NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers107–117Los Angeles Lakers

Cleveland Cavaliers at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 5 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 34th meetingof 127 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	44:00	10–24	1–1	4	8	12	4	0	1	2	3	21
Terry Furlow	30:00	7–16	4–4	1	1	2	3	2	0	3	1	18
Mike Mitchell	26:00	5–10	0–0	2	3	5	1	3	0	1	6	10
Kenny Higgs	23:00	1–5	0–0	0	2	2	8	3	0	1	3	2
Austin Carr	22:00	6–18	0–0	5	0	5	3	1	0	2	2	12
Bingo Smith	21:00	7–11	1–2	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	15
Walt Frazier	21:00	4–10	1–1	2	3	5	4	1	1	6	2	9
Harry Davis	21:00	3–4	0–0	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	3	6
Jim Brewer	19:00	1–3	0–0	2	5	7	1	1	1	1	1	2
John Lambert	13:00	6–10	0–0	4	2	6	0	0	1	1	5	12
Team totals	240:00	50–111	7–8	22	30	52	26	12	4	19	27	107

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	44:00	11–19	4–8	0	8	8	10	0	4	3	3	26
Norm Nixon	44:00	11–16	3–3	1	1	2	7	3	1	3	1	25
Adrian Dantley	37:00	10–16	6–7	0	6	6	7	1	0	5	2	26
Jamaal Wilkes	30:00	6–10	2–4	1	6	7	1	3	0	3	3	14
Lou Hudson	26:00	5–9	1–1	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	2	11
Ron Boone	22:00	0–7	3–4	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	3
Don Ford	15:00	3–3	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	6
Kenny Carr	14:00	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	2
Jim Price	7:00	2–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
Dave Robisch	4:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	243:00	48–84	21–29	4	27	31	30	9	8	18	14	117

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

17 Oct 1978Los Angeles Lakers 111–113 Cleveland Cavaliers
5 Nov 1978107–117 this game
9 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 103–106 Los Angeles Lakers
13 Feb 1979Los Angeles Lakers 111–117 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 5–6
Los Angeles Lakers: 5–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 71, Cleveland Cavaliers 56.

17 Oct 1978Los Angeles Lakers 111–113 Cleveland Cavaliers
9 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 103–106 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.