NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

New York Knicks100–112Cleveland Cavaliers

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 22 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 37th meetingof 248 played

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	13–25	9–10	4	14	18	1	3	1	6	4	35
Spencer Haywood	38:00	9–24	2–2	3	4	7	2	1	2	3	3	20
Jim Cleamons	34:00	2–6	3–4	3	5	8	10	2	0	2	5	7
Lonnie Shelton	33:00	4–8	1–3	2	1	3	0	0	0	3	5	9
Earl Monroe	32:00	3–11	1–2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	2	7
Butch Beard	18:00	5–11	2–2	3	2	5	2	1	0	1	5	12
Glen Gondrezick	16:00	2–7	0–0	4	3	7	2	0	0	1	2	4
Ray Williams	12:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	4
Toby Knight	10:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim McMillian	9:00	1–4	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
Phil Jackson	9:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Team totals	255:00	41–102	18–23	20	31	51	24	9	4	22	31	100

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	40:00	7–11	2–2	1	8	9	4	0	0	4	4	16
Campy Russell	37:00	10–18	1–2	2	1	3	1	0	1	4	1	21
Walt Frazier	36:00	7–20	9–10	1	3	4	2	2	1	1	2	23
Austin Carr	33:00	7–11	2–5	0	1	1	7	0	2	3	3	16
Jim Brewer	25:00	1–7	0–0	5	4	9	2	2	1	1	4	2
Foots Walker	19:00	1–3	4–6	3	4	7	5	1	0	2	2	6
Bingo Smith	16:00	3–8	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	6
Elmore Smith	15:00	5–7	4–4	1	5	6	2	0	2	0	4	14
John Lambert	11:00	2–3	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	4
Terry Furlow	8:00	1–5	2–3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Team totals	240:00	44–93	24–32	15	31	46	24	5	7	19	23	112

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 3, New York Knicks 3 in NBA 1977-78.

25 Oct 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 117–112 New York Knicks
22 Dec 1977100–112 this game
1 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 87–96 New York Knicks
14 Feb 1978New York Knicks 127–136 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Apr 1978New York Knicks 132–114 Cleveland Cavaliers
14 Apr 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 107–109 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 16–14
Cleveland Cavaliers: 16–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 112, New York Knicks 136.

25 Oct 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 117–112 New York Knicks
1 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 87–96 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.