NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

New York Knicks108–120Phoenix Suns

New York Knicks at Phoenix Suns

Date: Thursday 23 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 46th meetingof 142 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lonnie Shelton	43:00	8–16	6–8	1	7	8	5	5	2	3	0	22
Bob McAdoo	39:00	9–20	3–4	1	6	7	4	1	0	4	2	21
Butch Beard	30:00	6–15	0–0	2	2	4	7	4	0	2	4	12
Jim McMillian	29:00	5–9	0–0	2	3	5	1	2	0	4	3	10
Earl Monroe	25:00	8–16	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	16
Jim Cleamons	21:00	6–10	1–1	0	3	3	3	2	0	1	1	13
Ray Williams	21:00	2–10	2–2	3	2	5	4	1	0	5	6	6
Toby Knight	17:00	4–7	0–0	2	3	5	0	4	0	0	4	8
Phil Jackson	17:00	0–2	0–0	2	2	4	2	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	242:00	48–105	12–15	13	29	42	27	19	2	21	24	108

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	35:00	10–15	9–10	3	6	9	6	1	1	1	3	29
Paul Westphal	32:00	8–22	0–0	1	1	2	4	0	1	5	1	16
Don Buse	29:00	8–11	1–1	1	1	2	5	3	1	1	0	17
Gar Heard	29:00	3–8	0–0	4	3	7	3	0	2	1	3	6
Alvan Adams	26:00	10–13	1–3	3	8	11	3	3	0	4	3	21
Ron Lee	25:00	5–11	0–2	0	7	7	4	2	0	8	0	10
Alvin Scott	23:00	2–3	3–4	1	2	3	3	1	1	3	0	7
Dennis Awtrey	13:00	1–3	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	2	2
Mike Bratz	10:00	1–6	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	3	2
Bayard Forrest	9:00	2–2	2–2	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	6
Greg Griffin	9:00	2–4	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	4
Team totals	240:00	52–98	16–22	15	35	50	32	10	6	29	16	120

This season

Phoenix Suns 3, New York Knicks 1 in NBA 1977-78.

20 Dec 1977Phoenix Suns 110–99 New York Knicks
19 Jan 1978New York Knicks 114–134 Phoenix Suns
25 Feb 1978Phoenix Suns 115–122 New York Knicks
23 Mar 1978108–120 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 37–35
Phoenix Suns: 43–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 74, New York Knicks 68.

25 Feb 1978Phoenix Suns 115–122 New York Knicks
31 Oct 1978New York Knicks 108–120 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.