NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

San Diego Clippers114–116Cleveland Cavaliers

San Diego Clippers at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 28 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 142 played

San Diego Clippers

San Diego Clippers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Nick Weatherspoon	39:00	7–14	2–4	2	3	5	2	0	0	2	3	16
Randy Smith	38:00	10–16	0–1	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	5	20
World B. Free	36:00	13–20	10–13	3	2	5	6	2	0	3	6	36
Kevin Kunnert	30:00	3–7	1–3	2	7	9	3	0	4	2	1	7
Kermit Washington	29:00	1–3	0–2	2	6	8	2	1	1	1	6	2
Sidney Wicks	24:00	6–9	1–3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	13
Freeman Williams	18:00	5–6	2–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	12
Swen Nater	17:00	4–4	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	1	8
John Olive	9:00	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	49–79	16–28	10	25	35	25	4	6	14	30	114

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	43:00	6–12	13–13	1	2	3	1	0	0	7	5	25
Jim Chones	37:00	6–12	1–1	1	6	7	0	0	0	2	6	13
Foots Walker	33:00	5–10	1–1	1	0	1	7	3	1	0	5	11
Austin Carr	30:00	6–12	5–7	3	1	4	2	1	0	1	2	17
Terry Furlow	28:00	7–12	5–6	0	1	1	3	2	0	1	2	19
Bingo Smith	26:00	4–10	1–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	9
Mike Mitchell	21:00	4–8	4–6	3	5	8	1	0	0	2	1	12
Jim Brewer	16:00	2–2	0–0	0	6	6	2	0	1	0	3	4
Kenny Higgs	6:00	2–2	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	6
Team totals	240:00	42–80	32–38	10	23	33	18	6	3	13	24	116

This season

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

4 Nov 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 112–106 San Diego Clippers
28 Dec 1978114–116 this game
27 Jan 1979San Diego Clippers 111–110 Cleveland Cavaliers
10 Mar 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 115–121 San Diego Clippers

Records going in

San Diego Clippers: 16–20
Cleveland Cavaliers: 12–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 81, Los Angeles Clippers 61.

4 Nov 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 112–106 San Diego Clippers
27 Jan 1979San Diego Clippers 111–110 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.