NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers87–94Washington Bullets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Washington Bullets

Date: Saturday 5 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 74th meetingof 269 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	42:00	12–20	0–0	2–4	2	2	4	1	1	2	0	1	26
Roger Phegley	39:00	8–17	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	3	1	1	4	3	16
Kenny Carr	—	6–14	0–0	4–4	5	11	16	3	1	0	3	4	16
James Silas	—	3–12	0–0	5–7	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	11
James Edwards	—	3–7	0–0	2–2	2	8	10	3	1	0	5	5	8
Geoff Huston	—	2–6	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	2	6
Richard Washington	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	4
Bill Laimbeer	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	4	0
Team totals	81:00	36–83	0–0	15–19	13	28	41	18	6	4	15	21	87

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Greg Ballard	44:00	6–18	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	5	3	0	3	2	12
Rick Mahorn	32:00	4–8	0–0	0–1	2	6	8	4	1	3	2	4	8
Don Collins	28:00	5–16	0–1	1–2	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	11
John Lucas	27:00	4–11	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	2	9
Jeff Ruland	25:00	8–11	0–0	5–8	6	7	13	2	0	3	3	1	21
Garry Witts	24:00	3–4	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	2	1	0	3	4	6
Spencer Haywood	23:00	6–8	0–0	4–5	3	5	8	1	0	0	2	2	16
Frank Johnson	21:00	3–7	0–0	1–1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	7
Jim Chones	16:00	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	4
Team totals	240:00	41–87	0–1	12–19	18	26	44	23	9	6	17	21	94

This season

Washington Wizards 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1981-82.

5 Dec 198187–94 this game
16 Dec 1981Washington Bullets 106–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Jan 1982Washington Bullets 109–100 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 Feb 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 100–99 Washington Bullets
28 Mar 1982Washington Bullets 104–101 Cleveland Cavaliers
6 Apr 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 85–94 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 4–13
Washington Bullets: 5–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 127, Cleveland Cavaliers 142.

29 Mar 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 103–138 Washington Bullets
16 Dec 1981Washington Bullets 106–102 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.