NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Washington Bullets117–114Cleveland Cavaliers

Washington Bullets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday 17 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 60th meetingof 269 played

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	44:00	11–26	9–10	5	5	10	4	0	4	2	4	31
Tom Henderson	32:00	3–8	2–2	1	0	1	12	0	0	2	2	8
Bob Dandridge	31:00	10–19	4–6	1	5	6	1	0	0	3	4	24
Wes Unseld	29:00	6–9	0–0	3	9	12	2	1	1	2	3	12
Greg Ballard	21:00	3–4	4–5	0	4	4	1	0	0	2	1	10
Charles Johnson	21:00	2–5	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	4
Kevin Grevey	21:00	1–9	0–0	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	2
Mitch Kupchak	19:00	8–11	3–4	4	4	8	1	1	0	2	3	19
Larry Wright	16:00	0–1	1–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	4	1
Phil Chenier	6:00	3–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	6
Team totals	240:00	47–96	23–29	17	32	49	25	4	6	16	28	117

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	45:00	10–19	6–7	0	1	1	8	2	0	3	3	26
Austin Carr	45:00	11–19	2–5	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	24
Bingo Smith	35:00	10–16	3–3	2	5	7	3	0	0	2	3	23
Jim Chones	33:00	4–9	1–2	2	7	9	1	1	0	1	5	9
Butch Lee	26:00	4–12	7–8	3	2	5	3	0	0	0	2	15
Kenny Higgs	23:00	2–6	1–2	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	4	5
Elmore Smith	18:00	2–5	2–3	1	5	6	1	0	0	5	5	6
Mike Mitchell	15:00	3–5	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	5	6
Team totals	240:00	46–91	22–30	10	27	37	21	4	1	15	27	114

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 0, Washington Wizards 4 in NBA 1978-79.

14 Nov 1978Washington Bullets 122–106 Cleveland Cavaliers
5 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 102–117 Washington Bullets
17 Mar 1979117–114 this game
18 Mar 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 112–126 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Washington Bullets: 45–22
Cleveland Cavaliers: 28–41

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 142, Washington Wizards 127.

5 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 102–117 Washington Bullets
18 Mar 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 112–126 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.