NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers110–120Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Thursday 15 April 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 53rd meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ron Brewer	37:00	10–18	0–0	3–4	1	4	5	3	1	0	3	4	23
Kevin Restani	12:00	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	2
Cliff Robinson	—	9–15	0–0	2–4	4	7	11	2	2	3	5	3	20
Bob Wilkerson	—	7–12	0–0	5–8	1	4	5	5	2	0	4	4	19
Phil Hubbard	—	3–7	0–0	8–9	3	4	7	0	4	0	3	5	14
Scott Wedman	—	5–19	0–0	2–4	3	5	8	3	3	0	2	3	12
Geoff Huston	—	2–7	0–0	5–6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	9
Lowes Moore	—	2–7	0–2	1–2	0	1	1	2	3	0	3	2	5
Brad Branson	—	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	3
Paul Mokeski	—	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	7	7	2	1	4	0	4	3
Team totals	49:00	41–91	0–2	28–41	12	35	47	21	17	8	24	28	110

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Vinnie Johnson	23:00	5–7	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	6	2	0	4	0	12
Steve Hayes	13:00	1–3	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	3	0	2	0	2	2
John Long	—	11–21	0–0	0–1	2	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	22
Kelly Tripucka	—	7–15	0–0	8–9	3	3	6	4	2	0	3	3	22
Isiah Thomas	—	5–13	2–3	2–4	1	2	3	11	2	0	7	4	14
Terry Tyler	—	6–14	0–0	2–3	2	4	6	2	0	3	2	2	14
Bill Laimbeer	—	4–9	0–0	3–4	3	16	19	3	1	3	2	3	11
Kenny Carr	—	3–7	0–0	4–4	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	2	10
Kent Benson	—	4–9	0–0	0–0	3	3	6	1	2	3	2	3	8
Jeff Judkins	—	1–6	0–1	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	3
Ron Lee	—	1–3	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	3	2
Team totals	36:00	48–107	2–6	22–29	19	38	57	33	9	12	29	26	120

This season

Detroit Pistons 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1981-82.

12 Nov 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 99–130 Detroit Pistons
18 Nov 1981Detroit Pistons 103–110 Cleveland Cavaliers
11 Feb 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 113–123 Detroit Pistons
14 Mar 1982Detroit Pistons 109–103 Cleveland Cavaliers
15 Apr 1982110–120 this game
18 Apr 1982Detroit Pistons 116–113 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 15–64
Detroit Pistons: 37–42

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 144, Cleveland Cavaliers 129.

14 Mar 1982Detroit Pistons 109–103 Cleveland Cavaliers
18 Apr 1982Detroit Pistons 116–113 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.