1962–63 New York Knicks season

1962–63 New York Knicks season
1962–63 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Eddie Donovan
General manager	Fred Podesta
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	21–59 (.263)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX
Radio	WCBS
< 1961–62	1963–64 >

Last updated July 08, 2024

The 1962-63 NBA season was the Knicks' 17th season in the NBA.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x- Boston Celtics	58	22	.725	–	25–5	21–16	12–1	25–11
x- Syracuse Nationals	48	32	.600	10	23–5	13–19	12–8	21–15
x- Cincinnati Royals	42	38	.525	16	23–10	15–19	4–9	20–16
New York Knicks	21	59	.263	37	12–22	5–28	4–9	6–30

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1962-63 NBA Records
Team	BOS	CHI	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	SFW	STL	SYR
Boston	—	8–2	9–3	8–0	4–5	10–2	8–1	5–3	6–6
Chicago	2–8	—	4–6	3–7	3–7	4–6	4–6	3–7	2–8
Cincinnati	3–9	6–4	—	4–4	3–6	10–2	6–3	3–5	7–5
Detroit	0–8	7–3	4–4	—	1–11	8–1	7–5	4–8	3–6
Los Angeles	5–4	7–3	6–3	11–1	—	5–3	8–4	7–5	4–4
New York	2–10	6–4	2–10	1–8	3–5	—	2–6	3–6	2–10
San Francisco	1–8	6–4	3–6	5–7	4–8	6–2	—	3–9	3–5
St. Louis	3–5	7–3	5–3	8–4	5–7	6–3	9–3	—	5–4
Syracuse	6–6	8–2	5–7	6–3	4–4	10–2	5–3	4–5	—

Game log

1962–63 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 16	Chicago	119–121	Richie Guerin (30)	1–0
2	October 19	Los Angeles	105–116	Richie Guerin (27)	2–0
3	October 20	@ Boston	116–149	Guerin, Shue (20)	2–1
4	October 23	Syracuse	123–119	Richie Guerin (33)	2–2
5	October 26	Boston	133–108	Willie Naulls (29)	2–3
6	October 27	@ St. Louis	109–115	Richie Guerin (37)	2–4
7	October 30	@ San Francisco	106–125	Richie Guerin (25)	2–5
8	October 31	@ Los Angeles	95–115	Johnny Green (28)	2–6
9	November 2	@ San Francisco	121–143	Richie Guerin (37)	2–7
10	November 4	@ Los Angeles	106–125	Willie Naulls (18)	2–8
11	November 7	@ St. Louis	122–112	Richie Guerin (33)	3–8
12	November 9	Cincinnati	122–119	Richie Guerin (33)	3–9
13	November 11	N Boston	98–117	Gene Shue (23)	3–10
14	November 13	Boston	116–102	Richie Guerin (23)	3–11
15	November 15	@ Chicago	92–95	Richie Guerin (23)	3–12
16	November 16	San Francisco	127–111	Richie Guerin (32)	3–13
17	November 17	N Detroit	113–121 (OT)	Richie Guerin (29)	3–14
18	November 20	St. Louis	95–103	Al Butler (21)	4–14
19	November 21	N Chicago	137–108	Richie Guerin (27)	5–14
20	November 23	Syracuse	110–116	Willie Naulls (25)	6–14
21	November 24	@ Syracuse	126–137	Al Butler (23)	6–15
22	November 27	Cincinnati	139–129	Johnny Green (39)	6–16
23	November 28	@ Detroit	101–143	Richie Guerin (14)	6–17
24	December 1	N Detroit	115–117	Johnny Green (24)	6–18
25	December 4	Los Angeles	132–112	Al Butler (16)	6–19
26	December 5	N Chicago	133–117	Richie Guerin (33)	7–19
27	December 6	@ Cincinnati	99–96	Richie Guerin (29)	8–19
28	December 8	Detroit	78–87	Gene Shue (20)	9–19
29	December 11	Boston	87–95	Green, Guerin (23)	10–19
30	December 12	@ Detroit	106–115	Johnny Green (21)	10–20
31	December 15	@ Chicago	101–142	Johnny Green (25)	10–21
32	December 16	@ St. Louis	108–115	Richie Guerin (30)	10–22
33	December 18	Cincinnati	102–103	Johnny Green (27)	11–22
34	December 22	@ Boston	120–106	Richie Guerin (37)	12–22
35	December 25	Syracuse	123–111	Richie Guerin (30)	12–23
36	December 27	@ Syracuse	92–128	Al Butler (16)	12–24
37	December 29	San Francisco	114–109	Richie Guerin (41)	12–25
38	January 1	@ Cincinnati	106–112 (OT)	Richie Guerin (25)	12–26
39	January 3	N Syracuse	115–123	Johnny Green (31)	13–26
40	January 4	Chicago	108–129	Richie Guerin (33)	14–26
41	January 6	Detroit	103–102	Richie Guerin (29)	14–27
42	January 8	N Detroit	93–109	Johnny Green (16)	14–28
43	January 9	N St. Louis	110–95	Gola, Shue (16)	14–29
44	January 12	@ Chicago	97–130	Johnny Green (19)	14–30
45	January 13	@ Los Angeles	102–108	Green, Guerin, Hogue, Shue (16)	14–31
46	January 14	@ San Francisco	134–142	Richie Guerin (39)	14–32
47	January 17	@ San Francisco	113–100	Richie Guerin (27)	15–32
48	January 19	@ Cincinnati	108–114	Gene Shue (27)	15–33
49	January 22	Boston	124–100	Richie Guerin (27)	15–34
50	January 25	Cincinnati	114–112	Richie Guerin (36)	15–35
51	January 27	@ Boston	110–123	Richie Guerin (20)	15–36
52	January 29	San Francisco	123–103	Richie Guerin (22)	15–37
53	January 30	N Los Angeles	115–116	Al Butler (26)	15–38
54	January 31	N Chicago	101–116	Johnny Green (24)	15–39
55	February 3	Los Angeles	95–122	Tom Gola (23)	16–39
56	February 5	Syracuse	120–100	Johnny Green (36)	16–40
57	February 8	Boston	129–97	Al Butler (22)	16–41
58	February 9	N Syracuse	122–116	Richie Guerin (28)	16–42
59	February 10	@ Boston	123–129	Johnny Green (25)	16–43
60	February 13	St. Louis	103–102	Al Butler (27)	16–44
61	February 14	N St. Louis	113–123	Al Butler (27)	17–44
62	February 15	@ Chicago	135–131 (2OT)	Johnny Green (38)	18–44
63	February 17	Cincinnati	109–98	Dave Budd (23)	18–45
64	February 19	Detroit	121–112	Johnny Green (24)	18–46
65	February 21	@ Cincinnati	96–115	Johnny Green (27)	18–47
66	February 22	San Francisco	93–106	Richie Guerin (28)	19–47
67	February 24	@ Syracuse	126–143	Budd, Green (18)	19–48
68	February 26	Los Angeles	116–125	Richie Guerin (32)	20–48
69	February 27	@ Cincinnati	107–119	Richie Guerin (21)	20–49
70	February 28	N Syracuse	132–124	Johnny Green (26)	20–50
71	March 2	@ Boston	117–122	Bevo Nordmann (18)	20–51
72	March 3	Boston	102–95	Al Butler (17)	20–52
73	March 5	Syracuse	131–121	Richie Guerin (31)	20–53
74	March 7	@ Syracuse	118–129	Richie Guerin (29)	20–54
75	March 8	St. Louis	129–124	Richie Guerin (34)	20–55
76	March 10	@ St. Louis	120–132	Bevo Nordmann (30)	20–56
77	March 12	Cincinnati	110–96	Richie Guerin (22)	20–57
78	March 13	@ Detroit	89–112	Richie Guerin (23)	20–58
79	March 15	Chicago	111–116	Dave Budd (22)	21–58
80	March 17	@ Cincinnati	109–116	Richie Guerin (23)	21–59

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