NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers96–118Phoenix Suns

Cleveland Cavaliers at Phoenix Suns

Date: Wednesday 8 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 31st meetingof 125 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	42:00	9–23	3–4	2	3	5	6	3	0	1	3	21
Terry Furlow	37:00	9–21	1–3	1	0	1	2	1	0	5	1	19
Jim Chones	32:00	8–12	2–2	2	9	11	6	2	1	7	5	18
John Lambert	29:00	0–7	4–4	3	5	8	1	1	1	2	3	4
Jim Brewer	28:00	2–5	2–2	2	9	11	0	2	0	3	3	6
Mike Mitchell	24:00	6–7	1–2	0	1	1	2	2	0	3	2	13
Bingo Smith	18:00	2–6	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4
Harry Davis	16:00	1–6	3–4	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	5
Kenny Higgs	14:00	1–3	4–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
Team totals	240:00	38–90	20–25	11	27	38	18	11	3	25	26	96

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ron Lee	31:00	11–19	2–2	1	3	4	4	3	0	6	5	24
Marty Byrnes	31:00	6–9	4–4	1	4	5	3	0	0	2	5	16
Bayard Forrest	31:00	5–9	0–0	1	5	6	4	2	2	1	3	10
Mike Bratz	25:00	8–13	4–5	1	2	3	8	0	0	5	4	20
Gar Heard	22:00	2–7	4–4	3	5	8	0	0	0	1	1	8
Alvin Scott	21:00	2–4	0–1	0	6	6	0	1	1	1	2	4
Don Buse	20:00	2–4	0–0	0	3	3	5	2	0	0	1	4
Joel Kramer	20:00	1–5	0–0	1	3	4	2	0	0	1	2	2
Walter Davis	17:00	5–7	3–4	0	2	2	1	1	0	4	2	13
Paul Westphal	16:00	7–12	3–3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	17
Alvan Adams	6:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	49–90	20–23	8	35	43	31	9	3	23	25	118

This season

Phoenix Suns 4, Cleveland Cavaliers 0 in NBA 1978-79.

8 Nov 197896–118 this game
21 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 110–108 Cleveland Cavaliers
11 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 101–136 Phoenix Suns
13 Mar 1979Phoenix Suns 124–120 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 5–7
Phoenix Suns: 8–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 73, Cleveland Cavaliers 52.

19 Mar 1978Phoenix Suns 123–112 Cleveland Cavaliers
21 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 110–108 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.