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1970-71 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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Record: 52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Red Holzman (52-30)

Executive: Red Holzman

PTS/G: 110.1 (14th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 105.0 (1st of 17)

SRS: 5.05 (3rd of 17) Pace: 112.2 (13th of 17)

Off Rtg: 97.8 (8th of 17) Def Rtg: 93.3 (2nd of 17) Net Rtg: +4.5 (3rd of 17)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (3rd of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

NBA 1971 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) versus Baltimore Bullets (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 13, 1970	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		114	107	1	0	W 1	18,398
2	Wed, Oct 14, 1970	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		128	104	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Oct 17, 1970	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		96	99	2	1	L 1
4	Tue, Oct 20, 1970	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		115	100	3	1	W 1
5	Thu, Oct 22, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		95	92	4	1	W 2
6	Fri, Oct 23, 1970	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		92	98	4	2	L 1
7	Sat, Oct 24, 1970	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		115	103	5	2	W 1
8	Tue, Oct 27, 1970	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		117	104	6	2	W 2
9	Wed, Oct 28, 1970	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		126	89	7	2	W 3	8,762
10	Thu, Oct 29, 1970	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		114	107	8	2	W 4
11	Sat, Oct 31, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		107	89	9	2	W 5
12	Mon, Nov 2, 1970	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		111	99	10	2	W 6			at Oakland, CA
13	Wed, Nov 4, 1970	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	W		109	100	11	2	W 7
14	Fri, Nov 6, 1970	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	106	11	3	L 1
15	Sun, Nov 8, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		125	113	12	3	W 1
16	Tue, Nov 10, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		91	93	12	4	L 1
17	Thu, Nov 12, 1970	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		108	110	12	5	L 2
18	Fri, Nov 13, 1970	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		106	98	13	5	W 1
19	Sat, Nov 14, 1970	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		126	94	14	5	W 2
20	Tue, Nov 17, 1970	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		103	100	15	5	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 18, 1970	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	113	15	6	L 1
22	Thu, Nov 19, 1970	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		98	106	15	7	L 2
23	Sat, Nov 21, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		102	94	16	7	W 1
24	Tue, Nov 24, 1970	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		128	119	17	7	W 2
25	Wed, Nov 25, 1970	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		114	111	18	7	W 3
26	Fri, Nov 27, 1970	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		103	94	19	7	W 4
27	Sat, Nov 28, 1970	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		100	99	20	7	W 5
28	Tue, Dec 1, 1970	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		114	109	21	7	W 6
29	Wed, Dec 2, 1970	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		82	101	21	8	L 1
30	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		91	97	21	9	L 2
31	Sat, Dec 5, 1970	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		117	93	22	9	W 1
32	Tue, Dec 8, 1970	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		139	121	23	9	W 2
33	Sat, Dec 12, 1970	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		118	101	24	9	W 3
34	Sun, Dec 13, 1970	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L		94	101	24	10	L 1			at St. Louis, MO
35	Tue, Dec 15, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		110	92	25	10	W 1
36	Wed, Dec 16, 1970	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	84	26	10	W 2
37	Sat, Dec 19, 1970	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		98	87	27	10	W 3
38	Sun, Dec 20, 1970	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		133	118	28	10	W 4
39	Tue, Dec 22, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		108	119	28	11	L 1
40	Fri, Dec 25, 1970	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		115	102	29	11	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Dec 27, 1970	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		110	105	30	11	W 2
42	Wed, Dec 30, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		111	103	31	11	W 3
43	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		108	112	31	12	L 1
44	Wed, Jan 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		127	94	32	12	W 1
45	Thu, Jan 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	116	32	13	L 1
46	Sat, Jan 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		96	114	32	14	L 2
47	Thu, Jan 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		88	107	32	15	L 3
48	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		93	102	32	16	L 4			at Oakland, CA
49	Tue, Jan 19, 1971	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W	OT	117	113	33	16	W 1
50	Wed, Jan 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		103	109	33	17	L 1
51	Sat, Jan 23, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		128	107	34	17	W 1	19,500
52	Sun, Jan 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		117	105	35	17	W 2
53	Tue, Jan 26, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		107	98	36	17	W 3
54	Wed, Jan 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		116	108	37	17	W 4
55	Fri, Jan 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		118	111	38	17	W 5	15,203
56	Sat, Jan 30, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	106	38	18	L 1
57	Sun, Jan 31, 1971	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		125	95	39	18	W 1			at College Park, MD
58	Tue, Feb 2, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		115	108	40	18	W 2
59	Fri, Feb 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		99	108	40	19	L 1
60	Sat, Feb 6, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		102	109	40	20	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		99	127	40	21	L 3
62	Tue, Feb 9, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		109	114	40	22	L 4
63	Wed, Feb 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		99	106	40	23	L 5
64	Fri, Feb 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		116	125	40	24	L 6
65	Sat, Feb 13, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		114	97	41	24	W 1
66	Tue, Feb 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	130	41	25	L 1
67	Thu, Feb 18, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	W		116	115	42	25	W 1
68	Sat, Feb 20, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		108	94	43	25	W 2
69	Tue, Feb 23, 1971	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	L		109	126	43	26	L 1
70	Wed, Feb 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		125	105	44	26	W 1
71	Sat, Feb 27, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		113	102	45	26	W 2
72	Sun, Feb 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		110	104	46	26	W 3
73	Tue, Mar 2, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		109	95	47	26	W 4
74	Fri, Mar 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		116	121	47	27	L 1
75	Sat, Mar 6, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		112	104	48	27	W 1	19,500
76	Sun, Mar 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		116	110	49	27	W 2	12,084
77	Tue, Mar 9, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		99	114	49	28	L 1
78	Wed, Mar 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	OT	118	120	49	29	L 2
79	Sat, Mar 13, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		108	103	50	29	W 1
80	Tue, Mar 16, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		115	82	51	29	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Thu, Mar 18, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W	OT	131	123	52	29	W 3
82	Sun, Mar 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		98	101	52	30	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Mar 25, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	112	101	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Mar 27, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L	104	113	1	1	L 1
3	Sun, Mar 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	110	95	2	1	W 1
4	Tue, Mar 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	113	107	3	1	W 2
5	Thu, Apr 1, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	111	107	4	1	W 3
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Tue, Apr 6, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	112	111	5	1	W 4
7	Fri, Apr 9, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	107	88	6	1	W 5
8	Sun, Apr 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	88	114	6	2	L 1
9	Wed, Apr 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	80	101	6	3	L 2
10	Fri, Apr 16, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	89	84	7	3	W 1
11	Sun, Apr 18, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	96	113	7	4	L 1
12	Mon, Apr 19, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L	91	93	7	5	L 2

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