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1958-59 New York Knickerbockers Schedule and Results

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40-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Andrew Levane (40-32)

Points Per Game: 110.3 (3rd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.1 (7th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 37-35 (4th of 8)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 317,924 (1st of 8)

SRS: 0.49 (4th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Syracuse Nationals

1958-59 New York Knickerbockers:

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

Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 25, 1958 Boston Celtics W 127 125 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Oct 26, 1958 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 100 94 2 0 W 2
3 Sat, Nov 1, 1958 Philadelphia Warriors L 92 111 2 1 L 1
4 Wed, Nov 5, 1958 @ Cincinnati Royals W 108 97 3 1 W 1
5 Fri, Nov 7, 1958 @ Detroit Pistons W 115 101 4 1 W 2
6 Sat, Nov 8, 1958 @ Minneapolis Lakers W 108 100 5 1 W 3
7 Thu, Nov 13, 1958 St. Louis Hawks W 119 102 6 1 W 4
8 Sat, Nov 15, 1958 @ Syracuse Nationals W 96 92 7 1 W 5
9 Sun, Nov 16, 1958 Minneapolis Lakers W 98 90 8 1 W 6
10 Fri, Nov 21, 1958 N Boston Celtics W 112 106 9 1 W 7 at Philadelphia, PA
11 Sat, Nov 22, 1958 Syracuse Nationals W 114 99 10 1 W 8
12 Tue, Nov 25, 1958 Cincinnati Royals L 113 115 10 2 L 1
13 Wed, Nov 26, 1958 @ Boston Celtics L 109 121 10 3 L 2
14 Sat, Nov 29, 1958 Philadelphia Warriors W 115 103 11 3 W 1
15 Sun, Nov 30, 1958 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 100 103 11 4 L 1
16 Tue, Dec 2, 1958 Boston Celtics L 90 109 11 5 L 2
17 Wed, Dec 3, 1958 @ Cincinnati Royals L 108 110 11 6 L 3
18 Fri, Dec 5, 1958 @ Detroit Pistons W 110 108 12 6 W 1
19 Sat, Dec 6, 1958 Detroit Pistons L 92 99 12 7 L 1
20 Tue, Dec 9, 1958 Minneapolis Lakers W 110 97 13 7 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Dec 12, 1958 St. Louis Hawks W 106 104 14 7 W 2
22 Sat, Dec 13, 1958 @ St. Louis Hawks L 94 108 14 8 L 1
23 Sun, Dec 14, 1958 @ Minneapolis Lakers W 100 99 15 8 W 1
24 Tue, Dec 16, 1958 Cincinnati Royals W 118 106 16 8 W 2
25 Wed, Dec 17, 1958 N St. Louis Hawks L 122 136 16 9 L 1 at Detroit, MI
26 Sat, Dec 20, 1958 @ Boston Celtics L 106 135 16 10 L 2
27 Sun, Dec 21, 1958 Syracuse Nationals W 108 94 17 10 W 1
28 Thu, Dec 25, 1958 Boston Celtics L 120 129 17 11 L 1
29 Fri, Dec 26, 1958 N Philadelphia Warriors L 93 106 17 12 L 2 at Hershey, PA
30 Sat, Dec 27, 1958 @ Syracuse Nationals W 106 102 18 12 W 1
31 Tue, Dec 30, 1958 Detroit Pistons W 93 90 19 12 W 2
32 Fri, Jan 2, 1959 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 97 107 19 13 L 1
33 Sat, Jan 3, 1959 @ Detroit Pistons W 106 102 20 13 W 1
34 Sun, Jan 4, 1959 @ St. Louis Hawks W 122 114 21 13 W 2
35 Tue, Jan 6, 1959 Syracuse Nationals W 118 108 22 13 W 3
36 Wed, Jan 7, 1959 N Boston Celtics L 78 109 22 14 L 1 at Syracuse, NY
37 Sat, Jan 10, 1959 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 97 103 22 15 L 2
38 Sun, Jan 11, 1959 Philadelphia Warriors W 111 105 23 15 W 1
39 Wed, Jan 14, 1959 @ Boston Celtics L 112 123 23 16 L 1
40 Thu, Jan 15, 1959 N Philadelphia Warriors L 91 95 23 17 L 2 at Syracuse, NY
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 17, 1959 Cincinnati Royals W 117 105 24 17 W 1
42 Sun, Jan 18, 1959 @ Syracuse Nationals W 120 118 25 17 W 2
43 Tue, Jan 20, 1959 N Cincinnati Royals L 108 114 25 18 L 1 at St. Louis, MO
44 Wed, Jan 21, 1959 @ Cincinnati Royals W 130 109 26 18 W 1
45 Sat, Jan 24, 1959 Detroit Pistons W OT 122 118 27 18 W 2
46 Sun, Jan 25, 1959 @ St. Louis Hawks L 111 115 27 19 L 1
47 Tue, Jan 27, 1959 St. Louis Hawks L 111 112 27 20 L 2
48 Sat, Jan 31, 1959 N Syracuse Nationals W 119 117 28 20 W 1 at Boston, MA
49 Sun, Feb 1, 1959 Philadelphia Warriors L 105 113 28 21 L 1
50 Tue, Feb 3, 1959 Syracuse Nationals W 115 114 29 21 W 1
51 Wed, Feb 4, 1959 @ Boston Celtics W 129 126 30 21 W 2
52 Thu, Feb 5, 1959 N Syracuse Nationals W 111 98 31 21 W 3 at Philadelphia, PA
53 Sat, Feb 7, 1959 Boston Celtics L 116 124 31 22 L 1
54 Sun, Feb 8, 1959 @ Syracuse Nationals L 104 113 31 23 L 2
55 Mon, Feb 9, 1959 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 122 128 31 24 L 3
56 Thu, Feb 12, 1959 @ St. Louis Hawks L 105 106 31 25 L 4
57 Fri, Feb 13, 1959 @ Detroit Pistons L 90 96 31 26 L 5
58 Sun, Feb 15, 1959 Cincinnati Royals W 124 97 32 26 W 1
59 Tue, Feb 17, 1959 St. Louis Hawks W 112 93 33 26 W 2
60 Wed, Feb 18, 1959 @ Cincinnati Royals W 118 116 34 26 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 20, 1959 N Minneapolis Lakers L 106 116 34 27 L 1 at Detroit, MI
62 Sat, Feb 21, 1959 N Detroit Pistons L 101 114 34 28 L 2 at Philadelphia, PA
63 Sun, Feb 22, 1959 Philadelphia Warriors W 111 90 35 28 W 1
64 Tue, Feb 24, 1959 Boston Celtics W 134 122 36 28 W 2
65 Wed, Feb 25, 1959 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 123 134 36 29 L 1
66 Sat, Feb 28, 1959 Minneapolis Lakers W 112 107 37 29 W 1
67 Sun, Mar 1, 1959 @ Syracuse Nationals L 115 140 37 30 L 1
68 Tue, Mar 3, 1959 Syracuse Nationals L 120 127 37 31 L 2
69 Wed, Mar 4, 1959 N Philadelphia Warriors W 118 115 38 31 W 1 at Boston, MA
70 Thu, Mar 5, 1959 N Minneapolis Lakers L 115 135 38 32 L 1 at Philadelphia, PA
71 Sun, Mar 8, 1959 Detroit Pistons W 127 120 39 32 W 1
72 Tue, Mar 10, 1959 @ Boston Celtics W 138 116 40 32 W 2

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Mar 13, 1959 Syracuse Nationals L 123 129 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Mar 15, 1959 @ Syracuse Nationals L 115 131 0 2 L 2