NBA 1982-83Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers102–99Houston Rockets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 8 March 1983
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1982-83Regular season
Meeting: 60th meetingof 144 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
World B. Free	38:00	16–24	0–0	5–7	0	1	1	5	1	0	5	5	37
Larry Kenon	9:00	2–4	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5
Geoff Huston	—	9–14	0–0	3–4	1	2	3	4	2	0	3	0	21
Cliff Robinson	—	6–9	0–0	2–5	2	7	9	4	2	0	1	5	14
Darren Tillis	—	5–7	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	0	0	2	1	2	10
Bob Wilkerson	—	2–5	0–1	1–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	5
Jeff Cook	—	1–3	0–0	2–2	1	6	7	2	1	2	1	6	4
Steve Hayes	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	4
Phil Hubbard	—	1–5	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	1	1	0	3	2	2
Sam Lacey	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	4	1	0	1	3	0
Team totals	47:00	44–79	0–1	14–22	11	27	38	22	8	6	18	27	102

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Caldwell Jones	32:00	4–4	0–0	2–2	0	7	7	1	0	2	0	3	10
James Bailey	31:00	5–13	0–0	3–6	2	4	6	1	0	0	4	1	13
Calvin Murphy	—	8–13	1–1	6–6	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	4	23
Elvin Hayes	—	4–8	0–0	4–7	3	8	11	4	0	1	1	1	12
Allen Leavell	—	4–13	0–2	3–4	1	1	2	4	1	0	6	3	11
Tom Henderson	—	4–6	0–0	3–4	1	3	4	6	1	0	1	4	11
Wally Walker	—	4–13	0–0	1–2	4	1	5	0	1	0	0	2	9
Joe Bryant	—	4–7	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	8
Terry Teagle	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals	63:00	38–80	1–3	22–31	11	26	37	21	6	3	16	22	99

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1982-83.

8 Mar 1983102–99 this game
30 Mar 1983Houston Rockets 95–102 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 16–45
Houston Rockets: 11–50

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 51.

17 Feb 1982Houston Rockets 110–102 Cleveland Cavaliers
30 Mar 1983Houston Rockets 95–102 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.