1960–61 New York Knicks season

1960–61 New York Knicks season
1960–61 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Carl Braun
General manager	Vince Boryla
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	21–58 (.266)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX
Radio	WINS
< 1959–60	1961–62 >

Last updated July 08, 2024

The 1960-61 NBA season was the Knicks' 15th season in the NBA.^[1]

Draft picks

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x- Boston Celtics	57	22	.722	–	21–7	24–11	12–4	28–11
x- Philadelphia Warriors	46	33	.582	11	23–6	12–21	11–6	22–17
x- Syracuse Nationals	38	41	.481	19	19–9	8–21	11–11	18–21
New York Knicks	21	58	.266	36	10–22	7–25	4–11	10–29

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1960-61 NBA Records
Team	BOS	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	PHI	STL	SYR
Boston	—	7–3	8–2	8–2	10–3	8–5	6–4	10–3
Cincinnati	3–7	—	2–11	8–5	8–2	2–8	6–7	4–6
Detroit	2–8	11–2	—	4–9	5–5	5–5	3–10	4–6
Los Angeles	2–8	5–8	9–4	—	7–3	2–8	5–8	6–4
New York	3–10	2–8	5–5	3–7	—	2–11	1–9	5–8
Philadelphia	5–8	8–2	5–5	8–2	11–2	—	3–7	6–7
St. Louis	4–6	7–6	10–3	8–5	9–1	7–3	—	6–4
Syracuse	3–10	6–4	6–4	4–6	8–5	7–6	4–6	—

Game log

1960–61 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 20	Cincinnati	113–105	Willie Naulls (37)	0–1
2	October 22	@ Cincinnati	117–119	Willie Naulls (34)	0–2
3	October 24	@ Los Angeles	111–101	Charlie Tyra (22)	1–2
4	October 25	@ Los Angeles	118–120	Willie Naulls (33)	1–3
5	October 28	Boston	110–101	Willie Naulls (24)	1–4
6	October 29	@ Detroit	110–115	Richie Guerin (24)	1–5
7	November 2	N Los Angeles	96–106	Willie Naulls (19)	1–6
8	November 5	@ St. Louis	104–119	Richie Guerin (23)	1–7
9	November 10	Philadelphia	116–112 (OT)	Willie Naulls (31)	1–8
10	November 11	Syracuse	108–112	Richie Guerin (24)	2–8
11	November 12	@ Syracuse	117–128	Willie Naulls (21)	2–9
12	November 15	Los Angeles	123–108	Willie Naulls (35)	2–10
13	November 18	Philadelphia	101–99	Charlie Tyra (21)	2–11
14	November 19	@ Philadelphia	111–121	Willie Naulls (27)	2–12
15	November 22	St. Louis	120–119	Willie Naulls (30)	2–13
16	November 23	@ Boston	105–122	Willie Naulls (29)	2–14
17	November 25	Boston	111–110	Ken Sears (28)	2–15
18	November 26	N Detroit	127–119	Richie Guerin (35)	3–15
19	November 27	@ Cincinnati	122–118 (OT)	Naulls, Sears (18)	4–15
20	November 29	Detroit	107–118	Ken Sears (26)	5–15
21	December 1	N Boston	116–111	Willie Naulls (25)	6–15
22	December 2	St. Louis	139–133 (OT)	Willie Naulls (36)	6–16
23	December 3	@ Syracuse	113–130	Ken Sears (30)	6–17
24	December 6	Cincinnati	117–112	Naulls, Sears (22)	6–18
25	December 8	@ Philadelphia	111–114	Richie Guerin (30)	6–19
26	December 13	Boston	115–117	Ken Sears (34)	7–19
27	December 14	@ Cincinnati	114–121	Richie Guerin (26)	7–20
28	December 16	@ Detroit	108–104	Willie Naulls (30)	8–20
29	December 17	@ St. Louis	103–116	Willie Naulls (26)	8–21
30	December 20	Syracuse	112–122	Willie Naulls (23)	9–21
31	December 21	N Philadelphia	122–117	Willie Naulls (31)	9–22
32	December 25	@ Syracuse	100–162	Naulls, Palmer (21)	9–23
33	December 26	Los Angeles	112–119	Richie Guerin (33)	10–23
34	December 28	N Cincinnati	104–114	Naulls, Sears (21)	10–24
35	December 29	N Los Angeles	95–111	Willie Naulls (17)	10–25
36	December 30	Boston	120–106	Willie Naulls (28)	10–26
37	January 2	@ Philadelphia	115–131	Richie Guerin (24)	10–27
38	January 3	Syracuse	129–104	Ken Sears (21)	10–28
39	January 5	N Detroit	104–102	Willie Naulls (22)	11–28
40	January 7	N Syracuse	117–120	Willie Naulls (28)	12–28
41	January 8	Philadelphia	119–121	Willie Naulls (25)	13–28
42	January 10	@ Los Angeles	104–117	Willie Naulls (29)	13–29
43	January 11	@ Los Angeles	109–104	Richie Guerin (29)	14–29
44	January 13	N Syracuse	106–105	Willie Naulls (29)	14–30
45	January 15	@ Boston	124–142	Willie Naulls (20)	14–31
46	January 19	@ Cincinnati	129–122	Dick Garmaker (32)	15–31
47	January 20	@ Detroit	128–132	Richie Guerin (35)	15–32
48	January 21	@ St. Louis	122–145	Richie Guerin (27)	15–33
49	January 24	Boston	125–112	Willie Naulls (25)	15–34
50	January 25	N St. Louis	116–109	Willie Naulls (24)	15–35
51	January 27	Philadelphia	119–130	Richie Guerin (42)	16–35
52	January 28	@ Philadelphia	108–114	Willie Naulls (27)	16–36
53	January 31	Syracuse	122–106	Dick Garmaker (20)	16–37
54	February 1	N Boston	120–124	Richie Guerin (29)	16–38
55	February 3	@ Boston	109–123	Richie Guerin (28)	16–39
56	February 4	St. Louis	128–111	Willie Naulls (19)	16–40
57	February 5	@ Philadelphia	128–136 (OT)	Johnny Green (26)	16–41
58	February 7	Detroit	120–131	Willie Naulls (49)	17–41
59	February 9	N Cincinnati	115–119	Dick Garmaker (29)	17–42
60	February 10	Philadelphia	133–131	Dick Garmaker (29)	17–43
61	February 11	@ Boston	129–107	Richie Guerin (40)	18–43
62	February 12	Cincinnati	105–104	Green, Guerin (24)	18–44
63	February 15	Syracuse	127–129 (OT)	Guerin, Naulls (25)	19–44
64	February 16	@ Syracuse	120–132	Willie Naulls (31)	19–45
65	February 18	Los Angeles	121–106	Phil Jordon (23)	19–46
66	February 19	@ St. Louis	123–100	Willie Naulls (24)	20–46
67	February 21	Philadelphia	114–112	Jordon, Naulls (25)	20–47
68	February 22	@ Detroit	117–123	Richie Guerin (28)	20–48
69	February 24	St. Louis	122–119	Dick Garmaker (28)	20–49
70	February 26	@ Syracuse	110–136	Willie Naulls (25)	20–50
71	February 28	Boston	142–116	Willie Naulls (22)	20–51
72	March 1	N Los Angeles	107–144	Willie Naulls (35)	20–52
73	March 3	N Detroit	112–129	Bob McNeill (25)	20–53
74	March 4	@ Boston	110–113	Richie Guerin (30)	20–54
75	March 5	Cincinnati	124–118	Richie Guerin (30)	20–55
76	March 7	Syracuse	113–114	Richie Guerin (32)	21–55
77	March 8	N St. Louis	117–94	Richie Guerin (20)	21–56
78	March 9	@ Philadelphia	126–135	Willie Naulls (41)	21–57
79	March 12	Detroit	120–106	Richie Guerin (26)	21–58

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