NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers105–110Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 25 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 33rd meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	44:00	11–17	14–20	3	3	6	2	3	1	1	2	36
Foots Walker	32:00	6–12	7–7	2	0	2	3	6	0	5	3	19
John Lambert	32:00	1–6	1–2	5	4	9	1	0	2	2	3	3
Austin Carr	28:00	7–14	6–6	1	4	5	2	2	0	3	3	20
Jim Brewer	25:00	0–6	2–4	2	8	10	1	1	1	3	6	2
Mike Mitchell	23:00	3–6	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	6
Walt Frazier	20:00	3–9	1–1	1	1	2	3	2	0	1	1	7
Terry Furlow	17:00	3–8	4–4	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	10
Harry Davis	10:00	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
Jim Chones	9:00	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	2
Team totals	240:00	35–81	35–44	15	26	41	14	16	6	23	24	105

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	42:00	10–17	6–6	5	8	13	3	1	2	6	3	26
M.L. Carr	39:00	6–14	6–8	0	6	6	2	2	0	2	5	18
Terry Tyler	36:00	6–13	3–5	5	5	10	3	1	7	2	2	15
John Long	35:00	8–15	3–3	4	4	8	2	5	3	3	5	19
Rickey Green	28:00	3–8	4–5	2	0	2	2	3	0	5	1	10
Kevin Porter	24:00	5–9	4–5	1	3	4	7	0	0	4	5	14
Earl Tatum	13:00	1–6	0–0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	2
Leon Douglas	13:00	0–2	2–2	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	4	2
Ben Poquette	5:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
Bubbles Hawkins	5:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	41–87	28–34	19	30	49	24	14	14	23	29	110

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1978-79.

25 Oct 1978105–110 this game
7 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 105–121 Detroit Pistons
12 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 110–127 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 120–116 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 4–0
Detroit Pistons: 0–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 144, Cleveland Cavaliers 129.

1 Apr 1978Detroit Pistons 99–113 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 105–121 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.