NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final/2OT

New York Knicks127–136Cleveland Cavaliers

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 14 February 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 39th meetingof 248 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	56:00	17–35	6–10	4	18	22	7	2	3	6	5	40
Jim McMillian	46:00	8–15	6–6	2	4	6	6	0	2	2	4	22
Earl Monroe	43:00	14–21	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	4	28
Spencer Haywood	38:00	8–17	0–2	1	7	8	4	0	2	1	3	16
Jim Cleamons	25:00	0–5	0–0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	0
Ray Williams	23:00	3–7	0–0	0	1	1	5	0	2	2	6	6
Butch Beard	21:00	2–6	2–2	2	5	7	5	0	0	0	6	6
Lonnie Shelton	14:00	2–5	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	6	4
Toby Knight	10:00	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2
Glen Gondrezick	9:00	1–4	0–0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	3	2
Phil Jackson	5:00	0–1	1–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Team totals	290:00	56–118	15–23	11	40	51	36	6	9	16	40	127

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elmore Smith	43:00	8–16	6–7	4	13	17	2	0	1	3	5	22
Foots Walker	43:00	3–9	1–2	0	9	9	10	3	0	1	0	7
Walt Frazier	38:00	10–15	6–7	0	0	0	4	2	0	6	3	26
Jim Chones	37:00	6–14	5–7	3	11	14	2	0	0	0	6	17
Campy Russell	30:00	6–17	11–20	7	1	8	4	0	0	1	5	23
Austin Carr	30:00	4–14	1–2	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	2	9
Jim Brewer	29:00	3–4	1–3	1	5	6	1	0	0	1	2	7
Bingo Smith	28:00	7–13	5–9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	19
John Lambert	7:00	2–4	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Terry Furlow	5:00	1–4	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	290:00	50–110	36–57	20	42	62	26	5	2	13	27	136

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 3, New York Knicks 3 in NBA 1977-78.

25 Oct 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 117–112 New York Knicks
22 Dec 1977New York Knicks 100–112 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 87–96 New York Knicks
14 Feb 1978127–136 this game
12 Apr 1978New York Knicks 132–114 Cleveland Cavaliers
14 Apr 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 107–109 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 28–26
Cleveland Cavaliers: 25–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 112, New York Knicks 136.

1 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 87–96 New York Knicks
12 Apr 1978New York Knicks 132–114 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.