The Cleveland Cavaliers gave up their most points in a game against the Lakers on January 29, 1980 with 153 allowed.

Interpreted as:

cavs most points allowed in a regular-season game per position

	TEAM	OPP PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Cavaliers	153	1/29/1980	CLE	vs	LAL	W 154-153	340	154	61	44	13	8	65	142	45.8	0	1	0.0	24	32	75.0	49.3	29	32	14	30
2	Cavaliers	148	2/13/2019	CLE	vs	BKN	L 139-148	315	139	57	35	7	4	54	120	45.0	18	42	42.9	13	18	72.2	54.3	18	39	15	37
3	Cavaliers	148	1/20/2018	CLE	vs	OKC	L 124-148	240	124	28	32	7	4	46	89	51.7	10	37	27.0	22	27	81.5	61.5	3	25	15	18
4	Cavaliers	148	1/2/1972	CLE	vs	PHI	L 119-148	240	119	44	36			44	106	41.5				31	37	83.8	48.7				32
5	Cavaliers	147	3/7/1982	CLE	@	DEN	L 127-147	240	127	46	31	7	7	51	100	51.0	0	4	0.0	25	33	75.8	55.4	19	27	24	34
6	Cavaliers	145	3/8/1990	CLE	@	GSW	L 105-145	240	105	45	25	5	3	36	92	39.1	3	12	25.0	30	36	83.3	48.7	17	28	22	20
7	Cavaliers	144	1/26/1985	CLE	@	DEN	L 127-144	240	127	45	23	6	8	46	98	46.9	1	7	14.3	34	45	75.6	53.9	12	33	15	36
8	Cavaliers	143	11/22/2019	CLE	@	DAL	L 101-143	240	101	34	23	3	3	37	86	43.0	12	29	41.4	15	17	88.2	54.0	8	26	10	15
9	Cavaliers	142	2/28/1984	CLE	@	KCK	L 137-142	290	137	53	22	9	5	53	116	45.7	2	9	22.2	29	42	69.0	50.9	25	28	18	35
10	Cavaliers	141	5/5/2021	CLE	vs	POR	L 105-141	240	105	42	23	9	3	37	92	40.2	13	38	34.2	18	26	69.2	50.8	12	30	9	18
11	Cavaliers	141	1/24/2021	CLE	@	BOS	L 103-141	240	103	34	24	10	8	34	85	40.0	10	33	30.3	25	34	73.5	51.5	11	23	17	23
12	Cavaliers	141	12/7/2019	CLE	@	PHI	L 94-141	240	94	35	20	4	0	36	96	37.5	9	35	25.7	13	17	76.5	45.4	11	24	18	17
13	Cavaliers	141	1/11/2019	CLE	@	HOU	L 113-141	240	113	39	24	12	4	40	89	44.9	9	33	27.3	24	26	92.3	56.3	6	33	13	24
14	Cavaliers	141	11/2/1970	CLE	@	PHI	L 87-141	240	87	47	12			30	84	35.7				27	34	79.4	44.0				34
15	Cavaliers	140	11/10/2025	CLE	@	MIA	L 138-140	265	138	60	26	8	4	49	120	40.8	21	65	32.3	19	27	70.4	52.3	26	34	10	27
16	Cavaliers	140	1/9/2019	CLE	@	NOP	L 124-140	240	124	31	27	7	3	42	88	47.7	14	30	46.7	26	30	86.7	61.3	9	22	13	30
17	Cavaliers	140	12/9/2002	CLE	vs	MIL	L 133-140	290	133	53	31	4	7	52	106	49.1	8	15	53.3	21	26	80.8	56.6	17	36	23	27
18	Cavaliers	140	3/13/1981	CLE	vs	NJN	L 125-140	240	125	32	29		2	50	98	51.0	0			25	31	80.6	56.0				28
19	Cavaliers	140	3/6/1981	CLE	@	SDC	L 125-140	240	125	33	27	9	1	47	95	49.5	1	3	33.3	30	35	85.7	56.6	15	18	11	33
20	Cavaliers	140	11/11/1979	CLE	@	LAL	L 126-140	240	126	35	20	13	2	44	107	41.1	1	8	12.5	37	46	80.4	49.5	17	18	14	15
21	Cavaliers	140	10/22/1970	CLE	@	SDR	L 110-140	240	110	51	13			42	100	42.0				26	36	72.2	47.5				34
22	Cavaliers	139	2/3/2020	CLE	vs	NYK	L 134-139	265	134	34	34	6	3	52	92	56.5	18	35	51.4	12	18	66.7	67.1	5	29	15	18
23	Cavaliers	139	10/13/1979	CLE	vs	BOS	L 117-139	240	117	29	18	6	2	46	96	47.9	1	3	33.3	24	30	80.0	53.6	10	19	20	36
24	Cavaliers	139	3/24/1979	CLE	@	NOJ	L 117-139	240	117	44	18	11	1	47	103	45.6				23	24	95.8	51.5	23	21	15	26
25	Cavaliers	139	2/28/1979	CLE	@	MIL	L 117-139	240	117	47	29	8	3	52	110	47.3				13	16	81.3	50.0	21	26	18	25