NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers106–98Atlanta Hawks

Cleveland Cavaliers at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Friday 23 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 263 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	—	13–17	0–0	5–8	4	5	9	1	0	2	2	3	31
Kenny Carr	—	9–13	0–0	3–4	4	9	13	1	0	1	5	4	21
Mike Bratz	—	5–12	2–3	4–4	1	3	4	5	2	0	1	3	16
Randy Smith	—	3–5	0–0	5–6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	1	11
Roger Phegley	—	5–14	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	3	0	0	3	1	10
Richard Washington	—	3–9	0–0	1–2	0	11	11	2	2	1	6	5	7
Don Ford	—	2–3	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	6
Mack Calvin	—	1–1	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Bill Laimbeer	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	6	0
Kim Hughes	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Walter Jordan	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	41–77	2–3	22–28	13	36	49	19	4	5	21	27	106

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Wes Matthews	26:00	4–6	0–0	0–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	5	8
Eddie Johnson	—	12–24	0–1	4–6	1	0	1	5	3	1	2	0	28
John Drew	—	8–14	0–1	1–2	2	3	5	1	0	0	2	5	17
Steve Hawes	—	6–13	0–0	5–7	6	6	12	7	2	0	4	3	17
Craig Shelton	—	1–6	0–0	6–8	1	3	4	2	0	1	3	5	8
Tree Rollins	—	1–2	0–0	5–8	2	4	6	1	1	1	0	2	7
Tom McMillen	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	0	0	1	0	3	6
Sam Pellom	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
Charlie Criss	—	0–6	0–0	3–4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	3
Jim McElroy	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	26:00	37–81	0–2	24–37	13	24	37	21	6	4	14	26	98

This season

Atlanta Hawks 1, Cleveland Cavaliers 5 in NBA 1980-81.

13 Nov 1980Atlanta Hawks 111–114 Cleveland Cavaliers
9 Jan 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 108–107 Atlanta Hawks
23 Jan 1981106–98 this game
21 Feb 1981Atlanta Hawks 118–105 Cleveland Cavaliers
14 Mar 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 112–110 Atlanta Hawks
17 Mar 1981Atlanta Hawks 107–122 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 19–31
Atlanta Hawks: 19–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 135, Cleveland Cavaliers 128.

9 Jan 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 108–107 Atlanta Hawks
21 Feb 1981Atlanta Hawks 118–105 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.