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40-44, Finished 3rd in ABA Eastern Division (Game Results)
ABA Season Summary
Scored 111.0 points per game, Allowed 111.6 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 40-44)
Coached by Lou Carnesecca (40-44)
Arena: Island Garden / Attendance: NA
SRS: -0.86 (6th of 11)
Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus Virginia Squires
1970-71 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 15, 1970 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 102 | 105 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 16, 1970 | The Floridians | W | 105 | 92 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Oct 18, 1970 | Virginia Squires | L | 88 | 103 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 20, 1970 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 108 | 103 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Oct 22, 1970 | @ | The Floridians | L | 100 | 110 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Oct 23, 1970 | Carolina Cougars | W | 117 | 97 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Oct 25, 1970 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 115 | 98 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Tue, Oct 27, 1970 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | L | 99 | 103 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | at Fort Worth, TX | |
| 9 | Thu, Oct 29, 1970 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 105 | 114 | 4 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Oct 31, 1970 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | L | 100 | 113 | 4 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Nov 1, 1970 | Virginia Squires | W | 121 | 109 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 7, 1970 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 108 | 98 | 6 | 6 | W 2 | at Charlotte, NC | |
| 13 | Sun, Nov 8, 1970 | Denver Rockets | W | 114 | 104 | 7 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 11, 1970 | Carolina Cougars | L | 102 | 106 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 15, 1970 | Texas Chaparrals | W | 144 | 129 | 8 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 20, 1970 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | 103 | 121 | 8 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 21, 1970 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | L | 92 | 114 | 8 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 22, 1970 | Carolina Cougars | L | 92 | 108 | 8 | 10 | L 3 | |||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 25, 1970 | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 96 | 99 | 8 | 11 | L 4 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 27, 1970 | Indiana Pacers | W | 99 | 97 | 9 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Nov 29, 1970 | Texas Chaparrals | W | 129 | 113 | 10 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 22 | Thu, Dec 3, 1970 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 98 | 87 | 11 | 11 | W 3 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 4, 1970 | The Floridians | W | 115 | 110 | 12 | 11 | W 4 | |||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 6, 1970 | Carolina Cougars | L | 90 | 94 | 12 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 8, 1970 | Virginia Squires | L | 116 | 120 | 12 | 13 | L 2 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 9, 1970 | Indiana Pacers | L | 108 | 129 | 12 | 14 | L 3 | at New York, NY | ||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 10, 1970 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 100 | 127 | 12 | 15 | L 4 | at Hampton, VA | |
| 28 | Fri, Dec 11, 1970 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 128 | 99 | 13 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 13, 1970 | The Floridians | L | 97 | 100 | 13 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 18, 1970 | Indiana Pacers | L | 117 | 129 | 13 | 17 | L 2 | |||
| 31 | Sun, Dec 20, 1970 | Texas Chaparrals | L | 106 | 118 | 13 | 18 | L 3 | |||
| 32 | Wed, Dec 23, 1970 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 116 | 95 | 14 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 26, 1970 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 104 | 98 | 15 | 18 | W 2 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 34 | Sun, Dec 27, 1970 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 114 | 108 | 16 | 18 | W 3 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Dec 29, 1970 | @ | The Floridians | L | 90 | 91 | 16 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 30, 1970 | Virginia Squires | L | 123 | 124 | 16 | 20 | L 2 | |||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 2, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 99 | 118 | 16 | 21 | L 3 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 38 | Sun, Jan 3, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 109 | 115 | 16 | 22 | L 4 | ||
| 39 | Wed, Jan 6, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 110 | 101 | 17 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Fri, Jan 8, 1971 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 125 | 111 | 18 | 22 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 9, 1971 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 88 | 116 | 18 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 10, 1971 | Virginia Squires | L | OT | 107 | 117 | 18 | 24 | L 2 | ||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 15, 1971 | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 117 | 120 | 18 | 25 | L 3 | |||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 16, 1971 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | W | 117 | 116 | 19 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 17, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 120 | 112 | 20 | 25 | W 2 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 46 | Tue, Jan 19, 1971 | N | The Floridians | L | 107 | 112 | 20 | 26 | L 1 | at Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 47 | Wed, Jan 20, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 113 | 106 | 21 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 24, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | OT | 108 | 107 | 22 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 26, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | L | 97 | 121 | 22 | 27 | L 1 | at Tampa, FL | |
| 50 | Wed, Jan 27, 1971 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 100 | 116 | 22 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Fri, Jan 29, 1971 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | OT | 132 | 131 | 23 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Sat, Jan 30, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 115 | 112 | 24 | 28 | W 2 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 53 | Sun, Jan 31, 1971 | Carolina Cougars | L | 121 | 125 | 24 | 29 | L 1 | |||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 2, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 111 | 119 | 24 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 3, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 104 | 100 | 25 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Thu, Feb 4, 1971 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | L | 99 | 106 | 25 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 6, 1971 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | OT | 109 | 110 | 25 | 32 | L 2 | |
| 58 | Sun, Feb 7, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 103 | 84 | 26 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 11, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 110 | 114 | 26 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 13, 1971 | Memphis Pros | L | 105 | 109 | 26 | 34 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 14, 1971 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 118 | 117 | 27 | 34 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Mon, Feb 15, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | W | 98 | 89 | 28 | 34 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 17, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 128 | 120 | 29 | 34 | W 3 | at Richmond, VA | |
| 64 | Fri, Feb 19, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 109 | 105 | 30 | 34 | W 4 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 65 | Sat, Feb 20, 1971 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | W | 120 | 100 | 31 | 34 | W 5 | at Dallas, TX | |
| 66 | Sun, Feb 21, 1971 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | L | 121 | 125 | 31 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Wed, Feb 24, 1971 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 134 | 108 | 32 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Sat, Feb 27, 1971 | Denver Rockets | W | 122 | 115 | 33 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 2, 1971 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | L | 127 | 130 | 33 | 36 | L 1 | at Dallas, TX | |
| 70 | Thu, Mar 4, 1971 | N | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 114 | 110 | 34 | 36 | W 1 | at Miami Beach, FL | |
| 71 | Sat, Mar 6, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 127 | 112 | 35 | 36 | W 2 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 72 | Sun, Mar 7, 1971 | Virginia Squires | W | 123 | 121 | 36 | 36 | W 3 | |||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 9, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 132 | 120 | 37 | 36 | W 4 | at Hampton, VA | |
| 74 | Fri, Mar 12, 1971 | Denver Rockets | W | 132 | 127 | 38 | 36 | W 5 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 16, 1971 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | L | 104 | 122 | 38 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 17, 1971 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 122 | 120 | 39 | 37 | W 1 | at New York, NY | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 19, 1971 | Utah Stars | L | 104 | 115 | 39 | 38 | L 1 | |||
| 78 | Sat, Mar 20, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 125 | 135 | 39 | 39 | L 2 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 79 | Tue, Mar 23, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | L | 110 | 117 | 39 | 40 | L 3 | ||
| 80 | Fri, Mar 26, 1971 | Kentucky Colonels | L | 115 | 122 | 39 | 41 | L 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Mar 27, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | L | 104 | 118 | 39 | 42 | L 5 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 28, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | 133 | 120 | 40 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 83 | Tue, Mar 30, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 97 | 115 | 40 | 43 | L 1 | ||
| 84 | Wed, Mar 31, 1971 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | 121 | 132 | 40 | 44 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Apr 2, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 105 | 113 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Apr 4, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 108 | 114 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Apr 6, 1971 | Virginia Squires | W | 135 | 131 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Wed, Apr 7, 1971 | Virginia Squires | W | 130 | 127 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Apr 9, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 124 | 127 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Apr 10, 1971 | Virginia Squires | L | 114 | 118 | 2 | 4 | L 2 |