NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New York Knicks119–126Denver Nuggets

New York Knicks at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 12 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 11th meetingof 103 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	42:00	15–26	7–9	6	8	14	5	1	2	3	4	37
Toby Knight	37:00	9–18	4–4	2	5	7	5	0	1	2	2	22
Joe Meriweather	32:00	2–4	4–7	2	6	8	2	1	2	2	4	8
Jim Cleamons	31:00	6–11	1–2	1	2	3	5	0	0	3	1	13
Ray Williams	28:00	5–12	7–8	0	4	4	5	1	0	3	2	17
Mike Glenn	20:00	4–7	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	8
Earl Monroe	17:00	4–7	2–2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	10
Michael Ray Richardson	17:00	0–4	0–0	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	4	0
Marvin Webster	11:00	1–2	0–0	3	2	5	1	0	2	0	0	2
John Rudd	5:00	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	47–93	25–32	15	29	44	31	6	7	17	22	119

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	37:00	9–16	1–2	0	1	1	2	2	0	3	1	19
Charlie Scott	37:00	6–13	0–1	0	2	2	8	1	0	3	3	12
George McGinnis	34:00	15–23	11–12	3	8	11	2	5	0	2	3	41
Dan Issel	33:00	8–14	5–5	6	10	16	4	3	0	3	1	21
Tom Boswell	29:00	6–12	2–2	3	1	4	4	0	1	2	2	14
Bob Wilkerson	29:00	1–9	1–2	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	2	3
Kim Hughes	13:00	3–4	3–4	2	2	4	1	0	2	0	2	9
Robert Smith	11:00	2–6	1–1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5
Anthony Roberts	10:00	1–3	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	3	2
John Kuester	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bo Ellis	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	51–101	24–29	17	29	46	26	12	4	15	20	126

This season

Denver Nuggets 3, New York Knicks 1 in NBA 1978-79.

9 Nov 1978New York Knicks 109–116 Denver Nuggets
14 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 100–106 New York Knicks
12 Jan 1979119–126 this game
5 Apr 1979Denver Nuggets 114–107 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 20–22
Denver Nuggets: 21–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 52, New York Knicks 51.

14 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 100–106 New York Knicks
5 Apr 1979Denver Nuggets 114–107 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.