NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Kansas City Kings145–129New York Knicks

Kansas City Kings at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 8 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 230th meetingof 321 played

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	18–25	0–?	0–2	—	—	2	3	1	0	3	36
Phil Ford	5–13	0–?	18–19	—	—	6	12	0	0	5	28
Scott Wedman	8–12	0–?	2–3	—	—	6	2	3	0	5	18
Ernie Grunfeld	5–7	0–0	7–8	—	—	5	3	1	1	3	17
Bill Robinzine	7–12	0–?	1–1	—	—	5	0	2	0	4	15
Len Elmore	6–6	0–0	0–0	—	—	4	2	0	4	0	12
Reggie King	4–10	0–?	3–5	—	—	9	3	2	0	5	11
Sam Lacey	2–5	0–?	0–0	—	—	7	7	1	0	5	4
Billy McKinney	0–2	0–?	2–2	—	—	1	1	0	0	1	2
Tom Burleson	1–2	0–?	0–0	—	—	6	0	0	0	2	2
Gus Gerard	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	56–94	0–0	33–40	—	—	52	33	10	5	35	145

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Joe Meriweather	12–13	0–?	0–0	—	—	6	3	0	2	4	24
Toby Knight	6–11	0–?	7–7	—	—	1	2	3	0	3	19
Bill Cartwright	5–11	0–0	7–7	—	—	7	0	1	0	2	17
Michael Ray Richardson	7–13	1–?	2–5	—	—	2	10	1	0	4	17
Ray Williams	3–9	0–?	8–10	—	—	3	3	1	0	5	14
Mike Glenn	5–9	0–?	0–1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	10
Sly Williams	4–10	0–?	2–3	—	—	4	3	0	0	2	10
Geoff Huston	3–7	0–?	2–3	—	—	1	2	3	0	5	8
Larry Demic	2–4	0–0	4–4	—	—	4	0	0	0	4	8
Hollis Copeland	1–4	0–?	0–0	—	—	4	2	1	1	2	2
Earl Monroe	0–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	48–95	1–0	32–40	0	0	32	27	11	3	31	129

This season

New York Knicks 1, Sacramento Kings 1 in NBA 1979-80.

2 Nov 1979New York Knicks 112–111 Kansas City Kings
8 Dec 1979145–129 this game

Records going in

Kansas City Kings: 15–14
New York Knicks: 14–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 157, Sacramento Kings 164.

2 Nov 1979New York Knicks 112–111 Kansas City Kings
5 Nov 1980New York Knicks 102–111 Kansas City Kings

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.