NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

New York Knicks102–112Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 3 February 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 60th meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	46:00	8–17	4–7	—	—	16	3	1	1	5	20
Jim Cleamons	39:00	6–10	2–2	—	—	6	10	2	0	0	14
Lonnie Shelton	34:00	11–19	2–3	—	—	6	6	0	0	2	24
Earl Monroe	29:00	9–14	2–2	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	20
Butch Beard	23:00	6–9	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	12
Jim McMillian	19:00	2–6	0–0	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	4
Spencer Haywood	17:00	1–10	2–2	—	—	6	0	0	1	3	4
Toby Knight	13:00	2–4	0–0	—	—	1	1	2	1	2	4
Phil Jackson	10:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	3	0
Ray Williams	6:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	2	0	0	2	0
Glen Gondrezick	4:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–93	12–16	0	0	40	25	6	4	22	102

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
John Lucas	41:00	9–13	4–4	—	—	5	9	4	0	2	22
Dwight Jones	40:00	4–11	1–1	—	—	4	1	4	0	3	9
Calvin Murphy	31:00	11–18	1–1	—	—	3	6	2	0	4	23
Moses Malone	31:00	1–10	3–7	—	—	11	0	0	0	4	5
Mike Newlin	28:00	5–13	9–10	—	—	3	4	4	1	3	19
Kevin Kunnert	25:00	9–12	2–2	—	—	10	1	1	0	1	20
Robert Reid	24:00	4–10	0–0	—	—	5	2	1	0	3	8
C.J. Kupec	20:00	3–7	0–0	—	—	1	1	1	0	2	6
Team totals	240:00	46–94	20–25	—	—	42	24	17	1	22	112

This season

Houston Rockets 2, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1977-78.

28 Nov 1977Houston Rockets 86–104 New York Knicks
29 Nov 1977New York Knicks 103–120 Houston Rockets
3 Feb 1978102–112 this game
7 Mar 1978Houston Rockets 101–112 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 26–24
Houston Rockets: 17–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 79, New York Knicks 81.

29 Nov 1977New York Knicks 103–120 Houston Rockets
7 Mar 1978Houston Rockets 101–112 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.