NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final/OT

Detroit Pistons116–113Cleveland Cavaliers

Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 18 April 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 54th meetingof 273 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	BLK	PF	PTS
Steve Hayes	24:00	1–3	0–0	3–6	—	—	3	1	0	1	5
Isiah Thomas	—	10–20	1–?	8–11	—	—	4	7	0	3	29
John Long	—	10–20	0–?	8–8	—	—	2	3	0	3	28
Kelly Tripucka	—	5–14	0–?	8–9	—	—	9	1	0	4	18
Kent Benson	—	7–11	0–?	2–3	—	—	14	2	2	5	16
Terry Tyler	—	4–9	0–?	2–2	—	—	3	2	0	2	10
Bill Laimbeer	—	2–5	0–?	5–6	—	—	11	0	0	6	9
Ron Lee	—	0–1	0–?	1–2	—	—	1	5	1	2	1
Alan Hardy	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kenny Carr	—	0–4	0–?	0–0	—	—	4	0	0	0	0
Team totals	24:00	39–87	1–0	37–47	0	0	51	21	3	27	116

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	BLK	PF	PTS
Ron Brewer	40:00	13–26	1–?	5–6	—	—	3	5	1	4	32
Lowes Moore	—	9–15	0–?	2–2	—	—	2	4	1	6	20
Cliff Robinson	—	6–13	0–?	6–8	—	—	12	1	1	2	18
Brad Branson	—	5–12	0–0	2–2	—	—	5	0	0	3	12
James Edwards	—	5–14	0–?	2–5	—	—	8	3	4	6	12
Scott Wedman	—	4–8	0–?	0–2	—	—	5	0	0	6	8
Phil Hubbard	—	3–8	0–?	0–0	—	—	9	1	0	6	6
Geoff Huston	—	0–2	0–?	3–4	0	0	0	4	0	1	3
Paul Mokeski	—	1–2	0–?	0–0	—	—	3	1	0	3	2
Bob Wilkerson	—	0–3	0–?	0–0	—	—	2	10	0	2	0
Team totals	40:00	46–103	1–0	20–29	0	0	49	29	7	39	113

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Detroit Pistons 5 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 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 110–120 Detroit Pistons
18 Apr 1982116–113 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 38–43
Cleveland Cavaliers: 15–66

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

15 Apr 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 110–120 Detroit Pistons
2 Nov 1982Detroit Pistons 128–119 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.