NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

New York Knicks117–129Chicago Bulls

New York Knicks at Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday 17 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 62nd meetingof 277 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	39:00	12–19	8–9	0	7	7	3	1	3	2	4	32
Butch Beard	35:00	3–9	0–0	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	3	6
Earl Monroe	27:00	5–14	4–5	1	1	2	5	3	0	0	1	14
Spencer Haywood	25:00	8–15	0–0	4	5	9	1	0	1	1	2	16
Jim McMillian	25:00	4–11	0–0	0	4	4	2	0	0	1	1	8
Lonnie Shelton	24:00	5–13	0–0	1	3	4	1	1	2	1	4	10
Ray Williams	20:00	4–9	0–0	1	1	2	6	2	0	0	2	8
Jim Cleamons	19:00	5–9	3–3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	13
Toby Knight	16:00	3–7	2–2	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	5	8
Phil Jackson	10:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	2
Team totals	240:00	50–107	17–19	10	28	38	24	11	6	8	25	117

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Wilbur Holland	40:00	9–19	6–6	0	6	6	9	2	0	3	3	24
Artis Gilmore	35:00	12–20	7–7	5	14	19	5	0	2	5	4	31
Mickey Johnson	34:00	10–18	1–1	2	3	5	9	0	0	2	6	21
Norm Van Lier	33:00	3–7	2–2	1	5	6	8	1	0	2	2	8
Mark Landsberger	29:00	5–11	4–5	6	7	13	2	0	0	0	5	14
Cazzie Russell	28:00	8–15	4–4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	20
John Mengelt	18:00	2–8	3–4	1	1	2	3	1	0	4	1	7
Cliff Pondexter	17:00	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	2	0	2	1	0	0
Tate Armstrong	5:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	4
Derrek Dickey	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	51–102	27–29	16	41	57	43	4	4	18	22	129

This season

Chicago Bulls 1, New York Knicks 3 in NBA 1977-78.

17 Dec 1977Chicago Bulls 103–112 New York Knicks
6 Jan 1978New York Knicks 99–97 Chicago Bulls
28 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 96–108 New York Knicks
17 Mar 1978117–129 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 36–32
Chicago Bulls: 34–36

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 148, New York Knicks 129.

28 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 96–108 New York Knicks
9 Dec 1978Chicago Bulls 101–96 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.