NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

New York Knicks115–114Denver Nuggets

New York Knicks at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 21 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 7th meetingof 103 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	44:00	11–23	13–18	4	12	16	1	0	0	4	4	35
Jim McMillian	31:00	7–14	3–3	5	2	7	2	1	0	5	1	17
Butch Beard	30:00	4–6	2–2	1	2	3	7	4	0	3	1	10
Earl Monroe	29:00	7–15	3–3	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	2	17
Phil Jackson	29:00	1–3	3–3	1	5	6	1	2	5	0	4	5
Ray Williams	26:00	4–10	2–4	1	2	3	8	1	1	5	3	10
Toby Knight	19:00	6–11	0–1	4	3	7	0	2	0	1	4	12
Lonnie Shelton	18:00	3–4	3–3	0	2	2	4	1	1	2	6	9
Jim Cleamons	14:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–87	29–37	16	29	45	30	12	7	21	25	115

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Wilkerson	40:00	4–13	2–2	1	3	4	9	3	0	3	2	10
David Thompson	38:00	12–22	5–5	1	3	4	6	1	2	2	2	29
Bobby Jones	37:00	6–12	3–7	6	6	12	5	2	4	2	3	15
Anthony Roberts	34:00	10–17	7–8	2	2	4	2	1	0	1	4	27
Dan Issel	26:00	5–10	2–2	3	5	8	2	1	0	7	6	12
Darnell Hillman	23:00	4–9	1–2	4	3	7	2	2	2	2	6	9
Bo Ellis	15:00	1–4	0–0	1	4	5	0	0	2	0	4	2
Robert Smith	15:00	1–4	0–0	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	2	2
Ralph Simpson	12:00	3–7	2–2	0	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	8
Team totals	240:00	46–98	22–28	18	31	49	29	13	10	18	29	114

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, New York Knicks 3 in NBA 1977-78.

22 Jan 1978New York Knicks 143–141 Denver Nuggets
31 Jan 1978Denver Nuggets 119–115 New York Knicks
21 Mar 1978115–114 this game
28 Mar 1978Denver Nuggets 103–106 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 36–35
Denver Nuggets: 42–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 52, New York Knicks 51.

31 Jan 1978Denver Nuggets 119–115 New York Knicks
28 Mar 1978Denver Nuggets 103–106 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.