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1968-69 New York Knickerbockers Schedule and Results

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54-28, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Holzman (54-28)

Points Per Game: 110.8 (11th of 14) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.1 (1st of 14)
Pythagorean W-L: 56-26 (1st of 14)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 569,153 (1st of 14)

SRS: 5.48 (1st of 14)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Baltimore Bullets

1968-69 New York Knickerbockers:

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 15, 1968 Chicago Bulls L 96 100 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 19, 1968 Los Angeles Lakers L 96 118 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Oct 22, 1968 Philadelphia 76ers W 117 114 1 2 W 1
4 Wed, Oct 23, 1968 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 114 112 2 2 W 2
5 Thu, Oct 24, 1968 @ Phoenix Suns L 92 109 2 3 L 1
6 Sat, Oct 26, 1968 Cincinnati Royals W 98 92 3 3 W 1
7 Tue, Oct 29, 1968 San Francisco Warriors W 110 97 4 3 W 2
8 Wed, Oct 30, 1968 @ Cincinnati Royals L 114 118 4 4 L 1
9 Fri, Nov 1, 1968 Baltimore Bullets L 103 119 4 5 L 2
10 Sat, Nov 2, 1968 @ Detroit Pistons L 104 112 4 6 L 3
11 Sun, Nov 3, 1968 @ Seattle Supersonics W 122 108 5 6 W 1
12 Tue, Nov 5, 1968 @ San Diego Rockets L 109 113 5 7 L 1
13 Wed, Nov 6, 1968 @ San Francisco Warriors L 93 94 5 8 L 2
14 Fri, Nov 8, 1968 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 100 102 5 9 L 3
15 Sun, Nov 10, 1968 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 109 130 5 10 L 4
16 Thu, Nov 14, 1968 Cincinnati Royals L 101 110 5 11 L 5
17 Sat, Nov 16, 1968 Chicago Bulls W 119 97 6 11 W 1
18 Tue, Nov 19, 1968 San Diego Rockets L 107 113 6 12 L 1
19 Wed, Nov 20, 1968 @ Atlanta Hawks L 106 111 6 13 L 2
20 Fri, Nov 22, 1968 N Chicago Bulls W 114 107 7 13 W 1 at Boston, MA
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 23, 1968 Boston Celtics W 111 100 8 13 W 2
22 Tue, Nov 26, 1968 Los Angeles Lakers W 104 100 9 13 W 3
23 Wed, Nov 27, 1968 @ Boston Celtics L 117 131 9 14 L 1
24 Sat, Nov 30, 1968 Detroit Pistons W 120 108 10 14 W 1
25 Tue, Dec 3, 1968 Atlanta Hawks W 126 93 11 14 W 2
26 Wed, Dec 4, 1968 @ Atlanta Hawks W 121 113 12 14 W 3
27 Sat, Dec 7, 1968 Milwaukee Bucks W 119 113 13 14 W 4
28 Sun, Dec 8, 1968 N Cincinnati Royals L 115 120 13 15 L 1 at Cleveland, OH
29 Tue, Dec 10, 1968 Phoenix Suns W 111 106 14 15 W 1
30 Wed, Dec 11, 1968 @ Baltimore Bullets L 110 118 14 16 L 1
31 Fri, Dec 13, 1968 @ Chicago Bulls W 94 83 15 16 W 1
32 Sat, Dec 14, 1968 San Diego Rockets W 112 105 16 16 W 2
33 Sun, Dec 15, 1968 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 104 110 16 17 L 1
34 Tue, Dec 17, 1968 San Francisco Warriors W 114 99 17 17 W 1
35 Wed, Dec 18, 1968 @ Boston Celtics W 104 98 18 17 W 2
36 Fri, Dec 20, 1968 @ Detroit Pistons W 135 87 19 17 W 3
37 Sat, Dec 21, 1968 Seattle Supersonics W 131 105 20 17 W 4
38 Wed, Dec 25, 1968 Philadelphia 76ers W 110 109 21 17 W 5
39 Fri, Dec 27, 1968 @ San Diego Rockets W 111 109 22 17 W 6
40 Sat, Dec 28, 1968 @ Seattle Supersonics W 111 108 23 17 W 7
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Dec 29, 1968 N Seattle Supersonics W 120 112 24 17 W 8 at Vancouver, Canada
42 Tue, Dec 31, 1968 Baltimore Bullets W 121 110 25 17 W 9
43 Sat, Jan 4, 1969 Detroit Pistons W 111 103 26 17 W 10
44 Tue, Jan 7, 1969 @ Chicago Bulls L 101 102 26 18 L 1
45 Wed, Jan 8, 1969 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 115 101 27 18 W 1
46 Thu, Jan 9, 1969 @ Phoenix Suns W 134 120 28 18 W 2
47 Sat, Jan 11, 1969 @ San Francisco Warriors W 85 77 29 18 W 3
48 Sun, Jan 12, 1969 @ San Diego Rockets W 105 102 30 18 W 4
49 Fri, Jan 17, 1969 N Seattle Supersonics W 114 94 31 18 W 5 at Philadelphia, PA
50 Sat, Jan 18, 1969 N Milwaukee Bucks W 117 109 32 18 W 6 at Boston, MA
51 Sun, Jan 19, 1969 @ Atlanta Hawks L 96 100 32 19 L 1
52 Tue, Jan 21, 1969 Seattle Supersonics W 113 106 33 19 W 1
53 Wed, Jan 22, 1969 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 2OT 137 140 33 20 L 1
54 Fri, Jan 24, 1969 @ Detroit Pistons L 106 107 33 21 L 2
55 Sat, Jan 25, 1969 Milwaukee Bucks W 113 96 34 21 W 1
56 Tue, Jan 28, 1969 Philadelphia 76ers W 121 88 35 21 W 2
57 Thu, Jan 30, 1969 @ Baltimore Bullets W 109 106 36 21 W 3
58 Sat, Feb 1, 1969 Boston Celtics W 109 82 37 21 W 4
59 Sun, Feb 2, 1969 @ Boston Celtics W 95 94 38 21 W 5
60 Tue, Feb 4, 1969 Atlanta Hawks W 122 97 39 21 W 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 5, 1969 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 111 102 40 21 W 7
62 Fri, Feb 7, 1969 @ Chicago Bulls W 105 98 41 21 W 8
63 Sat, Feb 8, 1969 Baltimore Bullets W 106 100 42 21 W 9
64 Wed, Feb 12, 1969 Phoenix Suns W 112 105 43 21 W 10
65 Sat, Feb 15, 1969 San Francisco Warriors W 98 92 44 21 W 11
66 Tue, Feb 18, 1969 Los Angeles Lakers L 109 113 44 22 L 1
67 Wed, Feb 19, 1969 @ Cincinnati Royals L 100 110 44 23 L 2
68 Sat, Feb 22, 1969 San Diego Rockets L 104 108 44 24 L 3
69 Tue, Feb 25, 1969 Atlanta Hawks W 122 101 45 24 W 1
70 Wed, Feb 26, 1969 @ Boston Celtics W 92 88 46 24 W 2
71 Sat, Mar 1, 1969 Boston Celtics W 115 96 47 24 W 3
72 Tue, Mar 4, 1969 Detroit Pistons W 102 99 48 24 W 4
73 Wed, Mar 5, 1969 @ Detroit Pistons L 120 128 48 25 L 1
74 Fri, Mar 7, 1969 N Phoenix Suns W 119 87 49 25 W 1 at Philadelphia, PA
75 Sun, Mar 9, 1969 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 101 110 49 26 L 1
76 Tue, Mar 11, 1969 Philadelphia 76ers W 121 101 50 26 W 1
77 Wed, Mar 12, 1969 @ Baltimore Bullets L 110 111 50 27 L 1
78 Sat, Mar 15, 1969 Cincinnati Royals W 121 108 51 27 W 1
79 Wed, Mar 19, 1969 Baltimore Bullets W 104 100 52 27 W 2
80 Fri, Mar 21, 1969 @ Phoenix Suns W 139 104 53 27 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Mar 22, 1969 @ San Francisco Warriors W 117 90 54 27 W 4
82 Sun, Mar 23, 1969 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 111 128 54 28 L 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Mar 27, 1969 @ Baltimore Bullets W 113 101 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Mar 29, 1969 Baltimore Bullets W 107 91 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Mar 30, 1969 @ Baltimore Bullets W 119 116 3 0 W 3
4 Wed, Apr 2, 1969 Baltimore Bullets W 115 108 4 0 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
5 Sun, Apr 6, 1969 Boston Celtics L 100 108 4 1 L 1
6 Wed, Apr 9, 1969 @ Boston Celtics L 97 112 4 2 L 2
7 Thu, Apr 10, 1969 Boston Celtics W 101 91 5 2 W 1
8 Sun, Apr 13, 1969 @ Boston Celtics L 96 97 5 3 L 1
9 Mon, Apr 14, 1969 Boston Celtics W 112 104 6 3 W 1
10 Fri, Apr 18, 1969 @ Boston Celtics L 105 106 6 4 L 1