NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers87–96New York Knicks

Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks

Date: Sunday 1 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 38th meetingof 248 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	41:00	10–15	4–6	1	8	9	2	0	1	2	3	24
Walt Frazier	40:00	9–18	4–5	2	3	5	0	3	0	1	3	22
Jim Brewer	36:00	1–3	0–0	2	8	10	2	3	1	3	3	2
Campy Russell	31:00	3–13	1–2	1	7	8	4	0	0	3	4	7
Austin Carr	28:00	3–11	2–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	8
Foots Walker	23:00	2–7	0–0	1	4	5	5	2	1	3	1	4
Bingo Smith	18:00	6–10	2–6	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	14
Elmore Smith	10:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
John Lambert	8:00	1–4	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2
Terry Furlow	5:00	2–3	0–1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	37–86	13–22	8	37	45	17	9	3	13	20	87

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Earl Monroe	38:00	8–23	3–6	2	2	4	2	0	0	2	1	19
Spencer Haywood	37:00	11–19	0–0	5	8	13	3	0	1	2	2	22
Bob McAdoo	37:00	9–21	1–3	5	17	22	1	2	1	2	5	19
Jim Cleamons	35:00	4–8	3–4	2	2	4	6	0	0	1	2	11
Lonnie Shelton	32:00	7–14	0–0	3	7	10	3	2	2	3	4	14
Jim McMillian	16:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Ray Williams	14:00	1–5	1–2	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	2	3
Glen Gondrezick	13:00	2–4	4–4	2	3	5	0	0	1	3	1	8
Butch Beard	12:00	0–5	0–0	3	0	3	4	1	0	1	3	0
Toby Knight	6:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	240:00	42–101	12–19	23	42	65	25	8	6	17	22	96

This season

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

25 Oct 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 117–112 New York Knicks
22 Dec 1977New York Knicks 100–112 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Jan 197887–96 this game
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

Cleveland Cavaliers: 18–15
New York Knicks: 19–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Dec 1977New York Knicks 100–112 Cleveland Cavaliers
14 Feb 1978New York Knicks 127–136 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.