NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers111–117Cleveland Cavaliers

Los Angeles Lakers at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 13 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 36th meetingof 127 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	43:00	8–15	0–0	1	2	3	9	1	1	3	5	16
Jamaal Wilkes	42:00	11–18	3–4	2	5	7	2	1	0	1	4	25
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	41:00	11–23	3–3	3	12	15	3	0	6	4	1	25
Lou Hudson	29:00	6–11	0–0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	12
Adrian Dantley	26:00	5–10	0–0	0	5	5	1	1	1	1	4	10
Don Ford	15:00	2–5	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Jim Price	15:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	1	3	1	2
Kenny Carr	13:00	5–5	3–3	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	13
Ron Boone	9:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2
Dave Robisch	7:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
Team totals	240:00	51–91	9–10	8	29	37	23	5	9	14	20	111

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	45:00	10–23	4–4	5	9	14	9	2	0	2	3	24
Jim Chones	41:00	14–18	0–0	5	7	12	1	1	0	2	1	28
Austin Carr	40:00	9–20	2–2	3	1	4	4	0	0	2	1	20
Kenny Higgs	31:00	7–11	1–2	1	4	5	5	1	0	0	3	15
Bingo Smith	31:00	6–15	1–2	0	3	3	5	0	0	0	1	13
Butch Lee	25:00	2–6	2–2	0	0	0	5	1	0	3	2	6
Mike Mitchell	20:00	4–11	1–2	3	6	9	1	0	0	2	4	9
John Lambert	7:00	1–3	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	53–107	11–14	19	30	49	30	5	1	11	16	117

This season

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

17 Oct 1978Los Angeles Lakers 111–113 Cleveland Cavaliers
5 Nov 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 107–117 Los Angeles Lakers
9 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 103–106 Los Angeles Lakers
13 Feb 1979111–117 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 35–21
Cleveland Cavaliers: 21–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 56, Los Angeles Lakers 71.

9 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 103–106 Los Angeles Lakers
11 Nov 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 126–140 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.