NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons110–127Cleveland Cavaliers

Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 12 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 35th meetingof 273 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	44:00	9–18	4–6	2	0	2	13	5	0	8	4	22
M.L. Carr	42:00	8–15	4–7	3	3	6	3	0	1	3	4	20
Leon Douglas	41:00	4–11	8–13	2	9	11	1	1	1	4	3	16
Terry Tyler	31:00	2–8	1–2	2	3	5	3	1	2	0	6	5
John Long	26:00	7–16	2–3	3	0	3	1	0	0	2	5	16
Earl Tatum	21:00	7–10	1–1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	3	15
Ben Poquette	16:00	5–11	0–1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	10
Essie Hollis	12:00	3–6	0–0	4	3	7	0	1	0	1	3	6
Andre Wakefield	6:00	0–2	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dennis Boyd	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–97	20–33	19	21	40	21	10	4	22	31	110

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	36:00	9–12	3–4	5	3	8	3	0	1	2	5	21
Austin Carr	35:00	6–17	10–10	6	3	9	7	1	0	5	4	22
Foots Walker	31:00	3–5	1–2	0	2	2	8	3	0	5	3	7
Jim Chones	31:00	2–11	1–2	3	7	10	2	0	2	4	3	5
Jim Brewer	29:00	5–8	0–0	7	10	17	1	0	2	2	1	10
Terry Furlow	25:00	8–16	4–4	1	1	2	4	1	2	1	3	20
Mike Mitchell	21:00	11–16	6–6	2	3	5	1	1	1	1	2	28
Bingo Smith	16:00	4–10	0–2	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	8
Harry Davis	6:00	1–2	2–3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4
Kenny Higgs	5:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2
John Lambert	5:00	0–2	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0
Team totals	240:00	50–101	27–33	25	32	57	31	7	8	21	30	127

This season

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

25 Oct 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 105–110 Detroit Pistons
7 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 105–121 Detroit Pistons
12 Dec 1978110–127 this game
1 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 120–116 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 10–18
Cleveland Cavaliers: 8–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

7 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 105–121 Detroit Pistons
1 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 120–116 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.