1973–74 New York Knicks season
1973–74 New York Knicks season | |
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Head coach | Red Holzman |
General manager | Red Holzman |
Arena | Madison Square Garden |
Results | |
Record | 49–33 (.598) |
Place | Division: 2nd (Atlantic) Conference: 3rd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Conference finals (lost to Celtics 1–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WOR-TV Manhattan Cable Television (Bob Wolff, Cal Ramsey)[1] |
Radio | WNBC (Marv Albert, John Andariese)[2] |
The 1973–74 New York Knicks season was the 28th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[3] The Knicks entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1973 NBA Finals in five games to win their second championship.[4] In the regular season, the Knicks finished in second place in the Atlantic Division with a 49–33 record,[5] and qualified for the NBA Playoffs for the eighth consecutive year.[3]
New York opened the 1974 playoffs against the Capital Bullets. With a 4–3 series victory, the Knicks advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, where they faced the Boston Celtics. The Celtics, who later won the NBA Finals, defeated the Knicks in five games,[6] ending New York's title defense.[3]
Draft picks
[edit]Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.[7]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 14 | Mel Davis | F | ![]() |
St. John's |
2 | 28 | Pat McFarland | F/G | ![]() |
Saint Joseph's |
3 | 49 | Allie McGuire | F | ![]() |
Marquette |
4 | 66 | George Karl | G | ![]() |
North Carolina |
5 | 83 | Dennis Bell | F | ![]() |
Drake |
Roster
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Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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y-Boston Celtics | 56 | 26 | .683 | – | 26–6 | 21–18 | 9–2 | 17–5 |
x-New York Knicks | 49 | 33 | .598 | 7 | 28–13 | 21–19 | 0–1 | 10–12 |
x-Buffalo Braves | 42 | 40 | .512 | 14 | 19–13 | 17–21 | 6–6 | 12–10 |
Philadelphia 76ers | 25 | 57 | .305 | 31 | 14–23 | 9–30 | 2–4 | 5–17 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-Boston Celtics | 56 | 26 | .683 | – |
2 | x-New York Knicks | 49 | 33 | .598 | 7 |
3 | y-Capital Bullets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 9 |
4 | x-Buffalo Braves | 42 | 40 | .512 | 14 |
5 | Atlanta Hawks | 35 | 47 | .427 | 21 |
6 | Houston Rockets | 32 | 50 | .390 | 24 |
7 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 29 | 53 | .354 | 27 |
8 | Philadelphia 76ers | 25 | 57 | .305 | 31 |
- z – clinched division title
- y – clinched division title
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
[edit]1973–74 NBA records | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CAP | CHI | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | KCO | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA |
Atlanta | — | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
Boston | 5–1 | — | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Buffalo | 4–2 | 2–5 | — | 3–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Capital | 4–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Chicago | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
Cleveland | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Detroit | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
Golden State | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–5 | — | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 |
Houston | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
Kansas City-Omaha | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–5 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 |
Los Angeles | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 5–1 | — | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 |
Milwaukee | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2–4 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 |
New York | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
Philadelphia | 3–3 | 1–7 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
Phoenix | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | 3–3 | 4–3 |
Portland | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 |
Seattle | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — |
Game log
[edit]1973–74 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 9 | Detroit | 100–101 | Walt Frazier (27) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 13 | Houston | 86–85 | Dave DeBusschere (24) | 1–1 | |||||
3 | October 16 | Buffalo | 91–117 | Dave DeBusschere (28) | 2–1 | |||||
4 | October 19 | @ Cleveland | 92–90 | Dave DeBusschere (24) | 3–1 | |||||
5 | October 20 | Chicago | 85–69 | Walt Frazier (18) | 3–2 | |||||
6 | October 23 | Capital | 101–84 | Dave DeBusschere (18) | 3–3 | |||||
7 | October 26 | @ Boston | 101–113 | Walt Frazier (21) | 3–4 | |||||
8 | October 27 | Philadelphia | 90–96 | Willis Reed (23) | 4–4 | |||||
9 | October 31 | @ Houston | 102–91 | Dave DeBusschere (21) | 5–4 | |||||
10 | November 2 | @ Los Angeles | 106–91 | Walt Frazier (44) | 6–4 | |||||
11 | November 3 | @ Portland | 100–107 | Dave DeBusschere (23) | 6–5 | |||||
12 | November 4 | @ Seattle | 111–106 | Walt Frazier (24) | 7–5 | |||||
13 | November 8 | Boston | 94–84 | Walt Frazier (18) | 7–6 | |||||
14 | November 9 | @ Philadelphia | 91–94 | Walt Frazier (33) | 7–7 | |||||
15 | November 10 | Cleveland | 90–100 | Walt Frazier (24) | 8–7 | |||||
16 | November 13 | Seattle | 102–104 | Walt Frazier (26) | 9–7 | |||||
17 | November 15 | Buffalo | 86–97 | Bradley, Frazier (22) | 10–7 | |||||
18 | November 17 | Milwaukee | 93–100 | Dave DeBusschere (26) | 11–7 | |||||
19 | November 20 | Los Angeles | 89–105 | Bill Bradley (29) | 12–7 | |||||
20 | November 22 | @ Milwaukee | 91–107 | Walt Frazier (30) | 12–8 | |||||
21 | November 24 | Golden State | 107–99 | Walt Frazier (34) | 12–9 | |||||
22 | November 25 | @ Capital | 81–109 | Willis Reed (16) | 12–10 | |||||
23 | November 28 | Houston | 114–106 | Walt Frazier (26) | 12–11 | |||||
24 | November 30 | @ Chicago | 97–115 | Frazier, Jackson (15) | 12–12 | |||||
25 | December 1 | Cleveland | 99–119 | Phil Jackson (30) | 13–12 | |||||
26 | December 4 | Portland | 100–113 | Walt Frazier (27) | 14–12 | |||||
27 | December 5 | @ Boston | 97–119 | Walt Frazier (25) | 14–13 | |||||
28 | December 7 | @ Buffalo | 113–108 | Dave DeBusschere (41) | 15–13 | |||||
29 | December 8 | Atlanta | 100–117 | Walt Frazier (25) | 16–13 | |||||
30 | December 11 | Phoenix | 97–105 | Dave DeBusschere (28) | 17–13 | |||||
31 | December 15 | Kansas City–Omaha | 107–116 | Dave DeBusschere (25) | 18–13 | |||||
32 | December 17 | @ Houston | 109–97 | Walt Frazier (29) | 19–13 | |||||
33 | December 19 | @ Atlanta | 105–107 | Bill Bradley (25) | 19–14 | |||||
34 | December 21 | @ Buffalo | 115–117 | Walt Frazier (26) | 19–15 | |||||
35 | December 22 | Detroit | 88–99 | Dave DeBusschere (25) | 20–15 | |||||
36 | December 25 | Capital | 102–100 | Walt Frazier (27) | 20–16 | |||||
37 | December 26 | @ Detroit | 96–91 | Dave DeBusschere (23) | 21–16 | |||||
38 | December 29 | Philadelphia | 92–112 | Bill Bradley (21) | 22–16 | |||||
39 | December 30 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 102–85 | Dave DeBusschere (34) | 23–16 | |||||
40 | January 1 | Atlanta | 89–99 | Phil Jackson (23) | 24–16 | |||||
41 | January 2 | @ Capital | 92–81 | Walt Frazier (25) | 25–16 | |||||
42 | January 4 | @ Philadelphia | 75–78 | Henry Bibby (14) | 25–17 | |||||
43 | January 5 | Buffalo | 111–110 | Bill Bradley (24) | 25–18 | |||||
44 | January 8 | @ Chicago | 108–80 | Dave DeBusschere (31) | 26–18 | |||||
45 | January 11 | @ Seattle | 107–98 | Bill Bradley (20) | 27–18 | |||||
46 | January 12 | @ Golden State | 96–80 | Bill Bradley (20) | 28–18 | |||||
47 | January 18 | @ Houston | 90–96 | Walt Frazier (19) | 28–19 | |||||
48 | January 19 | @ Phoenix | 89–112 | Dave DeBusschere (25) | 28–20 | |||||
49 | January 22 | Houston | 108–93 | Walt Frazier (30) | 28–21 | |||||
50 | January 26 | Philadelphia | 98–122 | Walt Frazier (23) | 29–21 | |||||
51 | January 27 | @ Atlanta | 111–89 | Walt Frazier (27) | 30–21 | |||||
52 | January 29 | Boston | 83–104 | Walt Frazier (23) | 31–21 | |||||
53 | January 30 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 108–88 | Dave DeBusschere (19) | 32–21 | |||||
54 | February 1 | @ Detroit | 91–96 | DeBusschere, Monroe (16) | 32–22 | |||||
55 | February 2 | Cleveland | 87–103 | Walt Frazier (21) | 33–22 | |||||
56 | February 5 | Phoenix | 90–106 | Earl Monroe (23) | 34–22 | |||||
57 | February 8 | @ Boston | 97–125 | John Gianelli (15) | 34–23 | |||||
58 | February 9 | Buffalo | 103–100 (OT) | Earl Monroe (24) | 34–24 | |||||
59 | February 12 | @ Buffalo | 100–93 | Phil Jackson (24) | 35–24 | |||||
60 | February 13 | Chicago | 80–89 | Walt Frazier (24) | 36–24 | |||||
61 | February 16 | Golden State | 107–117 | Walt Frazier (31) | 37–24 | |||||
62 | February 17 | @ Milwaukee | 86–97 | Earl Monroe (20) | 37–25 | |||||
63 | February 19 | Portland | 116–119 (OT) | Walt Frazier (32) | 38–25 | |||||
64 | February 21 | N Buffalo | 97–119 | Walt Frazier (17) | 38–26 | |||||
65 | February 22 | @ Cleveland | 117–110 | Walt Frazier (25) | 39–26 | |||||
66 | February 23 | Atlanta | 90–98 | Bradley, Frazier (21) | 40–26 | |||||
67 | February 26 | Capital | 71–85 | Walt Frazier (21) | 41–26 | |||||
68 | March 1 | @ Capital | 112–103 | Dave DeBusschere (28) | 42–26 | |||||
69 | March 2 | Boston | 104–88 | Dave DeBusschere (21) | 42–27 | |||||
70 | March 3 | @ Boston | 108–102 (OT) | Dave DeBusschere (26) | 43–27 | |||||
71 | March 5 | Seattle | 106–111 | Walt Frazier (25) | 44–27 | |||||
72 | March 6 | @ Atlanta | 96–94 | Frazier, Monroe (20) | 45–27 | |||||
73 | March 9 | Milwaukee | 75–88 | DeBusschere, Monroe (20) | 46–27 | |||||
74 | March 10 | @ Philadelphia | 108–109 | Walt Frazier (25) | 46–28 | |||||
75 | March 12 | Los Angeles | 109–102 | Earl Monroe (20) | 46–29 | |||||
76 | March 14 | @ Golden State | 107–95 | Dave DeBusschere (30) | 47–29 | |||||
77 | March 15 | @ Portland | 105–107 | Phil Jackson (23) | 47–30 | |||||
78 | March 17 | @ Los Angeles | 114–126 | John Gianelli (25) | 47–31 | |||||
79 | March 20 | @ Phoenix | 106–104 (OT) | Bill Bradley (31) | 48–31 | |||||
80 | March 23 | Kansas City–Omaha | 107–106 | Earl Monroe (20) | 48–32 | |||||
81 | March 24 | @ Cleveland | 92–114 | Dave DeBusschere (20) | 48–33 | |||||
82 | March 26 | Philadelphia | 90–117 | Henry Bibby (21) | 49–33 |
Playoffs
[edit]Player statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Season
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Awards and records
[edit]- Walt Frazier, All-NBA First Team[8]
- Walt Frazier, NBA All-Defensive First Team[9]
- Dave DeBusschere, NBA All-Defensive First Team[9]
References
[edit]- ^ The Fourth Estate (PDF). New York Knicks. 2003. p. 331. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ The Fourth Estate (PDF). New York Knicks. 2003. p. 330. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ a b c "New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on April 24, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ Hahn, Alan (2012). New York Knicks: The Complete Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. pp. 106–109. ISBN 978-1-61058-684-9.
- ^ "1973–74 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ "1974 NBA Playoff Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ "1973 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "All-NBA & All-ABA Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
- ^ a b "NBA & ABA All-Defensive Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved August 24, 2013.