- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1978-79Regular season
- Meeting
- 12th meetingof 218 played
New Jersey Nets
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Jordan | 39:00 | 7–13 | 4–5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| Bernard King | 32:00 | 4–14 | 2–4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Phil Jackson | 29:00 | 4–8 | 0–0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Eric Money | 28:00 | 7–15 | 2–3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| Tim Bassett | 28:00 | 1–6 | 5–9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| John Williamson | 20:00 | 5–14 | 3–5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Jan van Breda Kolff | 20:00 | 3–6 | 1–2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| George Johnson | 19:00 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Wilson Washington | 16:00 | 5–7 | 0–0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Al Skinner | 9:00 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 40–90 | 20–31 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 100 |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campy Russell | 32:00 | 8–16 | 3–3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| Bingo Smith | 32:00 | 6–14 | 5–5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| Austin Carr | 31:00 | 3–6 | 10–11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| Jim Chones | 28:00 | 4–9 | 2–4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| John Lambert | 27:00 | 4–7 | 3–3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Butch Lee | 22:00 | 2–10 | 2–3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Jim Brewer | 20:00 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Kenny Higgs | 19:00 | 4–7 | 3–4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Mike Mitchell | 13:00 | 6–7 | 2–4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Foots Walker | 11:00 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Harry Davis | 5:00 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 43–87 | 33–40 | 12 | 47 | 59 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 29 | 119 |
This season
Cleveland Cavaliers 3, Brooklyn Nets 1 in NBA 1978-79.
Records going in
- New Jersey Nets
- 23–26
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- 20–31
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 127, Brooklyn Nets 91.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.