1997-98 New York Knicks Game Log

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

Coach: Jeff Van Gundy (43-39)

Executive: Ernie Grunfeld

PTS/G: 91.6 (25th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 89.1 (2nd of 29)

SRS: 2.74 (11th of 29) Pace: 88.2 (25th of 29)

Off Rtg: 103.0 (20th of 29) Def Rtg: 100.3 (4th of 29) Net Rtg: +2.8 (11th of 29)

Expected W-L: 49-33 (11th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1000, Over-Under 53.5

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) Attendance: 810,283 (5th of 29)

NBA 1998 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Miami Heat (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Indiana Pacers (Series Stats)

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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	1997-10-31	@	CHH	W	97	85	36	69	.522	3	10	.300	22	34	.647	6	37	27	5	6	17	38	26	70	.371	3	13	.231	30	44	.682	13	42	16	4	2	18	32
2	2	1997-11-02		DET	L	86	94	32	74	.432	5	18	.278	17	24	.708	14	45	18	3	9	21	28	31	70	.443	3	3	1.000	29	36	.806	9	28	14	14	2	11	21
3	3	1997-11-04		BOS	W	102	70	33	68	.485	3	11	.273	33	43	.767	13	54	19	14	7	24	24	27	77	.351	5	19	.263	11	16	.688	5	29	18	14	1	22	30
4	4	1997-11-06	@	PHO	W	105	75	43	89	.483	7	10	.700	12	16	.750	12	52	28	7	3	11	24	28	79	.354	1	14	.071	18	25	.720	7	37	16	5	2	11	20
5	5	1997-11-07	@	LAL	L	94	99	32	78	.410	3	15	.200	27	29	.931	11	41	19	5	6	16	33	31	75	.413	2	14	.143	35	47	.745	13	46	19	12	6	14	22
6	6	1997-11-09	@	SAC	L	78	86	35	78	.449	0	12	.000	8	18	.444	13	36	23	7	2	17	24	30	79	.380	4	11	.364	22	27	.815	17	50	20	8	6	22	17
7	7	1997-11-11		DEN	W	93	90	36	74	.486	5	16	.313	16	22	.727	12	39	28	13	7	19	21	35	78	.449	3	9	.333	17	20	.850	13	36	17	9	1	20	20
8	8	1997-11-12	@	TOR	W	93	70	37	81	.457	3	13	.231	16	21	.762	14	45	27	9	6	19	18	27	81	.333	3	14	.214	13	17	.765	14	38	17	11	10	19	22
9	9	1997-11-15		SAC	W	114	87	41	75	.547	6	10	.600	26	28	.929	11	43	24	9	4	15	27	34	75	.453	3	12	.250	16	26	.615	6	23	25	7	5	14	27
10	10	1997-11-18	@	HOU	L	84	95	28	76	.368	4	16	.250	24	31	.774	11	40	12	8	8	20	31	28	72	.389	5	18	.278	34	40	.850	7	36	19	8	3	15	25
11	11	1997-11-20	@	ATL	W	100	79	44	84	.524	5	10	.500	7	15	.467	14	45	19	8	1	10	23	28	75	.373	1	9	.111	22	26	.846	10	37	11	6	2	11	21
12	12	1997-11-21	@	WAS	W	104	82	42	79	.532	3	10	.300	17	22	.773	10	46	26	7	4	18	23	30	84	.357	3	8	.375	19	28	.679	15	40	18	12	4	12	20
13	13	1997-11-23		VAN	W	104	84	41	81	.506	3	11	.273	19	29	.655	15	48	32	9	3	13	26	27	78	.346	4	15	.267	26	31	.839	10	34	19	8	2	13	25
14	14	1997-11-28	@	DET	L	78	86	24	69	.348	4	14	.286	26	32	.813	5	37	16	6	10	14	25	30	72	.417	4	13	.308	22	29	.759	5	42	19	6	5	16	26
15	15	1997-11-29		PHO	W	102	80	37	81	.457	3	9	.333	25	29	.862	13	46	25	13	3	18	18	33	83	.398	6	24	.250	8	11	.727	11	38	22	11	2	21	19
16	16	1997-12-02	@	SAS	L	84	90	32	81	.395	1	11	.091	19	26	.731	14	45	18	8	5	13	28	32	71	.451	1	3	.333	25	45	.556	13	44	22	10	5	14	20
17	17	1997-12-04	@	DAL	L	91	105	38	76	.500	4	11	.364	11	12	.917	11	43	21	4	5	21	27	37	81	.457	12	22	.545	19	24	.792	11	37	17	7	4	14	18
18	18	1997-12-06		CHH	W	90	79	33	72	.458	6	10	.600	18	23	.783	10	49	24	6	3	24	26	28	79	.354	1	11	.091	22	28	.786	12	37	14	17	2	17	23
19	19	1997-12-07	@	PHI	L	78	93	29	83	.349	3	17	.176	17	19	.895	18	43	18	11	1	18	24	33	68	.485	4	6	.667	23	30	.767	9	38	26	7	6	20	26
20	20	1997-12-09	@	CHI	L	82	100	29	81	.358	4	14	.286	20	31	.645	17	44	16	9	5	18	25	33	74	.446	5	8	.625	29	34	.853	12	43	17	6	5	18	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	1997-12-11		MIN	W	107	103	33	83	.398	5	16	.313	36	44	.818	13	39	18	9	4	14	27	37	78	.474	3	9	.333	26	34	.765	9	43	22	5	4	17	32
22	22	1997-12-13		PHI	W	95	83	38	83	.458	6	16	.375	13	18	.722	21	50	25	8	8	15	23	30	76	.395	3	14	.214	20	23	.870	15	43	11	5	2	16	17
23	23	1997-12-16		DET	W	83	78	36	79	.456	2	9	.222	9	15	.600	9	41	20	9	5	15	17	31	78	.397	1	9	.111	15	20	.750	15	48	20	9	6	21	19
24	24	1997-12-17	@	IND	L	80	87	31	81	.383	4	12	.333	14	20	.700	11	50	17	4	8	10	28	30	80	.375	4	11	.364	23	30	.767	9	44	23	2	4	7	19
25	25	1997-12-19	@	CLE	W	104	77	39	77	.506	4	13	.308	22	29	.759	8	35	28	12	7	13	22	29	74	.392	2	9	.222	17	21	.810	10	39	21	8	4	20	22
26	26	1997-12-20	@	MIL	L	78	98	28	73	.384	4	13	.308	18	26	.692	11	36	18	9	2	15	20	35	72	.486	5	7	.714	23	32	.719	13	47	19	6	4	13	19
27	27	1997-12-22		DAL	W	79	67	35	86	.407	4	9	.444	5	7	.714	18	44	17	6	2	8	12	24	62	.387	4	15	.267	15	16	.938	6	36	13	2	1	15	10
28	28	1997-12-27		TOR	L	94	97	36	73	.493	3	16	.188	19	25	.760	10	38	24	8	1	16	22	36	71	.507	8	16	.500	17	22	.773	8	34	14	9	3	18	19
29	29	1997-12-30	@	ORL	W	84	79	33	71	.465	5	8	.625	13	21	.619	10	37	24	11	5	19	27	25	69	.362	4	17	.235	25	31	.806	12	35	16	5	6	19	22
30	30	1998-01-02	@	NJN	L	98	103	39	85	.459	9	26	.346	11	20	.550	16	35	20	8	1	13	31	30	66	.455	4	14	.286	39	50	.780	15	41	17	7	3	17	20
31	31	1998-01-03		ORL	W	88	84	31	68	.456	5	8	.625	21	26	.808	13	38	20	8	3	18	28	25	65	.385	5	14	.357	29	40	.725	12	32	14	12	3	17	20
32	32	1998-01-05		WAS	L	106	113	40	80	.500	8	19	.421	18	24	.750	9	35	25	2	1	13	26	43	74	.581	3	8	.375	24	37	.649	9	38	28	9	3	10	21
33	33	1998-01-07		NJN	W	89	88	35	86	.407	4	16	.250	15	21	.714	17	57	17	6	7	19	27	27	86	.314	5	15	.333	29	35	.829	16	50	12	13	4	12	20
34	34	1998-01-09		CHI	L	89	90	32	75	.427	3	11	.273	22	23	.957	6	37	18	1	5	15	24	36	77	.468	3	9	.333	15	22	.682	3	31	18	7	4	12	21
35	35	1998-01-11		SEA	W	92	91	33	80	.413	8	23	.348	18	24	.750	16	41	22	5	1	10	20	36	74	.486	4	16	.250	15	15	1.000	9	35	21	4	2	17	26
36	36	1998-01-13		ATL	L	89	91	30	74	.405	10	15	.667	19	27	.704	18	39	22	5	3	16	22	34	72	.472	2	10	.200	21	25	.840	14	41	13	8	3	17	22
37	37	1998-01-17	@	TOR	W	93	82	34	80	.425	9	20	.450	16	18	.889	10	44	25	10	5	14	22	30	74	.405	6	14	.429	16	24	.667	9	35	22	5	14	15	18
38	38	1998-01-19		BOS	W	98	82	32	70	.457	4	12	.333	30	36	.833	13	51	23	7	3	21	16	32	79	.405	9	18	.500	9	15	.600	5	30	22	12	2	16	27
39	39	1998-01-21		IND	W	97	89	39	78	.500	4	13	.308	15	20	.750	13	45	24	8	3	11	23	29	65	.446	10	16	.625	21	25	.840	3	29	18	7	4	13	20
40	40	1998-01-24	@	DET	W	99	92	38	76	.500	8	13	.615	15	18	.833	9	39	22	6	1	13	23	33	72	.458	2	9	.222	24	30	.800	11	40	20	8	2	12	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
41	41	1998-01-26	@	BOS	L	85	94	32	79	.405	5	21	.238	16	18	.889	15	41	18	14	0	22	26	31	65	.477	7	18	.389	25	30	.833	8	31	25	12	6	22	15
42	42	1998-01-28	@	MIA	L	82	86	30	85	.353	5	16	.313	17	22	.773	21	51	15	4	1	14	23	31	69	.449	7	23	.304	17	22	.773	4	32	20	7	6	11	22
43	43	1998-01-29		MIL	L	112	115	38	83	.458	9	18	.500	27	35	.771	14	45	25	6	4	19	24	41	82	.500	6	12	.500	27	35	.771	10	41	22	10	3	14	29
44	44	1998-02-01		MIA	W	89	83	32	73	.438	2	10	.200	23	26	.885	5	35	20	6	5	12	29	27	78	.346	2	15	.133	27	37	.730	14	46	15	7	1	12	26
45	45	1998-02-03	@	MIL	L	78	82	30	69	.435	5	16	.313	13	13	1.000	10	38	18	12	0	24	20	32	71	.451	3	5	.600	15	21	.714	9	35	20	15	3	17	17
46	46	1998-02-04	@	MIN	L	88	95	30	70	.429	7	17	.412	21	28	.750	6	35	20	6	3	16	25	38	79	.481	1	6	.167	18	23	.783	8	36	31	7	3	15	23
47	47	1998-02-10		CHH	W	99	91	39	76	.513	5	13	.385	16	21	.762	11	37	24	4	4	14	21	31	73	.425	5	10	.500	24	33	.727	17	40	18	8	1	14	22
48	48	1998-02-13	@	ORL	W	99	83	38	67	.567	3	10	.300	20	27	.741	12	39	23	8	4	15	28	29	77	.377	0	7	.000	25	33	.758	14	34	19	8	5	11	21
49	49	1998-02-15		CLE	W	102	91	34	76	.447	7	19	.368	27	30	.900	12	45	19	8	3	14	25	34	81	.420	4	11	.364	19	30	.633	12	38	26	7	0	13	22
50	50	1998-02-17	@	DEN	W	91	77	34	79	.430	8	17	.471	15	23	.652	16	46	18	6	3	9	17	31	78	.397	3	13	.231	12	19	.632	16	43	14	5	9	10	23
51	51	1998-02-18	@	UTA	L	78	94	32	77	.416	3	15	.200	11	23	.478	10	39	14	10	3	17	28	32	70	.457	2	7	.286	28	40	.700	12	44	22	15	5	12	18
52	52	1998-02-20	@	POR	W	98	89	39	79	.494	3	11	.273	17	24	.708	15	39	26	8	4	16	22	28	69	.406	2	18	.111	31	36	.861	10	36	14	6	2	18	24
53	53	1998-02-22		HOU	W	92	74	38	84	.452	10	19	.526	6	8	.750	13	51	21	8	3	15	16	29	77	.377	4	16	.250	12	17	.706	7	38	15	9	1	15	12
54	54	1998-02-24		GSW	L	82	87	32	79	.405	6	20	.300	12	16	.750	11	46	19	10	3	17	22	35	86	.407	1	9	.111	16	18	.889	13	46	18	9	6	12	14
55	55	1998-02-26		MIL	W	102	90	39	74	.527	7	17	.412	17	21	.810	6	27	27	13	2	12	22	34	71	.479	3	10	.300	19	21	.905	12	40	18	5	2	19	20
56	56	1998-03-01		LAL	W	101	89	32	71	.451	6	13	.462	31	37	.838	9	39	20	8	0	11	25	30	73	.411	4	14	.286	25	34	.735	11	38	14	5	2	16	28
57	57	1998-03-03		NJN	W	94	91	35	80	.438	4	16	.250	20	22	.909	13	45	25	6	4	11	29	33	74	.446	1	10	.100	24	34	.706	10	37	21	8	2	10	19
58	58	1998-03-05	@	WAS	L	90	103	31	74	.419	4	15	.267	24	28	.857	15	41	16	7	2	17	25	40	85	.471	5	19	.263	18	25	.720	12	39	21	10	1	12	20
59	59	1998-03-06	@	PHI	L	71	80	31	73	.425	5	20	.250	4	7	.571	7	35	20	5	4	15	29	28	70	.400	1	8	.125	23	30	.767	12	45	19	8	7	13	17
60	60	1998-03-08		CHI	L	89	102	38	76	.500	5	15	.333	8	16	.500	6	33	24	3	1	12	17	41	89	.461	8	15	.533	12	18	.667	17	48	22	6	2	10	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
61	61	1998-03-10		ORL	W	85	78	34	78	.436	5	17	.294	12	15	.800	13	49	21	10	1	13	15	30	78	.385	5	17	.294	13	19	.684	13	40	16	4	1	11	15
62	62	1998-03-11	@	CHH	L	78	85	29	83	.349	3	17	.176	17	17	1.000	12	47	19	8	2	11	24	31	76	.408	5	11	.455	18	27	.667	10	45	21	4	6	11	18
63	63	1998-03-14	@	CLE	L	85	88	31	86	.360	5	16	.313	18	21	.857	16	43	18	8	6	16	30	32	68	.471	4	8	.500	20	29	.690	4	39	23	8	5	19	23
64	64	1998-03-15		IND	L	86	91	34	80	.425	5	15	.333	13	18	.722	9	38	22	5	3	8	14	34	68	.500	9	18	.500	14	17	.824	5	34	22	4	6	14	20
65	65	1998-03-17		PHI	W	100	96	38	72	.528	4	10	.400	20	23	.870	9	45	28	8	2	21	27	31	78	.397	5	18	.278	29	39	.744	11	35	20	14	1	14	22
66	66	1998-03-19		POR	L	77	82	30	78	.385	5	15	.333	12	13	.923	10	34	20	7	3	13	20	31	65	.477	3	12	.250	17	23	.739	10	45	19	2	3	20	17
67	67	1998-03-20		ATL	W	109	108	47	85	.553	5	12	.417	10	15	.667	17	36	35	5	4	8	28	36	67	.537	4	10	.400	32	39	.821	13	31	17	3	3	8	17
68	68	1998-03-22		UTA	L	119	124	45	91	.495	6	17	.353	23	33	.697	14	39	28	13	1	15	34	45	79	.570	7	12	.583	27	38	.711	7	41	34	5	2	22	28
69	69	1998-03-24	@	GSW	W	88	75	38	75	.507	5	15	.333	7	7	1.000	6	33	33	13	8	16	14	31	72	.431	1	3	.333	12	16	.750	14	40	20	7	0	21	13
70	70	1998-03-25	@	LAC	W	77	76	33	85	.388	4	11	.364	7	8	.875	11	46	17	8	1	14	16	31	81	.383	5	17	.294	9	15	.600	11	45	17	6	6	18	9
71	71	1998-03-27	@	VAN	W	97	89	37	80	.463	3	12	.250	20	26	.769	15	47	23	7	0	19	19	33	83	.398	2	11	.182	21	26	.808	14	43	26	14	5	15	23
72	72	1998-03-28	@	SEA	L	78	104	33	78	.423	4	13	.308	8	11	.727	14	39	20	10	0	23	18	43	79	.544	11	21	.524	7	10	.700	8	34	30	13	6	18	14
73	73	1998-03-31		SAS	L	78	95	36	82	.439	2	13	.154	4	7	.571	11	33	25	6	1	8	22	35	72	.486	5	10	.500	20	29	.690	14	47	20	6	6	12	14
74	74	1998-04-02		LAC	W	81	70	33	79	.418	3	8	.375	12	13	.923	8	37	22	12	1	13	15	25	70	.357	5	20	.250	15	18	.833	6	39	13	9	6	22	14
75	75	1998-04-04	@	NJN	L	94	97	34	70	.486	6	14	.429	20	24	.833	8	30	19	5	2	18	23	41	77	.532	0	5	.000	15	18	.833	7	36	18	12	5	13	22
76	76	1998-04-05	@	BOS	L	92	102	35	76	.461	3	10	.300	19	25	.760	9	40	18	16	3	23	22	37	78	.474	7	16	.438	21	30	.700	10	39	29	15	4	20	21
77	77	1998-04-07	@	ATL	L	79	92	33	82	.402	5	11	.455	8	9	.889	10	37	25	3	5	7	31	31	71	.437	1	12	.083	29	44	.659	12	47	13	4	8	6	17
78	78	1998-04-08		MIA	W	83	80	29	79	.367	3	16	.188	22	26	.846	12	47	21	7	1	12	23	29	72	.403	5	17	.294	17	25	.680	8	41	24	5	2	15	27
79	79	1998-04-12	@	MIA	L	81	82	31	79	.392	3	10	.300	16	19	.842	8	42	17	6	1	13	29	27	70	.386	5	23	.217	23	34	.676	5	43	15	5	4	12	25
80	80	1998-04-14		WAS	L	102	104	34	80	.425	3	12	.250	31	34	.912	13	37	19	9	2	15	29	37	71	.521	7	12	.583	23	40	.575	12	42	26	8	6	18	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
81	81	1998-04-16		TOR	W	108	79	45	96	.469	5	9	.556	13	19	.684	20	59	25	8	2	14	19	25	76	.329	4	19	.211	25	32	.781	9	41	12	8	4	14	21
82	82	1998-04-18	@	CHI	L	109	111	47	88	.534	2	12	.167	13	18	.722	11	38	31	5	3	11	29	34	77	.442	2	11	.182	41	49	.837	8	35	26	5	4	9	18

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