NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers79–98Chicago Bulls

Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday 17 October 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 39th meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	8–20	1–1	0–0	4	4	8	2	1	0	1	1	17
Mike Bratz	7–14	2–3	0–0	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	4	16
Dave Robisch	7–12	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	4	0	1	1	2	14
Randy Smith	5–18	0–2	4–6	0	3	3	5	3	0	3	1	14
Roger Phegley	3–7	0–0	2–3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	8
Kenny Carr	2–7	0–0	2–4	3	4	7	0	0	0	2	2	6
Don Ford	2–7	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	2	5	3	4
Bill Laimbeer	0–1	0–0	0–0	3	5	8	0	0	2	2	0	0
Chad Kinch	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Walter Jordan	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	34–89	3–7	8–13	13	24	37	14	6	6	17	15	79

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Reggie Theus	8–16	0–1	3–5	1	2	3	2	2	0	3	4	19
Dave Greenwood	8–16	0–0	2–2	6	13	19	3	3	1	3	2	18
Bob Wilkerson	7–14	0–0	1–1	0	1	1	6	1	0	3	3	15
Artis Gilmore	4–7	0–0	4–4	1	8	9	4	0	3	2	4	12
Larry Kenon	6–11	0–0	0–0	4	2	6	0	0	1	2	2	12
Dwight Jones	3–11	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	0	1	2	2	2	8
Sam Worthen	3–7	0–0	1–1	1	3	4	0	3	0	2	1	7
Scott May	3–4	0–0	1–4	0	5	5	2	1	0	0	1	7
Coby Dietrick	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	0
James Wilkes	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	42–87	0–1	14–19	15	40	55	17	11	7	18	21	98

This season

Chicago Bulls 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1980-81.

17 Oct 198079–98 this game
26 Dec 1980Chicago Bulls 100–98 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Jan 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 110–98 Chicago Bulls
4 Feb 1981Chicago Bulls 109–96 Cleveland Cavaliers
19 Mar 1981Chicago Bulls 116–111 Cleveland Cavaliers
24 Mar 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 108–121 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 2–2
Chicago Bulls: 1–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

10 Feb 1980Chicago Bulls 123–117 Cleveland Cavaliers
26 Dec 1980Chicago Bulls 100–98 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.