NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers106–94New York Knicks

Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 9 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 238th meetingof 332 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jamaal Wilkes	38:00	7–14	7–7	2	9	11	2	2	0	6	2	21
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35:00	12–15	4–7	1	9	10	4	2	4	2	4	28
Norm Nixon	35:00	4–11	2–4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	10
Lou Hudson	31:00	3–4	0–0	1	1	2	5	0	0	1	2	6
Don Ford	26:00	2–5	0–0	2	1	3	3	1	0	4	4	4
Dave Robisch	24:00	4–6	3–4	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	3	11
Kenny Carr	18:00	5–9	3–5	2	1	3	0	0	1	4	5	13
Jim Price	16:00	2–5	1–1	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	1	5
Ron Boone	12:00	2–5	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	4
Ron Carter	3:00	0–0	2–3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Michael Cooper	2:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2
Team totals	240:00	42–76	22–31	10	25	35	22	9	5	23	28	106

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	40:00	7–15	6–9	5	5	10	4	2	0	4	6	20
Toby Knight	32:00	10–20	4–5	3	2	5	2	1	0	4	3	24
Marvin Webster	29:00	3–8	0–0	8	5	13	2	0	1	4	4	6
Ray Williams	28:00	3–11	5–6	3	2	5	8	2	0	2	2	11
Michael Ray Richardson	24:00	2–7	1–3	3	1	4	1	3	0	6	2	5
Joe Meriweather	23:00	3–6	3–6	3	2	5	1	0	0	3	6	9
Jim Cleamons	23:00	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2
Earl Monroe	19:00	3–11	3–3	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	9
Mike Glenn	18:00	4–7	0–0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	8
John Rudd	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	36–90	22–32	25	20	45	24	11	1	26	26	94

This season

New York Knicks 0, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1978-79.

3 Nov 1978New York Knicks 124–147 Los Angeles Lakers
9 Jan 1979106–94 this game
23 Jan 1979New York Knicks 124–148 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 24–16
New York Knicks: 20–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 140, Los Angeles Lakers 192.

3 Nov 1978New York Knicks 124–147 Los Angeles Lakers
23 Jan 1979New York Knicks 124–148 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.