NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons101–111Cleveland Cavaliers

Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 25 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 39th meetingof 273 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eric Money	43:00	10–14	0–0	2–4	0	2	2	8	0	1	4	4	22
Bob Lanier	—	8–20	0–0	2–2	1	8	9	2	0	1	1	3	18
Terry Tyler	—	6–11	0–0	6–8	4	6	10	4	1	6	6	2	18
Bob McAdoo	—	6–19	0–1	5–8	1	13	14	3	3	3	1	3	17
Leon Douglas	—	4–5	0–0	6–7	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	4	14
Jim McElroy	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	6	1	2	3	2	6
Terry Duerod	—	2–5	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	2	4
Phil Hubbard	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	5	2
Roy Hamilton	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	43:00	40–84	0–2	21–29	8	35	43	30	7	13	21	27	101

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	—	11–22	0–0	1–7	10	9	19	0	0	0	1	2	23
Dave Robisch	—	7–10	0–0	8–8	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	2	22
Austin Carr	—	8–21	0–0	3–5	5	4	9	7	1	0	2	1	19
Kenny Carr	—	5–11	0–0	2–4	2	5	7	0	1	0	2	2	12
Randy Smith	—	5–13	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	2	1	0	3	1	10
Campy Russell	—	3–16	0–0	3–3	1	3	4	6	3	0	5	3	9
Foots Walker	—	1–4	0–0	4–4	2	2	4	5	2	0	2	4	6
Bill Willoughby	—	2–8	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	2	0	1	0	3	4
John Lambert	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	4	4
Earl Tatum	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	—	45–111	0–0	21–31	28	33	61	25	9	1	15	23	111

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 6, Detroit Pistons 0 in NBA 1979-80.

16 Oct 1979Detroit Pistons 117–137 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Nov 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 127–125 Detroit Pistons
25 Dec 1979101–111 this game
13 Feb 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 107–102 Detroit Pistons
16 Feb 1980Detroit Pistons 104–123 Cleveland Cavaliers
18 Mar 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 108–107 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 9–26
Cleveland Cavaliers: 16–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 129, Detroit Pistons 144.

1 Nov 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 127–125 Detroit Pistons
13 Feb 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 107–102 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.