NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final/2OT

Chicago Bulls148–143New York Knicks

Chicago Bulls at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 24 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 66th meetingof 277 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mickey Johnson	54:00	14–28	5–7	7	6	13	10	2	0	4	3	33
Artis Gilmore	52:00	15–26	11–18	4	11	15	4	0	2	3	3	41
Reggie Theus	43:00	10–15	3–3	1	3	4	8	1	0	4	3	23
Ollie Johnson	38:00	6–11	2–4	1	5	6	4	0	1	2	3	14
Wilbur Holland	38:00	5–10	3–3	2	3	5	9	2	1	3	5	13
John Mengelt	22:00	5–9	3–3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	13
Mark Landsberger	18:00	0–5	3–5	4	5	9	1	0	0	1	0	3
Tate Armstrong	13:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2
John Brown	9:00	1–1	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Scott Lloyd	3:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	290:00	58–108	32–45	19	33	52	41	5	4	20	20	148

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Toby Knight	52:00	15–29	0–0	4	5	9	4	2	3	0	5	30
Earl Monroe	46:00	14–21	6–7	1	1	2	11	4	0	2	5	34
Glen Gondrezick	42:00	4–7	2–2	1	5	6	6	3	1	1	3	10
Ray Williams	38:00	13–25	8–8	1	4	5	9	0	2	4	6	34
John Rudd	29:00	1–2	4–4	1	6	7	4	1	0	1	6	6
Jim Cleamons	28:00	4–8	0–0	0	5	5	2	0	1	2	2	8
Michael Ray Richardson	18:00	3–9	2–2	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	8
Joe Meriweather	18:00	3–6	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	6	6
Tom Barker	12:00	2–4	1–2	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	5
Mike Glenn	7:00	1–3	0–0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2
Team totals	290:00	60–114	23–25	14	27	41	42	10	11	14	36	143

This season

New York Knicks 1, Chicago Bulls 3 in NBA 1978-79.

9 Dec 1978Chicago Bulls 101–96 New York Knicks
15 Dec 1978New York Knicks 118–94 Chicago Bulls
16 Feb 1979New York Knicks 104–107 Chicago Bulls
24 Mar 1979148–143 this game

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 27–46
New York Knicks: 31–44

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 129, Chicago Bulls 148.

16 Feb 1979New York Knicks 104–107 Chicago Bulls
28 Dec 1979New York Knicks 120–102 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.