NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls103–112New York Knicks

Chicago Bulls at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 17 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 277 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mickey Johnson	41:00	8–14	6–7	4	6	10	3	1	0	7	2	22
Artis Gilmore	36:00	7–16	9–13	6	9	15	4	0	1	0	2	23
Norm Van Lier	36:00	1–7	2–2	4	2	6	6	4	0	2	4	4
Wilbur Holland	35:00	9–24	2–2	3	2	5	3	0	0	4	4	20
Nick Weatherspoon	27:00	6–10	2–2	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	14
Scott May	24:00	5–6	2–5	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	12
John Mengelt	14:00	3–6	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	6
Steve Sheppard	14:00	0–3	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tate Armstrong	11:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	0
Jim Ard	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–88	25–33	21	25	46	21	5	1	18	20	103

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	44:00	11–21	3–3	3	9	12	6	2	3	3	4	25
Earl Monroe	33:00	6–12	2–3	1	0	1	9	0	0	2	0	14
Butch Beard	30:00	5–8	4–5	1	2	3	2	3	0	2	3	14
Jim McMillian	29:00	6–7	0–1	1	3	4	2	1	0	0	1	12
Toby Knight	26:00	10–11	2–2	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	3	22
Jim Cleamons	20:00	1–2	0–0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	1	2
Glen Gondrezick	19:00	3–4	1–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	7
Spencer Haywood	15:00	1–4	3–4	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	5	5
Ray Williams	13:00	2–6	1–2	0	2	2	5	1	0	2	2	5
Lonnie Shelton	11:00	3–6	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	4	6
Team totals	240:00	48–81	16–22	9	24	33	34	9	3	14	23	112

This season

New York Knicks 3, Chicago Bulls 1 in NBA 1977-78.

17 Dec 1977103–112 this game
6 Jan 1978New York Knicks 99–97 Chicago Bulls
28 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 96–108 New York Knicks
17 Mar 1978New York Knicks 117–129 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 17–10
New York Knicks: 15–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 129, Chicago Bulls 148.

25 Mar 1977New York Knicks 87–105 Chicago Bulls
6 Jan 1978New York Knicks 99–97 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.