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1970-71 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Holzman (52-30)

PTS/G: 110.1 (14th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 105.0 (1st of 17)
SRS: 5.05 (3rd of 17)
Expected W-L: 54-28 (3rd of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 763,487 (1st of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Baltimore Bullets
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 13, 1970 Boston Celtics W 114 107 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Oct 14, 1970 @ Cincinnati Royals W 128 104 2 0 W 2
3 Sat, Oct 17, 1970 Chicago Bulls L 96 99 2 1 L 1
4 Tue, Oct 20, 1970 Los Angeles Lakers W 115 100 3 1 W 1
5 Thu, Oct 22, 1970 San Francisco Warriors W 95 92 4 1 W 2
6 Fri, Oct 23, 1970 @ Baltimore Bullets L 92 98 4 2 L 1
7 Sat, Oct 24, 1970 Cincinnati Royals W 115 103 5 2 W 1
8 Tue, Oct 27, 1970 Seattle SuperSonics W 117 104 6 2 W 2
9 Wed, Oct 28, 1970 @ Boston Celtics W 126 89 7 2 W 3
10 Thu, Oct 29, 1970 San Diego Rockets W 114 107 8 2 W 4
11 Sat, Oct 31, 1970 Detroit Pistons W 107 89 9 2 W 5
12 Mon, Nov 2, 1970 @ San Francisco Warriors W 111 99 10 2 W 6 at Oakland, CA
13 Wed, Nov 4, 1970 @ San Diego Rockets W 109 100 11 2 W 7
14 Fri, Nov 6, 1970 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 104 106 11 3 L 1
15 Sun, Nov 8, 1970 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 125 113 12 3 W 1
16 Tue, Nov 10, 1970 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 91 93 12 4 L 1
17 Thu, Nov 12, 1970 Baltimore Bullets L 108 110 12 5 L 2
18 Fri, Nov 13, 1970 @ Chicago Bulls W 106 98 13 5 W 1
19 Sat, Nov 14, 1970 Philadelphia 76ers W 126 94 14 5 W 2
20 Tue, Nov 17, 1970 Phoenix Suns W 103 100 15 5 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 18, 1970 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 106 113 15 6 L 1
22 Thu, Nov 19, 1970 Cincinnati Royals L 98 106 15 7 L 2
23 Sat, Nov 21, 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers W 102 94 16 7 W 1
24 Tue, Nov 24, 1970 Atlanta Hawks W 128 119 17 7 W 2
25 Wed, Nov 25, 1970 @ Atlanta Hawks W 114 111 18 7 W 3
26 Fri, Nov 27, 1970 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 103 94 19 7 W 4
27 Sat, Nov 28, 1970 Milwaukee Bucks W 100 99 20 7 W 5
28 Tue, Dec 1, 1970 Seattle SuperSonics W 114 109 21 7 W 6
29 Wed, Dec 2, 1970 @ Detroit Pistons L 82 101 21 8 L 1
30 Fri, Dec 4, 1970 @ Buffalo Braves L 91 97 21 9 L 2
31 Sat, Dec 5, 1970 Buffalo Braves W 117 93 22 9 W 1
32 Tue, Dec 8, 1970 Portland Trail Blazers W 139 121 23 9 W 2
33 Sat, Dec 12, 1970 Philadelphia 76ers W 118 101 24 9 W 3
34 Sun, Dec 13, 1970 N San Francisco Warriors L 94 101 24 10 L 1 at St. Louis, MO
35 Tue, Dec 15, 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers W 110 92 25 10 W 1
36 Wed, Dec 16, 1970 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 108 84 26 10 W 2
37 Sat, Dec 19, 1970 Chicago Bulls W 98 87 27 10 W 3
38 Sun, Dec 20, 1970 @ Phoenix Suns W 133 118 28 10 W 4
39 Tue, Dec 22, 1970 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 108 119 28 11 L 1
40 Fri, Dec 25, 1970 Buffalo Braves W 115 102 29 11 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Dec 27, 1970 Baltimore Bullets W 110 105 30 11 W 2
42 Wed, Dec 30, 1970 San Francisco Warriors W 111 103 31 11 W 3
43 Sat, Jan 2, 1971 Atlanta Hawks L 108 112 31 12 L 1
44 Wed, Jan 6, 1971 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 127 94 32 12 W 1
45 Thu, Jan 7, 1971 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 106 116 32 13 L 1
46 Sat, Jan 9, 1971 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 96 114 32 14 L 2
47 Thu, Jan 14, 1971 @ Phoenix Suns L 88 107 32 15 L 3
48 Sat, Jan 16, 1971 @ San Francisco Warriors L 93 102 32 16 L 4 at Oakland, CA
49 Tue, Jan 19, 1971 San Diego Rockets W OT 117 113 33 16 W 1
50 Wed, Jan 20, 1971 @ Chicago Bulls L 103 109 33 17 L 1
51 Sat, Jan 23, 1971 Boston Celtics W 128 107 34 17 W 1
52 Sun, Jan 24, 1971 @ Detroit Pistons W 117 105 35 17 W 2
53 Tue, Jan 26, 1971 Milwaukee Bucks W 107 98 36 17 W 3
54 Wed, Jan 27, 1971 @ Atlanta Hawks W 116 108 37 17 W 4
55 Fri, Jan 29, 1971 @ Boston Celtics W 118 111 38 17 W 5
56 Sat, Jan 30, 1971 Philadelphia 76ers L 105 106 38 18 L 1
57 Sun, Jan 31, 1971 N Baltimore Bullets W 125 95 39 18 W 1 at College Park, MD
58 Tue, Feb 2, 1971 Cincinnati Royals W 115 108 40 18 W 2
59 Fri, Feb 5, 1971 @ Detroit Pistons L 99 108 40 19 L 1
60 Sat, Feb 6, 1971 Chicago Bulls L 102 109 40 20 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 7, 1971 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 99 127 40 21 L 3
62 Tue, Feb 9, 1971 Atlanta Hawks L 109 114 40 22 L 4
63 Wed, Feb 10, 1971 @ Buffalo Braves L 99 106 40 23 L 5
64 Fri, Feb 12, 1971 @ Atlanta Hawks L 116 125 40 24 L 6
65 Sat, Feb 13, 1971 Phoenix Suns W 114 97 41 24 W 1
66 Tue, Feb 16, 1971 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 115 130 41 25 L 1
67 Thu, Feb 18, 1971 @ San Diego Rockets W 116 115 42 25 W 1
68 Sat, Feb 20, 1971 Detroit Pistons W 108 94 43 25 W 2
69 Tue, Feb 23, 1971 San Diego Rockets L 109 126 43 26 L 1
70 Wed, Feb 24, 1971 @ Cincinnati Royals W 125 105 44 26 W 1
71 Sat, Feb 27, 1971 Portland Trail Blazers W 113 102 45 26 W 2
72 Sun, Feb 28, 1971 @ Baltimore Bullets W 110 104 46 26 W 3
73 Tue, Mar 2, 1971 Baltimore Bullets W 109 95 47 26 W 4
74 Fri, Mar 5, 1971 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 116 121 47 27 L 1
75 Sat, Mar 6, 1971 Boston Celtics W 112 104 48 27 W 1
76 Sun, Mar 7, 1971 @ Boston Celtics W 116 110 49 27 W 2
77 Tue, Mar 9, 1971 Seattle SuperSonics L 99 114 49 28 L 1
78 Wed, Mar 10, 1971 @ Cincinnati Royals L OT 118 120 49 29 L 2
79 Sat, Mar 13, 1971 Milwaukee Bucks W 108 103 50 29 W 1
80 Tue, Mar 16, 1971 Los Angeles Lakers W 115 82 51 29 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Thu, Mar 18, 1971 @ Phoenix Suns W OT 131 123 52 29 W 3
82 Sun, Mar 21, 1971 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 98 101 52 30 L 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Mar 25, 1971 Atlanta Hawks W 112 101 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Mar 27, 1971 Atlanta Hawks L 104 113 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Mar 28, 1971 @ Atlanta Hawks W 110 95 2 1 W 1
4 Tue, Mar 30, 1971 @ Atlanta Hawks W 113 107 3 1 W 2
5 Thu, Apr 1, 1971 Atlanta Hawks W 111 107 4 1 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
6 Tue, Apr 6, 1971 Baltimore Bullets W 112 111 5 1 W 4
7 Fri, Apr 9, 1971 Baltimore Bullets W 107 88 6 1 W 5
8 Sun, Apr 11, 1971 @ Baltimore Bullets L 88 114 6 2 L 1
9 Wed, Apr 14, 1971 @ Baltimore Bullets L 80 101 6 3 L 2
10 Fri, Apr 16, 1971 Baltimore Bullets W 89 84 7 3 W 1
11 Sun, Apr 18, 1971 @ Baltimore Bullets L 96 113 7 4 L 1
12 Mon, Apr 19, 1971 Baltimore Bullets L 91 93 7 5 L 2