NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons99–115Cleveland Cavaliers

Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 28 February 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 92nd meetingof 273 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Isiah Thomas	—	9–22	2–7	8–11	0	3	3	13	1	0	4	3	28
Mark Aguirre	—	11–24	3–5	3–5	2	0	2	3	1	1	5	5	28
Joe Dumars	—	5–15	0–0	1–1	2	1	3	5	1	0	4	3	11
Dennis Rodman	—	4–5	0–0	1–2	6	5	11	3	0	2	0	5	9
Bill Laimbeer	—	3–10	1–4	1–1	1	8	9	3	1	0	1	5	8
Rick Mahorn	—	3–5	0–0	1–1	3	6	9	1	1	0	2	5	7
Vinnie Johnson	—	3–9	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	7
James Edwards	—	0–3	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	1
Team totals	—	38–93	6–16	17–25	15	27	42	29	5	4	18	30	99

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	5–8	0–0	2–4	4	3	7	0	2	2	0	4	12
Ron Harper	—	11–16	0–0	4–4	0	4	4	5	4	0	4	2	26
Brad Daugherty	—	5–13	1–1	9–10	3	10	13	2	0	0	4	1	20
Larry Nance	—	4–10	0–0	10–12	1	7	8	3	1	2	1	3	18
Mark Price	—	7–11	0–3	3–3	0	3	3	10	1	0	2	4	17
Mike Sanders	—	3–9	0–0	5–6	0	3	3	1	3	0	0	4	11
Darnell Valentine	—	3–5	0–0	1–1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	7
Craig Ehlo	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	3	0	0	1	3	2
Tree Rollins	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	2
Team totals	26:00	40–78	1–4	34–40	10	35	45	24	12	5	12	23	115

This season

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

15 Dec 1988Detroit Pistons 98–119 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Jan 1989Cleveland Cavaliers 80–79 Detroit Pistons
28 Feb 198999–115 this game
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

Detroit Pistons: 36–15
Cleveland Cavaliers: 41–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

27 Jan 1989Cleveland Cavaliers 80–79 Detroit Pistons
3 Mar 1989Cleveland Cavaliers 90–96 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.