NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks119–109Cleveland Cavaliers

Atlanta Hawks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 20 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 263 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Armond Hill	35:00	7–15	10–12	1	4	5	7	1	0	2	5	24
Dan Roundfield	35:00	6–9	4–6	5	10	15	0	0	1	3	5	16
Eddie Johnson	34:00	6–15	5–7	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	4	17
John Drew	27:00	9–14	5–6	1	3	4	2	0	0	5	5	23
Tree Rollins	27:00	3–8	4–5	3	2	5	0	0	5	1	5	10
Steve Hawes	21:00	2–4	0–0	1	4	5	2	3	1	3	2	4
Jack Givens	19:00	4–6	0–0	4	1	5	1	0	0	3	2	8
Tom McMillen	15:00	3–4	1–1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	7
Charlie Criss	14:00	1–6	2–2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	4
Terry Furlow	13:00	1–3	4–4	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	6
Team totals	240:00	42–84	35–43	17	25	42	22	6	8	19	34	119

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	42:00	2–11	10–13	2	3	5	10	1	0	4	1	14
Austin Carr	36:00	4–10	7–7	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	4	15
Jim Chones	34:00	7–10	3–5	3	8	11	1	1	3	4	4	17
Kenny Higgs	32:00	4–6	5–7	0	3	3	7	1	3	1	5	13
Mike Mitchell	29:00	10–15	5–7	3	3	6	1	0	0	1	4	25
Butch Lee	28:00	5–16	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	2	4	10
Bingo Smith	20:00	3–7	1–1	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	2	7
John Lambert	14:00	1–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2
Elmore Smith	5:00	3–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6
Team totals	240:00	39–79	31–40	12	20	32	24	4	7	21	28	109

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Atlanta Hawks 3 in NBA 1978-79.

28 Nov 1978Atlanta Hawks 98–112 Cleveland Cavaliers
25 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 91–109 Atlanta Hawks
20 Feb 1979119–109 this game
20 Mar 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 109–115 Atlanta Hawks

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 30–29
Cleveland Cavaliers: 24–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 128, Atlanta Hawks 135.

25 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 91–109 Atlanta Hawks
20 Mar 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 109–115 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.