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1973-74 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Holzman (49-33)

PTS/G: 101.3 (15th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 98.5 (1st of 17)
SRS: 2.42 (5th of 17) ▪ Pace: 103.5 (17th of 17)
Off Rtg: 97.4 (10th of 17) ▪ Def Rtg: 94.7 (5th of 17)
Expected W-L: 49-33 (5th of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 784,433 (1st of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Capital Bullets

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 9, 1973 Detroit Pistons W 101 100 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1973 Houston Rockets L 85 86 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Oct 16, 1973 Buffalo Braves W 117 91 2 1 W 1
4 Fri, Oct 19, 1973 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 92 90 3 1 W 2
5 Sat, Oct 20, 1973 Chicago Bulls L 69 85 3 2 L 1
6 Tue, Oct 23, 1973 Capital Bullets L 84 101 3 3 L 2
7 Fri, Oct 26, 1973 @ Boston Celtics L 101 113 3 4 L 3
8 Sat, Oct 27, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers W 96 90 4 4 W 1
9 Wed, Oct 31, 1973 @ Houston Rockets W 102 91 5 4 W 2
10 Fri, Nov 2, 1973 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 106 91 6 4 W 3
11 Sat, Nov 3, 1973 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 100 107 6 5 L 1
12 Sun, Nov 4, 1973 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 111 106 7 5 W 1
13 Thu, Nov 8, 1973 Boston Celtics L 84 94 7 6 L 1
14 Fri, Nov 9, 1973 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 91 94 7 7 L 2
15 Sat, Nov 10, 1973 Cleveland Cavaliers W 100 90 8 7 W 1
16 Tue, Nov 13, 1973 Seattle SuperSonics W 104 102 9 7 W 2
17 Thu, Nov 15, 1973 Buffalo Braves W 97 86 10 7 W 3
18 Sat, Nov 17, 1973 Milwaukee Bucks W 100 93 11 7 W 4
19 Tue, Nov 20, 1973 Los Angeles Lakers W 105 89 12 7 W 5
20 Thu, Nov 22, 1973 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 91 107 12 8 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 24, 1973 Golden State Warriors L 99 107 12 9 L 2
22 Sun, Nov 25, 1973 @ Capital Bullets L 81 109 12 10 L 3
23 Wed, Nov 28, 1973 Houston Rockets L 106 114 12 11 L 4
24 Fri, Nov 30, 1973 @ Chicago Bulls L 97 115 12 12 L 5
25 Sat, Dec 1, 1973 Cleveland Cavaliers W 119 99 13 12 W 1
26 Tue, Dec 4, 1973 Portland Trail Blazers W 113 100 14 12 W 2
27 Wed, Dec 5, 1973 @ Boston Celtics L 97 119 14 13 L 1
28 Fri, Dec 7, 1973 @ Buffalo Braves W 113 108 15 13 W 1
29 Sat, Dec 8, 1973 Atlanta Hawks W 117 100 16 13 W 2
30 Tue, Dec 11, 1973 Phoenix Suns W 105 97 17 13 W 3
31 Sat, Dec 15, 1973 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 116 107 18 13 W 4
32 Mon, Dec 17, 1973 @ Houston Rockets W 109 97 19 13 W 5
33 Wed, Dec 19, 1973 @ Atlanta Hawks L 105 107 19 14 L 1
34 Fri, Dec 21, 1973 @ Buffalo Braves L 115 117 19 15 L 2
35 Sat, Dec 22, 1973 Detroit Pistons W 99 88 20 15 W 1
36 Tue, Dec 25, 1973 Capital Bullets L 100 102 20 16 L 1
37 Wed, Dec 26, 1973 @ Detroit Pistons W 96 91 21 16 W 1
38 Sat, Dec 29, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers W 112 92 22 16 W 2
39 Sun, Dec 30, 1973 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 102 85 23 16 W 3
40 Tue, Jan 1, 1974 Atlanta Hawks W 99 89 24 16 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 2, 1974 @ Capital Bullets W 92 81 25 16 W 5
42 Fri, Jan 4, 1974 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 75 78 25 17 L 1
43 Sat, Jan 5, 1974 Buffalo Braves L 110 111 25 18 L 2
44 Tue, Jan 8, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls W 108 80 26 18 W 1
45 Fri, Jan 11, 1974 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 107 98 27 18 W 2
46 Sat, Jan 12, 1974 @ Golden State Warriors W 96 80 28 18 W 3
47 Fri, Jan 18, 1974 @ Houston Rockets L 90 96 28 19 L 1
48 Sat, Jan 19, 1974 @ Phoenix Suns L 89 112 28 20 L 2
49 Tue, Jan 22, 1974 Houston Rockets L 93 108 28 21 L 3
50 Sat, Jan 26, 1974 Philadelphia 76ers W 122 98 29 21 W 1
51 Sun, Jan 27, 1974 @ Atlanta Hawks W 111 89 30 21 W 2
52 Tue, Jan 29, 1974 Boston Celtics W 104 83 31 21 W 3
53 Wed, Jan 30, 1974 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 108 88 32 21 W 4 at Omaha, NE
54 Fri, Feb 1, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons L 91 96 32 22 L 1
55 Sat, Feb 2, 1974 Cleveland Cavaliers W 103 87 33 22 W 1
56 Tue, Feb 5, 1974 Phoenix Suns W 106 90 34 22 W 2
57 Fri, Feb 8, 1974 @ Boston Celtics L 97 125 34 23 L 1
58 Sat, Feb 9, 1974 Buffalo Braves L OT 100 103 34 24 L 2
59 Tue, Feb 12, 1974 @ Buffalo Braves W 100 93 35 24 W 1
60 Wed, Feb 13, 1974 Chicago Bulls W 89 80 36 24 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 16, 1974 Golden State Warriors W 117 107 37 24 W 3
62 Sun, Feb 17, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 86 97 37 25 L 1
63 Tue, Feb 19, 1974 Portland Trail Blazers W OT 119 116 38 25 W 1
64 Thu, Feb 21, 1974 N Buffalo Braves L 97 119 38 26 L 1 at Toronto, Canada
65 Fri, Feb 22, 1974 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 117 110 39 26 W 1
66 Sat, Feb 23, 1974 Atlanta Hawks W 98 90 40 26 W 2
67 Tue, Feb 26, 1974 Capital Bullets W 85 71 41 26 W 3
68 Fri, Mar 1, 1974 @ Capital Bullets W 112 103 42 26 W 4
69 Sat, Mar 2, 1974 Boston Celtics L 88 104 42 27 L 1
70 Sun, Mar 3, 1974 @ Boston Celtics W OT 108 102 43 27 W 1
71 Tue, Mar 5, 1974 Seattle SuperSonics W 111 106 44 27 W 2
72 Wed, Mar 6, 1974 @ Atlanta Hawks W 96 94 45 27 W 3
73 Sat, Mar 9, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks W 88 75 46 27 W 4
74 Sun, Mar 10, 1974 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 108 109 46 28 L 1
75 Tue, Mar 12, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers L 102 109 46 29 L 2
76 Thu, Mar 14, 1974 @ Golden State Warriors W 107 95 47 29 W 1
77 Fri, Mar 15, 1974 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 105 107 47 30 L 1
78 Sun, Mar 17, 1974 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 114 126 47 31 L 2
79 Wed, Mar 20, 1974 @ Phoenix Suns W OT 106 104 48 31 W 1
80 Sat, Mar 23, 1974 Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 106 107 48 32 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sun, Mar 24, 1974 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 92 114 48 33 L 2
82 Tue, Mar 26, 1974 Philadelphia 76ers W 117 90 49 33 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Mar 29, 1974 Capital Bullets W 102 91 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Mar 31, 1974 @ Capital Bullets L 87 99 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Apr 2, 1974 Capital Bullets L 79 88 1 2 L 2
4 Fri, Apr 5, 1974 @ Capital Bullets W OT 101 93 2 2 W 1
5 Sun, Apr 7, 1974 Capital Bullets W 106 105 3 2 W 2
6 Wed, Apr 10, 1974 @ Capital Bullets L 92 109 3 3 L 1
7 Fri, Apr 12, 1974 Capital Bullets W 91 81 4 3 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
8 Sun, Apr 14, 1974 @ Boston Celtics L 88 113 4 4 L 1
9 Tue, Apr 16, 1974 Boston Celtics L 99 111 4 5 L 2
10 Fri, Apr 19, 1974 @ Boston Celtics W 103 100 5 5 W 1
11 Sun, Apr 21, 1974 Boston Celtics L 91 98 5 6 L 1
12 Wed, Apr 24, 1974 @ Boston Celtics L 94 105 5 7 L 2