1947-48 New York Knickerbockers

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26-22, Finished 2nd in BAA Eastern Division (Game Results)
BAA Season Summary

Scored 74.5 points per game, Allowed 71.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 31-17)
Coached by Joe Lapchick (26-22)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) / Attendance: NA

SRS: 2.30 (4th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Quarterfinals (2-1) versus Baltimore Bullets

1947-48 Statistics / Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Nov 13, 1947 Washington Capitols W 80 65 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 15, 1947 St. Louis Bombers W 73 67 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Nov 18, 1947 @ Providence Steam Rollers W 87 69 3 0 W 3
4 Wed, Nov 19, 1947 Chicago Stags L 63 81 3 1 L 1
5 Thu, Nov 20, 1947 @ Baltimore Bullets L 56 68 3 2 L 2
6 Sat, Nov 22, 1947 Philadelphia Warriors L 78 83 3 3 L 3
7 Tue, Nov 25, 1947 @ Boston Celtics W 91 75 4 3 W 1
8 Wed, Nov 26, 1947 Boston Celtics L 63 65 4 4 L 1
9 Thu, Nov 27, 1947 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 81 59 5 4 W 1
10 Mon, Dec 1, 1947 Washington Capitols L 62 70 5 5 L 1
11 Sat, Dec 6, 1947 @ Providence Steam Rollers W 114 85 6 5 W 1
12 Mon, Dec 8, 1947 St. Louis Bombers W 71 56 7 5 W 2
13 Wed, Dec 10, 1947 @ Boston Celtics W 79 75 8 5 W 3
14 Sat, Dec 13, 1947 @ Baltimore Bullets W 80 66 9 5 W 4
15 Mon, Dec 15, 1947 Philadelphia Warriors L 71 74 9 6 L 1
16 Thu, Dec 18, 1947 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 99 71 10 6 W 1
17 Sat, Dec 20, 1947 Boston Celtics W 70 58 11 6 W 2
18 Tue, Dec 23, 1947 @ Providence Steam Rollers L 58 66 11 7 L 1
19 Thu, Dec 25, 1947 Providence Steam Rollers W 89 75 12 7 W 1
20 Sat, Dec 27, 1947 Chicago Stags L 70 79 12 8 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Jan 3, 1948 Baltimore Bullets L 70 79 12 9 L 2
22 Wed, Jan 7, 1948 Chicago Stags L 74 79 12 10 L 3
23 Sun, Jan 11, 1948 @ Chicago Stags L 86 99 12 11 L 4
24 Thu, Jan 15, 1948 @ St. Louis Bombers W 59 55 13 11 W 1
25 Sat, Jan 17, 1948 @ Washington Capitols L 62 78 13 12 L 1
26 Mon, Jan 19, 1948 Philadelphia Warriors L 57 63 13 13 L 2
27 Fri, Jan 23, 1948 @ Boston Celtics W 74 58 14 13 W 1
28 Sat, Jan 24, 1948 Baltimore Bullets L 58 72 14 14 L 1
29 Wed, Jan 28, 1948 Providence Steam Rollers W 75 73 15 14 W 1
30 Thu, Jan 29, 1948 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 66 60 16 14 W 2
31 Sat, Jan 31, 1948 Boston Celtics W 66 64 17 14 W 3
32 Tue, Feb 3, 1948 @ Providence Steam Rollers W 78 62 18 14 W 4
33 Wed, Feb 4, 1948 Providence Steam Rollers W 108 69 19 14 W 5
34 Fri, Feb 6, 1948 @ Boston Celtics W 68 57 20 14 W 6
35 Sun, Feb 8, 1948 Boston Celtics W 80 68 21 14 W 7
36 Wed, Feb 11, 1948 Providence Steam Rollers W 86 63 22 14 W 8
37 Thu, Feb 12, 1948 @ Baltimore Bullets L 86 96 22 15 L 1
38 Sat, Feb 14, 1948 Philadelphia Warriors W 78 47 23 15 W 1
39 Wed, Feb 18, 1948 @ Washington Capitols W 79 75 24 15 W 2
40 Thu, Feb 19, 1948 @ Chicago Stags L 74 82 24 16 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Feb 22, 1948 @ St. Louis Bombers L 71 80 24 17 L 2
42 Sat, Feb 28, 1948 Baltimore Bullets L 56 78 24 18 L 3
43 Tue, Mar 2, 1948 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 66 76 24 19 L 4
44 Sat, Mar 6, 1948 Washington Capitols W 69 64 25 19 W 1
45 Wed, Mar 10, 1948 St. Louis Bombers L 73 82 25 20 L 1
46 Sat, Mar 13, 1948 @ Chicago Stags L 51 58 25 21 L 2
47 Thu, Mar 18, 1948 @ St. Louis Bombers W 91 80 26 21 W 1
48 Sat, Mar 20, 1948 @ Washington Capitols L 82 103 26 22 L 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Mar 27, 1948 @ Baltimore Bullets L 81 85 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Mar 28, 1948 Baltimore Bullets W 79 69 1 1 W 1
3 Thu, Apr 1, 1948 @ Baltimore Bullets L 77 84 1 2 L 1