NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New York Knicks104–124Kansas City Kings

New York Knicks at Kansas City Kings

Date: Sunday 14 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 228th meetingof 321 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	43:00	12–27	5–10	—	—	8	2	1	1	2	29
Toby Knight	40:00	8–17	5–8	—	—	8	2	3	0	3	21
Jim Cleamons	34:00	4–5	2–2	—	—	3	2	0	0	4	10
Joe Meriweather	28:00	5–10	2–2	—	—	11	1	0	1	4	12
Ray Williams	23:00	3–12	3–4	—	—	2	7	0	0	3	9
John Rudd	23:00	0–2	1–2	—	—	7	2	1	0	3	1
Michael Ray Richardson	18:00	4–8	2–2	—	—	3	3	0	1	3	10
Mike Glenn	16:00	3–5	2–2	—	—	1	3	0	0	2	8
Earl Monroe	15:00	2–9	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	41–95	22–32	0	0	43	23	6	3	25	104

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Phil Ford	35:00	7–12	8–8	—	—	3	10	2	0	5	22
Scott Wedman	34:00	5–13	2–2	—	—	4	3	1	0	2	12
Bill Robinzine	32:00	8–11	2–2	—	—	13	3	2	0	5	18
Otis Birdsong	30:00	8–13	3–3	—	—	2	3	1	0	3	19
Sam Lacey	28:00	5–11	3–4	—	—	7	4	4	3	2	13
Tom Burleson	20:00	3–5	6–8	—	—	8	2	0	3	3	12
Marlon Redmond	18:00	3–8	0–0	—	—	2	2	0	0	2	6
Darnell Hillman	16:00	3–5	4–5	—	—	3	1	1	0	3	10
Billy McKinney	13:00	2–5	2–2	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	6
Bob Nash	10:00	2–5	0–0	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	4
Gus Gerard	4:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	47–89	30–34	0	4	46	33	12	6	30	124

This season

Sacramento Kings 2, New York Knicks 1 in NBA 1978-79.

5 Dec 1978Kansas City Kings 105–92 New York Knicks
30 Dec 1978Kansas City Kings 108–112 New York Knicks
14 Jan 1979104–124 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 20–23
Kansas City Kings: 24–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 164, New York Knicks 157.

30 Dec 1978Kansas City Kings 108–112 New York Knicks
2 Nov 1979New York Knicks 112–111 Kansas City Kings

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.