- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1977-78Regular season
- Meeting
- 47th meetingof 143 played
Buffalo Braves
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swen Nater | 44:00 | 8–13 | 4–4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| Randy Smith | 43:00 | 10–21 | 9–11 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
| Billy Knight | 43:00 | 9–18 | 5–6 | — | — | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| Chuck Williams | 37:00 | 2–8 | 6–6 | — | — | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Marvin Barnes | 32:00 | 10–16 | 3–4 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| Wil Jones | 22:00 | 5–7 | 1–2 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Bird Averitt | 11:00 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | — | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Larry McNeill | 4:00 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Glenn | 4:00 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 46–88 | 30–35 | 4 | 20 | 51 | 30 | 27 | 122 |
New York Knicks
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McAdoo | 46:00 | 15–23 | 3–5 | — | — | 14 | 5 | 4 | 33 |
| Earl Monroe | 35:00 | 4–14 | 4–5 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| Jim McMillian | 32:00 | 4–8 | 2–2 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Spencer Haywood | 30:00 | 3–17 | 2–4 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Butch Beard | 25:00 | 6–9 | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| Ray Williams | 25:00 | 2–7 | 3–4 | — | — | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Lonnie Shelton | 24:00 | 9–17 | 3–6 | — | — | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| Jim Cleamons | 11:00 | 0–0 | 3–4 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Phil Jackson | 9:00 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Toby Knight | 3:00 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 45–98 | 22–32 | — | — | 38 | 32 | 28 | 112 |
This season
New York Knicks 1, Los Angeles Clippers 3 in NBA 1977-78.
Records going in
- Buffalo Braves
- 18–34
- New York Knicks
- 29–27
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: New York Knicks 75, Los Angeles Clippers 68.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.