00	2–4	2–2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2	2	6
Terry Furlow	23:00	7–13	1–1	2	0	2	4	2	0	0	1	15
Walt Frazier	22:00	4–10	4–5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	12
Mike Mitchell	16:00	4–6	3–3	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	11
Harry Davis	13:00	1–8	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	4
John Lambert	12:00	2–4	0–0	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	5	4
Kenny Higgs	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–103	27–34	17	22	39	23	12	3	8	30	113

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 3, Chicago Bulls 1 in NBA 1978-79.

21 Oct 1978104–113 this game
16 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 100–108 Chicago Bulls
21 Jan 1979Chicago Bulls 93–94 Cleveland Cavaliers
25 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 117–108 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 1–3
Cleveland Cavaliers: 2–0

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 121, Chicago Bulls 152.

26 Mar 1978Chicago Bulls 78–95 Cleveland Cavaliers
16 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 100–108 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.