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1985-86 New York Knickerbockers Schedule and Results

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23-59, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Hubie Brown (23-59)

Points Per Game: 98.7 (23rd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.3 (1st of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 26-56 (22nd of 23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 592,486 (6th of 23)

SRS: -4.82 (22nd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 98.6 (22nd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 99.5 (23rd of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.2 (5th of 23)

1985-86 New York Knickerbockers:

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 26, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers L 89 99 0 1 L 1
2 Tue, Oct 29, 1985 @ Atlanta Hawks L 87 102 0 2 L 2
3 Thu, Oct 31, 1985 @ Golden State Warriors L 104 111 0 3 L 3
4 Sat, Nov 2, 1985 @ Los Angeles Clippers L 95 103 0 4 L 4
5 Sun, Nov 3, 1985 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 96 110 0 5 L 5
6 Tue, Nov 5, 1985 @ Seattle Supersonics L 80 84 0 6 L 6
7 Thu, Nov 7, 1985 Milwaukee Bucks L 88 92 0 7 L 7
8 Sat, Nov 9, 1985 Chicago Bulls L 94 97 0 8 L 8
9 Tue, Nov 12, 1985 Phoenix Suns W 103 93 1 8 W 1
10 Sat, Nov 16, 1985 Atlanta Hawks W 103 96 2 8 W 2
11 Tue, Nov 19, 1985 Washington Bullets W 98 94 3 8 W 3
12 Wed, Nov 20, 1985 @ Detroit Pistons L 98 109 3 9 L 1
13 Fri, Nov 22, 1985 @ Washington Bullets L 94 102 3 10 L 2
14 Sat, Nov 23, 1985 Boston Celtics L 104 113 3 11 L 3
15 Tue, Nov 26, 1985 @ Atlanta Hawks L 94 104 3 12 L 4
16 Wed, Nov 27, 1985 @ Indiana Pacers W 80 77 4 12 W 1
17 Fri, Nov 29, 1985 @ Boston Celtics L 88 94 4 13 L 1
18 Sat, Nov 30, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers L 95 115 4 14 L 2
19 Tue, Dec 3, 1985 Denver Nuggets W 111 94 5 14 W 1
20 Thu, Dec 5, 1985 Milwaukee Bucks L 95 105 5 15 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Dec 6, 1985 @ Indiana Pacers L 83 107 5 16 L 2
22 Tue, Dec 10, 1985 Indiana Pacers W 82 64 6 16 W 1
23 Thu, Dec 12, 1985 New Jersey Nets L 85 108 6 17 L 1
24 Sat, Dec 14, 1985 San Antonio Spurs W 108 98 7 17 W 1
25 Tue, Dec 17, 1985 Los Angeles Lakers L 99 105 7 18 L 1
26 Thu, Dec 19, 1985 Cleveland Cavaliers L 105 109 7 19 L 2
27 Sat, Dec 21, 1985 Detroit Pistons W 112 110 8 19 W 1
28 Sun, Dec 22, 1985 @ Washington Bullets W 100 93 9 19 W 2
29 Wed, Dec 25, 1985 Boston Celtics W 2OT 113 104 10 19 W 3
30 Thu, Dec 26, 1985 @ Chicago Bulls W 113 96 11 19 W 4
31 Sat, Dec 28, 1985 Atlanta Hawks L 80 100 11 20 L 1
32 Mon, Dec 30, 1985 @ New Jersey Nets L 111 123 11 21 L 2
33 Thu, Jan 2, 1986 Washington Bullets L 109 115 11 22 L 3
34 Sat, Jan 4, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 86 119 11 23 L 4
35 Tue, Jan 7, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 93 85 12 23 W 1
36 Sat, Jan 11, 1986 Portland Trail Blazers L 106 109 12 24 L 1
37 Mon, Jan 13, 1986 Sacramento Kings W 115 97 13 24 W 1
38 Wed, Jan 15, 1986 @ Dallas Mavericks W 116 112 14 24 W 2
39 Fri, Jan 17, 1986 @ San Antonio Spurs L 100 113 14 25 L 1
40 Sat, Jan 18, 1986 @ Houston Rockets L 95 104 14 26 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Mon, Jan 20, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 93 103 14 27 L 3
42 Tue, Jan 21, 1986 Golden State Warriors W OT 121 114 15 27 W 1
43 Fri, Jan 24, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks L 100 117 15 28 L 1
44 Sat, Jan 25, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks L 88 104 15 29 L 2
45 Tue, Jan 28, 1986 Chicago Bulls W 118 111 16 29 W 1
46 Thu, Jan 30, 1986 @ Denver Nuggets L 97 102 16 30 L 1
47 Fri, Jan 31, 1986 @ Phoenix Suns W 117 112 17 30 W 1
48 Sun, Feb 2, 1986 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 103 96 18 30 W 2
49 Mon, Feb 3, 1986 @ Sacramento Kings L 90 94 18 31 L 1
50 Thu, Feb 6, 1986 @ Utah Jazz L 101 119 18 32 L 2
51 Wed, Feb 12, 1986 @ Detroit Pistons L 99 113 18 33 L 3
52 Thu, Feb 13, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers L 92 95 18 34 L 4
53 Sat, Feb 15, 1986 Utah Jazz L 97 104 18 35 L 5
54 Mon, Feb 17, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 97 111 18 36 L 6
55 Tue, Feb 18, 1986 Cleveland Cavaliers L 105 111 18 37 L 7
56 Fri, Feb 21, 1986 Seattle Supersonics W 117 104 19 37 W 1
57 Sun, Feb 23, 1986 Los Angeles Clippers L 99 110 19 38 L 1
58 Tue, Feb 25, 1986 Boston Celtics L 74 91 19 39 L 2
59 Sat, Mar 1, 1986 New Jersey Nets L 100 102 19 40 L 3
60 Mon, Mar 3, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 108 115 19 41 L 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Mar 4, 1986 Washington Bullets W 119 83 20 41 W 1
62 Thu, Mar 6, 1986 @ Washington Bullets L OT 111 113 20 42 L 1
63 Fri, Mar 7, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 108 115 20 43 L 2
64 Sun, Mar 9, 1986 @ Chicago Bulls L 101 114 20 44 L 3
65 Tue, Mar 11, 1986 Cleveland Cavaliers L 107 112 20 45 L 4
66 Wed, Mar 12, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 95 105 20 46 L 5
67 Fri, Mar 14, 1986 @ Detroit Pistons L 89 112 20 47 L 6
68 Sat, Mar 15, 1986 Atlanta Hawks L 101 106 20 48 L 7
69 Mon, Mar 17, 1986 @ Indiana Pacers L 92 112 20 49 L 8
70 Tue, Mar 18, 1986 @ New Jersey Nets W OT 107 103 21 49 W 1
71 Thu, Mar 20, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 93 87 22 49 W 2
72 Sat, Mar 22, 1986 Houston Rockets L 99 114 22 50 L 1
73 Tue, Mar 25, 1986 @ Chicago Bulls L 98 111 22 51 L 2
74 Thu, Mar 27, 1986 Dallas Mavericks L 105 110 22 52 L 3
75 Sat, Mar 29, 1986 Chicago Bulls L 96 106 22 53 L 4
76 Tue, Apr 1, 1986 New Jersey Nets L 93 111 22 54 L 5
77 Wed, Apr 2, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 87 93 22 55 L 6
78 Fri, Apr 4, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 98 119 22 56 L 7
79 Sat, Apr 5, 1986 @ New Jersey Nets L 93 107 22 57 L 8
80 Mon, Apr 7, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 106 104 23 57 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 11, 1986 Detroit Pistons L 95 108 23 58 L 1
82 Sat, Apr 12, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 78 116 23 59 L 2