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NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final/OT

New York Knicks119–121Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting
319th meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
Bob McAdoo52:008–235–5——157———421
Jim McMillian42:006–92–2——53———114
Earl Monroe40:0015–257–8——14———337
Lonnie Shelton40:009–123–4——65———421
Butch Beard26:005–72–2——31———312
Jim Cleamons24:001–50–0——55———62
Spencer Haywood15:003–80–0——20———16
Ray Williams14:001–10–0——31———22
Toby Knight9:002–40–0——10———34
Glen Gondrezick3:000–30–0——10———00
Team totals265:0050–9719–21——4226———27119

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
Jo Jo White46:005–229–103143002119
Charlie Scott44:009–225–60445311123
Dave Cowens40:005–142–2410148111512
Sidney Wicks33:005–114–62571212214
Curtis Rowe25:004–56–91561010214
John Havlicek25:007–100–01235001114
Cedric Maxwell23:002–46–84591102510
Dave Bing16:005–92–21121002312
Tom Boswell13:001–31–1325100143
Team totals265:0043–10035–4419355426741224121

This season

Boston Celtics 2, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1977-78.

Records going in

New York Knicks
9–7
Boston Celtics
5–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.