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1987-88 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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38-44, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Rick Pitino (38-44)

PTS/G: 105.5 (17th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 106.0 (9th of 23)
SRS: 0.14 (14th of 23) ▪ Pace: 99.1 (12th of 23)
Off Rtg: 105.9 (20th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 106.4 (7th of 23)
Expected W-L: 40-42 (14th of 23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 586,752 (7th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Boston Celtics

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Nov 6, 1987 @ Detroit Pistons L 99 110 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Nov 7, 1987 @ Indiana Pacers L 95 108 0 2 L 2
3 Mon, Nov 9, 1987 Boston Celtics L 87 96 0 3 L 3
4 Wed, Nov 11, 1987 Atlanta Hawks L 93 94 0 4 L 4
5 Fri, Nov 13, 1987 @ Washington Bullets L 101 108 0 5 L 5
6 Sat, Nov 14, 1987 Milwaukee Bucks W 93 89 1 5 W 1
7 Wed, Nov 18, 1987 @ Boston Celtics L 2OT 109 111 1 6 L 1
8 Thu, Nov 19, 1987 @ New Jersey Nets L 107 108 1 7 L 2
9 Sat, Nov 21, 1987 Golden State Warriors W 99 91 2 7 W 1
10 Mon, Nov 23, 1987 San Antonio Spurs L 112 117 2 8 L 1
11 Wed, Nov 25, 1987 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 101 3 8 W 1
12 Sat, Nov 28, 1987 Cleveland Cavaliers W 105 93 4 8 W 2
13 Tue, Dec 1, 1987 Seattle SuperSonics L 109 112 4 9 L 1
14 Thu, Dec 3, 1987 @ Phoenix Suns L 114 120 4 10 L 2
15 Fri, Dec 4, 1987 @ Utah Jazz L 92 104 4 11 L 3
16 Sun, Dec 6, 1987 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 99 117 4 12 L 4
17 Tue, Dec 8, 1987 Washington Bullets W 116 92 5 12 W 1
18 Thu, Dec 10, 1987 Denver Nuggets W 113 97 6 12 W 2
19 Sat, Dec 12, 1987 @ Detroit Pistons L 96 124 6 13 L 1
20 Tue, Dec 15, 1987 Milwaukee Bucks L 98 103 6 14 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Thu, Dec 17, 1987 Philadelphia 76ers L 96 106 6 15 L 3
22 Sat, Dec 19, 1987 New Jersey Nets W 125 93 7 15 W 1
23 Tue, Dec 22, 1987 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 105 122 7 16 L 1
24 Wed, Dec 23, 1987 Chicago Bulls W 90 89 8 16 W 1
25 Fri, Dec 25, 1987 Detroit Pistons L 87 91 8 17 L 1
26 Sat, Dec 26, 1987 @ Atlanta Hawks L 98 125 8 18 L 2
27 Tue, Dec 29, 1987 Portland Trail Blazers W 123 110 9 18 W 1
28 Fri, Jan 1, 1988 Los Angeles Clippers W 115 96 10 18 W 2
29 Tue, Jan 5, 1988 Phoenix Suns L 95 100 10 19 L 1
30 Wed, Jan 6, 1988 @ Boston Celtics L 108 117 10 20 L 2
31 Fri, Jan 8, 1988 @ New Jersey Nets L 111 118 10 21 L 3
32 Sat, Jan 9, 1988 Boston Celtics W 106 98 11 21 W 1
33 Tue, Jan 12, 1988 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 111 119 11 22 L 1
34 Fri, Jan 15, 1988 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 104 119 11 23 L 2
35 Sat, Jan 16, 1988 Philadelphia 76ers W 110 96 12 23 W 1
36 Mon, Jan 18, 1988 Atlanta Hawks W 110 102 13 23 W 2
37 Wed, Jan 20, 1988 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 96 108 13 24 L 1
38 Fri, Jan 22, 1988 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 112 113 13 25 L 2
39 Sat, Jan 23, 1988 @ Sacramento Kings L 94 97 13 26 L 3
40 Tue, Jan 26, 1988 New Jersey Nets W 122 101 14 26 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 28, 1988 @ Washington Bullets L 90 104 14 27 L 1
42 Sat, Jan 30, 1988 @ Chicago Bulls L OT 95 97 14 28 L 2
43 Tue, Feb 2, 1988 Washington Bullets W 110 106 15 28 W 1
44 Thu, Feb 4, 1988 Detroit Pistons W 100 93 16 28 W 2
45 Wed, Feb 10, 1988 @ Detroit Pistons L 87 98 16 29 L 1
46 Sat, Feb 13, 1988 Cleveland Cavaliers W 120 103 17 29 W 1
47 Mon, Feb 15, 1988 New Jersey Nets W 97 96 18 29 W 2
48 Tue, Feb 16, 1988 @ Indiana Pacers L 104 117 18 30 L 1
49 Thu, Feb 18, 1988 Sacramento Kings W 108 104 19 30 W 1
50 Mon, Feb 22, 1988 @ Boston Celtics L 93 95 19 31 L 1 at Hartford, CT
51 Tue, Feb 23, 1988 Milwaukee Bucks W 89 87 20 31 W 1
52 Thu, Feb 25, 1988 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 106 96 21 31 W 2
53 Fri, Feb 26, 1988 @ Golden State Warriors W 125 119 22 31 W 3
54 Sun, Feb 28, 1988 @ Denver Nuggets L 100 109 22 32 L 1
55 Tue, Mar 1, 1988 Indiana Pacers W 98 96 23 32 W 1
56 Fri, Mar 4, 1988 Philadelphia 76ers W OT 110 108 24 32 W 2
57 Sat, Mar 5, 1988 @ New Jersey Nets L 85 94 24 33 L 1
58 Mon, Mar 7, 1988 Chicago Bulls W 110 98 25 33 W 1
59 Wed, Mar 9, 1988 Los Angeles Lakers L 99 104 25 34 L 1
60 Fri, Mar 11, 1988 @ Atlanta Hawks L 115 122 25 35 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sat, Mar 12, 1988 Utah Jazz W 108 105 26 35 W 1
62 Mon, Mar 14, 1988 Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 102 27 35 W 2
63 Wed, Mar 16, 1988 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 108 115 27 36 L 1
64 Sat, Mar 19, 1988 Atlanta Hawks W 116 110 28 36 W 1
65 Mon, Mar 21, 1988 @ San Antonio Spurs W 133 121 29 36 W 2
66 Tue, Mar 22, 1988 @ Dallas Mavericks L 105 124 29 37 L 1
67 Thu, Mar 24, 1988 @ Houston Rockets L 117 134 29 38 L 2
68 Sat, Mar 26, 1988 Boston Celtics L 106 118 29 39 L 3
69 Mon, Mar 28, 1988 Dallas Mavericks W 114 106 30 39 W 1
70 Tue, Mar 29, 1988 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 103 108 30 40 L 1
71 Thu, Mar 31, 1988 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 113 103 31 40 W 1
72 Sat, Apr 2, 1988 Houston Rockets W 104 98 32 40 W 2
73 Tue, Apr 5, 1988 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 136 119 33 40 W 3
74 Fri, Apr 8, 1988 @ Chicago Bulls L 122 131 33 41 L 1
75 Sun, Apr 10, 1988 @ Washington Bullets W 118 98 34 41 W 1
76 Mon, Apr 11, 1988 Detroit Pistons W OT 114 111 35 41 W 2
77 Wed, Apr 13, 1988 Indiana Pacers W 127 107 36 41 W 3
78 Fri, Apr 15, 1988 Washington Bullets L 97 106 36 42 L 1
79 Sat, Apr 16, 1988 @ Atlanta Hawks W 95 93 37 42 W 1
80 Tue, Apr 19, 1988 Chicago Bulls L 118 121 37 43 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 22, 1988 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 109 118 37 44 L 2
82 Sat, Apr 23, 1988 @ Indiana Pacers W 88 86 38 44 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Apr 29, 1988 @ Boston Celtics L 92 112 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, May 1, 1988 @ Boston Celtics L 102 128 0 2 L 2
3 Wed, May 4, 1988 Boston Celtics W 109 100 1 2 W 1
4 Fri, May 6, 1988 Boston Celtics L 94 102 1 3 L 1