NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

New York Knicks123–109Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 17 December 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 316th meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Walt Frazier	40:00	16–24	0–0	—	—	3	7	2	—	2	32
Spencer Haywood	38:00	11–20	6–6	—	—	11	3	—	—	1	28
Earl Monroe	37:00	5–13	2–2	—	—	4	7	—	—	4	12
Lonnie Shelton	32:00	3–10	3–4	—	—	11	4	—	—	4	9
Bob McAdoo	25:00	7–14	3–5	—	—	8	1	—	—	5	17
Phil Jackson	20:00	2–7	1–2	—	—	1	2	—	—	4	5
Tom McMillen	18:00	1–5	2–4	—	—	2	1	—	—	1	4
Butch Beard	15:00	3–5	1–2	—	—	1	1	—	—	3	7
Ticky Burden	13:00	3–10	3–3	0	0	0	2	—	—	2	9
Mo Layton	2:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0
Team totals	240:00	51–109	21–28	0	0	41	28	2	—	26	123

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Charlie Scott	37:00	11–16	4–5	1	1	2	4	1	0	3	26
Jo Jo White	35:00	5–19	3–4	1	6	7	6	0	0	4	13
Sidney Wicks	30:00	4–10	6–8	3	6	9	2	0	1	3	14
Curtis Rowe	29:00	4–9	2–4	3	9	12	0	0	0	4	10
Tom Boswell	27:00	6–7	2–2	1	5	6	1	0	0	5	14
John Havlicek	23:00	4–7	6–8	0	1	1	4	1	1	2	14
Kevin Stacom	19:00	1–5	3–5	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	5
Jim Ard	18:00	1–2	0–0	2	4	6	3	0	0	3	2
Norm Cook	17:00	1–7	3–4	1	5	6	1	2	1	2	5
Fred Saunders	5:00	3–3	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
Team totals	240:00	40–85	29–40	13	38	51	26	4	3	28	109

This season

Boston Celtics 2, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1976-77.

27 Nov 1976Boston Celtics 123–109 New York Knicks
17 Dec 1976123–109 this game
11 Feb 1977New York Knicks 111–119 Boston Celtics
5 Apr 1977Boston Celtics 113–121 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 12–14
Boston Celtics: 14–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 343, New York Knicks 226.

27 Nov 1976Boston Celtics 123–109 New York Knicks
11 Feb 1977New York Knicks 111–119 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.