NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers90–96Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 3 March 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 93rd 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	16:00	5–10	0–1	0–1	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	4	10
Larry Nance	—	7–16	0–0	6–7	1	6	7	2	1	0	3	2	20
Mike Sanders	—	5–10	1–1	5–7	1	3	4	5	1	1	3	4	16
Craig Ehlo	—	7–13	0–2	0–1	4	2	6	4	0	0	1	2	14
Brad Daugherty	—	4–10	0–0	3–5	1	8	9	4	0	0	5	5	11
Ron Harper	—	4–9	0–1	2–2	2	5	7	3	3	2	3	3	10
Darnell Valentine	—	2–8	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	1	2	0	4	2	6
Tree Rollins	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	3
Team totals	16:00	35–77	1–5	19–27	12	28	40	19	7	4	20	27	90

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Laimbeer	—	8–16	0–1	8–9	4	10	14	0	2	0	3	5	24
Mark Aguirre	—	8–17	1–4	5–6	2	4	6	3	1	0	2	3	22
Isiah Thomas	—	5–16	0–2	6–6	2	3	5	11	3	0	6	4	16
Vinnie Johnson	—	6–11	0–0	1–1	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	13
Joe Dumars	—	4–12	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	10
Dennis Rodman	—	2–2	0–0	3–4	1	6	7	1	1	0	0	5	7
James Edwards	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2
Rick Mahorn	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	2
John Long	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	35–78	1–7	25–28	11	26	37	21	10	0	16	22	96

This season

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

15 Dec 1988Detroit Pistons 98–119 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Jan 1989Cleveland Cavaliers 80–79 Detroit Pistons
28 Feb 1989Detroit Pistons 99–115 Cleveland Cavaliers
3 Mar 198990–96 this game
12 Apr 1989Cleveland Cavaliers 95–107 Detroit Pistons
18 Apr 1989Detroit Pistons 118–102 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 43–12
Detroit Pistons: 37–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

28 Feb 1989Detroit Pistons 99–115 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Apr 1989Cleveland Cavaliers 95–107 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.