NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

New Orleans Jazz116–118New York Knicks

New Orleans Jazz at New York Knicks

Date: Friday 30 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 112 played

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Pete Maravich	48:00	11–27	10–12	—	—	3	7	1	32
Truck Robinson	46:00	8–18	2–5	—	—	14	2	4	18
Gail Goodrich	29:00	5–11	3–3	—	—	2	3	2	13
Joe Meriweather	25:00	6–12	4–7	—	—	12	3	3	16
Aaron James	25:00	6–11	0–0	—	—	5	1	3	12
Rich Kelley	23:00	3–6	1–1	—	—	8	3	3	7
Freddie Boyd	16:00	1–5	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Paul Griffin	14:00	2–3	3–3	—	—	4	1	3	7
Nate Williams	11:00	1–3	2–2	—	—	1	0	0	4
Jim McElroy	3:00	2–2	1–1	0	0	0	1	0	5
Team totals	240:00	45–98	26–34	0	0	49	21	20	116

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	44:00	12–17	9–12	—	—	7	5	5	33
Jim Cleamons	41:00	6–11	0–0	—	—	3	7	3	12
Lonnie Shelton	36:00	10–14	1–2	—	—	12	4	5	21
Earl Monroe	35:00	13–22	2–3	—	—	6	4	3	28
Jim McMillian	29:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	6	10	1	4
Spencer Haywood	23:00	5–8	4–5	—	—	6	3	4	14
Ray Williams	11:00	0–5	0–0	—	—	2	4	1	0
Butch Beard	8:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	1	1	1	4
Toby Knight	6:00	1–3	0–0	—	—	1	0	2	2
Glen Gondrezick	6:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Phil Jackson	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	51–90	16–22	0	0	44	39	27	118

This season

New York Knicks 3, Utah Jazz 1 in NBA 1977-78.

26 Oct 1977New York Knicks 106–123 New Orleans Jazz
15 Nov 1977New Orleans Jazz 105–108 New York Knicks
30 Dec 1977116–118 this game
31 Mar 1978New York Knicks 117–116 New Orleans Jazz

Records going in

New Orleans Jazz: 14–19
New York Knicks: 18–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 56, Utah Jazz 56.

15 Nov 1977New Orleans Jazz 105–108 New York Knicks
31 Mar 1978New York Knicks 117–116 New Orleans Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.