NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers112–126Washington Bullets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Washington Bullets

Date: Sunday 18 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 61st meetingof 269 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	42:00	13–27	9–9	6	8	14	7	2	0	6	1	35
Jim Chones	41:00	3–16	0–0	2	11	13	1	0	2	3	5	6
Bingo Smith	31:00	6–10	1–2	0	5	5	1	2	0	1	4	13
Austin Carr	29:00	7–17	4–4	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	18
Butch Lee	28:00	3–13	1–4	0	2	2	5	1	0	0	3	7
Kenny Higgs	26:00	0–2	1–2	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	5	1
Mike Mitchell	24:00	11–15	2–2	1	5	6	1	1	1	0	2	24
Harry Davis	10:00	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	2
Elmore Smith	9:00	3–5	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6
Team totals	240:00	47–108	18–23	11	33	44	22	9	3	11	29	112

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	38:00	8–22	8–10	4	8	12	2	1	3	3	1	24
Wes Unseld	38:00	8–11	4–5	7	10	17	3	2	0	2	2	20
Bob Dandridge	35:00	10–18	4–6	0	10	10	5	0	0	3	3	24
Tom Henderson	28:00	3–7	5–6	1	2	3	6	1	1	3	2	11
Charles Johnson	28:00	4–10	2–2	1	2	3	6	1	0	1	2	10
Larry Wright	20:00	4–6	1–1	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	9
Phil Chenier	17:00	4–5	2–4	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	1	10
Mitch Kupchak	15:00	4–7	2–2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	10
Greg Ballard	13:00	2–6	2–4	1	4	5	2	0	0	2	2	6
Dave Corzine	5:00	1–1	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	2
Kevin Grevey	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	48–94	30–40	14	45	59	31	5	5	19	19	126

This season

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

14 Nov 1978Washington Bullets 122–106 Cleveland Cavaliers
5 Dec 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 102–117 Washington Bullets
17 Mar 1979Washington Bullets 117–114 Cleveland Cavaliers
18 Mar 1979112–126 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 28–42
Washington Bullets: 46–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Mar 1979Washington Bullets 117–114 Cleveland Cavaliers
31 Oct 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 105–114 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.