NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New York Knicks97–93Cleveland Cavaliers

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 16 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 42nd meetingof 248 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	45:00	6–15	7–10	1	15	16	4	0	3	3	3	19
Ray Williams	39:00	8–16	7–8	2	2	4	6	1	0	6	4	23
Marvin Webster	36:00	5–8	2–2	5	5	10	3	0	2	4	0	12
Toby Knight	30:00	4–8	2–3	1	3	4	2	1	1	3	2	10
Earl Monroe	23:00	7–13	3–4	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	17
Spencer Haywood	21:00	2–5	0–0	0	4	4	0	0	2	1	0	4
Mike Glenn	18:00	2–5	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	3	4
Glen Gondrezick	15:00	1–2	0–0	2	5	7	0	0	1	1	1	2
Michael Ray Richardson	13:00	3–4	0–0	0	3	3	1	1	1	2	4	6
Team totals	240:00	38–76	21–27	11	42	53	17	4	10	23	20	97

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	41:00	9–17	1–2	5	3	8	4	0	0	1	2	19
Foots Walker	33:00	0–7	2–2	0	2	2	6	5	0	2	3	2
Campy Russell	29:00	4–16	3–5	5	3	8	1	0	0	3	4	11
Jim Brewer	29:00	2–6	0–0	1	7	8	3	1	2	1	1	4
Austin Carr	26:00	6–14	10–10	1	4	5	5	2	0	2	2	22
Terry Furlow	23:00	7–14	0–0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	14
Bingo Smith	19:00	4–11	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	8
Kenny Higgs	15:00	3–6	1–1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	4	7
Mike Mitchell	14:00	2–5	0–0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	4
John Lambert	11:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Team totals	240:00	38–98	17–20	15	26	41	23	10	3	9	21	93

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1978-79.

16 Nov 197897–93 this game
4 Jan 1979New York Knicks 103–117 Cleveland Cavaliers
19 Jan 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 101–105 New York Knicks
17 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 127–117 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 8–8
Cleveland Cavaliers: 5–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 112, New York Knicks 136.

14 Apr 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 107–109 New York Knicks
4 Jan 1979New York Knicks 103–117 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.