1956-57 New York Knickerbockers Games

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36-36, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 100.8 points per game, Allowed 100.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 36-36)
Coached by Vince Boryla (36-36)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 266,998 (1st of 8)

SRS: 0.07 (3rd of 8)

1956-57 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 Sat, Oct 27, 1956 Boston Celtics L 112 115 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Nov 3, 1956 @ Boston Celtics W 113 107 1 1 W 1
3 Sun, Nov 4, 1956 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 96 83 2 1 W 2
4 Wed, Nov 7, 1956 @ St. Louis Hawks L 101 107 2 2 L 1
5 Sat, Nov 10, 1956 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 81 83 2 3 L 2
6 Sun, Nov 11, 1956 Philadelphia Warriors W 106 95 3 3 W 1
7 Wed, Nov 14, 1956 @ Rochester Royals L 87 90 3 4 L 1
8 Sun, Nov 18, 1956 St. Louis Hawks W 102 69 4 4 W 1
9 Wed, Nov 21, 1956 N Fort Wayne Pistons L 103 104 4 5 L 1 at Boston, MA
10 Sat, Nov 24, 1956 Rochester Royals L 87 96 4 6 L 2
11 Sun, Nov 25, 1956 @ Rochester Royals L 93 95 4 7 L 3
12 Tue, Nov 27, 1956 Fort Wayne Pistons W 105 98 5 7 W 1
13 Fri, Nov 30, 1956 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 99 110 5 8 L 1
14 Sat, Dec 1, 1956 Syracuse Nationals W 117 100 6 8 W 1
15 Sun, Dec 2, 1956 @ Syracuse Nationals L 100 110 6 9 L 1
16 Tue, Dec 4, 1956 Minneapolis Lakers W 101 88 7 9 W 1
17 Thu, Dec 6, 1956 N Rochester Royals W 95 92 8 9 W 2 at Fort Wayne, IN
18 Fri, Dec 7, 1956 @ St. Louis Hawks W 107 101 9 9 W 3
19 Sat, Dec 8, 1956 N St. Louis Hawks W 109 104 10 9 W 4 at Milwaukee, WI
20 Sun, Dec 9, 1956 @ Minneapolis Lakers W 100 91 11 9 W 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 11, 1956 St. Louis Hawks L 128 137 11 10 L 1
22 Wed, Dec 12, 1956 N Minneapolis Lakers L 103 121 11 11 L 2 at Boston, MA
23 Sat, Dec 15, 1956 @ Rochester Royals W 91 76 12 11 W 1
24 Sun, Dec 16, 1956 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 80 84 12 12 L 1
25 Tue, Dec 18, 1956 Boston Celtics W 110 99 13 12 W 1
26 Sun, Dec 23, 1956 Philadelphia Warriors L 90 95 13 13 L 1
27 Tue, Dec 25, 1956 St. Louis Hawks L 105 107 13 14 L 2
28 Thu, Dec 27, 1956 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 87 112 13 15 L 3
29 Sun, Dec 30, 1956 Rochester Royals W 96 88 14 15 W 1
30 Tue, Jan 1, 1957 @ Syracuse Nationals L 102 106 14 16 L 1
31 Thu, Jan 3, 1957 Syracuse Nationals W 126 111 15 16 W 1
32 Sat, Jan 5, 1957 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 96 109 15 17 L 1
33 Sun, Jan 6, 1957 @ Minneapolis Lakers W 111 101 16 17 W 1
34 Tue, Jan 8, 1957 Boston Celtics W 113 102 17 17 W 2
35 Thu, Jan 10, 1957 N St. Louis Hawks W 89 84 18 17 W 3 at Philadelphia, PA
36 Sat, Jan 12, 1957 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 82 116 18 18 L 1
37 Sun, Jan 13, 1957 Philadelphia Warriors W 101 90 19 18 W 1
38 Thu, Jan 17, 1957 N Minneapolis Lakers W 94 93 20 18 W 2 at Lacrosse, WI
39 Sat, Jan 19, 1957 Fort Wayne Pistons W 102 100 21 18 W 3
40 Sun, Jan 20, 1957 @ Boston Celtics L 78 114 21 19 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 22, 1957 Syracuse Nationals W 90 88 22 19 W 1
42 Wed, Jan 23, 1957 N Philadelphia Warriors L 93 99 22 20 L 1 at Boston, MA
43 Thu, Jan 24, 1957 @ Syracuse Nationals L 97 115 22 21 L 2
44 Sat, Jan 26, 1957 Minneapolis Lakers W 122 107 23 21 W 1
45 Sun, Jan 27, 1957 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 102 103 23 22 L 1
46 Tue, Jan 29, 1957 Philadelphia Warriors W 114 110 24 22 W 1
47 Wed, Jan 30, 1957 N Rochester Royals W 92 80 25 22 W 2 at Boston, MA
48 Thu, Jan 31, 1957 N Philadelphia Warriors L 102 106 25 23 L 1 at Syracuse, NY
49 Sat, Feb 2, 1957 Boston Celtics L 111 114 25 24 L 2
50 Sun, Feb 3, 1957 @ Boston Celtics L 98 116 25 25 L 3
51 Tue, Feb 5, 1957 Rochester Royals L 88 91 25 26 L 4
52 Wed, Feb 6, 1957 N Syracuse Nationals W 119 100 26 26 W 1 at Boston, MA
53 Fri, Feb 8, 1957 N Boston Celtics W 92 90 27 26 W 2 at Philadelphia, PA
54 Sat, Feb 9, 1957 Syracuse Nationals L 89 101 27 27 L 1
55 Sun, Feb 10, 1957 @ Syracuse Nationals L 100 102 27 28 L 2
56 Wed, Feb 13, 1957 @ Rochester Royals W 85 82 28 28 W 1
57 Thu, Feb 14, 1957 N Minneapolis Lakers L 97 99 28 29 L 1 at Fort Wayne, IN
58 Sat, Feb 16, 1957 Minneapolis Lakers W 120 112 29 29 W 1
59 Sun, Feb 17, 1957 N Philadelphia Warriors L 115 123 29 30 L 1 at Camden, NJ
60 Tue, Feb 19, 1957 Boston Celtics L 110 112 29 31 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Thu, Feb 21, 1957 N Fort Wayne Pistons L 114 120 29 32 L 3 at Boston, MA
62 Sat, Feb 23, 1957 Fort Wayne Pistons W 102 94 30 32 W 1
63 Sun, Feb 24, 1957 @ Boston Celtics L 85 97 30 33 L 1
64 Tue, Feb 26, 1957 St. Louis Hawks W 107 76 31 33 W 1
65 Thu, Feb 28, 1957 N Boston Celtics W 122 121 32 33 W 2 at Syracuse, NY
66 Sat, Mar 2, 1957 @ St. Louis Hawks W 97 94 33 33 W 3
67 Sun, Mar 3, 1957 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 108 119 33 34 L 1
68 Tue, Mar 5, 1957 Syracuse Nationals L 92 99 33 35 L 2
69 Wed, Mar 6, 1957 @ Syracuse Nationals W 100 93 34 35 W 1
70 Thu, Mar 7, 1957 N Syracuse Nationals W 99 94 35 35 W 2 at Philadelphia, PA
71 Sun, Mar 10, 1957 Philadelphia Warriors W 104 103 36 35 W 3
72 Wed, Mar 13, 1957 @ Boston Celtics L 91 122 36 36 L 1