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21-59, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 110.5 points per game, Allowed 117.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 23-57)
Coached by Eddie Donovan (21-59)
Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 302,775 (1st of 9)
SRS: -6.20 (9th of 9)
1962-63 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Oct 16, 1962 | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 121 | 119 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 19, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 116 | 105 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 20, 1962 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 116 | 149 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 23, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 119 | 123 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 26, 1962 | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 133 | 2 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 27, 1962 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 109 | 115 | 2 | 4 | L 4 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 30, 1962 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 106 | 125 | 2 | 5 | L 5 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Oct 31, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 95 | 115 | 2 | 6 | L 6 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Nov 2, 1962 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 121 | 143 | 2 | 7 | L 7 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 4, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 106 | 125 | 2 | 8 | L 8 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 7, 1962 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 122 | 112 | 3 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 9, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 119 | 122 | 3 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 11, 1962 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 117 | 3 | 10 | L 2 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 14 | Tue, Nov 13, 1962 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 116 | 3 | 11 | L 3 | |||
| 15 | Thu, Nov 15, 1962 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 92 | 95 | 3 | 12 | L 4 | ||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 16, 1962 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 111 | 127 | 3 | 13 | L 5 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 17, 1962 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | OT | 113 | 121 | 3 | 14 | L 6 | at Boston, MA |
| 18 | Tue, Nov 20, 1962 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 103 | 95 | 4 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 21, 1962 | N | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 137 | 108 | 5 | 14 | W 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| 20 | Fri, Nov 23, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 116 | 110 | 6 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 24, 1962 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 126 | 137 | 6 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Nov 27, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 129 | 139 | 6 | 16 | L 2 | |||
| 23 | Wed, Nov 28, 1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 101 | 143 | 6 | 17 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 1, 1962 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 115 | 117 | 6 | 18 | L 4 | at Boston, MA | |
| 25 | Tue, Dec 4, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 132 | 6 | 19 | L 5 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 5, 1962 | N | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 133 | 117 | 7 | 19 | W 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 27 | Thu, Dec 6, 1962 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 99 | 96 | 8 | 19 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 8, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | W | 87 | 78 | 9 | 19 | W 3 | |||
| 29 | Tue, Dec 11, 1962 | Boston Celtics | W | 95 | 87 | 10 | 19 | W 4 | |||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 12, 1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 106 | 115 | 10 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 15, 1962 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 101 | 142 | 10 | 21 | L 2 | ||
| 32 | Sun, Dec 16, 1962 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 108 | 115 | 10 | 22 | L 3 | ||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 18, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 103 | 102 | 11 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Dec 22, 1962 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 120 | 106 | 12 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| 35 | Tue, Dec 25, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 111 | 123 | 12 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 36 | Thu, Dec 27, 1962 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 92 | 128 | 12 | 24 | L 2 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Dec 29, 1962 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 109 | 114 | 12 | 25 | L 3 | |||
| 38 | Tue, Jan 1, 1963 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 106 | 112 | 12 | 26 | L 4 | ||
| 39 | Thu, Jan 3, 1963 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 123 | 115 | 13 | 26 | W 1 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 40 | Fri, Jan 4, 1963 | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 129 | 108 | 14 | 26 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 6, 1963 | Detroit Pistons | L | 102 | 103 | 14 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 8, 1963 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 93 | 109 | 14 | 28 | L 2 | at Toledo, OH | |
| 43 | Wed, Jan 9, 1963 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 95 | 110 | 14 | 29 | L 3 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 44 | Sat, Jan 12, 1963 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 97 | 130 | 14 | 30 | L 4 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 13, 1963 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 102 | 108 | 14 | 31 | L 5 | ||
| 46 | Mon, Jan 14, 1963 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 134 | 142 | 14 | 32 | L 6 | ||
| 47 | Thu, Jan 17, 1963 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 113 | 100 | 15 | 32 | W 1 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 19, 1963 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 108 | 114 | 15 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 22, 1963 | Boston Celtics | L | 100 | 124 | 15 | 34 | L 2 | |||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 25, 1963 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 112 | 114 | 15 | 35 | L 3 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 27, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 123 | 15 | 36 | L 4 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Jan 29, 1963 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 103 | 123 | 15 | 37 | L 5 | |||
| 53 | Wed, Jan 30, 1963 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 115 | 116 | 15 | 38 | L 6 | at Boston, MA | |
| 54 | Thu, Jan 31, 1963 | N | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 101 | 116 | 15 | 39 | L 7 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 55 | Sun, Feb 3, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 122 | 95 | 16 | 39 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 5, 1963 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 100 | 120 | 16 | 40 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 8, 1963 | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 129 | 16 | 41 | L 2 | |||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 9, 1963 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 116 | 122 | 16 | 42 | L 3 | at Boston, MA | |
| 59 | Sun, Feb 10, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 123 | 129 | 16 | 43 | L 4 | ||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 13, 1963 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 102 | 103 | 16 | 44 | L 5 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Thu, Feb 14, 1963 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 123 | 113 | 17 | 44 | W 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 62 | Fri, Feb 15, 1963 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 135 | 131 | 18 | 44 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Sun, Feb 17, 1963 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 98 | 109 | 18 | 45 | L 1 | |||
| 64 | Tue, Feb 19, 1963 | Detroit Pistons | L | 112 | 121 | 18 | 46 | L 2 | |||
| 65 | Thu, Feb 21, 1963 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 96 | 115 | 18 | 47 | L 3 | ||
| 66 | Fri, Feb 22, 1963 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 106 | 93 | 19 | 47 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Feb 24, 1963 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 126 | 143 | 19 | 48 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Feb 26, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 125 | 116 | 20 | 48 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Wed, Feb 27, 1963 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 107 | 119 | 20 | 49 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Thu, Feb 28, 1963 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 124 | 132 | 20 | 50 | L 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 71 | Sat, Mar 2, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 117 | 122 | 20 | 51 | L 3 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 3, 1963 | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 102 | 20 | 52 | L 4 | |||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 5, 1963 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 121 | 131 | 20 | 53 | L 5 | |||
| 74 | Thu, Mar 7, 1963 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 118 | 129 | 20 | 54 | L 6 | ||
| 75 | Fri, Mar 8, 1963 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 124 | 129 | 20 | 55 | L 7 | |||
| 76 | Sun, Mar 10, 1963 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 120 | 132 | 20 | 56 | L 8 | ||
| 77 | Tue, Mar 12, 1963 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 96 | 110 | 20 | 57 | L 9 | |||
| 78 | Wed, Mar 13, 1963 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 89 | 112 | 20 | 58 | L 10 | ||
| 79 | Fri, Mar 15, 1963 | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 116 | 111 | 21 | 58 | W 1 | |||
| 80 | Sun, Mar 17, 1963 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 109 | 116 | 21 | 59 | L 1 |