Cleveland Cavaliers beat Atlanta Hawks 120–94 for the NBA belt (Dec 17, 1988)

Atlanta Hawks had held it since December 16, 1988, with 0 defenses over 1 days.

Cleveland Cavaliers held it for 23 days and 9 defenses, then lost it to Oklahoma City Thunder on January 9, 1989.

1,700Reign number

23Team's reign

9Defenses

23Days held

Box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Dominique Wilkins	30	22	10	2	3	1	10-25	0-3	2-2
Reggie Theus	28	15	6	0	1	0	6-15	0-1	3-4
Cliff Levingston	27	14	8	0	2	0	7-11	0-0	0-0
Spud Webb	19	11	4	4	0	0	5-8	1-3	0-0
Moses Malone	27	8	7	2	0	0	1-7	0-0	6-8
Antoine Carr	19	8	5	0	0	0	4-7	0-0	0-0
Dudley Bradley	13	7	1	1	1	0	3-7	1-4	0-1
Doc Rivers	22	3	1	7	2	0	1-6	0-1	1-2
Ray Tolbert	19	3	3	2	1	2	1-4	0-0	1-2
John Battle	27	2	0	2	0	0	1-7	0-2	0-0
Duane Ferrell	9	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Mark Price	32	23	3	8	1	0	9-11	2-3	3-3
Ron Harper	35	19	9	6	1	2	8-15	0-3	3-3
Mike Sanders	31	18	6	0	1	0	8-16	0-0	2-2
Larry Nance	30	15	4	2	0	3	7-10	0-0	1-1
Hot Rod Williams	18	15	4	0	0	2	5-6	0-0	5-8
Brad Daugherty	34	9	9	5	0	0	3-6	0-0	3-6
Randolph Keys	10	8	2	1	0	1	4-6	0-0	0-0
Chris Dudley	8	7	3	0	0	0	3-6	0-0	1-1
Phil Hubbard	6	2	2	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2
Darnell Valentine	21	2	2	6	4	0	0-3	0-0	2-2
Tree Rollins	6	2	0	1	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-1
Craig Ehlo	9	0	2	3	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-2

Cleveland Cavaliers take the belt