1965-66 New York Knickerbockers

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30-50, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 116.7 points per game, Allowed 119.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 34-46)
Coached by Harry Gallatin (6-15), Dick McGuire (24-35)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) / Attendance: 369,812 (2nd of 9 available)

SRS: -2.31 (7th of 9)

1965-66 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 16, 1965 Detroit Pistons W 111 103 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Oct 20, 1965 @ Detroit Pistons L 103 116 1 1 L 1
3 Sat, Oct 23, 1965 Los Angeles Lakers W 106 101 2 1 W 1
4 Tue, Oct 26, 1965 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 102 104 2 2 L 1
5 Thu, Oct 28, 1965 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 116 140 2 3 L 2
6 Fri, Oct 29, 1965 @ San Francisco Warriors L 100 110 2 4 L 3
7 Sun, Oct 31, 1965 @ San Francisco Warriors W 104 103 3 4 W 1
8 Wed, Nov 3, 1965 @ Baltimore Bullets L 114 129 3 5 L 1
9 Thu, Nov 4, 1965 Baltimore Bullets W 108 107 4 5 W 1
10 Sat, Nov 6, 1965 Cincinnati Royals L 103 114 4 6 L 1
11 Wed, Nov 10, 1965 @ Cincinnati Royals L 119 124 4 7 L 2
12 Fri, Nov 12, 1965 N Los Angeles Lakers L 106 107 4 8 L 3 at Minneapolis, MN
13 Sat, Nov 13, 1965 Philadelphia 76ers L 119 127 4 9 L 4
14 Tue, Nov 16, 1965 Detroit Pistons W 120 95 5 9 W 1
15 Thu, Nov 18, 1965 @ Baltimore Bullets L 104 120 5 10 L 1
16 Fri, Nov 19, 1965 @ Detroit Pistons W 116 109 6 10 W 1
17 Sat, Nov 20, 1965 Boston Celtics L 108 122 6 11 L 1
18 Tue, Nov 23, 1965 San Francisco Warriors L 125 134 6 12 L 2
19 Wed, Nov 24, 1965 @ Boston Celtics L 110 125 6 13 L 3
20 Fri, Nov 26, 1965 @ Cincinnati Royals L 113 117 6 14 L 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 27, 1965 Cincinnati Royals L 129 132 6 15 L 5
22 Tue, Nov 30, 1965 St. Louis Hawks W 138 119 7 15 W 1
23 Wed, Dec 1, 1965 N Baltimore Bullets L 125 139 7 16 L 1 at Detroit, MI
24 Tue, Dec 7, 1965 Los Angeles Lakers W 131 127 8 16 W 1
25 Wed, Dec 8, 1965 N St. Louis Hawks L 93 104 8 17 L 1 at Boston, MA
26 Fri, Dec 10, 1965 @ St. Louis Hawks W 109 106 9 17 W 1
27 Sat, Dec 11, 1965 Baltimore Bullets W 150 127 10 17 W 2
28 Tue, Dec 14, 1965 San Francisco Warriors W 141 137 11 17 W 3
29 Wed, Dec 15, 1965 @ Baltimore Bullets L 108 111 11 18 L 1
30 Sat, Dec 18, 1965 Cincinnati Royals W 122 114 12 18 W 1
31 Wed, Dec 22, 1965 @ Boston Celtics L 120 123 12 19 L 1
32 Sat, Dec 25, 1965 St. Louis Hawks L 111 131 12 20 L 2
33 Mon, Dec 27, 1965 @ Cincinnati Royals L 116 138 12 21 L 3
34 Wed, Dec 29, 1965 Boston Celtics L 96 99 12 22 L 4
35 Sat, Jan 1, 1966 Cincinnati Royals W 147 122 13 22 W 1
36 Sun, Jan 2, 1966 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 122 133 13 23 L 1
37 Tue, Jan 4, 1966 Philadelphia 76ers L 127 129 13 24 L 2
38 Wed, Jan 5, 1966 N San Francisco Warriors L 117 118 13 25 L 3 at Baltimore, MD
39 Sat, Jan 8, 1966 Los Angeles Lakers W 133 127 14 25 W 1
40 Sun, Jan 9, 1966 @ Baltimore Bullets L 124 130 14 26 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 12, 1966 @ San Francisco Warriors L 114 122 14 27 L 2
42 Sat, Jan 15, 1966 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 123 152 14 28 L 3
43 Mon, Jan 17, 1966 N St. Louis Hawks L 106 115 14 29 L 4 at Memphis, TN
44 Tue, Jan 18, 1966 @ St. Louis Hawks L 107 109 14 30 L 5
45 Fri, Jan 21, 1966 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 98 109 14 31 L 6
46 Sat, Jan 22, 1966 @ St. Louis Hawks L 111 119 14 32 L 7
47 Tue, Jan 25, 1966 Detroit Pistons W 115 100 15 32 W 1
48 Wed, Jan 26, 1966 N San Francisco Warriors W 115 103 16 32 W 2 at Detroit, MI
49 Sat, Jan 29, 1966 Boston Celtics L 107 119 16 33 L 1
50 Sun, Jan 30, 1966 @ Boston Celtics L 115 118 16 34 L 2
51 Tue, Feb 1, 1966 Baltimore Bullets W 112 109 17 34 W 1
52 Fri, Feb 4, 1966 @ Detroit Pistons W 115 113 18 34 W 2
53 Sat, Feb 5, 1966 Philadelphia 76ers W 120 113 19 34 W 3
54 Tue, Feb 8, 1966 Philadelphia 76ers W 136 123 20 34 W 4
55 Wed, Feb 9, 1966 @ Boston Celtics L 117 121 20 35 L 1
56 Fri, Feb 11, 1966 N Detroit Pistons W 122 107 21 35 W 1 at Boston, MA
57 Sat, Feb 12, 1966 Los Angeles Lakers W 140 127 22 35 W 2
58 Mon, Feb 14, 1966 N San Francisco Warriors W 138 125 23 35 W 3 at Oakland, CA
59 Tue, Feb 15, 1966 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 124 132 23 36 L 1
60 Wed, Feb 16, 1966 N San Francisco Warriors W 112 108 24 36 W 1 at San Jose, CA
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 18, 1966 @ Detroit Pistons L 118 120 24 37 L 1
62 Sat, Feb 19, 1966 Cincinnati Royals W 124 113 25 37 W 1
63 Tue, Feb 22, 1966 St. Louis Hawks W 113 108 26 37 W 2
64 Wed, Feb 23, 1966 N Detroit Pistons W 100 98 27 37 W 3 at Baltimore, MD
65 Fri, Feb 25, 1966 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 124 130 27 38 L 1
66 Sat, Feb 26, 1966 Boston Celtics L 95 100 27 39 L 2
67 Tue, Mar 1, 1966 San Francisco Warriors L 112 114 27 40 L 3
68 Wed, Mar 2, 1966 @ Boston Celtics L 104 140 27 41 L 4
69 Fri, Mar 4, 1966 N Detroit Pistons W 121 119 28 41 W 1 at Fort Wayne, IN
70 Sat, Mar 5, 1966 @ Cincinnati Royals L 145 149 28 42 L 1
71 Sun, Mar 6, 1966 @ St. Louis Hawks L 106 119 28 43 L 2
72 Tue, Mar 8, 1966 Los Angeles Lakers W OT 133 132 29 43 W 1
73 Fri, Mar 11, 1966 Baltimore Bullets L 123 126 29 44 L 1
74 Sat, Mar 12, 1966 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 126 134 29 45 L 2
75 Sun, Mar 13, 1966 Philadelphia 76ers L 113 115 29 46 L 3
76 Tue, Mar 15, 1966 N Cincinnati Royals L 107 125 29 47 L 4 at Dayton, OH
77 Wed, Mar 16, 1966 @ Baltimore Bullets L 113 118 29 48 L 5
78 Thu, Mar 17, 1966 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 106 115 29 49 L 6
79 Sat, Mar 19, 1966 Boston Celtics L 113 126 29 50 L 7
80 Tue, Mar 22, 1966 St. Louis Hawks W 126 125 30 50 W 1