The Cleveland Cavaliers couldn't pull it off against the Detroit Pistons, 120 to 116, on February 1, 1979.
Final
Pistons
Cavaliers
FG Made - Attempted
49-82
49-92
Field Goal %
59.8
53.3
3PT Made - Attempted
3PT %
FT Made - Attempted
22-26
18-21
Free Throw %
84.6
85.7
Rebounds
35
33
Offensive Rebounds
9
13
Defensive Rebounds
26
20
Assists
27
27
Steals
8
4
Blocks
3
4
Turnovers
18
15
Personal Fouls
24
26
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.L. Carr | 46 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11-15 | 73.3 | 7-8 | 87.5 | 78.3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | |||
K. Porter | 41 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4-11 | 36.4 | 7-7 | 100.0 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
J. Long | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-9 | 44.4 | 0-0 | 44.4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
B. Lanier | 37 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12-23 | 52.2 | 5-7 | 71.4 | 55.6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
L. Douglas | 28 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-7 | 100.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 101.5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Tyler | 29 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9-13 | 69.2 | 0-0 | 69.2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
E. Tatum | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
A. Wakefield | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 56.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
B. Poquette | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
S. Sheppard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Carr | 46 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11-21 | 52.4 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
C. Russell | 37 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11-19 | 57.9 | 7-9 | 77.8 | 63.2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
J. Chones | 36 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4-12 | 33.3 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 38.8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||
K. Higgs | 33 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8-10 | 80.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 82.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
B. Smith | 18 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2-7 | 28.6 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 33.6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Mitchell | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-12 | 50.0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 52.6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
J. Brewer | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
B. Lee | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-8 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
J. Lambert | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Team Rankings
ORTG
123.8
1st
DRTG
111.5
8th
NETRTG
12.3
1st
3P%
41.6
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