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NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

New York Knicks113–139Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting
71st meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
PlayerMINFG3PFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Ray Williams—7–130–?7–7——33——221
Mike Glenn—6–131–?2–2——21——015
Bill Cartwright—5–80–04–4——22——214
Toby Knight—6–90–?1–2——50——413
Geoff Huston—6–140–?0–0——14——212
Marvin Webster—5–100–02–2——100——512
Michael Ray Richardson—2–70–?7–7——28——011
Hollis Copeland—3–80–?1–1——21——17
Earl Monroe—2–60–00–0——10——24
Joe Meriweather—1–10–00–0——40——22
Larry Demic—1–40–00–0——74——42
Team totals—44–931–024–25——3923——24113

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
PlayerMINFG3PFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Billy Paultz24:003–50–00–0——42——36
Calvin Murphy—16–210–?6–6——210——138
Rudy Tomjanovich—11–200–?5–7——83——527
Moses Malone—8–140–?2–2——6012218
Robert Reid—6–100–?6–8——53——518
Allen Leavell—4–60–?0–00007——58
Mike Dunleavy—1–40–?6–6——14——18
Alonzo Bradley—2–20–02–20000—006
Tom Henderson—3–70–?0–0——78——26
Major Jones—2–30–?0–0——21——14
Team totals24:0056–920–027–310035381225139

This season

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

Records going in

New York Knicks
38–38
Houston Rockets
36–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.