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1972-73 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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Record: 57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Holzman (57-25)

PTS/G: 105.0 (11th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 98.2 (1st of 17)
SRS: 6.07 (4th of 17)
Expected W-L: 59-23 (4th of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 790,031 (1st of 17)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Baltimore Bullets

NBA Champions

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 10, 1972 Box Score Seattle SuperSonics W 113 89 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 14, 1972 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers W 125 100 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Oct 15, 1972 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks L 101 109 2 1 L 1
4 Tue, Oct 17, 1972 Box Score Houston Rockets W 103 95 3 1 W 1
5 Fri, Oct 20, 1972 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 92 89 4 1 W 2
6 Sat, Oct 21, 1972 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers W 111 88 5 1 W 3
7 Tue, Oct 24, 1972 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 123 90 6 1 W 4
8 Fri, Oct 27, 1972 Box Score @ Baltimore Bullets W 92 88 7 1 W 5
9 Sat, Oct 28, 1972 Box Score Baltimore Bullets W 94 90 8 1 W 6
10 Wed, Nov 1, 1972 Box Score @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 122 85 9 1 W 7 at Omaha, NE
11 Fri, Nov 3, 1972 Box Score @ Seattle SuperSonics W 105 80 10 1 W 8
12 Sat, Nov 4, 1972 Box Score @ Golden State Warriors L 104 127 10 2 L 1
13 Mon, Nov 6, 1972 Box Score @ Portland Trail Blazers W 111 95 11 2 W 1
14 Thu, Nov 9, 1972 Box Score Atlanta Hawks W 101 99 12 2 W 2
15 Fri, Nov 10, 1972 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers W 125 106 13 2 W 3
16 Sat, Nov 11, 1972 Box Score Golden State Warriors L OT 102 103 13 3 L 1
17 Tue, Nov 14, 1972 Box Score Phoenix Suns W 103 97 14 3 W 1
18 Thu, Nov 16, 1972 Box Score Houston Rockets W 119 100 15 3 W 2
19 Sat, Nov 18, 1972 Box Score Milwaukee Bucks W 87 86 16 3 W 3
20 Tue, Nov 21, 1972 Box Score Portland Trail Blazers W 108 80 17 3 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Nov 24, 1972 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 97 114 17 4 L 1
22 Sat, Nov 25, 1972 Box Score Boston Celtics W 97 94 18 4 W 1
23 Tue, Nov 28, 1972 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 107 84 19 4 W 2
24 Wed, Nov 29, 1972 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers W 139 91 20 4 W 3
25 Fri, Dec 1, 1972 Box Score @ Milwaukee Bucks L 74 100 20 5 L 1
26 Sat, Dec 2, 1972 Box Score Buffalo Braves W 119 94 21 5 W 1
27 Tue, Dec 5, 1972 Box Score Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 125 103 22 5 W 2
28 Fri, Dec 8, 1972 Box Score @ Buffalo Braves L 89 91 22 6 L 1
29 Sat, Dec 9, 1972 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers W 120 109 23 6 W 1
30 Tue, Dec 12, 1972 Box Score Atlanta Hawks W 114 93 24 6 W 2
31 Wed, Dec 13, 1972 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks L 120 121 24 7 L 1
32 Fri, Dec 15, 1972 Box Score @ Chicago Bulls L 86 90 24 8 L 2
33 Sat, Dec 16, 1972 Box Score Chicago Bulls W 97 83 25 8 W 1
34 Tue, Dec 19, 1972 Box Score @ Phoenix Suns L 84 117 25 9 L 1
35 Wed, Dec 20, 1972 Box Score N Houston Rockets W 124 102 26 9 W 1 at San Antonio, TX
36 Fri, Dec 22, 1972 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 98 87 27 9 W 2
37 Mon, Dec 25, 1972 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 113 110 28 9 W 3
38 Tue, Dec 26, 1972 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 106 115 28 10 L 1
39 Thu, Dec 28, 1972 Box Score Buffalo Braves W 107 86 29 10 W 1
40 Fri, Dec 29, 1972 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons W 99 94 30 10 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Dec 30, 1972 Box Score Baltimore Bullets W 100 98 31 10 W 3
42 Tue, Jan 2, 1973 Box Score Milwaukee Bucks W 102 92 32 10 W 4
43 Fri, Jan 5, 1973 Box Score @ Buffalo Braves W 129 106 33 10 W 5
44 Sat, Jan 6, 1973 Box Score Houston Rockets W 116 106 34 10 W 6
45 Tue, Jan 9, 1973 Box Score @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W OT 116 115 35 10 W 7
46 Thu, Jan 11, 1973 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks W 122 107 36 10 W 8
47 Fri, Jan 12, 1973 Box Score @ Houston Rockets W 104 103 37 10 W 9
48 Sun, Jan 14, 1973 Box Score @ Seattle SuperSonics W 86 84 38 10 W 10
49 Tue, Jan 16, 1973 Box Score @ Phoenix Suns W 102 101 39 10 W 11
50 Fri, Jan 19, 1973 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers L 88 95 39 11 L 1
51 Sun, Jan 21, 1973 Box Score @ Houston Rockets L 103 107 39 12 L 2
52 Thu, Jan 25, 1973 Box Score Buffalo Braves W 99 92 40 12 W 1
53 Sat, Jan 27, 1973 Box Score Boston Celtics W 111 108 41 12 W 2
54 Sun, Jan 28, 1973 Box Score @ Boston Celtics W 96 93 42 12 W 3
55 Mon, Jan 29, 1973 Box Score Golden State Warriors W 97 84 43 12 W 4
56 Wed, Jan 31, 1973 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons L 91 94 43 13 L 1
57 Fri, Feb 2, 1973 Box Score @ Baltimore Bullets L 77 89 43 14 L 2
58 Sat, Feb 3, 1973 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 95 90 44 14 W 1
59 Sun, Feb 4, 1973 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 114 97 45 14 W 2
60 Tue, Feb 6, 1973 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers L 90 95 45 15 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 10, 1973 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 107 93 46 15 W 1
62 Wed, Feb 14, 1973 Box Score Chicago Bulls L 98 100 46 16 L 1
63 Fri, Feb 16, 1973 Box Score @ Buffalo Braves W 102 98 47 16 W 1
64 Sat, Feb 17, 1973 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers W 107 89 48 16 W 2
65 Sun, Feb 18, 1973 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L 98 114 48 17 L 1
66 Tue, Feb 20, 1973 Box Score Portland Trail Blazers W 110 106 49 17 W 1
67 Fri, Feb 23, 1973 Box Score @ Chicago Bulls L 83 84 49 18 L 1
68 Sat, Feb 24, 1973 Box Score Buffalo Braves W 125 97 50 18 W 1
69 Tue, Feb 27, 1973 Box Score Boston Celtics W 123 91 51 18 W 2
70 Thu, Mar 1, 1973 Box Score @ Milwaukee Bucks L 100 114 51 19 L 1
71 Sat, Mar 3, 1973 Box Score Baltimore Bullets L 75 97 51 20 L 2
72 Sun, Mar 4, 1973 Box Score N Baltimore Bullets L 97 106 51 21 L 3 at College Park, MD
73 Tue, Mar 6, 1973 Box Score Seattle SuperSonics W 106 94 52 21 W 1
74 Wed, Mar 7, 1973 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers W 120 94 53 21 W 2
75 Sat, Mar 10, 1973 Box Score Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 125 102 54 21 W 3
76 Sun, Mar 11, 1973 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 107 122 54 22 L 1
77 Tue, Mar 13, 1973 Box Score Phoenix Suns W 115 111 55 22 W 1
78 Fri, Mar 16, 1973 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers W 109 98 56 22 W 2
79 Sat, Mar 17, 1973 Box Score @ Golden State Warriors W 117 108 57 22 W 3
80 Sun, Mar 18, 1973 Box Score @ Portland Trail Blazers L 96 99 57 23 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Wed, Mar 21, 1973 Box Score Atlanta Hawks L 93 98 57 24 L 2
82 Sat, Mar 24, 1973 Box Score Boston Celtics L 103 108 57 25 L 3

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Mar 30, 1973 Box Score Baltimore Bullets W 95 83 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Apr 1, 1973 Box Score Baltimore Bullets W 123 103 2 0 W 2
3 Wed, Apr 4, 1973 Box Score @ Baltimore Bullets W 103 96 3 0 W 3
4 Fri, Apr 6, 1973 Box Score @ Baltimore Bullets L 89 97 3 1 L 1
5 Sun, Apr 8, 1973 Box Score Baltimore Bullets W 109 99 4 1 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
6 Sun, Apr 15, 1973 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 108 134 4 2 L 1
7 Wed, Apr 18, 1973 Box Score Boston Celtics W 129 96 5 2 W 1
8 Fri, Apr 20, 1973 Box Score @ Boston Celtics W 98 91 6 2 W 2
9 Sun, Apr 22, 1973 Box Score Boston Celtics W 2OT 117 110 7 2 W 3
10 Wed, Apr 25, 1973 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 97 98 7 3 L 1
11 Fri, Apr 27, 1973 Box Score Boston Celtics L 100 110 7 4 L 2
12 Sun, Apr 29, 1973 Box Score @ Boston Celtics W 94 78 8 4 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
13 Tue, May 1, 1973 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers L 112 115 8 5 L 1
14 Thu, May 3, 1973 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers W 99 95 9 5 W 1
15 Sun, May 6, 1973 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers W 87 83 10 5 W 2
16 Tue, May 8, 1973 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers W 103 98 11 5 W 3
17 Thu, May 10, 1973 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers W 102 93 12 5 W 4