1948-49 New York Knicks Schedule | Basketball-Reference.com

1948-49 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

Record: 32-28, Finished 2nd in BAA Eastern Division

Coach: Joe Lapchick (32-28)

PTS/G: 79.2 (7th of 12) Opp PTS/G: 77.7 (4th of 12)

SRS: 1.24 (5th of 12) Pace:

Off Rtg: Def Rtg: Net Rtg:

Expected W-L: 34-26 (5th of 12)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Nov 3, 1948	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		80	76	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Nov 5, 1948	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Jets	W		87	71	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Nov 9, 1948	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	L		56	60	2	1	L 1
4	Thu, Nov 11, 1948	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		68	77	2	2	L 2
5	Sat, Nov 13, 1948	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		91	87	3	2	W 1
6	Tue, Nov 16, 1948	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		63	75	3	3	L 1
7	Wed, Nov 17, 1948	Box Score		Washington Capitols	L		62	73	3	4	L 2
8	Thu, Nov 18, 1948	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		67	55	4	4	W 1
9	Sat, Nov 20, 1948	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		91	86	5	4	W 2
10	Sat, Nov 27, 1948	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		80	70	6	4	W 3
11	Tue, Nov 30, 1948	Box Score	@	Providence Steamrollers	W		88	61	7	4	W 4
12	Wed, Dec 1, 1948	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		72	73	7	5	L 1
13	Sat, Dec 4, 1948	Box Score		Indianapolis Jets	W		66	63	8	5	W 1
14	Wed, Dec 8, 1948	Box Score		Providence Steamrollers	W	OT	83	74	9	5	W 2
15	Thu, Dec 9, 1948	Box Score	@	Providence Steamrollers	W		74	63	10	5	W 3
16	Sat, Dec 11, 1948	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		72	71	11	5	W 4
17	Sun, Dec 12, 1948	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		89	78	12	5	W 5
18	Mon, Dec 13, 1948	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Jets	W		80	74	13	5	W 6
19	Fri, Dec 17, 1948	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		78	87	13	6	L 1
20	Sat, Dec 18, 1948	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	W		88	79	14	6	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 19, 1948	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		75	77	14	7	L 1	5,894
22	Wed, Dec 22, 1948	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		97	79	15	7	W 1
23	Sat, Dec 25, 1948	Box Score		Chicago Stags	L		64	70	15	8	L 1
24	Wed, Dec 29, 1948	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		77	74	16	8	W 1
25	Sat, Jan 1, 1949	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		88	80	17	8	W 2
26	Sun, Jan 2, 1949	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	L		79	81	17	9	L 1
27	Tue, Jan 4, 1949	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Jets	L		58	63	17	10	L 2
28	Fri, Jan 7, 1949	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		69	67	18	10	W 1	4,862
29	Sat, Jan 8, 1949	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		81	83	18	11	L 1
30	Wed, Jan 12, 1949	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		81	64	19	11	W 1
31	Sat, Jan 15, 1949	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	L		73	75	19	12	L 1
32	Mon, Jan 17, 1949	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	L		71	79	19	13	L 2
33	Thu, Jan 20, 1949	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		68	82	19	14	L 3
34	Sat, Jan 22, 1949	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L	2OT	98	103	19	15	L 4
35	Sun, Jan 23, 1949	Box Score		Washington Capitols	L		93	97	19	16	L 5
36	Wed, Jan 26, 1949	Box Score		Providence Steamrollers	W		89	77	20	16	W 1
37	Thu, Jan 27, 1949	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		96	102	20	17	L 1
38	Sat, Jan 29, 1949	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		73	78	20	18	L 2
39	Sat, Feb 5, 1949	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	W		83	73	21	18	W 1
40	Sun, Feb 6, 1949	Box Score		Chicago Stags	L		75	87	21	19	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Feb 9, 1949	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	W		95	83	22	19	W 1
42	Thu, Feb 10, 1949	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		75	95	22	20	L 1
43	Sat, Feb 12, 1949	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		85	58	23	20	W 1
44	Sun, Feb 13, 1949	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		73	82	23	21	L 1
45	Tue, Feb 15, 1949	Box Score	N	St. Louis Bombers	W	OT	79	75	24	21	W 1			at Chicago, IL
46	Thu, Feb 17, 1949	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		82	86	24	22	L 1
47	Sat, Feb 19, 1949	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		77	87	24	23	L 2	4,137
48	Tue, Feb 22, 1949	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		74	101	24	24	L 3
49	Thu, Feb 24, 1949	Box Score	@	Providence Steamrollers	L		84	89	24	25	L 4
50	Sat, Feb 26, 1949	Box Score		Indianapolis Jets	W		81	76	25	25	W 1
51	Wed, Mar 2, 1949	Box Score		Chicago Stags	W		81	79	26	25	W 2
52	Thu, Mar 3, 1949	Box Score		Providence Steamrollers	W		86	65	27	25	W 3
53	Sat, Mar 5, 1949	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		66	61	28	25	W 4
54	Wed, Mar 9, 1949	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W		90	74	29	25	W 5
55	Thu, Mar 10, 1949	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		99	94	30	25	W 6
56	Sat, Mar 12, 1949	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	W		85	80	31	25	W 7
57	Sun, Mar 13, 1949	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		90	100	31	26	L 1
58	Wed, Mar 16, 1949	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		89	94	31	27	L 2
59	Fri, Mar 18, 1949	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		56	70	31	28	L 3	1,965
60	Sat, Mar 19, 1949	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	W		82	70	32	28	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 23, 1949	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		81	82	0	1	L 1
2	Thu, Mar 24, 1949	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		84	74	1	1	W 1
3	Sat, Mar 26, 1949	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	103	99	2	1	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Tue, Mar 29, 1949	Box Score	N	Washington Capitols	L		71	77	2	2	L 1			at Washington, DC (National Guard Armory)
5	Thu, Mar 31, 1949	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W	OT	86	84	3	2	W 1
6	Sat, Apr 2, 1949	Box Score	N	Washington Capitols	L		76	84	3	3	L 1			at Washington, DC (National Guard Armory)

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