NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final/OT

New York Knicks143–141Denver Nuggets

New York Knicks at Denver Nuggets

Date: Sunday 22 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 103 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	42:00	13–22	13–16	5	14	19	4	2	2	3	5	39
Jim McMillian	37:00	4–10	0–0	1	3	4	3	1	0	0	4	8
Earl Monroe	34:00	6–10	8–10	1	2	3	9	2	0	3	5	20
Ray Williams	32:00	7–16	2–3	0	2	2	10	2	1	5	5	16
Jim Cleamons	27:00	3–4	0–0	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	1	6
Spencer Haywood	25:00	10–15	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	1	3	6	20
Lonnie Shelton	20:00	6–6	1–2	0	4	4	3	2	2	4	6	13
Glen Gondrezick	18:00	2–4	0–1	1	7	8	2	2	0	3	4	4
Butch Beard	11:00	2–4	1–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	3	5
Phil Jackson	10:00	0–0	2–3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2
Toby Knight	9:00	5–7	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	1	10
Team totals	265:00	58–98	27–37	11	37	48	39	11	7	31	42	143

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	46:00	11–22	15–21	3	3	6	3	5	2	3	4	37
Bob Wilkerson	45:00	6–10	6–6	0	2	2	7	3	0	3	3	18
Dan Issel	39:00	12–22	12–15	5	3	8	3	2	0	4	4	36
Bobby Jones	37:00	5–12	2–2	2	4	6	9	0	0	4	6	12
Jim Price	35:00	2–11	0–0	1	5	6	2	0	0	4	5	4
Mack Calvin	19:00	5–7	6–6	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	1	16
Bo Ellis	16:00	3–4	2–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	5	8
Anthony Roberts	15:00	2–6	3–5	2	3	5	0	1	0	2	1	7
Tom LaGarde	8:00	0–2	1–2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Robert Smith	5:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	265:00	47–97	47–59	14	23	37	29	14	2	24	31	141

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, New York Knicks 3 in NBA 1977-78.

22 Jan 1978143–141 this game
31 Jan 1978Denver Nuggets 119–115 New York Knicks
21 Mar 1978New York Knicks 115–114 Denver Nuggets
28 Mar 1978Denver Nuggets 103–106 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 22–21
Denver Nuggets: 28–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 52, New York Knicks 51.

17 Mar 1977New York Knicks 115–107 Denver Nuggets
31 Jan 1978Denver Nuggets 119–115 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.