NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New York Knicks103–117Cleveland Cavaliers

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 4 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 43rd meetingof 248 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marvin Webster	40:00	3–9	3–5	3	9	12	3	0	2	0	1	9
Bob McAdoo	37:00	8–11	3–7	1	2	3	4	4	1	2	4	19
Jim Cleamons	32:00	4–10	3–4	3	1	4	6	2	0	2	1	11
Toby Knight	31:00	11–16	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	6	22
Mike Glenn	27:00	6–10	0–0	2	4	6	3	0	0	1	1	12
Spencer Haywood	24:00	5–17	1–2	2	1	3	5	0	0	3	1	11
Ray Williams	23:00	8–16	0–0	3	2	5	6	0	0	3	3	16
Earl Monroe	14:00	0–4	1–2	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	2	1
Michael Ray Richardson	12:00	0–2	2–4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
Team totals	240:00	45–95	13–24	16	25	41	28	8	3	13	19	103

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	42:00	11–19	4–4	0	6	6	8	1	0	4	3	26
Austin Carr	37:00	7–15	2–2	2	4	6	1	0	1	2	1	16
Foots Walker	31:00	5–8	0–0	1	3	4	7	1	1	1	2	10
Jim Chones	30:00	5–6	3–3	4	10	14	4	0	3	1	1	13
Terry Furlow	26:00	5–10	0–0	0	0	0	7	1	0	2	1	10
Bingo Smith	23:00	6–9	2–3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	14
Mike Mitchell	18:00	7–11	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	4	14
Jim Brewer	18:00	1–4	2–2	1	5	6	1	1	1	0	3	4
John Lambert	9:00	4–5	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	8
Harry Davis	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kenny Higgs	2:00	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	51–88	15–16	10	32	42	30	5	6	16	20	117

This season

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

16 Nov 1978New York Knicks 97–93 Cleveland Cavaliers
4 Jan 1979103–117 this game
19 Jan 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 101–105 New York Knicks
17 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 127–117 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 19–20
Cleveland Cavaliers: 14–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

16 Nov 1978New York Knicks 97–93 Cleveland Cavaliers
19 Jan 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 101–105 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.