NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets119–115New York Knicks

Denver Nuggets at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 31 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 6th meetingof 103 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Wilkerson	43:00	5–16	2–5	1	3	4	10	3	0	4	2	12
David Thompson	42:00	14–22	13–14	3	2	5	7	1	0	2	2	41
Bobby Jones	39:00	7–11	1–1	3	6	9	4	2	2	5	4	15
Dan Issel	33:00	12–17	3–4	0	8	8	3	1	0	0	5	27
Mack Calvin	28:00	4–7	4–4	1	2	3	3	2	0	3	1	12
Darnell Hillman	19:00	2–5	0–0	3	2	5	0	0	1	3	3	4
Jim Price	19:00	1–3	2–2	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	1	4
Anthony Roberts	11:00	1–4	0–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	2
Bo Ellis	6:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	2
Team totals	240:00	47–87	25–32	13	27	40	30	11	3	20	19	119

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	14–21	5–6	2	12	14	4	2	5	6	1	33
Earl Monroe	30:00	7–11	0–0	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	3	14
Lonnie Shelton	30:00	5–9	2–2	4	3	7	2	2	1	3	3	12
Jim Cleamons	28:00	3–6	2–2	0	2	2	9	0	0	4	3	8
Glen Gondrezick	26:00	4–13	5–6	3	3	6	2	1	0	2	5	13
Spencer Haywood	23:00	6–10	0–1	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	4	12
Toby Knight	20:00	3–6	0–4	2	0	2	1	3	2	1	3	6
Ray Williams	17:00	5–7	0–0	3	1	4	4	0	0	5	0	10
Jim McMillian	16:00	3–6	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	6
Butch Beard	8:00	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals	240:00	50–89	15–23	16	25	41	29	9	8	23	25	115

This season

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

22 Jan 1978New York Knicks 143–141 Denver Nuggets
31 Jan 1978119–115 this game
21 Mar 1978New York Knicks 115–114 Denver Nuggets
28 Mar 1978Denver Nuggets 103–106 New York Knicks

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 30–17
New York Knicks: 26–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Jan 1978New York Knicks 143–141 Denver Nuggets
21 Mar 1978New York Knicks 115–114 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.