NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final/OT

Cleveland Cavaliers108–107Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Tuesday 18 March 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 42nd meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	14–26	0–0	5–6	6	13	19	0	2	2	5	5	33
Randy Smith	9–20	0–0	4–5	0	1	1	3	2	0	3	2	22
Dave Robisch	6–12	0–0	8–10	4	6	10	4	0	0	2	4	20
Foots Walker	6–12	1–1	3–4	3	3	6	9	0	0	4	3	16
Bill Willoughby	3–7	0–0	0–0	3	3	6	3	0	1	3	2	6
Don Ford	3–10	0–1	0–0	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	2	6
Kenny Carr	1–4	0–0	3–4	1	5	6	0	0	0	1	4	5
John Lambert	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
Willie Smith	0–3	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	3	0
Team totals	42–95	1–3	23–29	19	37	56	24	5	4	22	25	108

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Terry Tyler	13–23	1–1	2–3	6	5	11	2	5	4	4	3	29
Leon Douglas	11–17	0–0	4–7	4	5	9	3	0	1	4	5	26
Terry Duerod	9–21	1–1	0–0	2	6	8	3	1	0	3	2	19
Kent Benson	6–16	0–0	4–6	4	10	14	3	1	2	5	6	16
Ron Lee	4–19	1–6	2–7	4	2	6	15	6	2	2	5	11
Roy Hamilton	2–3	0–0	0–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Steve Malovic	1–2	0–0	0–2	0	4	4	0	0	1	1	1	2
Team totals	46–101	3–8	12–26	20	32	52	26	13	10	19	22	107

This season

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

16 Oct 1979Detroit Pistons 117–137 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Nov 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 127–125 Detroit Pistons
25 Dec 1979Detroit Pistons 101–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
13 Feb 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 107–102 Detroit Pistons
16 Feb 1980Detroit Pistons 104–123 Cleveland Cavaliers
18 Mar 1980108–107 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 32–43
Detroit Pistons: 16–59

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

16 Feb 1980Detroit Pistons 104–123 Cleveland Cavaliers
14 Oct 1980Detroit Pistons 91–99 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.