NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

New York Knicks130–133Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 16 November 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 67th meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Cleamons	4:00	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ray Williams	—	15–23	0–?	8–8	—	—	3	6	1	0	6	4	38
Toby Knight	—	10–20	0–?	11–12	—	—	10	3	1	2	3	0	31
Bill Cartwright	—	10–14	0–0	6–7	—	—	8	4	1	5	1	4	26
Michael Ray Richardson	—	4–12	0–?	2–2	—	—	5	4	1	0	3	3	10
Hollis Copeland	—	3–6	0–?	2–3	—	—	2	3	0	0	1	2	8
Larry Demic	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	—	—	6	1	1	0	0	4	6
Geoff Huston	—	1–4	0–?	2–2	—	—	1	3	4	1	1	1	4
Sly Williams	—	0–2	0–?	3–5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
Mike Glenn	—	1–3	0–?	0–0	—	—	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
Team totals	4:00	48–91	0–0	34–39	0	0	38	25	9	8	16	21	130

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Shumate	12:00	3–6	0–0	2–2	—	—	3	0	0	0	2	2	8
Moses Malone	—	16–26	0–?	5–5	—	—	17	4	3	2	4	3	37
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	12–24	1–?	2–2	—	—	10	2	0	0	1	2	27
Calvin Murphy	—	6–13	0–?	6–7	—	—	1	3	2	0	4	2	18
Allen Leavell	—	6–10	0–?	4–5	—	—	5	4	3	0	3	5	16
Robert Reid	—	6–8	0–?	1–1	—	—	5	3	0	1	1	4	13
Dwight Jones	—	3–3	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	1	1	3	6
Rick Barry	—	1–4	0–?	2–2	—	—	4	7	3	1	3	1	4
Major Jones	—	1–3	0–?	0–0	—	—	3	1	0	0	1	2	2
Tom Henderson	—	1–3	0–?	0–0	—	—	3	4	0	0	3	6	2
Team totals	12:00	55–100	1–0	22–24	—	—	52	28	11	5	23	30	133

This season

Houston Rockets 3, New York Knicks 3 in NBA 1979-80.

16 Oct 1979Houston Rockets 121–126 New York Knicks
16 Nov 1979130–133 this game
20 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 125–130 New York Knicks
13 Feb 1980New York Knicks 117–122 Houston Rockets
11 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 109–129 New York Knicks
19 Mar 1980New York Knicks 113–139 Houston Rockets

Records going in

New York Knicks: 7–9
Houston Rockets: 7–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 79, New York Knicks 81.

16 Oct 1979Houston Rockets 121–126 New York Knicks
20 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 125–130 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.