NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks116–113Cleveland Cavaliers

Milwaukee Bucks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 2 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 35th meetingof 241 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	38:00	10–18	4–6	1	2	3	4	3	2	2	1	24
Brian Winters	31:00	8–12	6–7	0	1	1	5	0	2	3	4	22
Kevin Restani	25:00	6–12	0–0	2	7	9	1	1	0	1	3	12
Ernie Grunfeld	24:00	4–9	5–6	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	2	13
Kent Benson	24:00	6–11	0–0	3	7	10	2	2	1	1	4	12
John Gianelli	24:00	3–8	2–2	2	7	9	1	0	0	1	3	8
Junior Bridgeman	23:00	6–13	4–4	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	3	16
Quinn Buckner	23:00	3–5	0–0	2	0	2	3	2	1	4	2	6
Lloyd Walton	13:00	0–1	1–2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1
George Johnson	9:00	1–2	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2
Norm Van Lier	6:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	0
Team totals	240:00	47–91	22–27	12	33	45	24	13	6	14	25	116

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	45:00	15–26	5–6	3	5	8	4	0	0	1	1	35
Austin Carr	45:00	9–16	1–2	1	5	6	1	2	0	3	3	19
Jim Chones	42:00	4–15	6–7	6	7	13	5	0	2	1	2	14
Foots Walker	35:00	5–7	0–0	0	4	4	7	3	0	7	4	10
Bingo Smith	34:00	8–15	1–1	2	1	3	3	1	0	1	3	17
Terry Furlow	17:00	5–9	1–1	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	11
Mike Mitchell	13:00	1–3	2–3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	4
Jim Brewer	9:00	1–2	1–3	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	1	3
Team totals	240:00	48–93	17–23	15	30	45	22	6	2	15	18	113

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Milwaukee Bucks 3 in NBA 1978-79.

2 Dec 1978Milwaukee Bucks 106–100 Cleveland Cavaliers
15 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 110–106 Milwaukee Bucks
2 Jan 1979116–113 this game
28 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 117–139 Milwaukee Bucks

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 15–24
Cleveland Cavaliers: 14–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 108, Milwaukee Bucks 133.

15 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 110–106 Milwaukee Bucks
28 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 117–139 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.