1979-80 New York Knickerbockers Games

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39-43, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 114.0 points per game, Allowed 115.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 38-44)
Coached by Red Holzman (39-43)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 508,597 (6th of 22)

SRS: -0.96 (14th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.5 (3rd of 22)
Offensive Rating: 106.5 (7th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.5 (16th of 22)

1979-80 Statistics ▪ Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 12, 1979 @ Atlanta Hawks L 104 121 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 Washington Bullets W 125 118 1 1 W 1
3 Tue, Oct 16, 1979 Houston Rockets W 126 121 2 1 W 2
4 Thu, Oct 18, 1979 @ Detroit Pistons L 115 129 2 2 L 1
5 Fri, Oct 19, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets W 111 106 3 2 W 1
6 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers L 111 136 3 3 L 1
7 Tue, Oct 23, 1979 Indiana Pacers W 136 112 4 3 W 1
8 Fri, Oct 26, 1979 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 116 127 4 4 L 1
9 Sat, Oct 27, 1979 New Jersey Nets W 94 92 5 4 W 1
10 Tue, Oct 30, 1979 @ Denver Nuggets L 112 121 5 5 L 1
11 Thu, Nov 1, 1979 @ Utah Jazz W 134 118 6 5 W 1
12 Fri, Nov 2, 1979 @ Kansas City Kings W 112 111 7 5 W 2
13 Tue, Nov 6, 1979 Atlanta Hawks L 96 98 7 6 L 1
14 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 San Antonio Spurs L 119 123 7 7 L 2
15 Tue, Nov 13, 1979 Washington Bullets L 107 111 7 8 L 3
16 Thu, Nov 15, 1979 @ San Antonio Spurs L 132 136 7 9 L 4
17 Fri, Nov 16, 1979 @ Houston Rockets L 130 133 7 10 L 5
18 Sat, Nov 17, 1979 Boston Celtics W 113 109 8 10 W 1
19 Tue, Nov 20, 1979 Houston Rockets W OT 130 125 9 10 W 2
20 Wed, Nov 21, 1979 @ Indiana Pacers L 108 119 9 11 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers W 133 113 10 11 W 1
22 Tue, Nov 27, 1979 Detroit Pistons W OT 116 114 11 11 W 2
23 Thu, Nov 29, 1979 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 115 117 11 12 L 1
24 Fri, Nov 30, 1979 @ Boston Celtics L 97 100 11 13 L 2
25 Sat, Dec 1, 1979 Denver Nuggets W 121 112 12 13 W 1
26 Tue, Dec 4, 1979 Phoenix Suns W 118 114 13 13 W 2
27 Wed, Dec 5, 1979 @ Washington Bullets W 107 104 14 13 W 3
28 Sat, Dec 8, 1979 Kansas City Kings L 129 145 14 14 L 1
29 Tue, Dec 11, 1979 Indiana Pacers L 122 124 14 15 L 2
30 Wed, Dec 12, 1979 @ Atlanta Hawks L 102 114 14 16 L 3
31 Fri, Dec 14, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets L 105 118 14 17 L 4
32 Sat, Dec 15, 1979 Boston Celtics L 96 99 14 18 L 5
33 Tue, Dec 18, 1979 Atlanta Hawks W 101 99 15 18 W 1
34 Thu, Dec 20, 1979 @ San Diego Clippers L 118 128 15 19 L 1
35 Fri, Dec 21, 1979 @ Seattle Supersonics L 102 121 15 20 L 2
36 Sun, Dec 23, 1979 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 111 103 16 20 W 1
37 Tue, Dec 25, 1979 New Jersey Nets W 131 102 17 20 W 2
38 Thu, Dec 27, 1979 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 110 125 17 21 L 1
39 Fri, Dec 28, 1979 @ Chicago Bulls W 120 102 18 21 W 1
40 Sat, Dec 29, 1979 Milwaukee Bucks W 117 105 19 21 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 1, 1980 San Antonio Spurs W 128 120 20 21 W 3
42 Thu, Jan 3, 1980 San Diego Clippers W 138 101 21 21 W 4
43 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 Chicago Bulls W 124 117 22 21 W 5
44 Tue, Jan 8, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers L 108 111 22 22 L 1
45 Wed, Jan 9, 1980 @ Boston Celtics L 95 112 22 23 L 2
46 Fri, Jan 11, 1980 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 107 109 22 24 L 3
47 Sun, Jan 13, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 112 126 22 25 L 4
48 Tue, Jan 15, 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers L 110 129 22 26 L 5
49 Fri, Jan 18, 1980 Seattle Supersonics L 117 124 22 27 L 6
50 Mon, Jan 21, 1980 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 114 132 22 28 L 7
51 Wed, Jan 23, 1980 @ Phoenix Suns W 119 109 23 28 W 1
52 Fri, Jan 25, 1980 @ Golden State Warriors W 110 105 24 28 W 2
53 Sun, Jan 27, 1980 @ Detroit Pistons W 98 93 25 28 W 3
54 Mon, Jan 28, 1980 Golden State Warriors W 107 103 26 28 W 4
55 Thu, Jan 31, 1980 @ Indiana Pacers W 112 102 27 28 W 5
56 Tue, Feb 5, 1980 Los Angeles Lakers L 105 116 27 29 L 1
57 Sat, Feb 9, 1980 Detroit Pistons W 114 107 28 29 W 1
58 Wed, Feb 13, 1980 @ Houston Rockets L 117 122 28 30 L 1
59 Thu, Feb 14, 1980 @ San Antonio Spurs W 128 124 29 30 W 1
60 Sat, Feb 16, 1980 Utah Jazz L 102 121 29 31 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 19, 1980 Portland Trail Blazers W 113 103 30 31 W 1
62 Wed, Feb 20, 1980 @ Indiana Pacers L 86 131 30 32 L 1
63 Sat, Feb 23, 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers W 127 112 31 32 W 1
64 Sun, Feb 24, 1980 @ Washington Bullets L 97 112 31 33 L 1
65 Thu, Feb 28, 1980 San Antonio Spurs W 133 124 32 33 W 1
66 Sat, Mar 1, 1980 New Jersey Nets W 115 108 33 33 W 2
67 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 @ New Jersey Nets L 96 113 33 34 L 1
68 Wed, Mar 5, 1980 @ Detroit Pistons L 113 120 33 35 L 2
69 Fri, Mar 7, 1980 @ San Antonio Spurs W 118 112 34 35 W 1
70 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 Detroit Pistons W 110 104 35 35 W 2
71 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 @ Atlanta Hawks L 92 98 35 36 L 1
72 Tue, Mar 11, 1980 Houston Rockets W 129 109 36 36 W 1
73 Thu, Mar 13, 1980 Indiana Pacers L 100 107 36 37 L 1
74 Sat, Mar 15, 1980 Boston Celtics L 120 123 36 38 L 2
75 Sun, Mar 16, 1980 @ Washington Bullets W 133 124 37 38 W 1
76 Tue, Mar 18, 1980 Atlanta Hawks W 111 110 38 38 W 2
77 Wed, Mar 19, 1980 @ Houston Rockets L 113 139 38 39 L 1
78 Sat, Mar 22, 1980 Washington Bullets L 113 122 38 40 L 2
79 Sun, Mar 23, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 108 112 38 41 L 3
80 Tue, Mar 25, 1980 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 128 115 39 41 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Wed, Mar 26, 1980 @ Boston Celtics L 121 129 39 42 L 1
82 Thu, Mar 27, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers L 101 103 39 43 L 2