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1973–74 New York Knicks season

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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]

1973–74 New York Knicks season
Head coachRed Holzman
General managerRed Holzman
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record49–33 (.598)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Atlantic)
Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference finals
(lost to Celtics 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWOR-TV
Manhattan Cable Television
(Bob Wolff, Cal Ramsey)[1]
RadioWNBC
(Marv Albert, John Andariese)[2]
< 1972–73 1974–75 >

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

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]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/Club Team
114Mel DavisF  United StatesSt. John's
228Pat McFarlandF/G  United StatesSaint Joseph's
349Allie McGuireF  United StatesMarquette
466George KarlG  United StatesNorth Carolina
583Dennis BellF  United StatesDrake

Roster

1973–74 New York Knicks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SF46Bell, Dennis6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)185 lb (84 kg)1951-06-02Drake
PG17Bibby, Henry6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)185 lb (84 kg)1949-11-24UCLA
SF24Bradley, Bill6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)205 lb (93 kg)1943-07-28Princeton
PF31Davis, Mel6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)220 lb (100 kg)1950-11-09St. John's
PF22DeBusschere, Dave6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)220 lb (100 kg)1940-10-16Detroit Mercy
PG10Frazier, Walt6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)200 lb (91 kg)1945-03-29Southern Illinois
C40Gianelli, John6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)220 lb (100 kg)1950-06-10Pacific
PF18Jackson, Phil6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)220 lb (100 kg)1945-09-17North Dakota
F/C32Lucas, Jerry6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)230 lb (104 kg)1940-03-30Ohio State
G7Meminger, Dean6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)175 lb (79 kg)1948-05-13Marquette
G15Monroe, Earl6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg)1944-11-21Winston-Salem State
C19Reed, Willis6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)235 lb (107 kg)1942-06-25Grambling State
C6Riker, Tom6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)225 lb (102 kg)1950-02-28South Carolina
PF43Wingo, Harthorne6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg)1947-09-09Friendship College
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Boston Celtics5626.683–26–621–189–217–5
x-New York Knicks4933.598728–1321–190–110–12
x-Buffalo Braves4240.5121419–1317–216–612–10
Philadelphia 76ers2557.3053114–239–302–45–17
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1z-Boston Celtics5626.683–
2x-New York Knicks4933.5987
3y-Capital Bullets4735.5739
4x-Buffalo Braves4240.51214
5Atlanta Hawks3547.42721
6Houston Rockets3250.39024
7Cleveland Cavaliers2953.35427
8Philadelphia 76ers2557.30531
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1973–74 NBA records
TeamATLBOSBUFCAPCHICLEDETGSWHOUKCOLALMILNYKPHIPHOPORSEA
Atlanta—1–52–44–41–34–30–41–35–21–34–01–31–53–31–32–24–0
Boston5–1—5–22–42–24–23–13–14–23–12–22–25–27–13–14–02–2
Buffalo4–22–5—3–31–35–11–31–34–22–20–41–34–46–13–13–12–2
Capital4–44–23–3—1–36–12–23–14–33–12–21–33–34–22–23–12–2
Chicago3–12–23–13–1—4–05–24–24–05–21–53–32–23–14–24–24–2
Cleveland3–42–41–51–60–4—2–20–44–40–43–10–41–55–11–34–02–2
Detroit4–01–33–12–22–52–2—5–13–14–24–23–41–32–26–05–15–1
Golden State3–11–33–11–32–44–01–5—4–03–34–23–31–33–15–23–43–3
Houston2–52–42–43–40–44–41–30–4—2–22–20–44–24–22–23–11–3
Kansas City-Omaha3–11–32–21–32–54–02–43–32–2—1–50–71–31–34–24–22–4
Los Angeles0–42–24–02–25–11–32–42–42–25–1—4–22–24–04–24–34–3
Milwaukee3–12–23–13–13–34–04–33–34–07–02–4—2–24–05–16–04–2
New York5–12–54–43–32–25–13–13–12–43–12–22–2—4–33–12–24–0
Philadelphia3–31–71–62–41–31–52–21–32–43–10–40–43–4—3–12–20–4
Phoenix3–11–31–32–22–43–10–62–52–22–42–41–51–31–3—3–34–3
Portland2–20–41–31–32–40–41–54–31–32–43–40–62–22–23–3—3–3
Seattle0–42–22–22–22–42–21–53–33–14–23–42–40–44–03–43–3—

Game log

1973–74 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 9Detroit100–101Walt Frazier (27)1–0
2October 13Houston86–85Dave DeBusschere (24)1–1
3October 16Buffalo91–117Dave DeBusschere (28)2–1
4October 19@ Cleveland92–90Dave DeBusschere (24)3–1
5October 20Chicago85–69Walt Frazier (18)3–2
6October 23Capital101–84Dave DeBusschere (18)3–3
7October 26@ Boston101–113Walt Frazier (21)3–4
8October 27Philadelphia90–96Willis Reed (23)4–4
9October 31@ Houston102–91Dave DeBusschere (21)5–4
10November 2@ Los Angeles106–91Walt Frazier (44)6–4
11November 3@ Portland100–107Dave DeBusschere (23)6–5
12November 4@ Seattle111–106Walt Frazier (24)7–5
13November 8Boston94–84Walt Frazier (18)7–6
14November 9@ Philadelphia91–94Walt Frazier (33)7–7
15November 10Cleveland90–100Walt Frazier (24)8–7
16November 13Seattle102–104Walt Frazier (26)9–7
17November 15Buffalo86–97Bradley, Frazier (22)10–7
18November 17Milwaukee93–100Dave DeBusschere (26)11–7
19November 20Los Angeles89–105Bill Bradley (29)12–7
20November 22@ Milwaukee91–107Walt Frazier (30)12–8
21November 24Golden State107–99Walt Frazier (34)12–9
22November 25@ Capital81–109Willis Reed (16)12–10
23November 28Houston114–106Walt Frazier (26)12–11
24November 30@ Chicago97–115Frazier, Jackson (15)12–12
25December 1Cleveland99–119Phil Jackson (30)13–12
26December 4Portland100–113Walt Frazier (27)14–12
27December 5@ Boston97–119Walt Frazier (25)14–13
28December 7@ Buffalo113–108Dave DeBusschere (41)15–13
29December 8Atlanta100–117Walt Frazier (25)16–13
30December 11Phoenix97–105Dave DeBusschere (28)17–13
31December 15Kansas City–Omaha107–116Dave DeBusschere (25)18–13
32December 17@ Houston109–97Walt Frazier (29)19–13
33December 19@ Atlanta105–107Bill Bradley (25)19–14
34December 21@ Buffalo115–117Walt Frazier (26)19–15
35December 22Detroit88–99Dave DeBusschere (25)20–15
36December 25Capital102–100Walt Frazier (27)20–16
37December 26@ Detroit96–91Dave DeBusschere (23)21–16
38December 29Philadelphia92–112Bill Bradley (21)22–16
39December 30@ Kansas City–Omaha102–85Dave DeBusschere (34)23–16
40January 1Atlanta89–99Phil Jackson (23)24–16
41January 2@ Capital92–81Walt Frazier (25)25–16
42January 4@ Philadelphia75–78Henry Bibby (14)25–17
43January 5Buffalo111–110Bill Bradley (24)25–18
44January 8@ Chicago108–80Dave DeBusschere (31)26–18
45January 11@ Seattle107–98Bill Bradley (20)27–18
46January 12@ Golden State96–80Bill Bradley (20)28–18
47January 18@ Houston90–96Walt Frazier (19)28–19
48January 19@ Phoenix89–112Dave DeBusschere (25)28–20
49January 22Houston108–93Walt Frazier (30)28–21
50January 26Philadelphia98–122Walt Frazier (23)29–21
51January 27@ Atlanta111–89Walt Frazier (27)30–21
52January 29Boston83–104Walt Frazier (23)31–21
53January 30@ Kansas City–Omaha108–88Dave DeBusschere (19)32–21
54February 1@ Detroit91–96DeBusschere, Monroe (16)32–22
55February 2Cleveland87–103Walt Frazier (21)33–22
56February 5Phoenix90–106Earl Monroe (23)34–22
57February 8@ Boston97–125John Gianelli (15)34–23
58February 9Buffalo103–100 (OT)Earl Monroe (24)34–24
59February 12@ Buffalo100–93Phil Jackson (24)35–24
60February 13Chicago80–89Walt Frazier (24)36–24
61February 16Golden State107–117Walt Frazier (31)37–24
62February 17@ Milwaukee86–97Earl Monroe (20)37–25
63February 19Portland116–119 (OT)Walt Frazier (32)38–25
64February 21N Buffalo97–119Walt Frazier (17)38–26
65February 22@ Cleveland117–110Walt Frazier (25)39–26
66February 23Atlanta90–98Bradley, Frazier (21)40–26
67February 26Capital71–85Walt Frazier (21)41–26
68March 1@ Capital112–103Dave DeBusschere (28)42–26
69March 2Boston104–88Dave DeBusschere (21)42–27
70March 3@ Boston108–102 (OT)Dave DeBusschere (26)43–27
71March 5Seattle106–111Walt Frazier (25)44–27
72March 6@ Atlanta96–94Frazier, Monroe (20)45–27
73March 9Milwaukee75–88DeBusschere, Monroe (20)46–27
74March 10@ Philadelphia108–109Walt Frazier (25)46–28
75March 12Los Angeles109–102Earl Monroe (20)46–29
76March 14@ Golden State107–95Dave DeBusschere (30)47–29
77March 15@ Portland105–107Phil Jackson (23)47–30
78March 17@ Los Angeles114–126John Gianelli (25)47–31
79March 20@ Phoenix106–104 (OT)Bill Bradley (31)48–31
80March 23Kansas City–Omaha107–106Earl Monroe (20)48–32
81March 24@ Cleveland92–114Dave DeBusschere (20)48–33
82March 26Philadelphia90–117Henry Bibby (21)49–33

Playoffs

1974 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1March 29CapitalW 102–91Walt Frazier (20)Walt Frazier (12)Dave DeBusschere (7)Madison Square Garden
19,694		1–0
2March 31@ CapitalL 87–99Dave DeBusschere (20)Dave DeBusschere (10)Jerry Lucas (5)Capital Centre
16,522		1–1
3April 2CapitalL 79–88Walt Frazier (20)Dave DeBusschere (12)DeBusschere, Meminger (5)Madison Square Garden
19,694		1–2
4April 5@ CapitalW 101–93 (OT)Earl Monroe (23)Walt Frazier (11)Walt Frazier (6)Capital Centre
19,035		2–2
5April 7CapitalW 106–105Walt Frazier (38)Dave DeBusschere (8)Walt Frazier (4)Madison Square Garden
19,694		3–2
6April 10@ CapitalL 92–109Walt Frazier (25)Phil Jackson (8)Walt Frazier (10)Capital Centre
19,025		3–3
7April 12CapitalW 91–81Earl Monroe (20)DeBusschere, Gianelli (15)Dave DeBusschere (7)Madison Square Garden
19,694		4–3
Conference finals: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1April 14@ BostonL 88–113Walt Frazier (16)Dave DeBusschere (10)Meminger, Bibby (3)Boston Garden
14,101		0–1
2April 16BostonL 99–111Bill Bradley (20)Dave DeBusschere (9)Walt Frazier (4)Madison Square Garden
19,694		0–2
3April 19@ BostonW 103–100Walt Frazier (38)Frazier, Gianelli (10)Walt Frazier (4)Boston Garden
15,320		1–2
4April 21BostonL 91–98Walt Frazier (25)John Gianelli (9)Earl Monroe (5)Madison Square Garden
19,694		1–3
5April 24@ BostonL 94–105Phil Jackson (27)Phil Jackson (9)Walt Frazier (6)Boston Garden
15,320		1–4
1974 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

Playoffs

Awards and records

References

External links

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