NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers107–115Cleveland Cavaliers

Philadelphia 76ers at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday 9 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 40th meetingof 239 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Julius Erving	40:00	9–19	8–11	0	9	9	5	1	0	7	2	26
Doug Collins	38:00	10–14	8–10	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	3	28
Henry Bibby	32:00	6–8	3–4	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	2	15
Darryl Dawkins	25:00	8–11	2–7	2	3	5	1	0	6	1	3	18
Joe Bryant	25:00	1–6	5–8	2	4	6	0	1	0	3	4	7
Bobby Jones	21:00	2–10	1–2	2	6	8	5	3	0	1	4	5
Maurice Cheeks	21:00	2–3	0–0	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	1	4
Caldwell Jones	19:00	0–3	0–0	1	4	5	2	0	0	1	1	0
Ralph Simpson	5:00	2–4	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4
Harvey Catchings	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	230:00	40–78	27–42	8	31	39	26	6	9	16	21	107

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Foots Walker	43:00	4–10	12–14	1	5	6	6	2	0	1	2	20
Campy Russell	41:00	12–20	7–9	2	7	9	3	0	1	6	6	31
Jim Chones	38:00	7–14	3–3	2	4	6	3	2	2	2	2	17
Austin Carr	31:00	3–11	4–4	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	3	10
Jim Brewer	30:00	5–7	0–0	5	4	9	4	2	2	1	3	10
Bingo Smith	25:00	4–13	2–2	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	4	10
Terry Furlow	21:00	5–13	1–1	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	6	11
John Lambert	10:00	3–4	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	2	6
Kenny Higgs	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	240:00	43–92	29–33	13	29	42	22	6	5	13	30	115

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Philadelphia 76ers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

9 Dec 1978107–115 this game
17 Jan 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 94–107 Philadelphia 76ers
15 Feb 1979Philadelphia 76ers 100–113 Cleveland Cavaliers
30 Mar 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 93–129 Philadelphia 76ers

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 15–8
Cleveland Cavaliers: 7–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 117, Philadelphia 76ers 122.

21 Feb 1978Philadelphia 76ers 127–114 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Jan 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 94–107 Philadelphia 76ers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.