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27-48, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Andrew Levane (8-19), Carl Braun (19-29)
Points Per Game: 117.3 (4th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 119.6 (8th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 32-43 (5th of 8)
Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 335,578 (1st of 8)
SRS: -1.43 (5th of 8)
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 24, 1959 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 109 | 118 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 31, 1959 | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 123 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Nov 3, 1959 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 99 | 93 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 4 | Wed, Nov 4, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 107 | 101 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 7, 1959 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 113 | 117 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Nov 10, 1959 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 125 | 126 | 2 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Nov 12, 1959 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 104 | 113 | 2 | 5 | L 3 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 14, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 108 | 116 | 2 | 6 | L 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Nov 15, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | L | 94 | 103 | 2 | 7 | L 5 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 17, 1959 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 105 | 97 | 3 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 18, 1959 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 106 | 105 | 4 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 19, 1959 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 130 | 109 | 5 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 21, 1959 | Boston Celtics | L | 127 | 128 | 5 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 14 | Sun, Nov 22, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 104 | 115 | 5 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 24, 1959 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 107 | 120 | 5 | 10 | L 3 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 28, 1959 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 108 | 109 | 5 | 11 | L 4 | |||
| 17 | Sun, Nov 29, 1959 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 127 | 126 | 6 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Dec 1, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 100 | 103 | 6 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 19 | Wed, Dec 2, 1959 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 118 | 135 | 6 | 13 | L 2 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 20 | Fri, Dec 4, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 107 | 122 | 6 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 5, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | W | 124 | 108 | 7 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 8, 1959 | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 121 | 7 | 15 | L 1 | |||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 11, 1959 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 152 | 121 | 8 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 13, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 129 | 147 | 8 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 15, 1959 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 110 | 119 | 8 | 17 | L 2 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 16, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 113 | 116 | 8 | 18 | L 3 | ||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 17, 1959 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 126 | 137 | 8 | 19 | L 4 | at Providence, RI | |
| 28 | Sat, Dec 19, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 116 | 119 | 8 | 20 | L 5 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 20, 1959 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 132 | 118 | 9 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 22, 1959 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 127 | 119 | 10 | 20 | W 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 31 | Fri, Dec 25, 1959 | Boston Celtics | L | 119 | 123 | 10 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 26, 1959 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 122 | 116 | 11 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 30, 1959 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 124 | 109 | 12 | 21 | W 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 34 | Thu, Dec 31, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 127 | 102 | 13 | 21 | W 3 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 2, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 126 | 118 | 14 | 21 | W 4 | ||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 3, 1960 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 108 | 110 | 14 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 5, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | W | 121 | 110 | 15 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 6, 1960 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 113 | 129 | 15 | 23 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 39 | Sun, Jan 10, 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 103 | 116 | 15 | 24 | L 2 | |||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 12, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 141 | 123 | 16 | 24 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 13, 1960 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 113 | 114 | 16 | 25 | L 1 | at Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 42 | Thu, Jan 14, 1960 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 131 | 126 | 17 | 25 | W 1 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 43 | Sat, Jan 16, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 132 | 106 | 18 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 17, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 117 | 129 | 18 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Tue, Jan 19, 1960 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 93 | 114 | 18 | 27 | L 2 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 46 | Wed, Jan 20, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 126 | 144 | 18 | 28 | L 3 | ||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 23, 1960 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 115 | 104 | 19 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 24, 1960 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 129 | 155 | 19 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 26, 1960 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 123 | 119 | 20 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Wed, Jan 27, 1960 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 117 | 129 | 20 | 30 | L 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 51 | Fri, Jan 29, 1960 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 128 | 113 | 21 | 30 | W 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 52 | Sat, Jan 30, 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 115 | 108 | 22 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 2, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 102 | 119 | 22 | 31 | L 1 | |||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 3, 1960 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 115 | 125 | 22 | 32 | L 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| 55 | Sat, Feb 6, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 117 | 143 | 22 | 33 | L 3 | |||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 7, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 142 | 135 | 23 | 33 | W 1 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 9, 1960 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 104 | 114 | 23 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 10, 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 125 | 117 | 24 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 11, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 109 | 116 | 24 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 13, 1960 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 122 | 104 | 25 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 16, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 125 | 116 | 26 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 62 | Thu, Feb 18, 1960 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 109 | 26 | 36 | L 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 63 | Sat, Feb 20, 1960 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 121 | 126 | 26 | 37 | L 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 64 | Sun, Feb 21, 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 122 | 129 | 26 | 38 | L 3 | |||
| 65 | Tue, Feb 23, 1960 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 112 | 117 | 26 | 39 | L 4 | |||
| 66 | Thu, Feb 25, 1960 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 121 | 131 | 26 | 40 | L 5 | ||
| 67 | Sat, Feb 27, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 111 | 114 | 26 | 41 | L 6 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Feb 28, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 125 | 129 | 26 | 42 | L 7 | |||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 1, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 121 | 124 | 26 | 43 | L 8 | |||
| 70 | Wed, Mar 2, 1960 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 113 | 123 | 26 | 44 | L 9 | at Boston, MA | |
| 71 | Fri, Mar 4, 1960 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 134 | 136 | 26 | 45 | L 10 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 72 | Sat, Mar 5, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 115 | 132 | 26 | 46 | L 11 | ||
| 73 | Sun, Mar 6, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | W | 120 | 112 | 27 | 46 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Wed, Mar 9, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 128 | 148 | 27 | 47 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Thu, Mar 10, 1960 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 108 | 133 | 27 | 48 | L 2 |