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40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 100.4 points per game, Allowed 101.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 38-44)
Coached by Red Holzman (40-42)
Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) / Attendance: 760,786 (1st of 18 available)
SRS: -0.91 (11th of 18) / Pace Factor: 103.1 (13th of 18)
Offensive Rating: 97.1 (12th of 18) / Defensive Rating: 98.3 (11th of 18)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus Houston Rockets
1974-75 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 17, 1974 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 89 | 74 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 19, 1974 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 86 | 99 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 22, 1974 | Houston Rockets | W | 110 | 100 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Thu, Oct 24, 1974 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 91 | 111 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 5 | Sat, Oct 26, 1974 | Boston Celtics | W | 97 | 86 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Oct 30, 1974 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 86 | 94 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Oct 31, 1974 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 93 | 90 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 2, 1974 | Chicago Bulls | L | 90 | 95 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 5, 1974 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 106 | 93 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 8, 1974 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 117 | 105 | 6 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 9, 1974 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 93 | 97 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 12, 1974 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 103 | 105 | 6 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Nov 14, 1974 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 94 | 89 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 16, 1974 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 104 | 94 | 8 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 19, 1974 | Washington Bullets | W | 86 | 85 | 9 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 20, 1974 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 105 | 95 | 10 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Nov 21, 1974 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 101 | 95 | 11 | 6 | W 5 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 23, 1974 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 72 | 90 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 26, 1974 | Detroit Pistons | L | 88 | 99 | 11 | 8 | L 2 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 29, 1974 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 96 | 86 | 12 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 30, 1974 | Buffalo Braves | W | 118 | 111 | 13 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 3, 1974 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 100 | 95 | 14 | 8 | W 3 | |||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 6, 1974 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 96 | 88 | 15 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 7, 1974 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 120 | 112 | 16 | 8 | W 5 | |||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 10, 1974 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 106 | 102 | 17 | 8 | W 6 | |||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 13, 1974 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 104 | 108 | 17 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 14, 1974 | Buffalo Braves | L | 102 | 118 | 17 | 10 | L 2 | |||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 17, 1974 | Golden State Warriors | L | 108 | 126 | 17 | 11 | L 3 | |||
| 29 | Thu, Dec 19, 1974 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 117 | 113 | 18 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 21, 1974 | Boston Celtics | L | 91 | 109 | 18 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 25, 1974 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 97 | 104 | 18 | 13 | L 2 | |||
| 32 | Thu, Dec 26, 1974 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 83 | 84 | 18 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 28, 1974 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 101 | 94 | 19 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Sun, Dec 29, 1974 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 89 | 115 | 19 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Thu, Jan 2, 1975 | Phoenix Suns | W | 117 | 113 | 20 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Sat, Jan 4, 1975 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 103 | 102 | 21 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 7, 1975 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 92 | 106 | 21 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 8, 1975 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 113 | 102 | 22 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 39 | Thu, Jan 9, 1975 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 96 | 132 | 22 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 11, 1975 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 107 | 113 | 22 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 17, 1975 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 90 | 107 | 22 | 19 | L 3 | ||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 18, 1975 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 104 | 91 | 23 | 19 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 21, 1975 | Chicago Bulls | L | 94 | 97 | 23 | 20 | L 1 | |||
| 44 | Thu, Jan 23, 1975 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 100 | 89 | 24 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 45 | Fri, Jan 24, 1975 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 99 | 105 | 24 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Sat, Jan 25, 1975 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 103 | 112 | 24 | 22 | L 2 | |||
| 47 | Tue, Jan 28, 1975 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 115 | 111 | 25 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Wed, Jan 29, 1975 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 92 | 98 | 25 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Thu, Jan 30, 1975 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 117 | 115 | 26 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 50 | Sat, Feb 1, 1975 | Houston Rockets | L | 93 | 95 | 26 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 2, 1975 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 114 | 118 | 26 | 25 | L 2 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 4, 1975 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 109 | 94 | 27 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 53 | Sat, Feb 8, 1975 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 128 | 27 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 9, 1975 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 88 | 105 | 27 | 27 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 11, 1975 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 84 | 101 | 27 | 28 | L 3 | ||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 15, 1975 | Washington Bullets | L | 106 | 108 | 27 | 29 | L 4 | |||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 16, 1975 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 104 | 125 | 27 | 30 | L 5 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 18, 1975 | Golden State Warriors | W | 99 | 98 | 28 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 19, 1975 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 109 | 94 | 29 | 30 | W 2 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 22, 1975 | Buffalo Braves | L | 85 | 92 | 29 | 31 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 25, 1975 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 101 | 102 | 29 | 32 | L 2 | |||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 26, 1975 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 121 | 29 | 33 | L 3 | ||
| 63 | Fri, Feb 28, 1975 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 114 | 106 | 30 | 33 | W 1 | ||
| 64 | Sat, Mar 1, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 94 | 100 | 30 | 34 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Sun, Mar 2, 1975 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 87 | 91 | 30 | 35 | L 2 | ||
| 66 | Tue, Mar 4, 1975 | Boston Celtics | L | 111 | 126 | 30 | 36 | L 3 | |||
| 67 | Sat, Mar 8, 1975 | Detroit Pistons | W | 118 | 100 | 31 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 11, 1975 | Phoenix Suns | W | 103 | 98 | 32 | 36 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Thu, Mar 13, 1975 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 116 | 103 | 33 | 36 | W 3 | |||
| 70 | Fri, Mar 14, 1975 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 103 | 94 | 34 | 36 | W 4 | ||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 16, 1975 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 94 | 97 | 34 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 18, 1975 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 109 | 100 | 35 | 37 | W 1 | ||
| 73 | Wed, Mar 19, 1975 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 101 | 96 | 36 | 37 | W 2 | ||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 22, 1975 | Boston Celtics | L | 81 | 90 | 36 | 38 | L 1 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 23, 1975 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 86 | 96 | 36 | 39 | L 2 | ||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 26, 1975 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 128 | 98 | 37 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 28, 1975 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 102 | 111 | 37 | 40 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 30, 1975 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 111 | 99 | 38 | 40 | W 1 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 1, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 99 | 95 | 39 | 40 | W 2 | |||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 3, 1975 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 95 | 100 | 39 | 41 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 4, 1975 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 101 | 109 | 39 | 42 | L 2 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 6, 1975 | Buffalo Braves | W | 105 | 93 | 40 | 42 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 8, 1975 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 84 | 99 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Apr 10, 1975 | Houston Rockets | W | 106 | 96 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Apr 12, 1975 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 86 | 118 | 1 | 2 | L 1 |