NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers80–79Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 27 January 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 91st meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hot Rod Williams	26:00	3–7	0–0	6–7	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	2	12
Mark Price	—	9–17	0–1	4–4	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	1	22
Brad Daugherty	—	7–8	0–0	0–0	1	6	7	4	1	0	1	2	14
Larry Nance	—	5–13	0–0	1–1	2	7	9	3	1	2	4	2	11
Ron Harper	—	4–11	0–1	2–2	0	5	5	9	1	0	3	5	10
Mike Sanders	—	3–8	0–0	2–4	1	3	4	2	2	0	0	1	8
Chris Dudley	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	4	3
Craig Ehlo	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
Darnell Valentine	—	0–0	0–0	0–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tree Rollins	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	26:00	32–70	0–2	16–21	8	31	39	23	5	2	15	21	80

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Isiah Thomas	—	10–22	0–2	2–3	4	3	7	5	1	0	2	2	22
Vinnie Johnson	—	10–22	0–0	2–3	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	4	22
Adrian Dantley	—	2–11	0–0	7–9	2	3	5	1	1	0	4	4	11
Dennis Rodman	—	4–7	0–0	0–2	7	10	17	2	0	0	1	4	8
James Edwards	—	3–11	0–0	2–3	1	5	6	1	0	0	2	4	8
John Salley	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	4	2	6	0	0	0	2	2	6
Bill Laimbeer	—	1–7	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	2
Rick Mahorn	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	0
Team totals	—	33–86	0–2	13–20	22	27	49	10	3	0	18	22	79

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Cleveland Cavaliers 3 in NBA 1988-89.

15 Dec 1988Detroit Pistons 98–119 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Jan 198980–79 this game
28 Feb 1989Detroit Pistons 99–115 Cleveland Cavaliers
3 Mar 1989Cleveland Cavaliers 90–96 Detroit Pistons
12 Apr 1989Cleveland Cavaliers 95–107 Detroit Pistons
18 Apr 1989Detroit Pistons 118–102 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 30–8
Detroit Pistons: 26–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

15 Dec 1988Detroit Pistons 98–119 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Feb 1989Detroit Pistons 99–115 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.