1970–71 New York Knicks season
Division champions
Head coachRed Holzman
General managerRed Holzman
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record52–30 (.634)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Atlantic)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Conference finals
(lost to Bullets 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWOR-TV
Manhattan Cable Television
RadioWNBC

The 1970–71 New York Knicks season was the 25th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] New York entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1970 NBA Finals in seven games to win the first championship in franchise history.[2] In the 1970–71 regular season, the Knicks finished in first place in the Atlantic Division with a 52–30 record, and qualified for the NBA playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.[1]

New York began its NBA title defense with a 4–1 series victory over the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 1971 NBA Playoffs. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Baltimore Bullets defeated the Knicks in seven games, ending the team's chances for a repeat championship.[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.[4]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 17 Mike Price G  United States Illinois
2 34 Howie Wright G  United States Austin Peay
8 136 Greg Fillmore C  United States Cheyney State)

Roster

1970–71 New York Knicks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 12 Barnett, Dick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1936-10-02 Tennessee State
SF 24 Bradley, Bill 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1943-07-28 Princeton
PF 22 DeBusschere, Dave 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1940-10-16 Detroit Mercy
C 34 Fillmore, Greg 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1947-03-07 Cheyney
PG 10 Frazier, Walt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1945-03-29 Southern Illinois
PF 18 Jackson, Phil 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1945-09-17 North Dakota
PF 26 Mast, Eddie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948-10-03 Temple
G 5 Price, Mike 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1948-09-11 Illinois
C 19 Reed, Willis (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1942-06-25 Grambling State
SG 6 Riordan, Mike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1945-07-09 Providence
SF 33 Russell, Cazzie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1944-06-07 Michigan
SF 9 Stallworth, Dave 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1941-12-20 Wichita State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-New York Knicks 5230.634–32–919–201–110–6
x-Philadelphia 76ers 4735.573524–1521–182–210–6
Boston Celtics 4438.537825–1418–221–28–8
Buffalo Braves 2260.2683014–236–302–72–10
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-New York Knicks5230.634
2 y-Baltimore Bullets4240.512
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers4735.573
4 x-Atlanta Hawks3646.439
5 Boston Celtics4438.537
6 Cincinnati Royals3349.402
7 Buffalo Braves2260.268
8 Cleveland Cavaliers1567.183
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3—3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3—4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4—0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0—4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4—5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5—2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2—2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2—1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1—1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1—2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2—3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3—4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4—0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0—2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2—3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Game log

1970–71 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 13Boston107–114Willis Reed (35)1–0
2October 14@ Cincinnati128–104Cazzie Russell (29)2–0
3October 17Chicago99–96Dave DeBusschere (22)2–1
4October 20Los Angeles100–115Willis Reed (29)3–1
5October 22San Francisco92–95Cazzie Russell (20)4–1
6October 23@ Baltimore92–98Willis Reed (25)4–2
7October 24Cincinnati103–115Dave DeBusschere (24)5–2
8October 27Seattle104–117Dave DeBusschere (22)6–2
9October 28@ Boston126–89Willis Reed (22)7–2
10October 29San Diego107–114Dick Barnett (26)8–2
11October 31Detroit89–107Walt Frazier (22)9–2
12November 2@ San Francisco111–99Walt Frazier (27)10–2
13November 4@ San Diego109–100Walt Frazier (25)11–2
14November 6@ Los Angeles104–106Willis Reed (24)11–3
15November 8@ Portland125–113Frazier, Reed (28)12–3
16November 10@ Seattle91–93Willis Reed (32)12–4
17November 12Baltimore110–108Willis Reed (34)12–5
18November 13@ Chicago106–98Dave DeBusschere (24)13–5
19November 14Philadelphia94–126Walt Frazier (23)14–5
20November 17Phoenix100–103Willis Reed (19)15–5
21November 18@ Philadelphia106–113Walt Frazier (24)15–6
22November 19Cincinnati106–98Walt Frazier (28)15–7
23November 21Cleveland94–102Dick Barnett (24)16–7
24November 24Atlanta119–128Walt Frazier (33)17–7
25November 25@ Atlanta114–111Willis Reed (35)18–7
26November 27@ Milwaukee103–94Willis Reed (34)19–7
27November 28Milwaukee99–100Dave DeBusschere (21)20–7
28December 1Seattle109–114Willis Reed (35)21–7
29December 2@ Detroit82–101Willis Reed (17)21–8
30December 4@ Buffalo91–97Willis Reed (31)21–9
31December 5Buffalo93–117Frazier, Reed (23)22–9
32December 8Portland121–139Willis Reed (37)23–9
33December 12Philadelphia101–118Willis Reed (25)24–9
34December 13N San Francisco101–94Walt Frazier (24)24–10
35December 15Cleveland92–110Walt Frazier (25)25–10
36December 16@ Cleveland108–84Walt Frazier (22)26–10
37December 19Chicago87–98Dave Stallworth (22)27–10
38December 20@ Phoenix133–118Walt Frazier (26)28–10
39December 22@ Seattle108–119Dave DeBusschere (27)28–11
40December 25Buffalo102–115Dick Barnett (24)29–11
41December 27Baltimore105–110Walt Frazier (33)30–11
42December 30San Francisco103–111Walt Frazier (29)31–11
43January 2Atlanta112–108Walt Frazier (28)31–12
44January 6@ Cleveland127–94Cazzie Russell (18)32–12
45January 7@ Milwaukee106–116Walt Frazier (23)32–13
46January 9@ Portland96–114Dick Barnett (23)32–14
47January 14@ Phoenix88–107Dave DeBusschere (23)32–15
48January 16@ San Francisco93–102Walt Frazier (21)32–16
49January 19San Diego113–117 (OT)Bill Bradley (27)33–16
50January 20@ Chicago103–109Walt Frazier (30)33–17
51January 23Boston107–128Walt Frazier (32)34–17
52January 24@ Detroit117–105Willis Reed (24)35–17
53January 26Milwaukee98–107Willis Reed (35)36–17
54January 27@ Atlanta116–108Walt Frazier (26)37–17
55January 29@ Boston118–111Willis Reed (29)38–17
56January 30Philadelphia106–105Walt Frazier (28)38–18
57January 31N Baltimore125–95Walt Frazier (29)39–18
58February 2Cincinnati108–115Willis Reed (27)40–18
59February 5@ Detroit99–108Willis Reed (35)40–19
60February 6Chicago109–102Cazzie Russell (25)40–20
61February 7@ Philadelphia99–127Barnett, Reed (20)40–21
62February 9Atlanta114–109Willis Reed (24)40–22
63February 10@ Buffalo99–106Dick Barnett (21)40–23
64February 12@ Atlanta116–125Walt Frazier (33)40–24
65February 13Phoenix97–114Dick Barnett (30)41–24
66February 16@ Los Angeles115–130Willis Reed (23)41–25
67February 18@ San Diego116–115Walt Frazier (36)42–25
68February 20Detroit94–108Bill Bradley (23)43–25
69February 23San Diego126–109Barnett, DeBusschere (24)43–26
70February 24@ Cincinnati125–105Walt Frazier (26)44–26
71February 27Portland102–113Willis Reed (35)45–26
72February 28@ Baltimore110–104Walt Frazier (25)46–26
73March 2Baltimore95–109Willis Reed (21)47–26
74March 5@ Philadelphia116–121Willis Reed (26)47–27
75March 6Boston104–112Walt Frazier (39)48–27
76March 7@ Boston116–110Walt Frazier (34)49–27
77March 9Seattle114–99Walt Frazier (19)49–28
78March 10@ Cincinnati118–120 (OT)Dave DeBusschere (29)49–29
79March 13Milwaukee103–108Dave DeBusschere (33)50–29
80March 16Los Angeles82–115Walt Frazier (22)51–29
81March 18@ Phoenix131–123 (OT)Dick Barnett (30)52–29
82March 21@ Los Angeles98–101Cazzie Russell (16)52–30

Playoffs

1971 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 25 Atlanta W 112–101 Bill Bradley (25) Willis Reed (22) Bill Bradley (4) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 1–0
2 March 27 Atlanta L 104–113 Walt Frazier (29) Dave DeBusschere (15) Bill Bradley (4) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 1–1
3 March 28 @ Atlanta W 110–95 Willis Reed (26) Dave DeBusschere (17) Walt Frazier (9) Alexander Memorial Coliseum
7,192		 2–1
4 March 30 @ Atlanta W 113–107 Walt Frazier (26) Dave DeBusschere (13) Walt Frazier (8) Alexander Memorial Coliseum
7,192		 3–1
5 April 1 Atlanta W 111–107 Dave DeBusschere (29) Dave DeBusschere (22) Willis Reed (5) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 4–1
Conference finals: 3–4 (home: 3–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 6 Baltimore W 112–111 Walt Frazier (24) Dave DeBusschere (17) Walt Frazier (7) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 1–0
2 April 9 Baltimore W 107–88 Dick Barnett (14) Dave DeBusschere (14) Walt Frazier (5) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 2–0
3 April 11 @ Baltimore L 88–114 Walt Frazier (17) Willis Reed (10) Barnett, Bradley (5) Baltimore Civic Center
8,083		 2–1
4 April 14 @ Baltimore L 80–101 Walt Frazier (16) Dave DeBusschere (9) Walt Frazier (5) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289		 2–2
5 April 16 Baltimore W 89–84 Walt Frazier (28) Dave DeBusschere (17) Bill Bradley (4) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 3–2
6 April 18 @ Baltimore L 96–113 Dave DeBusschere (24) Dave DeBusschere (10) Dick Barnett (5) Baltimore Civic Center
11,211		 3–3
7 April 19 Baltimore L 91–93 Dick Barnett (26) Willis Reed (12) Walt Frazier (4) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 3–4
1971 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  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

Playoffs

Awards and records

References

  1. 1 2 "New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  2. ↑ Hahn, Alan (2012). New York Knicks: The Complete Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. pp. 90–94. ISBN 978-1-61058-684-9.
  3. ↑ "1970–71 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  4. ↑ "1970 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  5. 1 2 "All-NBA & All-ABA Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "NBA & ABA All-Defensive Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
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