NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers120–117New York Knicks

Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 3 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 234th meetingof 332 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	39:00	8–15	4–4	4	7	11	6	3	2	6	1	20
Adrian Dantley	37:00	4–12	9–11	5	0	5	5	1	0	1	1	17
Jamaal Wilkes	36:00	6–19	2–2	5	6	11	5	2	0	0	5	14
Lou Hudson	35:00	9–14	8–8	3	2	5	1	1	0	1	0	26
Norm Nixon	35:00	11–15	4–4	1	3	4	3	0	0	3	2	26
Charlie Scott	26:00	3–10	4–5	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	5	10
Don Ford	12:00	0–2	0–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Robisch	9:00	1–4	1–1	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	3
Tom Abernethy	6:00	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Carr	5:00	1–2	2–3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	4
Team totals	240:00	43–93	34–40	20	30	50	27	8	2	13	18	120

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	43:00	17–24	4–5	0	7	7	6	1	3	3	1	38
Spencer Haywood	41:00	10–21	2–2	4	5	9	5	0	2	2	5	22
Earl Monroe	39:00	8–16	0–1	2	2	4	8	0	1	3	3	16
Jim Cleamons	34:00	4–8	1–2	2	6	8	3	0	0	3	2	9
Lonnie Shelton	32:00	6–12	0–0	4	9	13	5	2	2	0	5	12
Ray Williams	14:00	3–6	2–2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	8
Glen Gondrezick	10:00	1–3	0–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2
Jim McMillian	9:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2
Butch Beard	8:00	2–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4
Toby Knight	5:00	1–1	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	4
Phil Jackson	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	53–97	11–16	13	30	43	34	3	8	17	26	117

This season

New York Knicks 1, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1977-78.

6 Nov 1977New York Knicks 106–102 Los Angeles Lakers
3 Jan 1978120–117 this game
17 Jan 1978New York Knicks 108–121 Los Angeles Lakers
14 Mar 1978Los Angeles Lakers 135–117 New York Knicks

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 16–18
New York Knicks: 20–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 140, Los Angeles Lakers 192.

6 Nov 1977New York Knicks 106–102 Los Angeles Lakers
17 Jan 1978New York Knicks 108–121 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.