1976-77 New York Knickerbockers

Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season

40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 108.6 points per game, Allowed 108.6 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 41-41)
Coached by Red Holzman (40-42)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) / Attendance: 644,811 (2nd of 22 available)

SRS: 0.02 (13th of 22) / Pace Factor: 108.1 (6th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 100.1 (10th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 100.1 (15th of 22)

1976-77 Statistics / Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 21, 1976 Los Angeles Lakers W 102 97 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 23, 1976 San Antonio Spurs W 117 98 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Oct 26, 1976 Buffalo Braves W 118 104 3 0 W 3
4 Thu, Oct 28, 1976 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 90 114 3 1 L 1
5 Sat, Oct 30, 1976 New Orleans Jazz L 112 115 3 2 L 2
6 Mon, Nov 1, 1976 @ Kansas City Kings L 101 105 3 3 L 3
7 Wed, Nov 3, 1976 @ Denver Nuggets L 110 119 3 4 L 4
8 Fri, Nov 5, 1976 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 126 121 4 4 W 1
9 Sat, Nov 6, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors W 112 111 5 4 W 2
10 Sun, Nov 7, 1976 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 93 119 5 5 L 1
11 Tue, Nov 9, 1976 Washington Bullets W 106 97 6 5 W 1
12 Fri, Nov 12, 1976 @ Detroit Pistons L 97 111 6 6 L 1
13 Sat, Nov 13, 1976 Milwaukee Bucks W 110 97 7 6 W 1
14 Tue, Nov 16, 1976 Atlanta Hawks W 100 97 8 6 W 2
15 Wed, Nov 17, 1976 @ Washington Bullets L 97 111 8 7 L 1
16 Sat, Nov 20, 1976 Denver Nuggets W 120 115 9 7 W 1
17 Tue, Nov 23, 1976 Kansas City Kings L 98 100 9 8 L 1
18 Fri, Nov 26, 1976 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 103 114 9 9 L 2
19 Sat, Nov 27, 1976 Boston Celtics L 109 123 9 10 L 3
20 Tue, Nov 30, 1976 New York Nets L 103 104 9 11 L 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Dec 3, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves L 112 135 9 12 L 5
22 Sat, Dec 4, 1976 Seattle Supersonics W 103 96 10 12 W 1
23 Tue, Dec 7, 1976 Portland Trail Blazers L 94 111 10 13 L 1
24 Wed, Dec 8, 1976 @ New York Nets W 105 95 11 13 W 1
25 Sat, Dec 11, 1976 Phoenix Suns W 112 96 12 13 W 2
26 Tue, Dec 14, 1976 @ San Antonio Spurs L 98 111 12 14 L 1
27 Fri, Dec 17, 1976 @ Boston Celtics W 123 109 13 14 W 1
28 Sat, Dec 18, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 115 113 14 14 W 2
29 Tue, Dec 21, 1976 Detroit Pistons W 133 103 15 14 W 3
30 Sat, Dec 25, 1976 Philadelphia 76ers L 104 105 15 15 L 1
31 Sun, Dec 26, 1976 @ Atlanta Hawks W 103 98 16 15 W 1
32 Tue, Dec 28, 1976 Houston Rockets W 111 99 17 15 W 2
33 Sat, Jan 1, 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers W 121 110 18 15 W 3
34 Tue, Jan 4, 1977 Golden State Warriors L 110 120 18 16 L 1
35 Wed, Jan 5, 1977 @ Houston Rockets L 107 108 18 17 L 2
36 Fri, Jan 7, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls L 88 108 18 18 L 3
37 Sat, Jan 8, 1977 Phoenix Suns W 102 95 19 18 W 1
38 Tue, Jan 11, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 111 131 19 19 L 1
39 Fri, Jan 14, 1977 @ Seattle Supersonics L 107 127 19 20 L 2
40 Sun, Jan 16, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors W 111 97 20 20 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 19, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns L 90 97 20 21 L 1
42 Fri, Jan 21, 1977 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 94 108 20 22 L 2
43 Sun, Jan 23, 1977 @ New Orleans Jazz L 102 111 20 23 L 3
44 Tue, Jan 25, 1977 Chicago Bulls W 108 91 21 23 W 1
45 Thu, Jan 27, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 111 113 21 24 L 1
46 Sat, Jan 29, 1977 Kansas City Kings L 105 112 21 25 L 2
47 Tue, Feb 1, 1977 Golden State Warriors W OT 108 107 22 25 W 1
48 Thu, Feb 3, 1977 Houston Rockets W 108 90 23 25 W 2
49 Sat, Feb 5, 1977 @ Houston Rockets L 103 105 23 26 L 1
50 Sun, Feb 6, 1977 @ San Antonio Spurs L 96 119 23 27 L 2
51 Tue, Feb 8, 1977 Los Angeles Lakers W 125 107 24 27 W 1
52 Wed, Feb 9, 1977 @ Indiana Pacers L 109 110 24 28 L 1
53 Fri, Feb 11, 1977 @ Boston Celtics L 111 119 24 29 L 2
54 Wed, Feb 16, 1977 Chicago Bulls W 123 103 25 29 W 1
55 Fri, Feb 18, 1977 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 123 124 25 30 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 19, 1977 New York Nets L 85 86 25 31 L 2
57 Sun, Feb 20, 1977 @ New York Nets W 100 80 26 31 W 1
58 Tue, Feb 22, 1977 New Orleans Jazz W 119 102 27 31 W 2
59 Thu, Feb 24, 1977 @ Atlanta Hawks L 98 101 27 32 L 1
60 Fri, Feb 25, 1977 @ New Orleans Jazz L 107 124 27 33 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 26, 1977 Indiana Pacers W 129 115 28 33 W 1
62 Tue, Mar 1, 1977 San Antonio Spurs L 127 132 28 34 L 1
63 Sat, Mar 5, 1977 Philadelphia 76ers L 114 117 28 35 L 2
64 Sun, Mar 6, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 110 102 29 35 W 1
65 Tue, Mar 8, 1977 Denver Nuggets L 108 114 29 36 L 1
66 Thu, Mar 10, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers W 108 104 30 36 W 1
67 Sat, Mar 12, 1977 Seattle Supersonics L 88 91 30 37 L 1
68 Wed, Mar 16, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns L 91 124 30 38 L 2
69 Thu, Mar 17, 1977 @ Denver Nuggets W 115 107 31 38 W 1
70 Sat, Mar 19, 1977 Atlanta Hawks W 107 101 32 38 W 2
71 Tue, Mar 22, 1977 Milwaukee Bucks W 125 115 33 38 W 3
72 Fri, Mar 25, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls L 87 105 33 39 L 1
73 Sat, Mar 26, 1977 Washington Bullets L 92 98 33 40 L 2
74 Sun, Mar 27, 1977 @ Washington Bullets W 109 95 34 40 W 1
75 Tue, Mar 29, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings L 126 132 34 41 L 1
76 Thu, Mar 31, 1977 @ Indiana Pacers W 135 131 35 41 W 1
77 Fri, Apr 1, 1977 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 116 109 36 41 W 2
78 Sun, Apr 3, 1977 Buffalo Braves W 130 111 37 41 W 3
79 Tue, Apr 5, 1977 Boston Celtics W 121 113 38 41 W 4
80 Thu, Apr 7, 1977 Indiana Pacers L 100 114 38 42 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 8, 1977 @ Buffalo Braves W 104 102 39 42 W 1
82 Sun, Apr 10, 1977 @ Detroit Pistons W 144 126 40 42 W 2