NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks107–122Cleveland Cavaliers

Atlanta Hawks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 17 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 62nd meetingof 263 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	BLK	PF	PTS
Wes Matthews	42:00	7–16	0–?	5–6	—	—	5	11	1	3	19
Eddie Johnson	—	14–24	0–?	4–4	—	—	5	4	0	2	32
Sam Pellom	—	8–13	0–?	0–0	—	—	5	3	2	5	16
Jim McElroy	—	4–7	0–?	4–4	—	—	2	2	0	1	12
Steve Hawes	—	4–4	0–0	4–5	—	—	2	3	0	1	12
Tom Burleson	—	3–9	0–0	2–3	—	—	8	0	1	4	8
Art Collins	—	1–4	0–?	2–2	—	—	3	1	0	3	4
Tom McMillen	—	1–6	0–?	2–4	—	—	6	0	0	3	4
Team totals	42:00	42–83	0–0	23–28	—	—	36	24	4	22	107

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	BLK	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	—	14–25	0–?	3–6	—	—	5	3	0	1	31
Roger Phegley	—	11–15	0–?	4–4	—	—	4	3	0	3	26
Bill Laimbeer	—	9–15	0–0	7–9	—	—	19	6	2	3	25
Kenny Carr	—	4–10	0–?	2–2	—	—	5	3	0	4	10
Randy Smith	—	3–8	0–?	4–5	0	0	0	1	0	3	10
Geoff Huston	—	3–6	0–?	0–0	—	—	1	8	0	0	6
Mike Bratz	—	1–3	0–?	2–2	—	—	1	6	0	4	4
Richard Washington	—	2–10	0–?	0–0	—	—	8	2	1	3	4
Walter Jordan	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	—	—	2	0	0	2	4
Kim Hughes	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	2	1	1	2
Team totals	—	50–98	0–0	22–28	0	0	46	34	4	24	122

This season

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

13 Nov 1980Atlanta Hawks 111–114 Cleveland Cavaliers
9 Jan 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 108–107 Atlanta Hawks
23 Jan 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 106–98 Atlanta Hawks
21 Feb 1981Atlanta Hawks 118–105 Cleveland Cavaliers
14 Mar 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 112–110 Atlanta Hawks
17 Mar 1981107–122 this game

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 29–45
Cleveland Cavaliers: 27–47

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

14 Mar 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 112–110 Atlanta Hawks
24 Nov 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 92–94 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.