1961-62 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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Record: 29-51, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Eddie Donovan (29-51)

Executive: Fred Podesta

PTS/G: 114.8 (8th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 119.7 (6th of 9)

SRS: -3.98 (8th of 9) Pace: 125.6 (4th of 9)

Off Rtg: 91.2 (8th of 9) Def Rtg: 95.0 (6th of 9) Net Rtg: -3.8 (8th of 9)

Expected W-L: 29-51 (8th of 9)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III)

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Thu, Oct 19, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		120	103	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 21, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		95	132	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Oct 24, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		112	110	2	1	W 1
4	Thu, Oct 26, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		120	117	3	1	W 2
5	Sat, Oct 28, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	132	3	2	L 1
6	Tue, Oct 31, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		131	127	4	2	W 1	at St. Louis, MO
7	Wed, Nov 1, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		95	111	4	3	L 1
8	Fri, Nov 3, 1961	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	L		118	129	4	4	L 2
9	Sat, Nov 4, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		111	112	4	5	L 3
10	Tue, Nov 7, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		98	123	4	6	L 4
11	Wed, Nov 8, 1961	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		130	108	5	6	W 1	at Detroit, MI
12	Fri, Nov 10, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		118	124	5	7	L 1
13	Sat, Nov 11, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		109	135	5	8	L 2
14	Tue, Nov 14, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		124	122	6	8	W 1
15	Wed, Nov 15, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		102	114	6	9	L 1	at Philadelphia, PA
16	Fri, Nov 17, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		100	104	6	10	L 2
17	Tue, Nov 21, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	L		107	109	6	11	L 3
18	Wed, Nov 22, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		110	109	7	11	W 1	at Boston, MA
19	Fri, Nov 24, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		89	100	7	12	L 1
20	Sat, Nov 25, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		96	116	7	13	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 28, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		117	131	7	14	L 3
22	Fri, Dec 1, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		118	100	8	14	W 1
23	Tue, Dec 5, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		105	122	8	15	L 1
24	Wed, Dec 6, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		97	133	8	16	L 2
25	Sat, Dec 9, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		91	102	8	17	L 3
26	Sun, Dec 10, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		94	134	8	18	L 4
27	Tue, Dec 12, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		124	126	8	19	L 5
28	Wed, Dec 13, 1961	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	L		112	113	8	20	L 6	at Boston, MA
29	Fri, Dec 15, 1961	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		108	120	8	21	L 7	at Chicago, IL
30	Sun, Dec 17, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		109	117	8	22	L 8
31	Tue, Dec 19, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		128	111	9	22	W 1
32	Thu, Dec 21, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		103	122	9	23	L 1	at Providence, RI
33	Sat, Dec 23, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		111	122	9	24	L 2
34	Mon, Dec 25, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	2OT	136	135	10	24	W 1
35	Wed, Dec 27, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		119	131	10	25	L 1
36	Fri, Dec 29, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		110	100	11	25	W 1
37	Sat, Dec 30, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		123	119	12	25	W 2	at Philadelphia, PA
38	Tue, Jan 2, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		110	104	13	25	W 3
39	Wed, Jan 3, 1962	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		111	122	13	26	L 1	at Detroit, MI
40	Sat, Jan 6, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		115	111	14	26	W 1	at Syracuse, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 7, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		116	123	14	27	L 1
42	Fri, Jan 12, 1962	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		128	126	15	27	W 1	at Boston, MA
43	Sun, Jan 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		118	141	15	28	L 1
44	Wed, Jan 17, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		121	129	15	29	L 2
45	Fri, Jan 19, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	108	15	30	L 3
46	Sun, Jan 21, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		113	124	15	31	L 4
47	Mon, Jan 22, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		131	94	16	31	W 1	at Moline, IL
48	Tue, Jan 23, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Packers	L		103	109	16	32	L 1
49	Thu, Jan 25, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		117	102	17	32	W 1
50	Fri, Jan 26, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		129	121	18	32	W 2
51	Sat, Jan 27, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		107	115	18	33	L 1
52	Tue, Jan 30, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		116	110	19	33	W 1
53	Wed, Jan 31, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		109	138	19	34	L 1
54	Fri, Feb 2, 1962	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		116	129	19	35	L 2	at Boston, MA
55	Sat, Feb 3, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		121	110	20	35	W 1
56	Sun, Feb 4, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		114	130	20	36	L 1
57	Tue, Feb 6, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	112	21	36	W 1
58	Thu, Feb 8, 1962	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		120	136	21	37	L 1	at Syracuse, NY
59	Fri, Feb 9, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		120	111	22	37	W 1
60	Sat, Feb 10, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	L		111	126	22	38	L 1	at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 11, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	121	22	39	L 2
62	Wed, Feb 14, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		125	112	23	39	W 1
63	Fri, Feb 16, 1962	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		104	127	23	40	L 1	at Philadelphia, PA
64	Sat, Feb 17, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		121	128	23	41	L 2
65	Sun, Feb 18, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		126	141	23	42	L 3
66	Tue, Feb 20, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		110	103	24	42	W 1
67	Thu, Feb 22, 1962	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	118	24	43	L 1	at Philadelphia, PA
68	Fri, Feb 23, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		130	118	25	43	W 1
69	Sat, Feb 24, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		117	120	25	44	L 1	at Utica, NY
70	Sun, Feb 25, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		149	135	26	44	W 1
71	Tue, Feb 27, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		120	130	26	45	L 1
72	Wed, Feb 28, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		119	109	27	45	W 1	at Chicago, IL
73	Fri, Mar 2, 1962	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		147	169	27	46	L 1	at Hershey, PA; Wilt's 100-Point Game
74	Sun, Mar 4, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		128	129	27	47	L 2
75	Tue, Mar 6, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		113	106	28	47	W 1
76	Wed, Mar 7, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		112	119	28	48	L 1	at Boston, MA
77	Fri, Mar 9, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		122	100	29	48	W 1
78	Sat, Mar 10, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	L		116	128	29	49	L 1
79	Mon, Mar 12, 1962	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	119	29	50	L 2	at Seattle, WA
80	Wed, Mar 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		134	136	29	51	L 3

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