NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers135–117New York Knicks

Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 14 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 236th meetingof 332 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	42:00	7–14	15–18	3	6	9	3	2	1	3	4	29
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35:00	11–18	0–0	3	14	17	4	2	2	5	4	22
Lou Hudson	35:00	8–14	2–2	6	1	7	1	0	0	1	1	18
Norm Nixon	30:00	5–10	0–0	0	6	6	3	1	1	6	2	10
Don Ford	29:00	8–17	6–7	2	5	7	2	1	0	3	5	22
Charlie Scott	29:00	6–15	6–7	1	3	4	8	2	0	2	2	18
Tom Abernethy	25:00	4–8	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	8
Dave Robisch	13:00	4–7	0–0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	3	8
Brad Davis	2:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	53–104	29–34	16	40	56	24	10	5	21	21	135

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	40:00	11–22	4–4	3	9	12	4	2	0	9	4	26
Spencer Haywood	32:00	9–15	2–4	3	5	8	4	1	3	5	4	20
Butch Beard	29:00	3–12	1–3	6	1	7	5	2	0	0	1	7
Jim McMillian	28:00	3–9	0–0	1	3	4	4	0	0	1	1	6
Earl Monroe	26:00	10–20	6–6	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	3	26
Toby Knight	24:00	3–8	0–2	2	7	9	0	0	2	2	5	6
Ray Williams	23:00	2–8	0–0	0	5	5	10	4	0	3	2	4
Jim Cleamons	18:00	4–7	0–0	2	3	5	2	0	0	1	1	8
Lonnie Shelton	17:00	7–9	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	5	14
Phil Jackson	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	52–111	13–19	20	34	54	31	9	5	25	26	117

This season

New York Knicks 1, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1977-78.

6 Nov 1977New York Knicks 106–102 Los Angeles Lakers
3 Jan 1978Los Angeles Lakers 120–117 New York Knicks
17 Jan 1978New York Knicks 108–121 Los Angeles Lakers
14 Mar 1978135–117 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 36–30
New York Knicks: 36–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 140, Los Angeles Lakers 192.

17 Jan 1978New York Knicks 108–121 Los Angeles Lakers
3 Nov 1978New York Knicks 124–147 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.