NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers89–98Chicago Bulls

Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 15 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 46th meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	39:00	9–21	0–1	2–3	5	3	8	3	1	1	3	4	20
Roger Phegley	29:00	6–11	2–3	0–0	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	3	14
Geoff Huston	—	9–18	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	4	20
Kenny Carr	—	4–11	0–0	0–2	2	3	5	1	1	2	3	5	8
Mickey Dillard	—	3–5	0–1	2–2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	8
James Edwards	—	2–7	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	5	6
James Silas	—	2–8	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	6
Bill Laimbeer	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	0	1	1	2	5	4
Don Ford	—	1–5	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	2	0	0	3	3	2
Mel Bennett	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Team totals	68:00	38–90	2–5	11–15	11	27	38	16	7	6	16	33	89

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	—	10–11	0–0	6–12	2	15	17	1	0	4	2	3	26
Ronnie Lester	—	6–6	0–0	5–6	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	17
Dave Greenwood	—	5–10	0–0	4–4	1	9	10	4	0	2	1	5	14
Reggie Theus	—	3–14	0–0	7–8	1	3	4	7	3	0	2	3	13
Dwight Jones	—	2–3	0–0	4–6	2	6	8	1	0	0	3	1	8
Ricky Sobers	—	4–7	0–0	0–1	0	3	3	3	1	0	4	0	8
Orlando Woolridge	—	2–3	0–0	2–3	0	2	2	0	2	0	4	5	6
Coby Dietrick	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	4
James Wilkes	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	2
Larry Kenon	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Ray Blume	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0
Team totals	—	35–64	0–0	28–40	7	42	49	23	9	7	24	25	98

This season

Chicago Bulls 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1981-82.

9 Nov 1981Chicago Bulls 101–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
15 Dec 198189–98 this game
22 Jan 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 93–108 Chicago Bulls
21 Mar 1982Chicago Bulls 98–93 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Apr 1982Chicago Bulls 122–105 Cleveland Cavaliers
16 Apr 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 102–112 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 5–16
Chicago Bulls: 9–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

9 Nov 1981Chicago Bulls 101–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
22 Jan 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 93–108 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.