1977-78 New York Knicks Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1977-10-18		KCK	W	120	113				.404		.572	50.0	61.2		11.9	.551			.247	.524			.298
2	2	1977-10-22		WSB	W	141	115				.200		.617	55.2	63.9			.581			.181	.392			.402
3	3	1977-10-25		CLE	L	112	117	92.9	97.1	109.2	.500		.534	50.0	68.3	9.1	2.1	.477	19.9	18.2	.349	.468	17.7	75.0	.309
4	4	1977-10-26	@	NOJ	L	106	123				.362		.486	41.5	51.2			.436	14.8		.255	.484	14.2		.326
5	5	1977-10-29		DET	W	124	117				.219		.539	52.2	58.2			.524			.133	.539			.461
6	6	1977-11-01	@	POR	L	104	113	99.1	107.6	105.0	.253		.493	44.8	53.7	9.5	3.2	.432	13.2	31.3	.232	.453	15.1	58.3	.284
7	7	1977-11-04	@	SEA	W	95	92	89.1	86.2	106.7	.375		.510	48.2	55.3	4.7	5.8	.475	21.8	25.6	.238	.442	20.9	68.2	.186
8	8	1977-11-06	@	LAL	W	106	102	98.3	94.6	107.8	.311		.518	45.4	62.8	8.3	4.7	.478	17.7	23.7	.222	.358	10.3	59.3	.245
9	9	1977-11-08		SAS	W	123	117	108.3	103.0	113.6	.228		.553	59.3	50.9	7.0	5.4	.545	14.6	35.3	.129	.554	15.7	90.0	.163
10	10	1977-11-09	@	BUF	L	113	124				.219		.537	54.4	62.5			.500			.177	.548			.381
11	11	1977-11-11	@	PHI	L	119	127				.282		.514	52.0	62.5			.466	16.0		.223	.511	15.0		.330
12	12	1977-11-12		NJN	W	101	90				.264		.520	58.6	66.7			.483			.195	.442			.163
13	13	1977-11-15		NOJ	W	108	105				.393		.548	53.4	70.5			.524	19.6		.238	.435	16.7		.272
14	14	1977-11-18	@	WSB	L	103	123				.154		.464	55.2	60.9			.442			.106	.505			.312
15	15	1977-11-19		IND	W	129	127				.330		.599	50.5	50.0		4.7	.553	18.2		.266	.453	14.8		.292
16	16	1977-11-22		BUF	L	101	102				.232		.482	45.9	60.5			.453			.158	.392			.268
17	17	1977-11-25	@	BOS	L	119	121				.216		.560	43.8	52.0			.515	13.1		.196	.430	10.5		.350
18	18	1977-11-26		GSW	W	112	106	108.2	102.4	103.5	.455		.606	58.3	56.1	8.7	4.2	.532	22.6	40.5	.390	.505	13.4	72.3	.105
19	19	1977-11-28		HOU	W	104	86				.278		.515	55.3	81.4			.478	20.5		.200	.434	19.4		.169
20	20	1977-11-29	@	HOU	L	103	120				.292		.513	46.7	61.4			.494	17.3		.169	.534	14.4		.295
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1977-12-01	@	SAS	L	116	120				.263		.525	46.3	68.8		6.9	.485	12.7		.202	.586	16.3		.207
22	22	1977-12-03		MIL	L	108	115				.410		.551	52.8	66.7		7.3	.506	29.0		.289	.500			.198
23	23	1977-12-06		BOS	W	122	119				.245		.562	55.1	63.5			.531	19.3		.184	.482	20.5		.470
24	24	1977-12-09	@	ATL	W	103	84				.432		.534	47.1	59.5			.457			.358	.402			.220
25	25	1977-12-10		POR	L	106	107	107.7	108.7	98.5	.287		.541	47.2	61.9	10.2	3.6	.483	14.8	35.0	.253	.464	18.1	57.1	.345
26	26	1977-12-13		ATL	W	107	106				.614		.602	56.4	66.7			.514	26.5		.500	.416			.218
27	27	1977-12-14	@	IND	W	101	98				.275		.563	48.4	71.4		4.1	.525	18.2		.213	.388	13.9		.224
28	28	1977-12-16	@	MIL	L	150	152				.200		.492	50.0	63.5		6.3	.450	12.1		.171	.484	12.4		.219
29	29	1977-12-17		CHI	W	112	103	118.4	108.9	94.6	.272		.618	41.8	70.8	9.5	3.4	.593	13.4	26.5	.198	.443	14.9	53.3	.284
30	30	1977-12-20		PHO	L	99	110	92.4	102.6	107.2	.368		.490	48.5	69.2	6.5	4.1	.448	15.8	26.7	.241	.418	12.2	66.7	.286
31	31	1977-12-22	@	CLE	L	100	112	92.9	104.0	107.7	.225		.446	52.6	58.5	8.4	4.3	.402	16.4	39.2	.176	.473	15.1	67.4	.258
32	32	1977-12-25		PHI	W	113	110				.437		.545	52.0	58.1			.494	21.9		.310	.438	12.5		.271
33	33	1977-12-29	@	NJN	W	109	101				.252		.458	56.4	47.8			.430			.159	.436			.202
34	34	1977-12-30		NOJ	W	118	116				.244		.592	47.3	76.5			.567			.178	.459			.265
35	35	1978-01-01		CLE	W	96	87	95.6	86.6	100.4	.188		.439	59.1	59.5	8.0	7.0	.416	13.5	38.3	.119	.430	12.0	84.0	.151
36	36	1978-01-03		LAL	L	117	120	113.2	116.1	103.4	.165		.562	46.2	64.2	2.9	8.6	.546	14.0	30.2	.113	.462	10.5	60.0	.366
37	37	1978-01-06	@	CHI	W	99	97	101.5	99.5	97.5	.138		.536	37.6	56.8	7.2	1.3	.506	14.8	18.6	.126	.474	19.8	57.1	.295
38	38	1978-01-07	@	KCK	W	100	93				.239		.492	48.5	47.5		13.2	.435			.217	.407			.209
39	39	1978-01-10	@	POR	L	113	126	96.6	107.7	117.0	.323		.500	46.9	52.3	10.3	4.7	.444	15.7	27.8	.253	.558	18.3	71.4	.349
40	40	1978-01-13	@	GSW	L	96	109	92.6	105.1	103.7	.224		.514	56.0	55.0	4.8	4.4	.471	22.4	29.7	.188	.505	10.5	76.6	.187
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1978-01-15	@	SEA	L	102	108	93.3	98.8	109.3	.341		.487	45.5	63.4	8.2	6.3	.451	14.7	26.5	.220	.432	13.4	64.0	.274
42	42	1978-01-17	@	LAL	L	108	121	96.8	108.4	111.6	.097		.458	46.5	56.0	6.3	6.5	.442	10.6	28.1	.071	.505	15.1	71.4	.290
43	43	1978-01-19	@	PHO	L	114	134	91.7	107.8	124.3	.284		.497	50.0	52.1	12.9	7.1	.471	18.5	34.5	.176	.500	19.0	68.1	.367
44	44	1978-01-22	@	DEN	W	143	141	110.1	108.5	117.7	.378		.626	56.5	67.2	8.5	7.2	.592	21.3	32.4	.276	.485	16.3	72.5	.485
45	45	1978-01-24		GSW	W	99	97	96.9	95.0	102.1	.189		.481	50.5	57.1	10.8	6.3	.442	17.6	36.2	.158	.442	16.4	64.0	.137
46	46	1978-01-26		KCK	W	112	105				.430		.596	51.3	83.7		4.5	.544			.329	.511			.170
47	47	1978-01-27	@	ATL	L	96	105				.375		.515	49.4	52.6			.475	25.6		.250	.478	20.1		.211
48	48	1978-01-28		CHI	W	108	96	106.2	94.4	101.7	.083		.478	57.7	78.4	9.8	8.2	.468	11.0	41.2	.055	.424	13.6	73.6	.282
49	49	1978-01-31		DEN	L	115	119	109.1	112.9	105.4	.258		.580	50.6	58.0	8.5	9.2	.562	18.8	37.2	.169	.540	16.5	65.8	.287
50	50	1978-02-02	@	SAS	L	113	123				.206		.508	61.4	46.9		2.2	.480	18.3		.147	.527	16.7		.297
51	51	1978-02-03	@	HOU	L	102	112				.172		.510	48.8	55.6		4.3	.484	16.7		.129	.489	13.2		.213
52	52	1978-02-09		IND	W	126	117				.223		.557	47.9	69.8		7.4	.515	17.5		.194	.453	21.2		.326
53	53	1978-02-11		MIL	W	133	122				.376		.613	54.7	67.9		6.0	.570			.290	.470			.280
54	54	1978-02-12	@	NJN	L	110	112				.320		.497	50.0	53.5			.443			.247	.406			.354
55	55	1978-02-14	@	CLE	L	127	136	100.1	107.2	105.0	.195		.496	45.1	64.3	4.7	8.2	.475	11.1	20.8	.127	.455	8.8	66.7	.327
56	56	1978-02-17	@	DET	W	128	108				.248		.571	48.0	60.0			.545			.178	.452			.258
57	57	1978-02-18		BUF	L	112	122				.327		.500	42.7	71.1			.459			.224	.523			.341
58	58	1978-02-21		SEA	W	122	120	101.5	99.8	120.2	.207		.608	53.8	64.2	9.2	8.6	.576	20.6	21.1	.174	.495	13.8	77.4	.152
59	59	1978-02-25		PHO	W	122	115	96.6	91.1	126.3	.326		.561	57.9	66.7	15.0	8.1	.505	21.6	27.9	.274	.465	20.0	82.7	.232
60	60	1978-02-28		SAS	W	138	123				.355		.558	55.8	67.9		6.1	.523	14.5		.243	.455	18.6		.333
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1978-03-02		POR	W	128	117	122.4	111.9	104.5	.347		.584	54.9	61.5	7.7	4.5	.547	11.3	36.6	.253	.545	13.8	73.2	.239
62	62	1978-03-04		BOS	W	99	91				.355		.563	39.8	66.7			.513	16.2		.276	.381	11.8		.105
63	63	1978-03-05	@	BOS	L	94	112				.174		.380	42.2	40.0			.348	11.4		.122	.495	21.9		.215
64	64	1978-03-07		HOU	W	112	101				.175		.536	57.9	62.5			.495	18.0		.165	.450	12.8		.110
65	65	1978-03-08	@	MIL	L	125	127				.313		.491	47.8	66.0		4.2	.446	16.9		.223	.449	13.4		.178
66	66	1978-03-10	@	IND	L	115	122				.320		.520	48.5	65.2		5.3	.474	14.7		.237	.537	16.2		.211
67	67	1978-03-11		NJN	W	126	117				.622		.550	47.7	65.9			.456			.489	.411			.271
68	68	1978-03-14		LAL	L	117	135	96.0	110.8	121.8	.171		.490	49.1	59.6	7.4	4.8	.468	17.3	33.3	.117	.510	15.0	68.0	.279
69	69	1978-03-17	@	CHI	L	117	129	105.2	116.0	111.2	.178		.507	40.0	48.0	9.9	5.9	.467	6.5	19.6	.159	.500	13.6	63.6	.265
70	70	1978-03-18		PHI	L	127	141				.333		.543	49.0	61.2			.480			.284	.519			.269
71	71	1978-03-19	@	PHI	L	118	125				.278		.487	51.0	59.6		2.1	.435	12.9		.222	.543	14.5		.245
72	72	1978-03-21	@	DEN	W	115	114	108.2	107.2	106.3	.425		.557	47.9	69.8	11.3	7.1	.494	16.9	34.0	.333	.469	14.0	61.7	.224
73	73	1978-03-23	@	PHO	L	108	120	92.1	102.3	117.3	.143		.484	45.7	56.3	16.2	2.0	.457	15.8	27.1	.114	.531	21.2	65.9	.163
74	74	1978-03-25	@	GSW	L	123	133	110.1	119.1	111.7	.288		.525	44.2	51.0	8.1	3.7	.471	11.3	26.0	.240	.549	13.9	69.4	.524
75	75	1978-03-28		DEN	W	106	103				.207		.528	44.9	65.9			.478	15.9		.196	.468	21.3		.160
76	76	1978-03-30		WSB	L	108	123				.202		.455	43.6	52.2			.422			.147	.520			.190
77	77	1978-03-31	@	NOJ	W	117	116				.433		.546	45.2	53.5			.478	12.3		.344	.511	15.0		.239
78	78	1978-04-02	@	WSB	W	114	109				.261		.556	50.5	61.7			.511			.217	.412			.245
79	79	1978-04-04		ATL	L	101	105				.625		.495	52.4	60.6			.413			.438	.506			.351
80	80	1978-04-06		DET	W	129	125				.204		.548	53.3	70.2			.528			.139	.459			.229
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1978-04-07	@	KCK	W	125	112				.364		.612	59.1	52.0		6.3	.568			.284	.479			.208
82	82	1978-04-08	@	BUF	W	118	107				.382		.568	43.0	63.0			.517			.292	.466			.284

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