NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers103–101Golden State Warriors

Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors

Date: Wednesday 7 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 35th meetingof 148 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	43:00	7–17	12–19	0	16	16	10	2	1	3	3	26
Austin Carr	41:00	10–18	0–0	4	1	5	2	0	0	3	2	20
Jim Chones	35:00	5–11	5–6	2	7	9	3	1	1	2	1	15
Kenny Higgs	30:00	5–10	2–2	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	4	12
Bingo Smith	28:00	7–11	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	3	14
John Lambert	21:00	2–5	0–0	6	6	12	1	2	1	0	4	4
Butch Lee	21:00	1–6	0–0	1	2	3	5	0	0	4	4	2
Mike Mitchell	20:00	5–9	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	10
Elmore Smith	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–87	19–27	14	37	51	26	7	3	16	23	103

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Lucas	41:00	6–13	3–5	2	1	3	9	0	0	3	3	15
Robert Parish	38:00	9–20	2–2	1	13	14	1	0	3	2	5	20
Jo Jo White	37:00	8–17	2–3	0	2	2	3	1	1	4	5	18
Sonny Parker	23:00	1–6	0–0	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	1	2
Tom Abernethy	22:00	3–8	3–4	5	1	6	2	1	0	1	3	9
Nate Williams	18:00	2–7	6–7	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	10
Raymond Townsend	18:00	5–12	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10
Wayne Cooper	16:00	4–9	2–3	7	5	12	0	1	2	1	4	10
Clifford Ray	15:00	0–1	1–2	0	4	4	1	2	2	0	2	1
Purvis Short	12:00	3–7	0–0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	3	6
Team totals	240:00	41–100	19–26	16	33	49	22	7	8	14	27	101

This season

Golden State Warriors 1, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

29 Oct 1978Golden State Warriors 99–94 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Jan 1979Golden State Warriors 108–112 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Mar 1979103–101 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 27–38
Golden State Warriors: 30–37

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Golden State Warriors 84, Cleveland Cavaliers 64.

7 Jan 1979Golden State Warriors 108–112 Cleveland Cavaliers
22 Nov 1979Golden State Warriors 93–120 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.