NBA 1982-83Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers116–130Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 5 January 1983
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1982-83Regular season
Meeting: 57th meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
World B. Free	42:00	9–18	0–0	9–10	1	1	2	7	3	1	4	2	27
Scott Wedman	—	11–21	0–1	4–4	1	5	6	0	0	1	2	5	26
Geoff Huston	—	5–10	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	7	1	0	1	2	12
Phil Hubbard	—	5–11	0–0	1–2	3	5	8	1	1	0	1	5	11
John Bagley	—	5–14	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	2	10
James Edwards	—	3–7	0–0	3–3	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	4	9
Cliff Robinson	—	2–4	0–0	4–4	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	6	8
Bruce Flowers	—	1–2	0–0	3–4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	5
Steve Hayes	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	1	0	1	2	3	4
Dave Magley	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Sam Lacey	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	3	2
Team totals	42:00	44–93	0–2	28–31	7	19	26	25	10	5	18	35	116

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Edgar Jones	32:00	6–8	0–0	4–5	1	9	10	2	0	3	4	5	16
Vinnie Johnson	—	11–17	0–0	4–5	1	2	3	4	0	1	1	2	26
Terry Tyler	—	10–14	0–0	4–4	5	3	8	0	1	3	5	2	24
Bill Laimbeer	—	7–12	0–0	8–11	5	11	16	5	0	2	3	2	22
John Long	—	5–12	0–1	5–6	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	4	15
Isiah Thomas	—	6–12	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	12	2	0	3	1	12
James Wilkes	—	1–5	0–0	6–6	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	8
Tom Owens	—	2–3	0–0	3–4	0	5	5	2	1	0	1	3	7
Jim Smith	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ricky Pierce	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Walker Russell	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
Team totals	32:00	48–86	0–1	34–41	16	35	51	27	5	10	24	24	130

This season

Detroit Pistons 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1982-83.

2 Nov 1982Detroit Pistons 128–119 Cleveland Cavaliers
18 Dec 1982Detroit Pistons 97–90 Cleveland Cavaliers
5 Jan 1983116–130 this game
28 Jan 1983Cleveland Cavaliers 107–106 Detroit Pistons
26 Feb 1983Detroit Pistons 122–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Apr 1983Cleveland Cavaliers 111–120 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 4–26
Detroit Pistons: 17–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

18 Dec 1982Detroit Pistons 97–90 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Jan 1983Cleveland Cavaliers 107–106 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.