NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

San Antonio Spurs112–116Cleveland Cavaliers

San Antonio Spurs at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 17 January 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 113 played

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Kenon	43:00	8–16	0–0	2–3	2	5	7	0	0	0	7	3	18
George Gervin	41:00	16–22	2–4	8–13	0	4	4	0	1	1	2	3	42
James Silas	37:00	10–18	0–0	3–4	1	3	4	5	0	0	2	3	23
Mark Olberding	29:00	2–6	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	3	0	0	4	3	5
Sylvester Norris	27:00	2–2	0–0	3–3	0	5	5	4	0	1	2	4	7
Paul Griffin	21:00	1–2	0–0	5–5	1	3	4	2	2	0	3	3	7
Kevin Restani	19:00	4–7	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	3	1	0	1	4	8
Mike Evans	18:00	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	6	1	0	1	4	2
Wiley Peck	5:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Team totals	240:00	44–78	2–4	22–30	7	26	33	23	5	2	24	28	112

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Robisch	—	15–19	0–0	6–10	3	8	11	3	2	0	2	4	36
Randy Smith	—	8–21	0–0	5–7	3	1	4	4	0	0	2	5	21
Mike Mitchell	—	9–17	0–0	2–3	2	3	5	5	3	0	2	5	20
Kenny Carr	—	5–13	0–0	2–4	1	6	7	0	0	0	3	3	12
Foots Walker	—	5–10	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	7	3	0	0	2	11
Willie Smith	—	3–4	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	9	0	0	0	3	7
Bill Willoughby	—	2–6	0–0	2–3	4	5	9	1	1	1	0	4	6
John Lambert	—	1–2	0–0	1–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	2	3
Austin Carr	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Team totals	—	48–96	1–2	19–31	17	23	40	29	9	1	14	30	116

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 4, San Antonio Spurs 2 in NBA 1979-80.

18 Oct 1979San Antonio Spurs 134–141 Cleveland Cavaliers
20 Oct 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 127–129 San Antonio Spurs
11 Jan 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 109–116 San Antonio Spurs
17 Jan 1980112–116 this game
2 Mar 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 123–119 San Antonio Spurs
15 Mar 1980San Antonio Spurs 98–100 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

San Antonio Spurs: 24–23
Cleveland Cavaliers: 20–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 43, San Antonio Spurs 70.

11 Jan 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 109–116 San Antonio Spurs
2 Mar 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 123–119 San Antonio Spurs

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.