- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1978-79Regular season
- Meeting
- 34th meetingof 273 played
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campy Russell | 35:00 | 9–17 | 6–7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| Austin Carr | 30:00 | 12–16 | 4–7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Foots Walker | 28:00 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Jim Brewer | 27:00 | 4–6 | 0–1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Jim Chones | 26:00 | 3–9 | 0–1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Bingo Smith | 21:00 | 4–10 | 0–0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Terry Furlow | 18:00 | 3–10 | 0–1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| John Lambert | 18:00 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Mike Mitchell | 17:00 | 2–10 | 2–2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Kenny Higgs | 12:00 | 5–8 | 2–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Harry Davis | 8:00 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 45–99 | 15–23 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 105 |
Detroit Pistons
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.L. Carr | 35:00 | 11–16 | 2–2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| Terry Tyler | 33:00 | 5–11 | 5–6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Leon Douglas | 33:00 | 6–12 | 2–2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| John Long | 30:00 | 10–14 | 8–9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| Ben Poquette | 30:00 | 4–9 | 0–0 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Kevin Porter | 29:00 | 5–8 | 0–2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Earl Tatum | 21:00 | 5–12 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Andre Wakefield | 19:00 | 2–6 | 5–10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Essie Hollis | 10:00 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 49–89 | 23–33 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 121 |
This season
Detroit Pistons 3, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1978-79.
Records going in
- Detroit Pistons
- 9–16
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Detroit Pistons 144, Cleveland Cavaliers 129.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.