1977-78 New York Knicks Game Log

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Record: 43-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Willis Reed (43-39)

Executive: Eddie Donovan

PTS/G: 113.4 (3rd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 114.0 (22nd of 22)

SRS: -0.53 (12th of 22) Pace: 109.7 (3rd of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.7 (9th of 22) Def Rtg: 102.2 (18th of 22) Net Rtg: -0.5 (12th of 22)

Expected W-L: 40-42 (12th of 22)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (0-4) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

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	1977-10-18		KCK	W	120	113	49	89	.551				22	36	.611		44	30	13	10		32	44	84	.524				25	34	.735		44	17	18	6		27
2	2	1977-10-22		WSB	W	141	115	61	105	.581				19	21	.905		53	39				33	38	97	.392				39	53	.736		43	22				17
3	3	1977-10-25		CLE	L	112	117	41	86	.477				30	43	.698	8	50	28	11	2	26	35	44	94	.468				29	40	.725	14	50	22	15	2	24	35
4	4	1977-10-26	@	NOJ	L	106	123	41	94	.436				24	34	.706		44	21			19	30	46	95	.484				31	45	.689		62	20			19	24
5	5	1977-10-29		DET	W	124	117	55	105	.524				14	23	.609		47	32				35	41	76	.539				35	57	.614		43	26				28
6	6	1977-11-01	@	POR	L	104	113	41	95	.432				22	24	.917	15	43	22	10	3	16	29	43	95	.453				27	39	.692	20	53	24	10	4	20	23
7	7	1977-11-04	@	SEA	W	95	92	38	80	.475				19	30	.633	10	40	21	5	5	26	29	38	86	.442				16	28	.571	14	43	20	2	4	26	29
8	8	1977-11-06	@	LAL	W	106	102	43	90	.478				20	28	.714	9	44	27	9	5	22	30	38	106	.358				26	35	.743	24	53	24	11	1	14	24
9	9	1977-11-08		SAS	W	123	117	55	101	.545				13	23	.565	18	54	28	8	5	19	26	51	92	.554				15	22	.682	4	37	18	8	5	19	20
10	10	1977-11-09	@	BUF	L	113	124	48	96	.500				17	21	.810		43	30				33	46	84	.548				32	45	.711		36	31				21
11	11	1977-11-11	@	PHI	L	119	127	48	103	.466				23	29	.793		52	30			22	29	48	94	.511				31	43	.721		48	34			20	29
12	12	1977-11-12		NJN	W	101	90	42	87	.483				17	23	.739		51	28				23	38	86	.442				14	23	.609		36	20				30
13	13	1977-11-15		NOJ	W	108	105	44	84	.524				20	33	.606		47	31			24	26	40	92	.435				25	29	.862		41	22			21	28
14	14	1977-11-18	@	WSB	L	103	123	46	104	.442				11	16	.688		53	28				28	47	93	.505				29	34	.853		43	31				18
15	15	1977-11-19		IND	W	129	127	52	94	.553				25	31	.806		50	26	7	5	24	31	48	106	.453				31	46	.674		49	22	13	4	22	31
16	16	1977-11-22		BUF	L	101	102	43	95	.453				15	22	.682		51	26				23	38	97	.392				26	30	.867	23	60	22				24
17	17	1977-11-25	@	BOS	L	119	121	50	97	.515				19	21	.905		42	26			16	27	43	100	.430				35	44	.795		54	26			14	24
18	18	1977-11-26		GSW	W	112	106	41	77	.532				30	35	.857	15	49	23	9	4	27	27	48	95	.505				10	19	.526	13	35	21	13	3	16	28
19	19	1977-11-28		HOU	W	104	86	43	90	.478				18	25	.720		52	35	8		26	22	36	83	.434				14	28	.500		42	18	15		23	23
20	20	1977-11-29	@	HOU	L	103	120	44	89	.494				15	26	.577		35	27	7		21	26	47	88	.534				26	30	.867		40	32	12		17	24
								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	1977-12-01	@	SAS	L	116	120	48	99	.485				20	26	.769		38	33	12	6	16	23	51	87	.586				18	24	.750		44	32	12	7	19	22
22	22	1977-12-03		MIL	L	108	115	42	83	.506				24	34	.706		47	28	9	7	40	24	48	96	.500				19	26	.731		42	23	14	4		29
23	23	1977-12-06		BOS	W	122	119	52	98	.531				18	24	.750		49	33			26	30	40	83	.482				39	49	.796		40	21			27	24
24	24	1977-12-09	@	ATL	W	103	84	37	81	.457				29	35	.829		41	22				30	33	82	.402				18	25	.720		46	21				26
25	25	1977-12-10		POR	L	106	107	42	87	.483				22	25	.880	14	42	26	10	3	17	29	39	84	.464				29	36	.806	21	47	14	9	1	22	24
26	26	1977-12-13		ATL	W	107	106	36	70	.514				35	43	.814		53	24			32	22	42	101	.416				22	27	.815		41	19				31
27	27	1977-12-14	@	IND	W	101	98	42	80	.525				17	22	.773		46	30	6	4	20	20	38	98	.388				22	31	.710		49	28	14	6	18	21
28	28	1977-12-16	@	MIL	L	150	152	63	140	.450				24	28	.857		61	40	13	8	21	36	62	128	.484				28	45	.622		61	32	16	12	21	23
29	29	1977-12-17		CHI	W	112	103	48	81	.593				16	22	.727	9	33	34	9	3	14	23	39	88	.443				25	33	.758	21	46	21	5	1	18	20
30	30	1977-12-20		PHO	L	99	110	39	87	.448				21	32	.656	12	48	27	7	4	19	25	41	98	.418				28	39	.718	18	51	23	9	3	16	21
31	31	1977-12-22	@	CLE	L	100	112	41	102	.402				18	23	.783	20	51	24	9	4	22	31	44	93	.473				24	32	.750	15	46	24	5	7	19	23
32	32	1977-12-25		PHI	W	113	110	43	87	.494				27	38	.711		51	25			29	33	42	96	.438				26	36	.722		47	21			16	32
33	33	1977-12-29	@	NJN	W	109	101	46	107	.430				17	27	.630		62	22				24	41	94	.436				19	35	.543		48	22				24
34	34	1977-12-30		NOJ	W	118	116	51	90	.567				16	22	.727		44	39				27	45	98	.459				26	34	.765		49	21				20
35	35	1978-01-01		CLE	W	96	87	42	101	.416				12	19	.632	23	65	25	8	6	17	22	37	86	.430				13	22	.591	8	45	17	9	3	13	20
36	36	1978-01-03		LAL	L	117	120	53	97	.546				11	16	.688	13	43	34	3	8	17	26	43	93	.462				34	40	.850	20	50	27	8	2	13	18
37	37	1978-01-06	@	CHI	W	99	97	44	87	.506				11	12	.917	8	32	25	7	1	16	28	37	78	.474				23	34	.676	18	53	25	7	2	23	19
38	38	1978-01-07	@	KCK	W	100	93	40	92	.435				20	22	.909		50	19	8	12		25	37	91	.407				19	28	.679		53	24	10	6		21
39	39	1978-01-10	@	POR	L	113	126	44	99	.444				25	32	.781	15	45	23	12	4	21	32	48	86	.558				30	48	.625	12	51	25	12	9	24	27
40	40	1978-01-13	@	GSW	L	96	109	40	85	.471				16	19	.842	11	47	22	5	4	27	23	46	91	.505				17	26	.654	11	37	28	15	4	12	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	1978-01-15	@	SEA	L	102	108	41	91	.451				20	31	.645	13	45	26	9	6	18	32	41	95	.432				26	48	.542	18	54	22	10	3	18	25
42	42	1978-01-17	@	LAL	L	108	121	50	113	.442				8	11	.727	16	46	28	7	6	14	25	47	93	.505				27	32	.844	12	53	34	9	5	19	21
43	43	1978-01-19	@	PHO	L	114	134	48	102	.471				18	29	.621	19	51	25	16	7	26	31	49	98	.500				36	49	.735	15	51	31	16	4	28	25
44	44	1978-01-22	@	DEN	W	143	141	58	98	.592				27	37	.730	11	48	39	11	7	31	42	47	97	.485				47	59	.797	14	37	29	14	2	24	31
45	45	1978-01-24		GSW	W	99	97	42	95	.442				15	18	.833	17	49	24	11	6	22	21	42	95	.442				13	15	.867	18	48	19	6	4	20	21
46	46	1978-01-26		KCK	W	112	105	43	79	.544				26	34	.765		40	36	6	4		19	45	88	.511				15	22	.682		38	28	19	2		26
47	47	1978-01-27	@	ATL	L	96	105	38	80	.475				20	30	.667		43	20			32	21	43	90	.478				19	21	.905		44	29			25	29
48	48	1978-01-28		CHI	W	108	96	51	109	.468				6	9	.667	21	60	40	10	7	14	28	36	85	.424				24	38	.632	14	44	23	8	4	16	14
49	49	1978-01-31		DEN	L	115	119	50	89	.562				15	23	.652	16	41	29	9	8	23	25	47	87	.540				25	32	.781	13	40	30	11	3	20	19
50	50	1978-02-02	@	SAS	L	113	123	49	102	.480				15	21	.714		51	23	8	2	25	30	48	91	.527				27	32	.844		32	25	16	9	21	25
51	51	1978-02-03	@	HOU	L	102	112	45	93	.484				12	16	.750		40	25	6	4	20	22	46	94	.489				20	25	.800		42	24	17	1	16	22
52	52	1978-02-09		IND	W	126	117	53	103	.515				20	23	.870		45	37	10	7	24	30	43	95	.453				31	38	.816		49	24	13	5	30	25
53	53	1978-02-11		MIL	W	133	122	53	93	.570				27	35	.771		52	36	8	6		27	47	100	.470				28	45	.622		43	19	12	5		25
54	54	1978-02-12	@	NJN	L	110	112	43	97	.443				24	31	.774		52	23				30	39	96	.406				34	39	.872		52	28				24
55	55	1978-02-14	@	CLE	L	127	136	56	118	.475				15	23	.652	11	51	36	6	9	16	40	50	110	.455				36	57	.632	20	62	26	5	2	13	27
56	56	1978-02-17	@	DET	W	128	108	55	101	.545				18	25	.720		48	33				19	42	93	.452				24	35	.686		52	22				25
57	57	1978-02-18		BUF	L	112	122	45	98	.459				22	32	.688		38	32				28	46	88	.523				30	35	.857		51	30				27
58	58	1978-02-21		SEA	W	122	120	53	92	.576				16	19	.842	8	49	34	11	9	26	30	52	105	.495				16	31	.516	12	42	30	13	3	19	21
59	59	1978-02-25		PHO	W	122	115	48	95	.505				26	31	.839	12	55	32	19	8	30	25	46	99	.465				23	30	.767	9	40	31	20	5	28	26
60	60	1978-02-28		SAS	W	138	123	56	107	.523				26	38	.684		58	38	14	6	21	28	45	99	.455				33	43	.767		46	30	10	5	27	28
								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	1978-03-02		POR	W	128	117	52	95	.547				24	33	.727	15	45	32	8	4	14	24	48	88	.545				21	28	.750	11	37	30	9	2	16	25
62	62	1978-03-04		BOS	W	99	91	39	76	.513				21	27	.778	1	39	26			17	16	40	105	.381				11	16	.688		59	29			15	23
63	63	1978-03-05	@	BOS	L	94	112	40	115	.348				14	20	.700		43	16			16	21	46	93	.495				20	24	.833		59	27			29	20
64	64	1978-03-07		HOU	W	112	101	48	97	.495				16	17	.941		55	30	10		23	20	45	100	.450				11	21	.524		40	23	12		16	15
65	65	1978-03-08	@	MIL	L	125	127	50	112	.446				25	35	.714		55	33	11	5	26	26	53	118	.449				21	26	.808		60	33	14	8	20	27
66	66	1978-03-10	@	IND	L	115	122	46	97	.474				23	31	.742		47	30		5	19	30	51	95	.537				20	31	.645		50	35	8	6	21	27
67	67	1978-03-11		NJN	W	126	117	41	90	.456				44	56	.786		53	27				24	44	107	.411				29	35	.829		58	22				37
68	68	1978-03-14		LAL	L	117	135	52	111	.468				13	19	.684	20	54	31	9	5	25	26	53	104	.510				29	34	.853	16	56	24	10	5	21	21
69	69	1978-03-17	@	CHI	L	117	129	50	107	.467				17	19	.895	10	38	24	11	6	8	25	51	102	.500				27	29	.931	16	57	43	4	4	18	22
70	70	1978-03-18		PHI	L	127	141	49	102	.480				29	34	.853		48	30				30	56	108	.519				29	43	.674		50	30				24
71	71	1978-03-19	@	PHI	L	118	125	47	108	.435				24	30	.800		53	28	9	2	18	21	51	94	.543				23	28	.821		51	39	9	8	18	24
72	72	1978-03-21	@	DEN	W	115	114	43	87	.494				29	37	.784	16	45	30	12	7	21	25	46	98	.469				22	28	.786	18	49	29	13	10	18	29
73	73	1978-03-23	@	PHO	L	108	120	48	105	.457				12	15	.800	13	42	27	19	2	21	24	52	98	.531				16	22	.727	15	50	32	10	6	29	16
74	74	1978-03-25	@	GSW	L	123	133	49	104	.471				25	30	.833	13	38	25	9	3	15	32	45	82	.549				43	52	.827	11	48	33	9	4	17	27
75	75	1978-03-28		DEN	W	106	103	44	92	.478				18	19	.947		40	29			19	20	44	94	.468				15	21	.714		49	26			28	18
76	76	1978-03-30		WSB	L	108	123	46	109	.422				16	22	.727		44	24				24	52	100	.520				19	23	.826		57	25				23
77	77	1978-03-31	@	NOJ	W	117	116	43	90	.478				31	39	.795		42	23			15	23	47	92	.511				22	36	.611		51	32			19	25
78	78	1978-04-02	@	WSB	W	114	109	47	92	.511				20	24	.833		47	29				30	42	102	.412				25	34	.735		46	17				26
79	79	1978-04-04		ATL	L	101	105	33	80	.413				35	50	.700		43	20				31	39	77	.506				27	45	.600		39	27				36
80	80	1978-04-06		DET	W	129	125	57	108	.528				15	22	.682		57	40				22	50	109	.459				25	30	.833		50	25				19
								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	1978-04-07	@	KCK	W	125	112	50	88	.568				25	32	.781		55	26	7	6		24	46	96	.479				20	31	.645		38	27	10	1		26
82	82	1978-04-08	@	BUF	W	118	107	46	89	.517				26	34	.765		34	29				23	41	88	.466				25	30	.833		45	30				24

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