NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers127–117New York Knicks

Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 17 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 45th meetingof 248 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	42:00	8–9	9–9	3	6	9	3	0	0	4	1	25
Campy Russell	40:00	13–22	8–9	2	6	8	6	1	0	3	1	34
Kenny Higgs	34:00	4–10	4–7	0	5	5	4	1	1	1	3	12
Bingo Smith	33:00	9–18	3–3	2	3	5	2	1	0	5	5	21
Jim Chones	32:00	3–9	0–0	2	7	9	0	0	0	2	5	6
Mike Mitchell	20:00	6–9	6–9	2	4	6	0	0	1	3	4	18
Butch Lee	20:00	3–7	3–3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	9
John Lambert	12:00	0–1	0–0	0	3	3	1	2	0	2	4	0
Elmore Smith	7:00	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
Team totals	240:00	46–86	35–42	11	37	48	16	5	2	22	26	127

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Toby Knight	42:00	14–25	1–4	3	4	7	1	2	0	2	4	29
Jim Cleamons	40:00	7–15	0–0	4	2	6	9	0	0	1	5	14
Joe Meriweather	32:00	4–9	4–7	1	5	6	1	1	3	4	6	12
Ray Williams	28:00	3–13	5–7	0	3	3	7	4	1	1	3	11
Glen Gondrezick	27:00	2–3	0–0	1	3	4	4	0	0	1	4	4
Mike Glenn	26:00	13–17	5–5	1	1	2	4	2	1	1	3	31
Tom Barker	16:00	4–7	0–1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	8
John Rudd	12:00	2–2	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	5
Michael Ray Richardson	11:00	1–4	1–2	1	1	2	3	2	0	2	4	3
Earl Monroe	6:00	0–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	50–99	17–28	11	21	32	31	12	5	14	32	117

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 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 101–105 New York Knicks
17 Feb 1979127–117 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 23–34
New York Knicks: 25–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

19 Jan 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 101–105 New York Knicks
24 Nov 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 113–133 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.