NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New York Knicks124–148Los Angeles Lakers

New York Knicks at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Tuesday 23 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 239th meetingof 332 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	44:00	19–27	7–10	3	7	10	2	1	2	5	5	45
Ray Williams	28:00	4–18	4–4	1	0	1	15	1	0	2	4	12
Toby Knight	27:00	7–9	0–0	2	3	5	3	1	2	0	5	14
Joe Meriweather	27:00	5–11	2–3	6	2	8	2	1	0	0	5	12
Jim Cleamons	25:00	6–13	0–0	0	1	1	7	0	0	3	1	12
Marvin Webster	24:00	2–6	0–0	1	7	8	3	0	1	1	1	4
Earl Monroe	22:00	3–6	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	7
Glen Gondrezick	17:00	2–3	2–2	3	2	5	1	0	0	1	3	6
Michael Ray Richardson	14:00	2–5	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	4
Mike Glenn	12:00	4–9	0–0	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	8
Team totals	240:00	54–107	16–21	17	23	40	37	7	5	18	25	124

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	30:00	11–15	8–12	2	5	7	3	2	0	1	1	30
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	29:00	8–12	3–3	1	8	9	9	2	2	0	1	19
Lou Hudson	28:00	4–9	0–0	1	1	2	2	2	0	3	2	8
Jamaal Wilkes	27:00	13–15	2–2	0	3	3	5	0	0	1	4	28
Norm Nixon	25:00	7–9	2–2	0	1	1	9	1	1	2	2	16
Jim Price	23:00	3–5	0–0	0	1	1	3	3	0	1	3	6
Don Ford	20:00	7–8	2–3	1	5	6	0	1	0	3	3	16
Ron Boone	20:00	2–6	3–4	0	1	1	6	2	0	3	1	7
Dave Robisch	20:00	1–5	1–2	1	4	5	4	1	1	1	1	3
Kenny Carr	12:00	4–5	1–2	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	3	9
Ron Carter	6:00	3–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	6
Team totals	240:00	63–92	22–30	8	32	40	42	14	4	17	22	148

This season

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

3 Nov 1978New York Knicks 124–147 Los Angeles Lakers
9 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 106–94 New York Knicks
23 Jan 1979124–148 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 22–25
Los Angeles Lakers: 29–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

9 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 106–94 New York Knicks
21 Jan 1980New York Knicks 114–132 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.