NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New York Knicks108–120Phoenix Suns

New York Knicks at Phoenix Suns

Date: Tuesday 31 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 47th meetingof 142 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marvin Webster	44:00	4–11	8–8	3	9	12	1	0	2	6	6	16
Spencer Haywood	42:00	9–18	3–7	1	2	3	3	1	3	4	2	21
Ray Williams	39:00	8–15	4–5	0	4	4	2	3	1	7	5	20
Toby Knight	31:00	8–15	1–1	3	2	5	3	2	1	3	5	17
Jim Cleamons	27:00	1–6	2–2	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	4	4
Mike Glenn	26:00	7–12	1–1	1	5	6	3	0	0	0	0	15
Glen Gondrezick	14:00	0–3	0–0	0	2	2	3	2	0	1	4	0
Greg Bunch	10:00	3–4	1–2	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	3	7
John Rudd	7:00	1–3	6–6	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	8
Team totals	240:00	41–87	26–32	12	28	40	20	9	8	23	30	108

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	36:00	15–24	5–7	1	2	3	8	2	0	1	3	35
Walter Davis	32:00	9–15	0–1	1	3	4	9	1	1	4	3	18
Don Buse	32:00	2–8	1–2	0	5	5	3	0	0	0	1	5
Gar Heard	32:00	2–7	0–0	3	4	7	2	1	1	2	2	4
Bayard Forrest	31:00	5–7	3–4	2	2	4	5	1	0	3	2	13
Ron Lee	18:00	4–8	3–4	0	1	1	4	2	0	1	2	11
Marty Byrnes	16:00	2–5	5–5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	9
Joel Kramer	15:00	4–8	1–1	2	3	5	1	1	0	3	4	9
Mike Bratz	10:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	2
Alvan Adams	9:00	6–9	0–0	4	3	7	2	1	0	0	3	12
Alvin Scott	9:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	2
Team totals	240:00	51–96	18–24	13	25	38	38	11	2	17	25	120

This season

Phoenix Suns 4, New York Knicks 0 in NBA 1978-79.

31 Oct 1978108–120 this game
2 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 114–102 New York Knicks
26 Jan 1979New York Knicks 107–108 Phoenix Suns
20 Feb 1979Phoenix Suns 117–107 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 4–4
Phoenix Suns: 6–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

23 Mar 1978New York Knicks 108–120 Phoenix Suns
2 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 114–102 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.