1971-72 New York Knicks Game Log

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Record: 48-34, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Red Holzman (48-34)

Executive: Red Holzman

PTS/G: 107.1 (13th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 104.7 (3rd of 17)

SRS: 2.28 (6th of 17) Pace: 108.0 (17th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.5 (7th of 17) Def Rtg: 96.3 (6th of 17) Net Rtg: +2.3 (6th of 17)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (6th of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

NBA 1972 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Baltimore Bullets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference Champions

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1971-10-12		DET	L	84	91	36	94	.383				12	22	.545		46	19				24	35	77	.455				21	29	.724		49	11				18
2	2	1971-10-16		LAL	L	104	119	41	109	.376				22	27	.815		44	21				25	44	90	.489				31	39	.795		64	17				22
3	3	1971-10-17	@	CLE	W	121	120	50	101	.495				21	24	.875		42	33				30	47	93	.505				26	33	.788		46	37				23
4	4	1971-10-19		GSW	W	93	84	38	95	.400				17	21	.810		53	24			16	26	32	84	.381				20	32	.625		49	13			19	21
5	5	1971-10-22	@	BAL	W	110	87	46	86	.535				18	25	.720		57	29				28	30	86	.349				27	33	.818		41	16				25
6	6	1971-10-23		ATL	L	89	95	37	99	.374				15	23	.652		43	18				28	33	82	.402				29	45	.644		63	17				25
7	7	1971-10-26		BOS	W	106	101	43	94	.457				20	30	.667		49	23				22	40	92	.435				21	30	.700		48	12				29
8	8	1971-10-27	@	ATL	L	96	110	37	91	.407				22	27	.815		33	9				23	42	82	.512				26	35	.743		53	22				25
9	9	1971-10-28		HOU	W	112	94	38	86	.442				36	49	.735		50	22				25	36	88	.409				22	34	.647		48	17				41
10	10	1971-10-30		PHI	L	101	108	37	88	.420				27	34	.794		47	24				32	34	80	.425				40	49	.816		44	15				26
11	11	1971-11-03	@	HOU	W	117	98	47	96	.490				23	28	.821		42	25				20	43	93	.462				12	21	.571		49	20				23
12	12	1971-11-05	@	SEA	L	97	101	43	92	.467				11	17	.647		42	30				24	36	79	.456				29	34	.853		51	17				20
13	13	1971-11-07	@	LAL	L	96	103	40	85	.471				16	22	.727		35	26				22	40	77	.519				23	35	.657		51	28				22
14	14	1971-11-10	@	CIN	L	85	99	37	86	.430				11	22	.500		47	25				24	38	87	.437				23	33	.697		53	27				21
15	15	1971-11-11		GSW	L	103	112	42	94	.447				19	24	.792		39	23			14	25	42	81	.519				28	36	.778		50	20			24	22
16	16	1971-11-13		DET	W	127	105	52	115	.452				23	32	.719		57	31				29	38	82	.463				29	35	.829		50	16				24
17	17	1971-11-16		PHO	W	112	111	45	97	.464				22	25	.880		40	20			14	21	42	98	.429				27	33	.818		57	24			20	24
18	18	1971-11-20		BAL	W	125	114	54	105	.514				17	28	.607		53	27				22	45	96	.469				24	36	.667		55	20				23
19	19	1971-11-23		CIN	W	125	110	51	91	.560				23	30	.767		54	25				29	39	95	.411				32	50	.640		41	17				24
20	20	1971-11-24	@	BAL	W	114	94	48	93	.516				18	25	.720		52	25			15	20	40	94	.426				14	22	.636		53	15			20	21
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1971-11-26	@	BOS	W	104	89	39	100	.390				26	39	.667		63	22				18	35	100	.350				19	23	.826		61	20				23
22	22	1971-11-27		CHI	W	100	99	40	82	.488				20	21	.952		48	24				22	39	92	.424				21	27	.778		43	25				19
23	23	1971-11-30		SEA	L	109	110	44	90	.489				21	28	.750		49	24			15	25	43	89	.483				24	35	.686		49	16			13	20
24	24	1971-12-03	@	CHI	L	96	122	38	94	.404				20	33	.606		50	19				30	43	91	.473				36	46	.783		62	27				25
25	25	1971-12-04		BUF	W	130	90	53	92	.576				24	33	.727		55	32				23	34	91	.374				22	31	.710		45	15				25
26	26	1971-12-07		BOS	L	97	105	39	90	.433				19	24	.792		48	17				19	44	97	.454				17	23	.739		50	25				24
27	27	1971-12-11		POR	W	134	102	59	108	.546				16	18	.889		49	31			14	24	39	83	.470				24	35	.686		39	19			28	17
28	28	1971-12-12	@	CLE	W	103	92	42	85	.494				19	24	.792		48	25			21	21	38	91	.418				16	25	.640		46	25			19	21
29	29	1971-12-14		PHO	L	100	110	34	88	.386				32	42	.762		39	19			11	23	40	93	.430				30	38	.789		65	16			21	25
30	30	1971-12-17	@	BUF	W	115	95	48	84	.571				19	27	.704		46	25				23	38	94	.404				19	31	.613		52	13				19
31	31	1971-12-18		CLE	W	104	84	44	106	.415				16	20	.800		64	24				21	32	89	.360				20	32	.625		50	9				22
32	32	1971-12-21	@	GSW	W	113	87	47	109	.431				19	28	.679		63	26			12	22	30	91	.330				27	34	.794		59	16			21	23
33	33	1971-12-22	@	SEA	W	120	104	49	97	.505				22	27	.815		55	30			19	26	37	89	.416				30	35	.857		46	24			19	20
34	34	1971-12-23	@	POR	W	120	117	49	94	.521				22	31	.710		44	34			22	25	48	92	.522				21	28	.750		48	29			20	22
35	35	1971-12-25		GSW	W	114	89	43	90	.478				28	33	.848		61	31			19	19	34	102	.333				21	25	.840		42	13			9	23
36	36	1971-12-28	@	DET	W	119	100	45	92	.489				29	35	.829		58	23				24	37	94	.394				26	33	.788		48	16				25
37	37	1971-12-30		BAL	L	102	110	41	104	.394				20	27	.741		54	20				27	40	89	.449				30	39	.769		51	12				23
38	38	1972-01-01		CIN	W	104	94	44	94	.468				16	20	.800		46	22				24	35	87	.402				24	24	1.000		49	15				23
39	39	1972-01-03		MIL	W	101	99	39	99	.394				23	34	.676		47	17				22	39	91	.429				21	30	.700		55	17				26
40	40	1972-01-04	@	MIL	L	100	121	39	92	.424				22	25	.880		45	17				23	51	101	.505				19	28	.679		48	28				22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1972-01-07	@	PHI	L	113	117	42	104	.404				29	36	.806		55	16				31	45	98	.459				27	38	.711		57	20				30
42	42	1972-01-08		CHI	L	108	113	41	93	.441				26	36	.722		46	20			17	25	44	96	.458				25	31	.806		50	14			17	28
43	43	1972-01-11	@	CHI	L	91	116	38	91	.418				15	21	.714		57	18			21	23	47	102	.461				22	28	.786		52	26			13	18
44	44	1972-01-14	N	GSW	L	111	115	44	94	.468				23	26	.885		44	33			9	22	46	95	.484				23	30	.767		51	28			12	23
45	45	1972-01-16	@	HOU	W	109	108	44	88	.500				21	28	.750		38	28			8	21	43	91	.473				22	28	.786		48	20			10	21
46	46	1972-01-20	@	PHO	L	109	130	37	87	.425				35	56	.625		50	14			21	32	43	88	.489				44	52	.846		48	24			18	34
47	47	1972-01-21	@	LAL	W	104	101	44	95	.463				16	19	.842		53	22				24	38	89	.427				25	38	.658		55	20				21
48	48	1972-01-23	@	SEA	W	101	99	41	98	.418				19	25	.760		50	26			15	27	34	82	.415				31	41	.756		54	19			12	19
49	49	1972-01-25		BOS	W	109	106	43	88	.489				23	32	.719		45	20				22	40	97	.412				26	29	.897		55	16				23
50	50	1972-01-28	@	BOS	L	116	122	43	97	.443				30	39	.769		54	25				28	43	102	.422				36	43	.837		56	22				28
51	51	1972-01-29		SEA	W	110	106	43	90	.478				24	27	.889		48	22			20	27	37	88	.420				32	36	.889		46	12			16	25
52	52	1972-02-01		DET	W	115	106	44	96	.458				27	31	.871		44	27				23	38	91	.418				30	37	.811		52	15				28
53	53	1972-02-02	@	CIN	L	105	116	38	91	.418				29	35	.829		39	26				24	42	89	.472				32	35	.914		53	17				29
54	54	1972-02-04	@	BUF	W	103	84	39	88	.443				25	28	.893		49	24				22	31	84	.369				22	30	.733		47	15				24
55	55	1972-02-05		PHI	W	112	104	44	93	.473				24	31	.774		51	28				24	39	86	.453				26	31	.839		38	16				22
56	56	1972-02-06	@	PHI	W	109	107	42	91	.462				25	32	.781		51	16				24	42	95	.442				23	32	.719		54	18				22
57	57	1972-02-08		LAL	L	102	107	45	101	.446				12	17	.706		53	31				23	42	93	.452				23	33	.697		53	18				19
58	58	1972-02-09	@	DET	W	126	102	55	106	.519				16	19	.842		46	30				20	40	100	.400				22	31	.710		56	14				15
59	59	1972-02-11	@	MIL	W	113	107	46	87	.529				21	26	.808		45	23				19	47	95	.495				13	21	.619		44	24				21
60	60	1972-02-12		CLE	W	106	91	39	94	.415				28	33	.848		60	17				17	40	105	.381				11	17	.647		51	11				26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1972-02-16		HOU	W	110	100	41	98	.418				28	30	.933		53	25				23	40	100	.400				20	24	.833		54	15				24
62	62	1972-02-17	@	CHI	W	102	99	43	102	.422				16	23	.696		45	26			14	23	41	83	.494				17	23	.739		60	31			17	25
63	63	1972-02-19		BUF	W	100	95	38	79	.481				24	30	.800		40	20				18	40	84	.476				15	21	.714		41	20				21
64	64	1972-02-20	@	CLE	L	109	111	42	89	.472				25	37	.676		54	33				22	46	101	.455				19	24	.792		42	30				26
65	65	1972-02-22		POR	W	122	105	50	92	.543				22	27	.815		50	33			17	18	45	93	.484				15	22	.682		35	21			14	20
66	66	1972-02-26		BAL	L	97	104	39	80	.488				19	27	.704		28	16				22	38	69	.551				28	33	.848		45	18				26
67	67	1972-02-27	N	BAL	W	97	95	39	94	.415				19	27	.704		50	32				20	37	95	.389				21	25	.840		61	19				24
68	68	1972-02-29		LAL	L	111	114	46	88	.523				19	21	.905		34	29				22	48	89	.539				18	26	.692		48	16				20
69	69	1972-03-03	@	BUF	L	97	105	40	84	.476				17	22	.773		40	22				21	42	93	.452				21	29	.724		51	25				21
70	70	1972-03-04		PHI	W	118	115	45	101	.446				28	40	.700		57	30				22	44	97	.454				27	37	.730		57	20				28
71	71	1972-03-05	@	PHI	L	98	100	43	95	.453				12	18	.667		53	15				17	43	104	.413				14	21	.667		60	19				17
72	72	1972-03-07		MIL	W	110	101	45	95	.474				20	25	.800		43	25				18	42	94	.447				17	22	.773		47	18				22
73	73	1972-03-11		PHO	L	106	110	42	80	.525				22	30	.733		37	25			14	25	41	96	.427				28	35	.800		49	22			11	23
74	74	1972-03-12	@	BOS	L	109	112	42	84	.500				25	32	.781		33	28				23	39	89	.438				34	42	.810		54	22				24
75	75	1972-03-14		ATL	W	115	107	50	96	.521				15	20	.750		42	33				24	42	96	.438				23	29	.793		52	18				21
76	76	1972-03-16	@	HOU	W	103	102	41	84	.488				21	35	.600		50	28				23	44	102	.431				14	21	.667		53	26				22
77	77	1972-03-17	@	PHO	L	106	111	44	95	.463				18	21	.857		44	26			14	21	44	99	.444				23	31	.742		54	22			20	22
78	78	1972-03-18	@	POR	L	86	133	35	94	.372				16	25	.640		38	21			20	22	56	95	.589				21	30	.700		60	39			20	20
79	79	1972-03-22		BUF	W	123	99	51	91	.560				21	27	.778		52	25				16	43	92	.467				13	20	.650		38	20				21
80	80	1972-03-24	@	MIL	L	88	131	36	102	.353				16	20	.800		34	17				17	58	100	.580				15	24	.625		64	35				21
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1972-03-25		CLE	W	98	83	39	97	.402				20	23	.870		56	23				19	37	100	.370				9	17	.529		54	18				19
82	82	1972-03-26	@	ATL	L	106	120	40	94	.426				26	37	.703		47	18				18	49	97	.505				22	31	.710		50	18				25

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