New York Knicks

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New York Knicks
First Season
1946-47
Team History
New York Knicks (1946-present)
Conference/Division
National Basketball Association (1949–present)
  • Eastern Conference (1970–present)
    • Atlantic Division (1970–present)
  • Eastern Division (1949-70)

Basketball Association of America (1946-49)

  • Eastern Division (1946-49)
Venue
Madison Square Garden IV (1968-present)
Madison Square Garden III (1946-68)
69th Regiment Armory (alt., 1946-60)
Key People
Players • Head Coaches • Executives


The New York Knickerbockers, more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other team is the Brooklyn Nets. Alongside the Boston Celtics, the Knicks are one of two original NBA teams still located in its original city.

The team, established by Ned Irish in 1946, was one of the founding members of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which became the NBA after merging with the rival National Basketball League (NBL) in 1949.

Publications

Home programs by season

Season/Date Type Opponent Venue
1940s
March 26, 1949 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden
February 5, 1950 Regular Season Rochester Royals Madison Square Garden
1950s
March 3, 1951 Regular Season Syracuse Nationals 69th Regiment Armory
1951-52 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden
Posteason Syracuse Nationals Madison Square Garden
1952-53 Posteason Boston Celtics Madison Square Garden
NBA Finals Minneapolis Lakers 69th Regiment Armory
February 14, 1953 Regular Season Indianapolis Olympians 69th Regiment Armory
October 23, 1954 Exhibition College All-Stars Madison Square Garden
March 4, 1958 Regular Season Boston Celtics Madison Square Garden
November 1, 1958 Regular Season Philadelphia Warriors Madison Square Garden
December 8, 1959 Regular Season Boston Celtics Madison Square Garden
1960s
March 5, 1961 Regular Season Cincinnati Royals Madison Square Garden
December 11, 1962 Regular Season Boston Celtics Madison Square Garden
1963-64 Regular Season (1 • 2) n/a Madison Square Garden
March 2, 1965 Regular Season St. Louis Hawks Madison Square Garden
1965-66 Regular Season (1 • 2 • 3) n/a Madison Square Garden
1966-67 Regular Season (1 • 2 • 3) n/a Madison Square Garden
1967-68 Regular Season (1 • 2 • 3) n/a Madison Square Garden
Postseason Philadelphia 76ers Madison Square Garden
1968-69 Regular Season (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) n/a Madison Square Garden
Posteason Baltimore Bullets Madison Square Garden
Posteason Boston Celtics Madison Square Garden
December 30, 1969 Regular Season Chicago Bulls Madison Square Garden
1969-70 Regular Season (1 • 2) n/a Madison Square Garden
Postseason Baltimore Bullets Madison Square Garden
Postseason Milwaukee Bucks Madison Square Garden
NBA Finals Los Angeles Lakers Madison Square Garden
1970s
1970-71 Regular Season (1 • 2 • 3) n/a Madison Square Garden
1971-72 Regular Season Philadelphia 76ers Madison Square Garden
Posteason Baltimore Bullets Madison Square Garden
NBA Finals Los Angeles Lakers Madison Square Garden
October 14, 1972 Regular Season Los Angeles Lakers Madison Square Garden
October 28, 1972 Regular Season Baltimore Bullets Madison Square Garden
December 28, 1972 Regular Season Buffalo Braves Madison Square Garden
1972-73 Postseason Boston Celtics Madison Square Garden
NBA Finals Los Angeles Lakers Madison Square Garden
1973-74 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden
Postseason Boston Celtics Madison Square Garden
1975-76 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden
1977-78 Regular Season (1 • 2) n/a Madison Square Garden
1979-80 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden
1980s
November 10, 1981 Regular Season New Jersey Nets Madison Square Garden
1982-83 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden
1983-84 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden
1987-88 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden
1988-89 Postseason Philadelphia 76ers Madison Square Garden
1989-90 Posteason n/a Madison Square Garden
1990s
1993-94 NBA Finals Houston Rockets Madison Square Garden, The Summit
1998-99 NBA Finals San Antonio Spurs Madison Square Garden, Alamadome
2000s
2006-07 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden
2009-10 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden
2010s
2011-12 Regular Season n/a Madison Square Garden

Media guides and yearbooks by season

Media guides

1950s 1957-58 • 1959-60
1960s 1960-61 • 1961-62 • 1967-68 • 1968-69 • 1969-70
1970s 1972-73 • 1979-80
1990s 1993-94
2000s 2002-03
2010s 2016-17 • 2017-18

Playoff Media Guides

1980s 1983

Yearbooks

1970s 1976-77 • 1978-79
1980s 1989-90
1990s 1991-92 • 1993-94 • 1998-99 • 1999-2000
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