NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers101–105New York Knicks

Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks

Date: Friday 19 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 44th meetingof 248 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	BLK	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	41:00	5–19	3–4	—	—	8	1	4	2	13
Campy Russell	40:00	10–16	12–16	—	—	9	5	1	2	32
Austin Carr	40:00	8–19	12–15	—	—	2	1	0	1	28
Foots Walker	34:00	3–8	1–3	—	—	2	3	3	4	7
Jim Brewer	31:00	1–6	3–4	—	—	6	0	2	4	5
Terry Furlow	22:00	3–8	0–2	—	—	1	3	0	1	6
John Lambert	18:00	3–9	0–0	—	—	6	0	1	1	6
Bingo Smith	9:00	1–3	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	2	2
Mike Mitchell	5:00	1–6	0–0	—	—	3	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	35–94	31–44	—	—	38	13	11	17	101

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	BLK	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	40:00	7–18	6–7	—	—	18	6	1	3	20
Jim Cleamons	33:00	7–11	3–4	—	—	1	8	0	2	17
Earl Monroe	30:00	6–17	4–4	—	—	4	1	0	2	16
Toby Knight	27:00	9–14	0–0	—	—	7	2	0	6	18
Joe Meriweather	27:00	1–7	0–0	—	—	5	1	0	4	2
Marvin Webster	21:00	3–4	1–2	—	—	9	3	1	0	7
Glen Gondrezick	21:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	5	0
Michael Ray Richardson	13:00	3–10	0–0	—	—	6	4	1	4	6
Mike Glenn	12:00	6–8	1–1	—	—	1	0	0	0	13
Ray Williams	8:00	3–4	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	5	6
John Rudd	8:00	0–3	0–0	—	—	2	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	45–96	15–18	0	0	54	28	3	32	105

This season

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

16 Nov 1978New York Knicks 97–93 Cleveland Cavaliers
4 Jan 1979New York Knicks 103–117 Cleveland Cavaliers
19 Jan 1979101–105 this game
17 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 127–117 New York Knicks

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 17–26
New York Knicks: 21–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

4 Jan 1979New York Knicks 103–117 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 127–117 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.