NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New York Knicks107–129Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 23 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 64th meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	38:00	9–20	9–15	—	—	8	3	0	3	3	27
Toby Knight	34:00	10–17	1–2	—	—	12	0	2	3	2	21
Ray Williams	24:00	1–9	4–4	—	—	2	4	0	3	1	6
Jim Cleamons	23:00	3–4	0–0	—	—	2	2	2	1	1	6
Marvin Webster	23:00	3–4	0–0	—	—	4	1	0	1	6	6
Spencer Haywood	21:00	4–9	4–5	—	—	1	1	0	0	4	12
Earl Monroe	20:00	4–10	4–5	—	—	2	2	0	3	1	12
Michael Ray Richardson	19:00	1–6	2–3	—	—	3	5	1	0	2	4
Glen Gondrezick	17:00	1–2	1–1	—	—	5	2	0	1	2	3
John Rudd	11:00	1–1	0–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Mike Glenn	10:00	4–6	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
Team totals	240:00	41–88	25–37	0	0	39	21	5	15	24	107

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	44:00	8–17	7–9	—	—	22	5	0	4	2	23
Rick Barry	37:00	8–15	2–3	—	—	1	7	1	3	4	18
Robert Reid	35:00	8–12	2–2	—	—	2	4	0	2	4	18
Rudy Tomjanovich	34:00	9–16	1–3	—	—	7	2	0	1	2	19
Calvin Murphy	27:00	9–14	0–0	—	—	3	4	6	1	4	18
Mike Newlin	27:00	4–7	7–7	—	—	2	3	0	2	2	15
Dwight Jones	26:00	5–7	4–5	—	—	6	0	0	1	4	14
Mike Dunleavy	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacky Dorsey	2:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Slick Watts	2:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Alonzo Bradley	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	53–92	23–29	0	0	43	25	7	14	24	129

This season

Houston Rockets 4, New York Knicks 0 in NBA 1978-79.

13 Oct 1978Houston Rockets 111–107 New York Knicks
25 Oct 1978New York Knicks 101–106 Houston Rockets
23 Dec 1978107–129 this game
3 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 116–115 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 16–17
Houston Rockets: 15–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 79, New York Knicks 81.

25 Oct 1978New York Knicks 101–106 Houston Rockets
3 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 116–115 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.