NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns124–120Cleveland Cavaliers

Phoenix Suns at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 13 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 34th meetingof 125 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	39:00	13–27	6–7	0	0	0	8	1	0	2	2	32
Don Buse	34:00	2–4	2–2	1	3	4	6	4	0	1	0	6
Alvan Adams	28:00	6–15	1–1	1	5	6	5	2	1	3	6	13
Joel Kramer	26:00	3–5	6–11	3	6	9	0	0	1	1	3	12
Gar Heard	26:00	2–4	3–6	2	5	7	1	1	1	1	4	7
Walter Davis	24:00	13–16	10–13	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	6	36
Alvin Scott	21:00	2–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	4
Bayard Forrest	19:00	3–7	2–2	3	2	5	1	0	2	3	3	8
Mike Bratz	15:00	2–4	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	6
Ted McClain	8:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	46–86	32–44	11	23	34	23	9	6	17	29	124

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	45:00	5–15	4–4	2	3	5	2	1	1	1	2	14
Campy Russell	44:00	16–27	9–11	4	6	10	9	4	2	5	5	41
Bingo Smith	37:00	11–19	0–0	1	7	8	2	0	0	0	5	22
Jim Chones	35:00	3–12	5–5	7	3	10	2	0	2	4	4	11
Kenny Higgs	26:00	7–10	4–4	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	5	18
Butch Lee	25:00	1–5	0–0	0	3	3	4	0	0	3	1	2
Mike Mitchell	15:00	3–6	0–2	1	2	3	1	0	0	6	6	6
John Lambert	9:00	1–1	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elmore Smith	4:00	1–2	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2
Team totals	240:00	48–97	24–28	19	27	46	24	6	6	20	30	120

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 0, Phoenix Suns 4 in NBA 1978-79.

8 Nov 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 96–118 Phoenix Suns
21 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 110–108 Cleveland Cavaliers
11 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 101–136 Phoenix Suns
13 Mar 1979124–120 this game

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 39–28
Cleveland Cavaliers: 28–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 52, Phoenix Suns 73.

11 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 101–136 Phoenix Suns
9 Nov 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 106–110 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.