1959–60 New York Knicks season | |
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Head coach | Andrew Levane Carl Braun |
General manager | Fred Podesta Vince Boryla |
Arena | Madison Square Garden |
Results | |
Record | 27–48 (.360) |
Place | Division: 4th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WPIX |
Radio | WINS |
The 1959–60 NBA season was the Knicks' 14th season in the NBA.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Boston Celtics | 59 | 16 | .787 | – | 25–2 | 24–9 | 10–5 | 28–11 |
x-Philadelphia Warriors | 49 | 26 | .653 | 10 | 22–6 | 12–19 | 15–1 | 22–17 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 45 | 30 | .600 | 14 | 25–4 | 12–19 | 8–7 | 21–18 |
New York Knicks | 27 | 48 | .360 | 32 | 13–18 | 9–19 | 5–11 | 7–32 |
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
[edit]1959-60 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | — | 8–1 | 9–0 | 8–1 | 12–1 | 8–5 | 6–3 | 8–5 |
Cincinnati | 1–8 | — | 5–8 | 5–8 | 2–7 | 0–9 | 4–9 | 2–7 |
Detroit | 0–9 | 8–5 | — | 7–6 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 5–8 | 4–5 |
Minneapolis | 1–8 | 8–5 | 6–7 | — | 4–5 | 2–7 | 3–10 | 1–8 |
New York | 1–12 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 5–4 | — | 4–9 | 3–6 | 2–11 |
Philadelphia | 5–8 | 9–0 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 9–4 | — | 4–5 | 8–5 |
St. Louis | 3–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 10–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | — | 5–4 |
Syracuse | 5–8 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 8–1 | 11–2 | 5–8 | 4–5 | — |
Game log
[edit]1959–60 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 24 | Philadelphia | 118–109 | Ken Sears (35) | 0–1 | |||||
2 | October 31 | Boston | 123–109 | Richie Guerin (25) | 0–2 | |||||
3 | November 3 | N Minneapolis | 99–93 | Richie Guerin (35) | 1–2 | |||||
4 | November 4 | @ Detroit | 107–101 | Richie Guerin (27) | 2–2 | |||||
5 | November 7 | @ St. Louis | 113–117 | Guerin, Naulls (26) | 2–3 | |||||
6 | November 10 | @ Philadelphia | 125–126 | Naulls, Sobieszczyk (26) | 2–4 | |||||
7 | November 12 | Syracuse | 113–104 | Richie Guerin (22) | 2–5 | |||||
8 | November 14 | @ Syracuse | 108–116 | Jack George (20) | 2–6 | |||||
9 | November 15 | Detroit | 103–94 | Willie Naulls (19) | 2–7 | |||||
10 | November 17 | St. Louis | 97–105 | Ken Sears (25) | 3–7 | |||||
11 | November 18 | @ Minneapolis | 106–105 | Willie Naulls (23) | 4–7 | |||||
12 | November 19 | @ Cincinnati | 130–109 | Richie Guerin (25) | 5–7 | |||||
13 | November 21 | Boston | 128–127 | Guerin, Naulls, Sears (23) | 5–8 | |||||
14 | November 22 | @ Detroit | 104–115 | Willie Naulls (23) | 5–9 | |||||
15 | November 24 | Syracuse | 120–107 | Ken Sears (29) | 5–10 | |||||
16 | November 28 | Philadelphia | 109–108 | Carl Braun (25) | 5–11 | |||||
17 | November 29 | @ Philadelphia | 127–126 | Willie Naulls (30) | 6–11 | |||||
18 | December 1 | Minneapolis | 103–100 | Ken Sears (28) | 6–12 | |||||
19 | December 2 | N Cincinnati | 118–135 | Richie Guerin (29) | 6–13 | |||||
20 | December 4 | @ Boston | 107–122 | Willie Naulls (30) | 6–14 | |||||
21 | December 5 | Detroit | 108–124 | Willie Naulls (22) | 7–14 | |||||
22 | December 8 | Boston | 121–105 | Naulls, Sears (22) | 7–15 | |||||
23 | December 11 | Syracuse | 121–152 | Richie Guerin (57) | 8–15 | |||||
24 | December 13 | @ Detroit | 129–147 | Richie Guerin (28) | 8–16 | |||||
25 | December 15 | St. Louis | 119–110 | Richie Guerin (30) | 8–17 | |||||
26 | December 16 | @ Syracuse | 113–116 | Richie Guerin (30) | 8–18 | |||||
27 | December 17 | N Boston | 126–137 | Richie Guerin (42) | 8–19 | |||||
28 | December 19 | @ Boston | 116–119 | Ken Sears (25) | 8–20 | |||||
29 | December 20 | Cincinnati | 118–132 | Willie Naulls (28) | 9–20 | |||||
30 | December 22 | N Cincinnati | 127–119 | George, Sears (24) | 10–20 | |||||
31 | December 25 | Boston | 123–119 | Richie Guerin (26) | 10–21 | |||||
32 | December 26 | @ Philadelphia | 122–116 | Richie Guerin (28) | 11–21 | |||||
33 | December 30 | N Detroit | 124–109 | Willie Naulls (31) | 12–21 | |||||
34 | December 31 | Minneapolis | 102–127 | Richie Guerin (24) | 13–21 | |||||
35 | January 2 | @ Cincinnati | 126–118 | Richie Guerin (32) | 14–21 | |||||
36 | January 3 | @ St. Louis | 108–110 | Ken Sears (28) | 14–22 | |||||
37 | January 5 | Detroit | 110–121 | Willie Naulls (26) | 15–22 | |||||
38 | January 6 | N Cincinnati | 113–129 | Carl Braun (25) | 15–23 | |||||
39 | January 10 | Philadelphia | 116–103 | Charlie Tyra (25) | 15–24 | |||||
40 | January 12 | @ Cincinnati | 141–123 | Willie Naulls (25) | 16–24 | |||||
41 | January 13 | N Detroit | 113–114 | Richie Guerin (34) | 16–25 | |||||
42 | January 14 | N Minneapolis | 131–126 | Willie Naulls (36) | 17–25 | |||||
43 | January 16 | Cincinnati | 106–132 | Willie Naulls (23) | 18–25 | |||||
44 | January 17 | @ Syracuse | 117–129 | Willie Naulls (26) | 18–26 | |||||
45 | January 19 | N Philadelphia | 114–93 | Richie Guerin (20) | 18–27 | |||||
46 | January 20 | @ Boston | 126–144 | Willie Naulls (33) | 18–28 | |||||
47 | January 23 | @ Minneapolis | 115–104 | Ken Sears (30) | 19–28 | |||||
48 | January 24 | @ St. Louis | 129–155 | Ken Sears (26) | 19–29 | |||||
49 | January 26 | St. Louis | 119–123 | Naulls, Sears (30) | 20–29 | |||||
50 | January 27 | N Philadelphia | 129–117 | Richie Guerin (35) | 20–30 | |||||
51 | January 29 | N Cincinnati | 128–113 | Ken Sears (24) | 21–30 | |||||
52 | January 30 | Philadelphia | 108–115 | Willie Naulls (27) | 22–30 | |||||
53 | February 2 | Syracuse | 119–102 | Willie Naulls (30) | 22–31 | |||||
54 | February 3 | N St. Louis | 125–115 | Richie Guerin (32) | 22–32 | |||||
55 | February 6 | Boston | 143–117 | Richie Guerin (27) | 22–33 | |||||
56 | February 7 | @ Boston | 142–135 | Ken Sears (39) | 23–33 | |||||
57 | February 9 | @ St. Louis | 104–114 | Guerin, Tyra (22) | 23–34 | |||||
58 | February 10 | Philadelphia | 117–125 | Richie Guerin (38) | 24–34 | |||||
59 | February 11 | @ Syracuse | 109–116 | Charlie Tyra (24) | 24–35 | |||||
60 | February 13 | St. Louis | 104–122 | Willie Naulls (27) | 25–35 | |||||
61 | February 16 | Syracuse | 116–125 | Dick Garmaker (33) | 26–35 | |||||
62 | February 18 | N Boston | 104–109 | Ken Sears (19) | 26–36 | |||||
63 | February 20 | N Syracuse | 126–121 | Willie Naulls (25) | 26–37 | |||||
64 | February 21 | Philadelphia | 129–122 | Richie Guerin (41) | 26–38 | |||||
65 | February 23 | Minneapolis | 117–112 | Charlie Tyra (27) | 26–39 | |||||
66 | February 25 | @ Philadelphia | 121–131 | Jim Palmer (27) | 26–40 | |||||
67 | February 27 | @ Syracuse | 111–114 | Sears, Tyra (22) | 26–41 | |||||
68 | February 28 | Boston | 129–125 | Richie Guerin (39) | 26–42 | |||||
69 | March 1 | Syracuse | 124–121 | Jim Palmer (23) | 26–43 | |||||
70 | March 2 | N Minneapolis | 113–123 | Richie Guerin (28) | 26–44 | |||||
71 | March 4 | N Philadelphia | 136–134 (OT) | Willie Naulls (23) | 26–45 | |||||
72 | March 5 | @ Syracuse | 115–132 | Willie Naulls (28) | 26–46 | |||||
73 | March 6 | Detroit | 112–120 | Dick Garmaker (30) | 27–46 | |||||
74 | March 9 | @ Boston | 128–148 | Willie Naulls (29) | 27–47 | |||||
75 | March 10 | @ Minneapolis | 108–133 | Willie Naulls (25) | 27–48 |