NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers108–127Boston Celtics

Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 17 October 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 51st meetingof 284 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	15–27	0–0	4–5	4	4	8	1	1	0	4	1	34
Campy Russell	7–15	0–0	6–9	5	2	7	2	0	0	4	5	20
Austin Carr	4–10	0–0	6–6	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	14
Bill Willoughby	7–11	0–2	0–0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	4	14
Dave Robisch	4–10	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	3	0	0	2	1	8
Earl Tatum	3–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	6
Bingo Smith	2–7	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	4
Walt Frazier	1–3	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	1	4
Randy Smith	0–8	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	3	1	0	3	4	2
Willie Smith	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	4	0	0	1	1	2
John Lambert	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	6	7	1	1	0	1	4	0
Team totals	44–102	0–3	20–24	17	25	42	22	6	1	21	25	108

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	7–11	0–0	7–9	1	6	7	2	0	1	3	1	21
Chris Ford	9–12	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	3	1	0	4	1	18
M.L. Carr	8–15	0–0	2–4	5	6	11	4	2	0	3	4	18
Larry Bird	6–14	0–0	4–4	3	4	7	4	3	4	1	2	16
Tiny Archibald	6–11	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	6	1	0	2	3	13
Jeff Judkins	4–9	0–0	4–4	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	12
Cedric Maxwell	3–5	0–0	5–6	1	10	11	2	2	0	3	5	11
Gerald Henderson	3–4	0–0	3–9	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	2	9
Rick Robey	3–9	0–0	3–5	5	3	8	2	0	0	1	2	9
Team totals	49–90	0–1	29–43	17	37	54	24	13	5	18	21	127

This season

Boston Celtics 4, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1979-80.

13 Oct 1979Boston Celtics 139–117 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Oct 1979108–127 this game
8 Dec 1979Boston Celtics 100–116 Cleveland Cavaliers
30 Jan 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 103–110 Boston Celtics
22 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 105–109 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Mar 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 122–130 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 1–2
Boston Celtics: 2–0

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 170, Cleveland Cavaliers 114.

13 Oct 1979Boston Celtics 139–117 Cleveland Cavaliers
8 Dec 1979Boston Celtics 100–116 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.