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NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets86–104New York Knicks

Houston Rockets at New York Knicks

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting
58th meetingof 160 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLTOVPFPTS
Rudy Tomjanovich39:009–231–3——1121—219
Moses Malone37:009–156–13——15024224
Mike Newlin32:004–73–4000734511
Dwight Jones28:002–42–4——402—26
Calvin Murphy27:004–90–0——111638
Ed Ratleff25:004–90–0——121—48
John Lucas23:002–80–0——343444
Kevin Kunnert21:001–51–2——421—03
Robert Reid4:001–11–2——201—13
Robin Jones4:000–20–0——100—00
Team totals240:0036–8314–2800421815182386

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLTOVPFPTS
Lonnie Shelton28:009–151–3571253—319
Earl Monroe26:008–136–6——452—122
Jim Cleamons26:002–31–2——320—25
Bob McAdoo25:004–98–10——521—516
Spencer Haywood24:005–150–0——750—310
Toby Knight24:005–100–0——400—410
Jim McMillian24:002–60–0——530—24
Glen Gondrezick21:002–92–4——411—16
Butch Beard19:004–40–0——360—08
Ray Williams18:002–60–0——461—04
Phil Jackson5:000–00–0——100—10
Team totals240:0043–9018–255752358—22104

This season

New York Knicks 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1977-78.

Records going in

Houston Rockets
6–11
New York Knicks
10–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 81, Houston Rockets 79.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.