NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers117–126Chicago Bulls

Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls

Date: Saturday 22 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 37th meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	10–19	0–0	6–9	2	3	5	1	0	1	0	6	26
Dave Robisch	11–14	0–0	3–4	3	9	12	0	1	1	1	2	25
Campy Russell	6–17	0–1	3–5	3	3	6	5	2	2	3	3	15
Austin Carr	6–11	0–0	2–5	2	1	3	3	0	0	2	2	14
Randy Smith	3–12	0–2	7–7	1	0	1	8	0	0	2	3	13
Kenny Carr	3–7	0–0	4–5	2	5	7	0	0	1	1	2	10
John Lambert	2–4	0–0	2–2	4	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	6
Bill Willoughby	2–3	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	4
Earl Tatum	0–4	0–1	2–2	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2
Foots Walker	0–3	0–0	2–3	0	3	3	8	2	0	1	6	2
Team totals	43–94	0–4	31–42	19	26	45	28	8	5	11	29	117

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Reggie Theus	13–17	0–0	7–8	2	4	6	8	0	0	5	3	33
Ricky Sobers	11–19	0–0	5–6	0	0	0	6	2	0	6	5	27
Dwight Jones	6–11	0–0	3–3	2	4	6	1	0	4	3	3	15
Mark Landsberger	5–7	0–0	4–8	8	13	21	5	2	0	1	4	14
Dave Greenwood	5–9	0–0	3–3	0	5	5	2	1	3	1	4	13
Coby Dietrick	4–8	0–0	2–2	2	8	10	6	0	3	2	4	10
Ollie Johnson	3–8	0–0	3–3	1	2	3	0	1	1	0	4	9
Del Beshore	1–2	0–0	1–3	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	3
Sam Smith	1–5	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	5	2
Team totals	49–86	0–0	28–36	15	38	53	32	6	11	21	33	126

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 0 in NBA 1979-80.

22 Dec 1979117–126 this game
10 Feb 1980Chicago Bulls 123–117 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 16–19
Chicago Bulls: 11–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 152, Cleveland Cavaliers 121.

25 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 117–108 Chicago Bulls
10 Feb 1980Chicago Bulls 123–117 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.