1971-72 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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Record: 48-34, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Red Holzman (48-34)

Executive: Red Holzman

PTS/G: 107.1 (13th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 104.7 (3rd of 17)

SRS: 2.28 (6th of 17) Pace: 108.0 (17th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.5 (7th of 17) Def Rtg: 96.3 (6th of 17) Net Rtg: +2.3 (6th of 17)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (6th of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

NBA 1972 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Baltimore Bullets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference Champions

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 12, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		84	91	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	119	0	2	L 2
3	Sun, Oct 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	OT	121	120	1	2	W 1
4	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		93	84	2	2	W 2
5	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		110	87	3	2	W 3
6	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		89	95	3	3	L 1
7	Tue, Oct 26, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		106	101	4	3	W 1
8	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		96	110	4	4	L 1
9	Thu, Oct 28, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		112	94	5	4	W 1
10	Sat, Oct 30, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	108	5	5	L 1
11	Wed, Nov 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		117	98	6	5	W 1
12	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		97	101	6	6	L 1
13	Sun, Nov 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		96	103	6	7	L 2
14	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		85	99	6	8	L 3
15	Thu, Nov 11, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		103	112	6	9	L 4
16	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		127	105	7	9	W 1
17	Tue, Nov 16, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		112	111	8	9	W 2
18	Sat, Nov 20, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		125	114	9	9	W 3
19	Tue, Nov 23, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		125	110	10	9	W 4
20	Wed, Nov 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		114	94	11	9	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		104	89	12	9	W 6
22	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		100	99	13	9	W 7
23	Tue, Nov 30, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		109	110	13	10	L 1
24	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		96	122	13	11	L 2
25	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		130	90	14	11	W 1
26	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		97	105	14	12	L 1
27	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		134	102	15	12	W 1
28	Sun, Dec 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		103	92	16	12	W 2
29	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		100	110	16	13	L 1
30	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		115	95	17	13	W 1
31	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		104	84	18	13	W 2
32	Tue, Dec 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		113	87	19	13	W 3	at Oakland, CA
33	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		120	104	20	13	W 4
34	Thu, Dec 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		120	117	21	13	W 5
35	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		114	89	22	13	W 6
36	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		119	100	23	13	W 7
37	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		102	110	23	14	L 1
38	Sat, Jan 1, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		104	94	24	14	W 1
39	Mon, Jan 3, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		101	99	25	14	W 2
40	Tue, Jan 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		100	121	25	15	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		113	117	25	16	L 2
42	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		108	113	25	17	L 3
43	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		91	116	25	18	L 4
44	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score	N	Golden State Warriors	L		111	115	25	19	L 5	at San Diego, CA
45	Sun, Jan 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		109	108	26	19	W 1
46	Thu, Jan 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		109	130	26	20	L 1
47	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		104	101	27	20	W 1
48	Sun, Jan 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		101	99	28	20	W 2
49	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		109	106	29	20	W 3
50	Fri, Jan 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	116	122	29	21	L 1
51	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		110	106	30	21	W 1
52	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		115	106	31	21	W 2
53	Wed, Feb 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		105	116	31	22	L 1
54	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		103	84	32	22	W 1
55	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		112	104	33	22	W 2
56	Sun, Feb 6, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		109	107	34	22	W 3
57	Tue, Feb 8, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		102	107	34	23	L 1
58	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		126	102	35	23	W 1
59	Fri, Feb 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		113	107	36	23	W 2
60	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		106	91	37	23	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		110	100	38	23	W 4
62	Thu, Feb 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W	OT	102	99	39	23	W 5
63	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		100	95	40	23	W 6
64	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		109	111	40	24	L 1
65	Tue, Feb 22, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		122	105	41	24	W 1
66	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		97	104	41	25	L 1
67	Sun, Feb 27, 1972	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	97	95	42	25	W 1	at College Park, MD
68	Tue, Feb 29, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	114	42	26	L 1
69	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		97	105	42	27	L 2
70	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	118	115	43	27	W 1
71	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		98	100	43	28	L 1
72	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		110	101	44	28	W 1
73	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		106	110	44	29	L 1
74	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		109	112	44	30	L 2
75	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		115	107	45	30	W 1
76	Thu, Mar 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		103	102	46	30	W 2
77	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		106	111	46	31	L 1
78	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		86	133	46	32	L 2
79	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		123	99	47	32	W 1
80	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		88	131	47	33	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		98	83	48	33	W 1
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		106	120	48	34	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Mar 31, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	OT	105	108	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Apr 2, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		110	88	1	1	W 1
3	Tue, Apr 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		103	104	1	2	L 1
4	Thu, Apr 6, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		104	98	2	2	W 1
5	Sun, Apr 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		106	82	3	2	W 2
6	Tue, Apr 11, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		107	101	4	2	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
7	Thu, Apr 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		116	94	5	2	W 4
8	Sun, Apr 16, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		106	105	6	2	W 5
9	Wed, Apr 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		109	115	6	3	L 1
10	Fri, Apr 21, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		116	98	7	3	W 1
11	Sun, Apr 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		111	103	8	3	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
12	Wed, Apr 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	92	9	3	W 3
13	Sun, Apr 30, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		92	106	9	4	L 1
14	Wed, May 3, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		96	107	9	5	L 2
15	Fri, May 5, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	111	116	9	6	L 3
16	Sun, May 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		100	114	9	7	L 4

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