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31-51, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 107.7 points per game, Allowed 111.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 32-50)
Coached by Willis Reed (6-8) and Red Holzman (25-43)
Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) / Attendance: 545,715 (3rd of 22 available)
SRS: -3.29 (17th of 22) / Pace Factor: 104.9 (15th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 102.2 (16th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 105.4 (17th of 22)
1978-79 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 13, 1978 | Houston Rockets | L | 107 | 111 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 17, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 109 | 120 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 20, 1978 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 115 | 105 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 21, 1978 | New Jersey Nets | W | 109 | 108 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Oct 24, 1978 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 113 | 109 | 3 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Oct 25, 1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 101 | 106 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Oct 26, 1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 111 | 123 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 28, 1978 | Indiana Pacers | W | 111 | 106 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Oct 31, 1978 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 108 | 120 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Nov 2, 1978 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 127 | 122 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 3, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 124 | 147 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 5, 1978 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 96 | 111 | 5 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 8, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 104 | 100 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Nov 9, 1978 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 109 | 116 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 11, 1978 | Boston Celtics | W | 111 | 98 | 7 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 14, 1978 | Denver Nuggets | W | 106 | 100 | 8 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 17 | Thu, Nov 16, 1978 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 97 | 93 | 9 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 18, 1978 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 102 | 100 | 10 | 8 | W 4 | |||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 21, 1978 | Detroit Pistons | W | 96 | 79 | 11 | 8 | W 5 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 24, 1978 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 109 | 11 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 25, 1978 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 103 | 96 | 12 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Nov 28, 1978 | Washington Bullets | L | 106 | 133 | 12 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 23 | Wed, Nov 29, 1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 99 | 101 | 12 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Nov 30, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 96 | 102 | 12 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 2, 1978 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 111 | 77 | 13 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 5, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | L | 92 | 105 | 13 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 9, 1978 | Chicago Bulls | L | 96 | 101 | 13 | 14 | L 2 | |||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 12, 1978 | San Diego Clippers | L | 103 | 105 | 13 | 15 | L 3 | |||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 13, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 109 | 139 | 13 | 16 | L 4 | ||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 15, 1978 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 118 | 94 | 14 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Sun, Dec 17, 1978 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 111 | 105 | 15 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 19, 1978 | Indiana Pacers | W | 130 | 102 | 16 | 16 | W 3 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 20, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 112 | 121 | 16 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Sat, Dec 23, 1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 107 | 129 | 16 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 35 | Mon, Dec 25, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 94 | 109 | 16 | 19 | L 3 | |||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 27, 1978 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 115 | 104 | 17 | 19 | W 1 | ||
| 37 | Thu, Dec 28, 1978 | Washington Bullets | W | 109 | 99 | 18 | 19 | W 2 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Dec 30, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | W | 112 | 108 | 19 | 19 | W 3 | |||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 2, 1979 | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 114 | 19 | 20 | L 1 | |||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 4, 1979 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 103 | 117 | 19 | 21 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 6, 1979 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 108 | 105 | 20 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 9, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 94 | 106 | 20 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 12, 1979 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 119 | 126 | 20 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 14, 1979 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 104 | 124 | 20 | 24 | L 3 | ||
| 45 | Tue, Jan 16, 1979 | Detroit Pistons | W | 111 | 110 | 21 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 19, 1979 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 105 | 101 | 22 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 21, 1979 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 114 | 138 | 22 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 23, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 124 | 148 | 22 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 24, 1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 123 | 126 | 22 | 27 | L 3 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 26, 1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 107 | 108 | 22 | 28 | L 4 | ||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 28, 1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 105 | 122 | 22 | 29 | L 5 | ||
| 52 | Mon, Jan 29, 1979 | Golden State Warriors | L | 104 | 107 | 22 | 30 | L 6 | |||
| 53 | Wed, Jan 31, 1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 108 | 86 | 23 | 30 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Fri, Feb 2, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 105 | 101 | 24 | 30 | W 2 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 6, 1979 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 108 | 99 | 25 | 30 | W 3 | |||
| 56 | Wed, Feb 7, 1979 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | OT | 123 | 125 | 25 | 31 | L 1 | |
| 57 | Sat, Feb 10, 1979 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 106 | 25 | 32 | L 2 | |||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 11, 1979 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 107 | 25 | 33 | L 3 | ||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 14, 1979 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 97 | 106 | 25 | 34 | L 4 | ||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 16, 1979 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 104 | 107 | 25 | 35 | L 5 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 17, 1979 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 117 | 127 | 25 | 36 | L 6 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 20, 1979 | Phoenix Suns | L | 107 | 117 | 25 | 37 | L 7 | |||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 24, 1979 | New Jersey Nets | W | 111 | 107 | 26 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 25, 1979 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 102 | 116 | 26 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Tue, Feb 27, 1979 | Golden State Warriors | W | 101 | 99 | 27 | 38 | W 1 | |||
| 66 | Wed, Feb 28, 1979 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 112 | 135 | 27 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Sat, Mar 3, 1979 | San Diego Clippers | W | 111 | 108 | 28 | 39 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 6, 1979 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 110 | 118 | 28 | 40 | L 1 | |||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 10, 1979 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 110 | 111 | 28 | 41 | L 2 | |||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 13, 1979 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 104 | 91 | 29 | 41 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Thu, Mar 15, 1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 83 | 88 | 29 | 42 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 17, 1979 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 103 | 101 | 30 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Sun, Mar 18, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 90 | 106 | 30 | 43 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Tue, Mar 20, 1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 118 | 110 | 31 | 43 | W 1 | |||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 21, 1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 106 | 119 | 31 | 44 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Sat, Mar 24, 1979 | Chicago Bulls | L | 143 | 148 | 31 | 45 | L 2 | |||
| 77 | Tue, Mar 27, 1979 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 112 | 123 | 31 | 46 | L 3 | ||
| 78 | Wed, Mar 28, 1979 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 105 | 111 | 31 | 47 | L 4 | ||
| 79 | Fri, Mar 30, 1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 98 | 114 | 31 | 48 | L 5 | ||
| 80 | Sun, Apr 1, 1979 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 116 | 126 | 31 | 49 | L 6 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Tue, Apr 3, 1979 | Houston Rockets | L | 115 | 116 | 31 | 50 | L 7 | |||
| 82 | Thu, Apr 5, 1979 | Denver Nuggets | L | 107 | 114 | 31 | 51 | L 8 |