NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers115–121San Diego Clippers

Cleveland Cavaliers at San Diego Clippers

Date: Saturday 10 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 51st meetingof 142 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	41:00	7–16	4–4	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	18
Jim Chones	33:00	7–14	3–3	5	7	12	1	1	0	1	5	17
Bingo Smith	31:00	7–16	0–0	1	2	3	2	2	0	1	5	14
Campy Russell	31:00	5–11	1–1	0	4	4	2	0	1	4	1	11
Kenny Higgs	31:00	5–7	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	10
Butch Lee	22:00	2–9	2–2	1	1	2	5	1	0	4	1	6
Mike Mitchell	21:00	8–9	6–8	4	3	7	1	2	1	3	2	22
John Lambert	17:00	1–4	3–5	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	2	5
Elmore Smith	11:00	6–7	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	12
Harry Davis	2:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	48–94	19–23	16	23	39	15	7	2	15	20	115

San Diego Clippers

San Diego Clippers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Nick Weatherspoon	40:00	2–9	5–7	2	2	4	1	0	1	3	3	9
World B. Free	39:00	13–26	7–8	5	6	11	3	1	0	1	2	33
Kermit Washington	31:00	4–5	3–4	2	7	9	0	0	0	1	4	11
Freeman Williams	28:00	12–16	2–2	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	26
Kevin Kunnert	27:00	8–11	0–0	4	3	7	2	1	3	1	4	16
Randy Smith	25:00	3–10	2–2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	8
Sidney Wicks	24:00	2–6	4–4	3	0	3	0	1	1	3	6	8
Swen Nater	21:00	2–9	2–2	3	9	12	3	1	0	2	2	6
Brian Taylor	4:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2
John Olive	1:00	0–0	2–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	47–94	27–32	21	27	48	11	8	5	12	25	121

This season

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

4 Nov 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 112–106 San Diego Clippers
28 Dec 1978San Diego Clippers 114–116 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Jan 1979San Diego Clippers 111–110 Cleveland Cavaliers
10 Mar 1979115–121 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 28–38
San Diego Clippers: 36–32

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Clippers 61, Cleveland Cavaliers 81.

27 Jan 1979San Diego Clippers 111–110 Cleveland Cavaliers
4 Dec 1979San Diego Clippers 112–115 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.