NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks99–101New York Knicks

Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 18 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 217th meetingof 419 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eddie Johnson	8–15	0–0	3–3	0	0	0	9	0	1	3	19
Dan Roundfield	6–10	0–0	4–5	—	—	5	3	2	5	5	16
John Drew	2–9	0–0	11–14	—	—	6	0	0	6	6	15
Steve Hawes	6–10	0–0	1–2	—	—	7	0	0	2	3	13
Tom McMillen	5–10	0–0	3–4	—	—	4	0	1	1	1	13
Tree Rollins	4–4	0–0	1–1	—	—	2	1	1	2	3	9
Armond Hill	4–6	0–0	0–2	0	0	0	3	0	3	4	8
Charlie Criss	0–5	0–0	2–2	—	—	1	0	0	4	4	2
Jack Givens	0–1	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2
Ron Lee	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	2
Team totals	36–73	0–0	27–35	0	0	25	21	4	28	32	99

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Joe Meriweather	10–14	0–0	1–1	—	—	11	4	5	7	5	21
Michael Ray Richardson	6–12	0–0	3–7	—	—	2	7	0	4	4	15
Toby Knight	7–11	0–0	1–1	—	—	7	3	1	3	4	15
Bill Cartwright	5–10	0–0	4–7	—	—	7	1	1	4	5	14
Ray Williams	6–11	0–0	1–2	—	—	5	6	0	4	5	13
Mike Glenn	5–7	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	12
Geoff Huston	1–2	0–0	6–7	—	—	1	3	0	4	1	8
Larry Demic	1–4	0–0	1–2	—	—	3	0	0	3	4	3
Hollis Copeland	0–2	0–0	0–0	—	—	4	2	0	1	3	0
Team totals	41–73	0–0	19–29	0	0	40	28	7	31	32	101

This season

New York Knicks 2, Atlanta Hawks 4 in NBA 1979-80.

12 Oct 1979New York Knicks 104–121 Atlanta Hawks
6 Nov 1979Atlanta Hawks 98–96 New York Knicks
12 Dec 1979New York Knicks 102–114 Atlanta Hawks
18 Dec 197999–101 this game
9 Mar 1980New York Knicks 92–98 Atlanta Hawks
18 Mar 1980Atlanta Hawks 110–111 New York Knicks

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 21–13
New York Knicks: 14–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 208, Atlanta Hawks 211.

12 Dec 1979New York Knicks 102–114 Atlanta Hawks
9 Mar 1980New York Knicks 92–98 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.