NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls116–111Cleveland Cavaliers

Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 19 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 43rd meetingof 273 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	10–14	0–0	8–11	1	0	1	1	0	2	5	3	28
Reggie Theus	5–11	0–0	14–16	4	5	9	8	3	0	1	5	24
Dave Greenwood	8–19	0–0	4–6	2	5	7	3	2	2	4	2	20
Dwight Jones	7–10	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	14
Coby Dietrick	3–5	0–0	6–7	3	5	8	2	0	1	0	5	12
Sam Worthen	4–4	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	8
Ricky Sobers	2–7	0–1	2–2	1	3	4	7	0	1	4	4	6
Larry Kenon	2–8	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	4
Team totals	41–78	0–1	34–42	13	20	33	27	6	6	16	23	116

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	9–19	0–0	6–6	4	3	7	2	0	1	2	1	24
Bill Laimbeer	9–16	0–0	4–4	11	7	18	3	3	4	4	4	22
Randy Smith	7–10	0–0	2–4	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	16
Mike Bratz	6–12	1–3	1–2	2	0	2	3	3	0	3	5	14
Kenny Carr	5–13	0–0	3–4	2	7	9	8	2	1	5	5	13
Roger Phegley	5–9	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	6	12
Richard Washington	4–9	0–0	0–0	4	2	6	1	0	0	0	4	8
Geoff Huston	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	2	2
Kim Hughes	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walter Jordan	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	46–92	1–3	18–22	24	20	44	27	10	7	20	29	111

This season

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

17 Oct 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 79–98 Chicago Bulls
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 1981116–111 this game
24 Mar 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 108–121 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 39–37
Cleveland Cavaliers: 28–47

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

4 Feb 1981Chicago Bulls 109–96 Cleveland Cavaliers
24 Mar 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 108–121 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.