NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

New York Knicks117–122Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 13 February 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 69th meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Cartwright	—	9–16	0–0	2–3	9	2	1	1	3	3	20
Michael Ray Richardson	—	9–20	1–?	1–1	6	16	3	0	3	1	20
Toby Knight	—	7–11	0–?	5–5	2	2	1	0	0	6	19
Ray Williams	—	8–19	0–?	0–0	3	2	3	0	1	2	16
Joe Meriweather	—	7–10	0–?	1–1	4	1	0	0	3	6	15
Earl Monroe	—	6–10	0–0	0–0	3	4	2	0	0	1	12
Larry Demic	—	2–6	0–0	3–4	4	1	0	1	2	4	7
Geoff Huston	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	2	0	1	1	4
Hollis Copeland	—	1–4	0–?	0–0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2
Sly Williams	—	0–1	0–?	2–2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	—	51–99	1–0	14–16	35	30	12	3	13	26	117

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy Paultz	30:00	4–4	0–0	1–2	5	2	3	1	1	1	9
Moses Malone	—	9–18	0–?	10–13	14	1	1	2	2	2	28
Calvin Murphy	—	11–17	0–?	4–4	1	5	0	0	7	2	26
Allen Leavell	—	6–11	0–?	7–7	4	17	0	0	3	4	19
Robert Reid	—	8–11	0–?	3–4	3	4	2	0	2	4	19
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	7–12	0–?	3–3	7	2	0	1	2	1	17
Alonzo Bradley	—	1–5	0–?	0–2	1	0	0	0	3	2	2
Major Jones	—	1–2	0–?	0–0	7	0	0	0	0	2	2
Team totals	30:00	47–80	0–0	28–35	42	31	6	4	20	18	122

This season

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

16 Oct 1979Houston Rockets 121–126 New York Knicks
16 Nov 1979New York Knicks 130–133 Houston Rockets
20 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 125–130 New York Knicks
13 Feb 1980117–122 this game
11 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 109–129 New York Knicks
19 Mar 1980New York Knicks 113–139 Houston Rockets

Records going in

New York Knicks: 28–29
Houston Rockets: 29–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

20 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 125–130 New York Knicks
11 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 109–129 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.