NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers110–98Chicago Bulls

Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls

Date: Saturday 17 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 41st meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	12–16	0–0	4–4	4	2	6	1	0	0	2	2	28
Richard Washington	8–15	0–0	6–6	2	3	5	3	2	2	0	3	22
Roger Phegley	9–13	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	4	2	0	4	4	18
Mike Bratz	7–12	1–2	2–3	1	3	4	4	3	0	1	4	17
Kenny Carr	5–10	0–0	2–5	3	7	10	4	1	0	2	3	12
Randy Smith	3–7	0–0	3–4	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	9
Don Ford	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Bill Laimbeer	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walter Jordan	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0
Team totals	46–77	1–2	17–22	10	24	34	18	9	3	13	19	110

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Greenwood	8–13	0–0	1–1	3	2	5	7	1	2	1	3	17
Artis Gilmore	7–12	0–0	2–4	4	5	9	0	0	1	5	4	16
Reggie Theus	6–19	0–3	2–2	2	2	4	7	1	0	2	4	14
Bob Wilkerson	6–12	0–1	0–1	2	3	5	1	1	0	3	1	12
Ricky Sobers	4–10	1–5	2–2	2	3	5	5	1	0	3	3	11
Larry Kenon	4–8	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	2	10
Dwight Jones	3–4	0–0	2–2	4	2	6	2	0	0	3	2	8
Scott May	3–4	0–0	0–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	6
Coby Dietrick	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4
Team totals	43–85	1–9	11–16	19	21	40	26	5	3	18	21	98

This season

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

17 Oct 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 79–98 Chicago Bulls
26 Dec 1980Chicago Bulls 100–98 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Jan 1981110–98 this game
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: 16–31
Chicago Bulls: 21–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

26 Dec 1980Chicago Bulls 100–98 Cleveland Cavaliers
4 Feb 1981Chicago Bulls 109–96 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.