1995-96 New York Knickerbockers

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47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 97.2 points per game, Allowed 94.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 48-34)
Coached by Don Nelson (34-25) and Jeff Van Gundy (13-10)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) / Attendance: 810,283 (7th of 29 available)

SRS: 2.24 (10th of 29) / Pace Factor: 91.0 (21st of 29)
Offensive Rating: 106.0 (20th of 29) / Defensive Rating: 103.5 (3rd of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Cleveland Cavaliers

1995-96 Statistics / Schedule / Game Log / Splits / Starting Lineups

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

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Nov 3, 1995 @ Detroit Pistons W 106 100 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 4, 1995 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 84 71 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Nov 7, 1995 Phoenix Suns L 94 102 2 1 L 1
4 Thu, Nov 9, 1995 Indiana Pacers W 103 95 3 1 W 1
5 Fri, Nov 10, 1995 @ Washington Bullets W 110 109 4 1 W 2
6 Sun, Nov 12, 1995 Utah Jazz W 120 110 5 1 W 3
7 Tue, Nov 14, 1995 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 99 105 5 2 L 1
8 Thu, Nov 16, 1995 @ Golden State Warriors W 120 97 6 2 W 1
9 Fri, Nov 17, 1995 @ Denver Nuggets W 103 94 7 2 W 2
10 Sun, Nov 19, 1995 Vancouver Grizzlies W 98 93 8 2 W 3
11 Wed, Nov 22, 1995 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 94 84 9 2 W 4
12 Sat, Nov 25, 1995 Houston Rockets W 103 88 10 2 W 5
13 Tue, Nov 28, 1995 Atlanta Hawks L OT 97 102 10 3 L 1
14 Wed, Nov 29, 1995 @ Charlotte Hornets L 105 115 10 4 L 2
15 Sat, Dec 2, 1995 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 94 85 11 4 W 1
16 Sun, Dec 3, 1995 Washington Bullets W 107 83 12 4 W 2
17 Tue, Dec 5, 1995 Dallas Mavericks W 92 87 13 4 W 3
18 Wed, Dec 6, 1995 @ Chicago Bulls L 94 101 13 5 L 1
19 Sat, Dec 9, 1995 @ Atlanta Hawks W 101 92 14 5 W 1
20 Sun, Dec 10, 1995 San Antonio Spurs W 2OT 118 112 15 5 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 12, 1995 Los Angeles Lakers W 97 82 16 5 W 3
22 Thu, Dec 14, 1995 Denver Nuggets L 94 103 16 6 L 1
23 Sat, Dec 16, 1995 Detroit Pistons W 86 82 17 6 W 1
24 Tue, Dec 19, 1995 Miami Heat W 89 70 18 6 W 2
25 Fri, Dec 22, 1995 @ Orlando Magic L 90 111 18 7 L 1
26 Sat, Dec 23, 1995 Toronto Raptors W 103 91 19 7 W 1
27 Thu, Dec 28, 1995 Cleveland Cavaliers L 76 86 19 8 L 1
28 Fri, Dec 29, 1995 @ Washington Bullets L OT 120 127 19 9 L 2
29 Tue, Jan 2, 1996 Portland Trail Blazers L 92 101 19 10 L 3
30 Thu, Jan 4, 1996 New Jersey Nets W 105 93 20 10 W 1
31 Tue, Jan 9, 1996 Boston Celtics W 98 93 21 10 W 2
32 Wed, Jan 10, 1996 @ New Jersey Nets L 79 92 21 11 L 1
33 Fri, Jan 12, 1996 @ Boston Celtics W 105 92 22 11 W 1
34 Sat, Jan 13, 1996 Sacramento Kings L 111 119 22 12 L 1
35 Mon, Jan 15, 1996 Milwaukee Bucks L 92 98 22 13 L 2
36 Wed, Jan 17, 1996 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 92 81 23 13 W 1
37 Fri, Jan 19, 1996 @ Seattle Supersonics W OT 100 97 24 13 W 2
38 Sat, Jan 20, 1996 @ Vancouver Grizzlies L 80 84 24 14 L 1
39 Tue, Jan 23, 1996 Chicago Bulls L 79 99 24 15 L 2
40 Wed, Jan 24, 1996 @ Miami Heat W 88 79 25 15 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 27, 1996 Minnesota Timberwolves W 104 95 26 15 W 2
42 Mon, Jan 29, 1996 Miami Heat W 94 85 27 15 W 3
43 Thu, Feb 1, 1996 Orlando Magic W 110 102 28 15 W 4
44 Sun, Feb 4, 1996 @ Indiana Pacers L 83 90 28 16 L 1
45 Mon, Feb 5, 1996 Detroit Pistons W 97 91 29 16 W 1
46 Wed, Feb 7, 1996 Washington Bullets W 87 82 30 16 W 2
47 Wed, Feb 14, 1996 @ Charlotte Hornets L 100 120 30 17 L 1
48 Fri, Feb 16, 1996 Philadelphia 76ers W 116 84 31 17 W 1
49 Sat, Feb 17, 1996 @ New Jersey Nets L 77 82 31 18 L 1
50 Tue, Feb 20, 1996 Milwaukee Bucks L 87 92 31 19 L 2
51 Wed, Feb 21, 1996 @ Detroit Pistons W OT 113 110 32 19 W 1
52 Fri, Feb 23, 1996 Atlanta Hawks L 97 108 32 20 L 1
53 Sun, Feb 25, 1996 @ Phoenix Suns L 105 113 32 21 L 2
54 Mon, Feb 26, 1996 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 96 114 32 22 L 3
55 Wed, Feb 28, 1996 @ Sacramento Kings L 85 90 32 23 L 4
56 Fri, Mar 1, 1996 @ Utah Jazz L 88 99 32 24 L 5
57 Sun, Mar 3, 1996 Golden State Warriors W 109 94 33 24 W 1
58 Tue, Mar 5, 1996 Los Angeles Clippers L 88 105 33 25 L 1
59 Wed, Mar 6, 1996 @ Toronto Raptors W 89 82 34 25 W 1
60 Fri, Mar 8, 1996 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 92 100 34 26 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 10, 1996 Chicago Bulls W 104 72 35 26 W 1
62 Wed, Mar 13, 1996 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 106 82 36 26 W 2
63 Sat, Mar 16, 1996 Philadelphia 76ers W 94 88 37 26 W 3
64 Wed, Mar 20, 1996 Indiana Pacers W 102 99 38 26 W 4
65 Thu, Mar 21, 1996 @ Chicago Bulls L 86 107 38 27 L 1
66 Sun, Mar 24, 1996 @ Dallas Mavericks W 85 79 39 27 W 1
67 Tue, Mar 26, 1996 @ Houston Rockets W 83 74 40 27 W 2
68 Wed, Mar 27, 1996 @ San Antonio Spurs L 84 90 40 28 L 1
69 Fri, Mar 29, 1996 New Jersey Nets W 94 78 41 28 W 1
70 Sun, Mar 31, 1996 @ Orlando Magic L 79 98 41 29 L 1
71 Tue, Apr 2, 1996 @ Indiana Pacers W 90 86 42 29 W 1
72 Wed, Apr 3, 1996 Orlando Magic L 85 98 42 30 L 1
73 Fri, Apr 5, 1996 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 86 79 43 30 W 1
74 Sat, Apr 6, 1996 @ Toronto Raptors W 139 106 44 30 W 2
75 Mon, Apr 8, 1996 Seattle Supersonics L 98 108 44 31 L 1
76 Tue, Apr 9, 1996 Boston Celtics W 97 93 45 31 W 1
77 Thu, Apr 11, 1996 Cleveland Cavaliers L 97 101 45 32 L 1
78 Sat, Apr 13, 1996 @ Miami Heat L 95 103 45 33 L 2
79 Mon, Apr 15, 1996 Toronto Raptors W 125 79 46 33 W 1
80 Thu, Apr 18, 1996 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 77 92 46 34 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 19, 1996 Charlotte Hornets L 108 115 46 35 L 2
82 Sun, Apr 21, 1996 @ Boston Celtics W 122 111 47 35 W 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 25, 1996 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 106 83 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Apr 27, 1996 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 84 80 2 0 W 2
3 Wed, May 1, 1996 Cleveland Cavaliers W 81 76 3 0 W 3
4 Sun, May 5, 1996 @ Chicago Bulls L 84 91 3 1 L 1
5 Tue, May 7, 1996 @ Chicago Bulls L 80 91 3 2 L 2
6 Sat, May 11, 1996 Chicago Bulls W OT 102 99 4 2 W 1
7 Sun, May 12, 1996 Chicago Bulls L 91 94 4 3 L 1
8 Tue, May 14, 1996 @ Chicago Bulls L 81 94 4 4 L 2