Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule, Scores, Results

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1977-1978 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Record	Cleveland Leaders	New York Leaders	PPP
Apr 12, 1978	v. New York	L, 114 - 132	Richfield Coliseum Opening Round	0-1	PTS: 23. C. Russell	PTS: 41. Bob McAdoo	0 - 0
Apr 14, 1978	@ New York	L, 109 - 107	Madison Square Garden Opening Round	0-2	PTS: 32. C. Russell	PTS: 27. S. Haywood	0 - 0

Date

Opponent

Result

Venue

Record

Cleveland Leaders

New York Leaders

PPP

Apr 12, 1978

New York

L, 114 - 132

Richfield Coliseum
Opening Round

0-1

PTS: 23. C. Russell

PTS: 41. Bob McAdoo

0 - 0

Apr 14, 1978

New York

L, 109 - 107

Madison Square Garden
Opening Round

0-2

PTS: 32. C. Russell

PTS: 27. S. Haywood

0 - 0

Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Record	Cleveland Leaders	Opponent Leaders	PPP
Oct 18, 1977	v. Chicago	L, 88 - 91	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	0-1	PTS: 21. C. Russell	PTS: 34. A. Gilmore	0 - 0
Oct 20, 1977	@ New Orleans	W, 104 - 107	Caesars Superdome Regular Season	1-1	PTS: 23. C. Russell	PTS: 29. P. Maravich	0 - 0
Oct 22, 1977	@ Atlanta	L, 107 - 101	Omni Coliseum Regular Season	1-2	PTS: 24. C. Russell	PTS: 23. John Drew	0 - 0
Oct 25, 1977	@ New York	W, 112 - 117	Madison Square Garden Regular Season	2-2	PTS: 28. Walt Frazier	PTS: 29. Bob McAdoo	0 - 0
Oct 27, 1977	v. Kansas City	L, 104 - 119	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	2-3	PTS: 32. C. Russell	PTS: 18. O. Birdsong	0 - 0
Oct 29, 1977	v. Boston	W, 103 - 98	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	3-3	PTS: 22. Walt Frazier	PTS: 18. Jo Jo White	0 - 0
Nov 1, 1977	v. Denver	W, 110 - 93	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	4-3	PTS: 21. Jim Chones	PTS: 25. D. Thompson	0 - 0
Nov 2, 1977	@ Boston	W, 101 - 104	Boston Garden Regular Season	5-3	PTS: 22. Walt Frazier	PTS: 20. Jo Jo White	0 - 0
Nov 3, 1977	v. Milwaukee	W, 100 - 91	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	6-3	PTS: 24. Bingo Smith	PTS: 20. M. Johnson	0 - 0
Nov 5, 1977	v. New Jersey	W, 105 - 93	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	7-3	PTS: 30. Bingo Smith	PTS: 36. Bernard King	0 - 0
Nov 11, 1977	@ Milwaukee	W, 82 - 88	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Regular Season	8-3	PTS: 16. Walt Frazier	PTS: 20. J. Bridgeman	0 - 0
Nov 15, 1977	@ L.A. Lakers	W, 95 - 102	The Forum Regular Season	9-3	PTS: 16. Bingo Smith	PTS: 16. K. Washington	0 - 0
Nov 18, 1977	@ Golden State	L, 108 - 104	Oracle Arena Regular Season	9-4	PTS: 27. Walt Frazier	PTS: 28. Rick Barry	0 - 0
Nov 19, 1977	@ Portland	L, 109 - 67	Veterans Memorial Coliseum Regular Season	9-5	PTS: 12. Jim Chones	PTS: 17. Tom Owens	0 - 0
Nov 20, 1977	@ Seattle	W, 108 - 115	Kingdome Regular Season	10-5	PTS: 20. C. Russell	PTS: 31. Fred Brown	0 - 0
Nov 24, 1977	v. Phoenix	W, 97 - 82	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	11-5	PTS: 25. C. Russell	PTS: 22. P. Westphal	0 - 0
Nov 26, 1977	@ Detroit	W, 87 - 105	Cobo Center Regular Season	12-5	PTS: 18. Walt Frazier	PTS: 19. Bob Lanier	0 - 0
Nov 29, 1977	v. L.A. Lakers	W, 118 - 101	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	13-5	PTS: 20. Foots Walker	PTS: 19. Earl Tatum	0 - 0
Dec 1, 1977	v. Houston	L, 92 - 105	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	13-6	PTS: 23. C. Russell	PTS: 28. Moses Malone	0 - 0
Dec 3, 1977	@ Chicago	L, 111 - 97	Chicago Stadium Regular Season	13-7	PTS: 26. C. Russell	PTS: 29. A. Gilmore	0 - 0
Dec 4, 1977	v. Washington	L, 94 - 100	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	13-8	PTS: 22. Austin Carr	PTS: 28. Phil Chenier	0 - 0
Dec 6, 1977	v. Portland	L, 94 - 116	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	13-9	PTS: 20. Austin Carr	PTS: 27. Bob Gross	0 - 0
Dec 7, 1977	@ Washington	L, 96 - 95	US Airways Arena Regular Season	13-10	PTS: 20. Jim Chones	PTS: 21. B. Dandridge	0 - 0
Dec 10, 1977	v. Atlanta	W, 102 - 87	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	14-10	PTS: 29. Jim Chones	PTS: 16. Ron Behagen	0 - 0
Dec 13, 1977	v. Seattle	W, 116 - 104	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	15-10	PTS: 30. C. Russell	PTS: 23. Fred Brown	0 - 0
Dec 16, 1977	@ New Jersey	L, 116 - 106	Jersey Mike's Arena Regular Season	15-11	PTS: 19. Austin Carr	PTS: 26. Bernard King	0 - 0
Dec 17, 1977	@ Philadelphia	L, 129 - 116	Spectrum Regular Season	15-12	PTS: 38. C. Russell	PTS: 23. G. McGinnis	0 - 0
Dec 18, 1977	v. Golden State	W, 101 - 95	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	16-12	PTS: 31. Jim Chones	PTS: 26. Rick Barry	0 - 0
Dec 22, 1977	v. New York	W, 112 - 100	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	17-12	PTS: 23. Walt Frazier	PTS: 35. Bob McAdoo	0 - 0
Dec 25, 1977	v. Buffalo	W, 111 - 105	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	18-12	PTS: 28. C. Russell	PTS: 26. Billy Knight	0 - 0
Dec 27, 1977	v. New Orleans	L, 102 - 113	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	18-13	PTS: 29. Walt Frazier	PTS: 42. P. Maravich	0 - 0
Dec 29, 1977	@ Houston	L, 104 - 99	Compaq Center Regular Season	18-14	PTS: 29. C. Russell	PTS: 26. C. Murphy	0 - 0
Dec 30, 1977	@ San Antonio	L, 122 - 101	HemisFair Arena Regular Season	18-15	PTS: 20. C. Russell	PTS: 29. G. Gervin	0 - 0
Jan 1, 1978	@ New York	L, 96 - 87	Madison Square Garden Regular Season	18-16	PTS: 24. Jim Chones	PTS: 22. S. Haywood	0 - 0
Jan 4, 1978	@ Philadelphia	L, 108 - 93	Spectrum Regular Season	18-17	PTS: 22. Austin Carr	PTS: 21. J. Erving	0 - 0
Jan 5, 1978	v. New Jersey	W, 110 - 94	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	19-17	PTS: 15. Walt Frazier	PTS: 20. Bernard King	0 - 0
Jan 7, 1978	v. San Antonio	L, 107 - 109	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	19-18	PTS: 26. C. Russell	PTS: 30. Larry Kenon	0 - 0
Jan 13, 1978	@ Seattle	L, 104 - 98	Kingdome Regular Season	19-19	PTS: 20. Austin Carr	PTS: 23. Fred Brown	0 - 0
Jan 15, 1978	@ Phoenix	L, 113 - 104	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Regular Season	19-20	PTS: 24. C. Russell	PTS: 31. Walter Davis	0 - 0
Jan 17, 1978	@ Denver	L, 104 - 89	McNichols Sports Arena Regular Season	19-21	PTS: 19. C. Russell	PTS: 25. D. Thompson	0 - 0
Jan 19, 1978	v. Philadelphia	W, 117 - 109	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	20-21	PTS: 27. Elmore Smith	PTS: 43. J. Erving	0 - 0
Jan 22, 1978	v. Atlanta	W, 93 - 89	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	21-21	PTS: 20. C. Russell	PTS: 31. John Drew	0 - 0
Jan 24, 1978	@ Indiana	W, 92 - 96	Market Square Arena Regular Season	22-21	PTS: 23. Elmore Smith	PTS: 17. Mike Bantom	0 - 0
Jan 28, 1978	v. Detroit	L, 105 - 115	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	22-22	PTS: 22. Jim Chones	PTS: 30. Bob Lanier	0 - 0
Jan 29, 1978	@ Detroit	L, 120 - 116	Cobo Center Regular Season	22-23	PTS: 35. C. Russell	PTS: 39. Bob Lanier	0 - 0
Jan 31, 1978	v. L.A. Lakers	L, 107 - 116	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	22-24	PTS: 27. Walt Frazier	PTS: 31. K. Abdul-Jabbar	0 - 0
Feb 2, 1978	v. Washington	W, 110 - 93	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	23-24	PTS: 32. Elmore Smith	PTS: 25. B. Dandridge	0 - 0
Feb 3, 1978	@ Buffalo	W, 101 - 104	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Regular Season	24-24	PTS: 22. Bingo Smith	PTS: 35. Swen Nater	0 - 0
Feb 7, 1978	v. New Orleans	W, 122 - 99	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	25-24	PTS: 22. Terry Furlow	PTS: 21. T. Robinson	0 - 0
Feb 9, 1978	v. Portland	L, 88 - 94	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	25-25	PTS: 19. Austin Carr	PTS: 35. M. Lucas	0 - 0
Feb 10, 1978	@ Milwaukee	L, 108 - 98	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Regular Season	25-26	PTS: 24. Elmore Smith	PTS: 22. J. Bridgeman	0 - 0
Feb 12, 1978	@ Kansas City	L, 101 - 88	Kemper Arena Regular Season	25-27	PTS: 21. Bingo Smith	PTS: 20. Tom Burleson	0 - 0
Feb 14, 1978	v. New York	W, 136 - 127	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	26-27	PTS: 26. Walt Frazier	PTS: 40. Bob McAdoo	0 - 0
Feb 16, 1978	v. Denver	W, 119 - 87	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	27-27	PTS: 18. Bingo Smith	PTS: 19. A. Roberts	0 - 0
Feb 17, 1978	@ New Jersey	W, 96 - 99	Jersey Mike's Arena Regular Season	28-27	PTS: 21. Walt Frazier	PTS: 32. J. Williamson	0 - 0
Feb 18, 1978	v. Kansas City	W, 105 - 101	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	29-27	PTS: 21. C. Russell	PTS: 25. Ron Boone	0 - 0
Feb 20, 1978	@ Chicago	L, 106 - 95	Chicago Stadium Regular Season	29-28	PTS: 20. Terry Furlow	PTS: 21. A. Gilmore	0 - 0
Feb 21, 1978	v. Philadelphia	L, 114 - 127	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	29-29	PTS: 20. C. Russell	PTS: 26. G. McGinnis	0 - 0
Feb 24, 1978	@ New Orleans	L, 101 - 98	Caesars Superdome Regular Season	29-30	PTS: 16. Jim Chones	PTS: 30. G. Goodrich	0 - 0
Feb 25, 1978	@ San Antonio	L, 112 - 108	HemisFair Arena Regular Season	29-31	PTS: 22. Jim Chones	PTS: 36. G. Gervin	0 - 0
Feb 27, 1978	@ Houston	W, 97 - 110	Compaq Center Regular Season	30-31	PTS: 25. C. Russell	PTS: 26. C. Murphy	0 - 0
Mar 1, 1978	@ Denver	W, 104 - 110	McNichols Sports Arena Regular Season	31-31	PTS: 23. C. Russell	PTS: 33. D. Thompson	0 - 0
Mar 4, 1978	@ Portland	L, 105 - 100	Veterans Memorial Coliseum Regular Season	31-32	PTS: 29. Elmore Smith	PTS: 26. Bob Gross	0 - 0
Mar 5, 1978	@ L.A. Lakers	L, 128 - 117	The Forum Regular Season	31-33	PTS: 25. Elmore Smith	PTS: 26. K. Abdul-Jabbar	0 - 0
Mar 8, 1978	@ Golden State	L, 118 - 108	Oracle Arena Regular Season	31-34	PTS: 34. C. Russell	PTS: 32. Rick Barry	0 - 0
Mar 10, 1978	@ Buffalo	L, 118 - 117	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Regular Season	31-35	PTS: 25. C. Russell	PTS: 30. Swen Nater	0 - 0
Mar 12, 1978	@ Indiana	W, 90 - 95	Market Square Arena Regular Season	32-35	PTS: 19. Jim Chones	PTS: 23. J. Edwards	0 - 0
Mar 14, 1978	v. Houston	W, 119 - 98	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	33-35	PTS: 26. Elmore Smith	PTS: 22. C. Murphy	0 - 0
Mar 16, 1978	v. Boston	W, 112 - 102	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	34-35	PTS: 21. Austin Carr	PTS: 30. Dave Bing	0 - 0
Mar 19, 1978	v. Phoenix	L, 112 - 123	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	34-36	PTS: 22. C. Russell	PTS: 39. P. Westphal	0 - 0
Mar 20, 1978	v. Indiana	L, 104 - 127	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	34-37	PTS: 22. Elmore Smith	PTS: 29. Ricky Sobers	0 - 0
Mar 22, 1978	@ Boston	L, 105 - 99	Boston Garden Regular Season	34-38	PTS: 23. C. Russell	PTS: 24. Dave Bing	0 - 0
Mar 26, 1978	v. Chicago	W, 95 - 78	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	35-38	PTS: 23. Terry Furlow	PTS: 18. S. Sheppard	0 - 0
Mar 27, 1978	v. Golden State	W, 98 - 88	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	36-38	PTS: 20. Austin Carr	PTS: 26. Phil Smith	0 - 0
Mar 28, 1978	v. Seattle	W, 112 - 100	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	37-38	PTS: 19. Elmore Smith	PTS: 21. D. Johnson	0 - 0
Mar 30, 1978	v. San Antonio	L, 95 - 99	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	37-39	PTS: 24. Elmore Smith	PTS: 28. G. Gervin	0 - 0
Mar 31, 1978	@ Washington	W, 101 - 102	US Airways Arena Regular Season	38-39	PTS: 24. C. Russell	PTS: 26. Elvin Hayes	0 - 0
Apr 1, 1978	v. Detroit	W, 113 - 99	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	39-39	PTS: 25. Austin Carr	PTS: 21. Chris Ford	0 - 0
Apr 4, 1978	v. Buffalo	W, 116 - 105	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	40-39	PTS: 24. Austin Carr	PTS: 20. Swen Nater	0 - 0
Apr 6, 1978	v. Milwaukee	W, 117 - 105	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	41-39	PTS: 27. Jim Chones	PTS: 22. M. Johnson	0 - 0
Apr 7, 1978	@ Atlanta	W, 109 - 111	Omni Coliseum Regular Season	42-39	PTS: 27. C. Russell	PTS: 29. John Drew	0 - 0
Apr 9, 1978	@ Kansas City	W, 117 - 120	Kemper Arena Regular Season	43-39	PTS: 31. C. Russell	PTS: 23. Scott Wedman	0 - 0

Date

Opponent

Result

Venue

Record

Cleveland Leaders

Opponent Leaders

PPP

Oct 18, 1977

Chicago

L, 88 - 91

Richfield Coliseum
Regular Season