NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

New York Knicks94–112Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 5 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 322nd meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lonnie Shelton	35:00	7–17	2–3	—	—	6	2	—	—	—	4	16
Bob McAdoo	30:00	6–17	5–9	—	—	5	4	—	—	—	2	17
Ray Williams	29:00	11–26	2–2	—	—	5	6	—	—	—	2	24
Glen Gondrezick	28:00	4–16	2–2	—	—	10	1	—	—	—	3	10
Toby Knight	22:00	5–12	0–0	—	—	5	0	—	—	—	3	10
Earl Monroe	21:00	5–10	0–0	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	2	10
Butch Beard	19:00	0–4	1–2	—	—	3	1	—	—	—	0	1
Phil Jackson	16:00	1–3	2–2	—	—	2	0	—	—	—	3	4
Jim McMillian	16:00	1–4	0–0	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	1	2
Jim Cleamons	16:00	0–4	0–0	—	—	2	0	—	—	—	0	0
Spencer Haywood	8:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	3	0	—	—	—	1	0
Team totals	240:00	40–115	14–20	—	—	43	16	—	—	—	21	94

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	32:00	5–9	4–6	2	7	9	6	1	0	2	2	14
Dave Bing	30:00	1–8	4–4	1	3	4	4	0	0	1	2	6
Ernie DiGregorio	27:00	6–8	2–2	0	2	2	9	3	0	8	1	14
Kermit Washington	27:00	4–13	4–5	2	8	10	0	2	3	5	4	12
Kevin Stacom	25:00	8–13	0–0	2	4	6	4	1	0	4	0	16
Sidney Wicks	24:00	8–11	1–1	3	4	7	0	2	1	1	3	17
Cedric Maxwell	23:00	4–5	0–0	1	4	5	2	0	0	1	3	8
John Havlicek	21:00	2–10	3–4	0	5	5	2	1	0	3	2	7
Don Chaney	20:00	6–7	2–2	2	6	8	0	2	0	2	2	14
Bob Bigelow	11:00	2–9	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	4
Team totals	240:00	46–93	20–24	14	45	59	27	12	4	29	20	112

This season

Boston Celtics 2, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1977-78.

25 Nov 1977New York Knicks 119–121 Boston Celtics
6 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 119–122 New York Knicks
4 Mar 1978Boston Celtics 91–99 New York Knicks
5 Mar 197894–112 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 34–28
Boston Celtics: 23–37

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 343, New York Knicks 226.

4 Mar 1978Boston Celtics 91–99 New York Knicks
11 Nov 1978Boston Celtics 98–111 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.