The Cleveland Cavaliers came up just a bit short against the Indiana Pacers, 108 to 106, on March 22, 1979.
Final
Pacers
Cavaliers
FG Made - Attempted
47-87
43-92
Field Goal %
54.0
46.7
3PT Made - Attempted
3PT %
FT Made - Attempted
14-17
20-25
Free Throw %
82.4
80.0
Rebounds
37
41
Offensive Rebounds
9
15
Defensive Rebounds
28
26
Assists
19
20
Steals
8
8
Blocks
4
1
Turnovers
18
15
Personal Fouls
25
20
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. English | 36 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7-14 | 50.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 53.8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | |||
M. Bantom | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7-10 | 70.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 67.0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||
J. Davis | 33 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9-15 | 60.0 | 4-6 | 66.7 | 62.4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
R. Sobers | 31 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7-16 | 43.8 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 49.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
J. Edwards | 30 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-13 | 53.8 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 57.6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Calhoun | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
L. Elmore | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 0-0 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
B. Knight | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-7 | 28.6 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 42.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
B. Davis | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
S. Green | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
W. Radford | 1 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Russell | 43 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7-14 | 50.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 53.8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |||
A. Carr | 38 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9-17 | 52.9 | 5-6 | 83.3 | 58.6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
B. Smith | 34 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8-17 | 47.1 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 50.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
K. Higgs | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2-6 | 33.3 | 0-0 | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
J. Chones | 25 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-9 | 33.3 | 4-7 | 57.1 | 41.4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Mitchell | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-13 | 30.8 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 36.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
E. Smith | 23 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7-11 | 63.6 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 67.3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
B. Lee | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 66.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Team Rankings
ORTG
121.6
1st
DRTG
110.0
7th
NETRTG
11.6
2nd
3P%
40.5
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