NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

New York Knicks108–121Los Angeles Lakers

New York Knicks at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Tuesday 17 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 235th meetingof 332 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	46:00	12–29	4–5	5	9	14	3	1	3	6	5	28
Jim Cleamons	42:00	4–10	0–0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	2	8
Spencer Haywood	35:00	13–27	1–2	6	2	8	5	2	0	3	5	27
Lonnie Shelton	33:00	7–16	0–0	2	8	10	3	2	2	1	5	14
Butch Beard	26:00	7–11	0–0	0	5	5	5	0	0	1	0	14
Toby Knight	26:00	4–6	2–2	3	6	9	1	1	1	2	5	10
Earl Monroe	24:00	3–13	1–2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	7
Jim McMillian	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Williams	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	50–113	8–11	16	30	46	28	7	6	14	25	108

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	36:00	12–23	3–4	2	13	15	4	4	1	3	3	27
Norm Nixon	36:00	5–10	0–0	0	1	1	7	2	0	3	2	10
Charlie Scott	36:00	3–10	2–2	0	5	5	7	1	0	3	1	8
Adrian Dantley	29:00	6–10	10–12	3	4	7	0	1	0	2	2	22
Don Ford	26:00	6–10	6–8	2	6	8	5	0	2	2	4	18
Kenny Carr	21:00	2–10	2–2	0	1	1	3	0	1	2	5	6
Tom Abernethy	20:00	5–7	0–0	1	5	6	0	1	1	1	1	10
Lou Hudson	15:00	4–8	2–2	3	5	8	4	0	0	2	1	10
Dave Robisch	12:00	3–4	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	8
Brad Davis	9:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2
Team totals	240:00	47–93	27–32	12	41	53	34	9	5	19	21	121

This season

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

6 Nov 1977New York Knicks 106–102 Los Angeles Lakers
3 Jan 1978Los Angeles Lakers 120–117 New York Knicks
17 Jan 1978108–121 this game
14 Mar 1978Los Angeles Lakers 135–117 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 22–19
Los Angeles Lakers: 17–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

3 Jan 1978Los Angeles Lakers 120–117 New York Knicks
14 Mar 1978Los Angeles Lakers 135–117 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.