NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

New York Knicks114–132Los Angeles Lakers

New York Knicks at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Monday 21 January 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 240th meetingof 332 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Cartwright	8–14	0–0	5–7	1	6	7	5	0	1	6	5	21
Michael Ray Richardson	9–14	1–1	2–2	2	2	4	9	3	0	6	5	21
Toby Knight	8–14	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	2	5	0	2	3	17
Ray Williams	5–10	0–0	4–4	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	3	14
Larry Demic	5–7	0–0	3–4	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	5	13
Sly Williams	3–5	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	7
Hollis Copeland	2–5	0–0	2–4	2	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	6
Mike Glenn	2–6	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	5
Geoff Huston	2–7	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	1	4
Joe Meriweather	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	1	3	0	1	4
Earl Monroe	1–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	47–89	1–2	19–26	9	20	29	26	11	5	20	30	114

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11–15	0–0	3–3	5	9	14	5	1	3	5	3	25
Jamaal Wilkes	8–17	0–0	4–6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	20
Norm Nixon	8–16	0–0	3–3	1	3	4	9	1	0	5	4	19
Michael Cooper	8–11	0–0	2–3	4	4	8	8	5	1	1	1	18
Magic Johnson	4–8	0–0	8–11	3	3	6	7	2	0	3	2	16
Don Ford	5–5	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	10
Spencer Haywood	2–3	0–0	4–4	0	1	1	4	1	1	5	6	8
Marty Byrnes	3–4	0–0	1–1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	7
Jim Chones	2–6	0–0	1–3	2	5	7	1	2	0	4	5	5
Brad Holland	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Ollie Mack	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	53–87	0–0	26–34	15	29	44	39	12	6	24	25	132

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, New York Knicks 0 in NBA 1979-80.

21 Jan 1980114–132 this game
5 Feb 1980Los Angeles Lakers 116–105 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 22–27
Los Angeles Lakers: 34–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 192, New York Knicks 140.

23 Jan 1979New York Knicks 124–148 Los Angeles Lakers
5 Feb 1980Los Angeles Lakers 116–105 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.