NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers87–90Detroit Pistons

Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 27 February 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 133rd meetingof 273 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Shawn Kemp	9–20	0–0	8–13	2	9	11	2	2	1	4	4	26	-5
Cedric Henderson	5–13	0–0	3–4	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	6	13	+6
Vitaly Potapenko	5–11	0–0	2–6	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	12	-9
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	4–11	0–0	3–3	2	8	10	2	0	0	1	5	11	+15
Carl Thomas	3–4	2–2	2–2	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	4	10	+3
Brevin Knight	2–5	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	4	2	0	2	4	6	-7
Wesley Person	2–6	0–3	1–1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	5	-15
Bob Sura	1–4	0–1	2–4	0	1	1	7	3	0	2	4	4	+4
Shawnelle Scott	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-7
Team totals	31–75	2–6	23–35	8	26	34	21	12	2	12	32	87	—

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Bison Dele	7–11	0–0	3–4	3	5	8	0	0	1	4	6	17	-5
Jerome Williams	7–16	0–0	3–3	8	4	12	1	0	1	0	3	17	+11
Lindsey Hunter	5–10	1–4	5–9	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	16	+13
Grant Hill	4–12	0–0	4–7	0	6	6	7	1	0	5	4	12	+5
Jerry Stackhouse	4–8	1–2	1–4	1	2	3	4	0	0	2	0	10	+4
Rick Mahorn	1–2	0–0	4–4	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	4	6	+8
Joe Dumars	2–9	1–4	0–1	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	5	-8
Malik Sealy	0–3	0–1	3–4	1	3	4	2	1	0	2	2	3	-5
Don Reid	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	-2
Scot Pollard	1–2	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	2	2	2	-6
Team totals	31–73	3–11	25–38	16	29	45	17	6	3	18	27	90	—

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Cleveland Cavaliers 3 in NBA 1997-98.

31 Jan 1998Detroit Pistons 88–90 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Feb 199887–90 this game
27 Mar 1998Detroit Pistons 87–88 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Apr 1998Cleveland Cavaliers 92–90 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 30–26
Detroit Pistons: 25–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

31 Jan 1998Detroit Pistons 88–90 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Mar 1998Detroit Pistons 87–88 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.