The New York Knicks came up just a bit short against the Los Angeles Lakers, 120 to 117, on January 3, 1978.
Final
Lakers
Knicks
FG Made - Attempted
43-93
53-97
Field Goal %
46.2
54.6
3PT Made - Attempted
3PT %
FT Made - Attempted
34-40
11-16
Free Throw %
85.0
68.8
Rebounds
50
43
Offensive Rebounds
20
13
Defensive Rebounds
30
30
Assists
27
34
Steals
8
3
Blocks
2
8
Turnovers
13
17
Personal Fouls
18
26
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Abdul-Jabbar | 39 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8-15 | 53.3 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 59.7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |||
A. Dantley | 37 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4-12 | 33.3 | 9-11 | 81.8 | 50.5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
J. Wilkes | 36 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6-19 | 31.6 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 35.2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
L. Hudson | 35 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9-14 | 64.3 | 8-8 | 100.0 | 74.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
N. Nixon | 35 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11-15 | 73.3 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 77.6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Scott | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-10 | 30.0 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 41.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
D. Ford | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
D. Robisch | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 33.8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
T. Abernethy | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
K. Carr | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 60.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. McAdoo | 43 | 38 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17-24 | 70.8 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 72.5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||
S. Haywood | 41 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10-21 | 47.6 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 50.3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||
E. Monroe | 39 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8-16 | 50.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 48.7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
J. Cleamons | 34 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-8 | 50.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 50.7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||
L. Shelton | 32 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6-12 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Williams | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 58.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
G. Gondrezick | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 25.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
J. McMillian | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 0-0 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
B. Beard | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
T. Knight | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 106.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
P. Jackson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Team Rankings
ORTG
120.2
3rd
DRTG
113.7
15th
NETRTG
6.5
6th
3P%
39.4
2nd
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