NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

New York Knicks99–97Chicago Bulls

New York Knicks at Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday 6 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 60th meetingof 277 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	41:00	12–23	4–4	0	8	8	4	2	0	3	6	28
Earl Monroe	36:00	11–15	1–1	0	0	0	7	1	0	2	3	23
Lonnie Shelton	33:00	8–14	1–1	1	7	8	1	2	0	2	4	17
Jim Cleamons	32:00	4–8	3–3	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	11
Butch Beard	23:00	3–7	1–2	3	3	6	4	0	0	2	2	7
Toby Knight	21:00	1–3	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	4	5	2
Spencer Haywood	19:00	4–13	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	8
Glen Gondrezick	19:00	1–2	1–1	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	2	3
Jim McMillian	11:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ray Williams	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	44–87	11–12	8	24	32	25	7	1	16	28	99

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mickey Johnson	44:00	8–17	11–14	4	6	10	5	1	0	3	4	27
Artis Gilmore	40:00	11–17	4–9	4	13	17	3	0	2	7	3	26
Norm Van Lier	40:00	0–2	2–2	1	3	4	13	3	0	2	2	2
Scott May	38:00	4–8	0–1	4	4	8	0	0	0	6	4	8
Wilbur Holland	37:00	9–20	2–2	1	4	5	4	1	0	0	3	20
John Mengelt	19:00	4–12	2–4	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	10
Nick Weatherspoon	13:00	1–1	0–0	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	1	2
Mark Landsberger	6:00	0–1	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2
Steve Sheppard	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	37–78	23–34	18	35	53	25	7	2	23	19	97

This season

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

17 Dec 1977Chicago Bulls 103–112 New York Knicks
6 Jan 197899–97 this game
28 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 96–108 New York Knicks
17 Mar 1978New York Knicks 117–129 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

New York Knicks: 20–16
Chicago Bulls: 20–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Dec 1977Chicago Bulls 103–112 New York Knicks
28 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 96–108 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.