1980-81 New York Knicks Game Log

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Record: 50-32, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Red Holzman (50-32)

Executive: Eddie Donovan

PTS/G: 107.9 (12th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 106.3 (9th of 23)

SRS: 2.00 (8th of 23) Pace: 101.0 (12th of 23)

Off Rtg: 106.0 (12th of 23) Def Rtg: 104.4 (8th of 23) Net Rtg: +1.6 (8th of 23)

Expected W-L: 45-37 (8th of 23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) Attendance: 544,641 (3rd of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-2) versus Chicago Bulls (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	1980-10-11		MIL	W	114	109	41	90	.456	1	4	.250	31	43	.721		38	21	11	3	15	31	40	80	.500	1	1	1.000	28	35	.800		36	20	7	5	20	34
2	2	1980-10-14		PHI	W	113	93	48	99	.485	0	1	.000	17	21	.810		46	32		3	15	20	37	86	.430	0	2	.000	19	27	.704		51	22		5	24	18
3	3	1980-10-17	@	ATL	L	101	113	37	92	.402	0	5	.000	27	38	.711		41	19		6	23	31	44	81	.543	0	1	.000	25	30	.833		53	24		10	26	37
4	4	1980-10-21		CHI	W	105	97	38	84	.452	2	4	.500	27	36	.750	9	34	22	13	7	17	19	42	89	.472	0	2	.000	13	20	.650	21	51	16	8	4	24	28
5	5	1980-10-23	@	BOS	W	109	107	43	104	.413	2	4	.500	21	34	.618	18	51	28	10	2	15	21	47	101	.465	1	2	.500	12	15	.800	18	55	38	6	10	29	27
6	6	1980-10-25		NJN	W	105	101	43	90	.478	0			19	22	.864		39	25				24	38	82	.463	1			24	29	.828		47	19				24
7	7	1980-10-29	@	IND	L	95	102	42	79	.532	0	3	.000	11	26	.423		43	29	6	8	17	22	43	98	.439	0	1	.000	16	22	.727		50	23	16	4	25	22
8	8	1980-10-30		ATL	W	116	115	44	87	.506	0			28	32	.875		44	24				33	42	80	.525	0			31	46	.674		36	22				24
9	9	1980-11-01		WSB	W	111	93	42	92	.457	0			27	34	.794		51	21				21	38	92	.413	2			15	22	.682		45	24				27
10	10	1980-11-05	@	KCK	L	102	111	37	87	.425	2			26	33	.788		43	16	9	4		27	48	94	.511	0			15	20	.750		51	30	9	4		28
11	11	1980-11-07	@	DEN	W	124	115	50	93	.538	2	8	.250	22	32	.688	16	43	27	8	5	15	24	46	89	.517	1	5	.200	22	30	.733	15	47	26	7	3	19	26
12	12	1980-11-08	@	UTA	W	109	102	36	73	.493	0	3	.000	37	44	.841		40	17		4		22	42	87	.483	1	3	.333	17	21	.810		43	24		4		31
13	13	1980-11-11		DET	W	149	118	62	101	.614	1			24	25	.960		48	31				26	46	92	.500	1			25	33	.758		32	27				19
14	14	1980-11-12	@	PHI	W	125	113	53	99	.535	1	3	.333	18	28	.643	16	47	34	17	5	17	24	44	95	.463	1	7	.143	24	29	.828	17	49	30	11	13	24	21
15	15	1980-11-14	@	MIL	L	106	125	44	92	.478	0	0		18	24	.750	13	35	37	11	8	24	28	53	100	.530	0	0		19	23	.826	17	46	34	14	5	19	23
16	16	1980-11-15		CLE	W	100	95	36	78	.462	0	1	.000	28	33	.848	10	38	23	11	3	21	18	44	94	.468	0	1	.000	7	10	.700	14	41	26		2		27
17	17	1980-11-18		PHI	L	99	113	41	85	.482	1	3	.333	16	23	.696	9	39	21	4	3	20	23	46	87	.529	0	1	.000	21	28	.750	13	41	30	11	4	18	23
18	18	1980-11-21	@	CHI	L	121	130	47	86	.547	0	2	.000	27	31	.871	12	31	22	10	2	12	22	53	88	.602	0	0		24	25	.960	17	44	27	6	6	16	24
19	19	1980-11-22		GSW	L	110	116	36	85	.424	0	2	.000	38	53	.717	21	43	13	15	5	16	28	48	86	.558	0	0		20	28	.714	11	40	26	7	1	22	36
20	20	1980-11-24		HOU	W	113	110	47	105	.448	0			19	24	.792	19	47	25	11	3	16	21	50	86	.581	1			9	12	.750	9	40	28	5	1	27	25
								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	1980-11-26	@	CLE	W	119	113	44	94	.468	1			30	41	.732		44	20				19	49	103	.476	1			14	15	.933		49	31				26
22	22	1980-11-28	@	BOS	L	106	120	40	97	.412	0	1	.000	26	29	.897	12	31	23	12	7	13	16	50	95	.526	1	2	.500	19	21	.905	16	56	31	7	10	25	23
23	23	1980-11-29		POR	W	111	110	44	85	.518	1	2	.500	22	29	.759	10	41	22	9	5	14	20	47	106	.443	0	0		16	21	.762	27	56	23	10	5	13	21
24	24	1980-12-02		IND	L	96	113	42	90	.467	1	6	.167	11	16	.688		40	22	4	2	22	22	48	86	.558	0	1	.000	17	22	.773		41	26	11	6	14	22
25	25	1980-12-03	@	PHI	L	98	104	36	94	.383	2	4	.500	24	35	.686	16	41	19	11	4	20	24	40	83	.482	0	0		24	30	.800	16	58	26	12	17	29	25
26	26	1980-12-06		MIL	W	104	94	44	93	.473	0	3	.000	16	19	.842		41	32	11	4	13	21	37	81	.457	1	2	.500	19	24	.792		44	22	7	6	21	16
27	27	1980-12-09		WSB	W	107	104	44	89	.494	1			18	27	.667		53	20				19	45	107	.421	0			14	16	.875		50	25				21
28	28	1980-12-10	@	NJN	W	106	104	40	87	.460	0			26	29	.897		33	26				24	40	70	.571	0			24	28	.857		37	31				21
29	29	1980-12-11	@	MIL	L	107	119	48	90	.533	0	3	.000	11	15	.733		32	27	12	2	18	21	52	94	.553	0	0		15	21	.714		49	35	9	3	20	14
30	30	1980-12-13		DET	W	100	94	42	83	.506	0			16	19	.842		37	18				26	38	81	.469	0			18	28	.643		42	28				21
31	31	1980-12-16		UTA	W	112	97	45	86	.523	0	5	.000	22	27	.815		41	28		4		22	41	76	.539	1	1	1.000	14	18	.778		29	21		2		24
32	32	1980-12-17	@	DET	W	119	103	45	82	.549	0	0		29	37	.784		48	19				27	43	95	.453	0	1	.000	17	27	.630		38	20				26
33	33	1980-12-19	@	WSB	W	102	96	38	90	.422	0			26	32	.813		45	18				23	39	83	.470	1			17	25	.680		39	27				23
34	34	1980-12-20		DEN	W	120	114	47	100	.470	0	0		26	34	.765	19	49	21	11	5	21	27	44	90	.489	0	2	.000	26	35	.743	20	47	24	7	6	21	28
35	35	1980-12-23	@	CHI	L	114	117	39	91	.429	0	3	.000	36	49	.735	14	42	16	14	4	17	23	47	92	.511	0	1	.000	23	28	.821	12	53	27	8	8	22	34
36	36	1980-12-25		BOS	L	108	117	43	93	.462	0	4	.000	22	29	.759	15	37	20	7	5	15	27	47	83	.566	2	3	.667	21	27	.778	8	39	29	4	2	18	25
37	37	1980-12-27		KCK	W	100	99	41	93	.441	0			18	25	.720		47	26	8	3		19	42	87	.483	0			15	22	.682		44	27	12	6		23
38	38	1980-12-30		DAL	W	100	98	42	85	.494	0	1	.000	16	18	.889		39	22	9	4	15	17	44	88	.500	0	1	.000	10	13	.769		43	28	5	2	17	16
39	39	1981-01-02	@	DET	L	100	102	37	79	.468	2			24	33	.727		41	18				28	42	79	.532	0			18	24	.750		36	27				28
40	40	1981-01-03		ATL	W	131	95	45	101	.446	1			40	48	.833		47	32				25	35	76	.461	0			25	31	.806		41	14			30	31
								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	1981-01-06		SAS	L	108	113	40	89	.449	0	2	.000	28	36	.778		39	22	11	3	16	23	44	72	.611	0	0		25	33	.758		36	22	7	5	17	27
42	42	1981-01-08		IND	L	115	116	43	91	.473	0	1	.000	29	33	.879		43	24	12	3	26	19	52	92	.565	1	1	1.000	11	20	.550		41	26	14	6	26	22
43	43	1981-01-10	@	CLE	W	104	99	43	88	.489	1			17	25	.680		47	27		10		23	43	97	.443	1			12	14	.857		43	23		6		25
44	44	1981-01-13		BOS	L	89	93	37	86	.430	0	0		15	26	.577	17	41	26	10	0	20	18	42	81	.519	1	1	1.000	8	10	.800	9	40	28	10	4	17	21
45	45	1981-01-14	@	SAS	L	105	116	42	87	.483	2	5	.400	19	30	.633		32	21	9	4	14	23	50	97	.515	0	0		16	27	.593		57	33	4	13	15	23
46	46	1981-01-16	@	DAL	L	110	118	46	91	.505	0	4	.000	18	23	.783		41	26	8	2	16	28	44	83	.530	0	0		30	40	.750		40	31	6	4	13	21
47	47	1981-01-17	@	HOU	W	99	98	39	86	.453	1			20	27	.741		32	20	9	2	7	21	42	73	.575	0			14	17	.824		49	29	4	7	20	25
48	48	1981-01-20		SEA	W	98	97	41	91	.451	0	1	.000	16	19	.842	16	47	23	10	5	14	15	44	85	.518	1	3	.333	8	10	.800	8	34	27	9	7	15	20
49	49	1981-01-22	@	SDC	W	100	93	44	94	.468	0	0		12	20	.600		39	22	14	3	11	18	39	82	.476	2	4	.500	13	19	.684		49	22	6	7	24	19
50	50	1981-01-23	@	POR	L	90	117	37	94	.394	0	1	.000	16	25	.640	22	48	15	8	5	23	14	51	93	.548	0	1	.000	15	19	.789	15	50	34	13	5	15	20
51	51	1981-01-24	@	GSW	L	110	117	46	89	.517	0	3	.000	18	28	.643	14	39	25	9	3	18	30	45	70	.643	0	0		27	36	.750	5	35	28	6	1	24	26
52	52	1981-01-26		PHO	L	94	99	33	87	.379	2	5	.400	26	32	.813	7	38	17	12	1	20	32	36	71	.507	1	1	1.000	26	35	.743	5	46	22	13	4	25	30
53	53	1981-01-29	@	ATL	W	114	111	49	78	.628	0	1	.000	16	21	.762		29	22		4	20	28	40	74	.541	1	2	.500	30	33	.909		33	18		5	18	21
54	54	1981-02-03		SDC	W	101	98	36	78	.462	0	2	.000	29	30	.967		34	19	7	1	15	24	37	83	.446	1	4	.250	23	29	.793		48	15	7	0	15	28
55	55	1981-02-06	@	CHI	W	112	94	46	85	.541	0	3	.000	20	27	.741	11	33	23	15	3	23	28	37	79	.468	1	7	.143	19	28	.679	17	46	20	6	7	28	28
56	56	1981-02-07		NJN	W	113	106	43	86	.500	1			26	37	.703		42	25				25	39	84	.464	1			27	35	.771		41	25				27
57	57	1981-02-08	@	NJN	W	116	102	46	85	.541	1			23	31	.742		31	32				17	45	86	.523	1			11	12	.917		40	30				24
58	58	1981-02-12	@	CLE	W	122	111	45	73	.616	2	3	.667	30	36	.833	7	33	21	11	4	17	28	44	98	.449	1	4	.250	22	26	.846	27	48	23	7	3	18	24
59	59	1981-02-13		DET	W	120	92	54	90	.600	1			11	17	.647		26	40	16			23	39	71	.549	0			14	22	.636		36	19				20
60	60	1981-02-15	@	PHO	W	115	101	43	75	.573	0	2	.000	29	35	.829	7	28	28	15	1	17	24	37	77	.481	2	5	.400	25	29	.862	21	46	18	12	1	28	29
								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	1981-02-17	@	LAL	L	87	96	34	84	.405	1	5	.200	18	22	.818	13	45	27	10	2	20	21	40	74	.541	0	0		16	30	.533	7	40	28	13	9	17	22
62	62	1981-02-18	@	SEA	W	105	103	40	82	.488	0	1	.000	25	35	.714	9	29	25	14	1	12	30	37	81	.457	1	2	.500	28	35	.800	20	50	20	6	4	21	28
63	63	1981-02-20		WSB	W	124	112	48	88	.545	1			27	37	.730		39	30			9	21	48	94	.511	1			15	21	.714		48	31				25
64	64	1981-02-22		LAL	L	93	96	43	94	.457	1	3	.333	6	11	.545	18	41	29	9	1	14	22	39	73	.534	0	0		18	24	.750	7	40	23	10	10	19	16
65	65	1981-02-24	@	ATL	W	120	117	45	88	.511	1	3	.333	29	44	.659		42	18		2	20	34	38	77	.494	0	2	.000	41	55	.745		50	21		5	27	37
66	66	1981-02-25	@	WSB	L	105	120	45	96	.469	1			14	20	.700		34	23				23	52	87	.598	0			16	19	.842		43	36				21
67	67	1981-02-28		CHI	L	97	101	36	80	.450	0	3	.000	25	40	.625	16	46	20	9	0	15	24	41	85	.482	0	0		19	25	.760	12	42	25	10	5	13	28
68	68	1981-03-03		ATL	L	93	100	37	94	.394	1	8	.125	18	30	.600		49	22		3	19	35	34	79	.430	0	1	.000	32	50	.640		50	17		8	22	27
69	69	1981-03-05	@	DET	W	104	101	44	95	.463	0	0		16	22	.727		57	26				20	43	97	.443	0	2	.000	15	19	.789		46	25				21
70	70	1981-03-06		MIL	L	111	122	45	95	.474	1	7	.143	20	25	.800		35	28	8	3	18	27	47	85	.553	0	1	.000	28	33	.848	12	45	27	10	2	20	26
71	71	1981-03-08	@	BOS	L	94	115	41	94	.436	2	2	1.000	10	14	.714	14	42	23	10	7	24	15	53	100	.530	0	2	.000	9	13	.692	14	47	32	12	10	19	17
72	72	1981-03-11	@	PHI	L	95	115	37	91	.407	1	4	.250	20	27	.741		47	26		6	20	26	48	90	.533	0	0		19	28	.679		45	35		12	16	24
73	73	1981-03-13		CHI	W	127	117	49	83	.590	2	5	.400	27	36	.750	11	41	28	18	3	22	29	44	90	.489	5	14	.357	24	33	.727	14	36	21	10	3	23	25
74	74	1981-03-15		PHI	W	120	109	50	85	.588	0	2	.000	20	30	.667	12	37	31	12	1	18	21	46	88	.523	2	3	.667	15	24	.625	17	42	23	10	4	23	26
75	75	1981-03-17		IND	W	114	89	51	95	.537	3	5	.600	9	15	.600		46	35	10	4	19	20	39	89	.438	0	4	.000	11	24	.458		37	23	13	6	21	17
76	76	1981-03-18	@	MIL	W	116	103	45	90	.500	2	4	.500	24	29	.828		40	27	8	3	13	21	44	87	.506	0	8	.000	15	21	.714	13	41	30	4	4	18	26
77	77	1981-03-20	@	IND	W	110	107	42	78	.538	2	3	.667	24	30	.800		38	26	8	2	22	25	40	83	.482	0	2	.000	27	32	.844		38	23	6	3	15	19
78	78	1981-03-21		CLE	W	119	105	46	89	.517	1			26	35	.743		55	30		6		22	43	87	.494	1			18	25	.720		32	26		4		23
79	79	1981-03-24		BOS	L	116	118	47	97	.485	1	2	.500	21	32	.656	17	41	25	13	4	16	27	47	89	.528	0	0		24	31	.774	13	47	24	7	9	19	26
80	80	1981-03-25	@	WSB	L	84	105	35	97	.361	1			13	16	.813		49	19				24	43	100	.430	0			19	29	.655		62	28				16
								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	1981-03-28	@	NJN	W	90	88	37	79	.468	2			14	25	.560		42	19				13	38	91	.418	0			12	12	1.000		37	17				24
82	82	1981-03-29		NJN	W	103	95	42	73	.575	0			19	25	.760		35	25				19	40	79	.506	1			14	21	.667		29	21				24

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