1963–64 New York Knicks season

1963–64 New York Knicks season
1963–64 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Eddie Donovan
General manager	Fred Podesta
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	22–58 (.275)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX
Radio	WCBS
< 1962–63	1964–65 >

Last updated July 08, 2024

The 1963-64 NBA season was the Knicks' 18th 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	59	21	.738	–	26–4	21–17	12–0	25–11
x- Cincinnati Royals	55	25	.688	4	26–7	18–18	11–0	27–9
x- Philadelphia 76ers	34	46	.425	25	18–12	12–22	4–12	13–23
New York Knicks	22	58	.275	37	10–25	8–27	4–6	7–29

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1963-64 NBA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	PHI	SFW	STL
Baltimore	—	1–9	2–8	7–3	3–7	7–3	5–5	3–7	3–7
Boston	9–1	—	5–7	7–1	6–3	10–2	10–2	5–3	7–2
Cincinnati	8–2	7–5	—	7–2	4–4	11–1	9–3	5–4	4–4
Detroit	3–7	1–7	2–7	—	5–7	4–5	3–5	3–9	2–10
Los Angeles	7–3	3–6	4–4	7–5	—	6–2	5–4	5–7	5–7
New York	3–7	2–10	1–11	5–4	2–6	—	4–8	1–8	4–4
Philadelphia	5–5	2–10	3–9	5–3	4–5	8–4	—	4–4	3–6
San Francisco	7–3	3–5	4–5	9–3	7–5	8–1	4–4	—	6–6
St. Louis	7–3	2–7	4–4	10–2	7–5	4–4	6–3	6–6	—

Game log

1963–64 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 17	Baltimore	115–113	Johnny Green (23)	0–1
2	October 19	@ Cincinnati	97–121	Richie Guerin (21)	0–2
3	October 22	Los Angeles	130–117	Art Heyman (24)	0–3
4	October 23	@ Baltimore	106–115	Tom Gola (19)	0–4
5	October 25	@ Philadelphia	136–112	Johnny Green (25)	1–4
6	October 26	Philadelphia	101–109	Len Chappell (21)	2–4
7	October 29	St. Louis	109–103 (OT)	Len Chappell (20)	2–5
8	October 30	@ St. Louis	104–121	Len Chappell (19)	2–6
9	November 2	Baltimore	105–123	Len Chappell (22)	3–6
10	November 6	@ Los Angeles	109–111	Art Heyman (22)	3–7
11	November 7	@ San Francisco	88–110	Butler, McGill (13)	3–8
12	November 9	@ San Francisco	89–84	Len Chappell (23)	4–8
13	November 10	@ Los Angeles	79–104	Len Chappell (23)	4–9
14	November 13	St. Louis	102–106	Bill McGill (28)	5–9
15	November 15	@ Boston	116–133	Bill McGill (33)	5–10
16	November 16	Cincinnati	114–122	Johnny Green (27)	6–10
17	November 19	Boston	126–98	Len Chappell (27)	6–11
18	November 20	@ Philadelphia	101–118	Art Heyman (20)	6–12
19	November 23	Detroit	99–108	Art Heyman (23)	7–12
20	November 26	Los Angeles	119–112	Bill McGill (41)	7–13
21	November 27	N San Francisco	118–89	Bill McGill (22)	7–14
22	November 29	@ Cincinnati	110–135	Johnny Green (22)	7–15
23	November 30	Philadelphia	132–125	Tom Gola (29)	7–16
24	December 3	San Francisco	116–108	Bill McGill (25)	7–17
25	December 4	@ Detroit	120–119	Len Chappell (30)	8–17
26	December 6	N Baltimore	102–116	Green, McGill (28)	8–18
27	December 7	Cincinnati	116–105	Johnny Green (25)	8–19
28	December 10	Boston	132–113	John Rudometkin (26)	8–20
29	December 11	@ Philadelphia	103–113	Johnny Green (18)	8–21
30	December 12	@ Cincinnati	102–112	Len Chappell (28)	8–22
31	December 14	Philadelphia	123–119	Len Chappell (34)	8–23
32	December 17	Detroit	107–103	Len Chappell (22)	8–24
33	December 18	@ Boston	111–133	Boozer, Chappell (23)	8–25
34	December 19	N Boston	140–143	Bob Boozer (25)	8–26
35	December 21	Boston	117–127	Bill McGill (31)	9–26
36	December 25	Los Angeles	134–126	Bill McGill (30)	9–27
37	December 26	@ St. Louis	111–107	Len Chappell (24)	10–27
38	December 29	@ Cincinnati	99–105	Johnny Green (17)	10–28
39	December 31	San Francisco	101–79	Len Chappell (15)	10–29
40	January 2	@ Baltimore	109–124	Johnny Green (21)	10–30
41	January 3	N Baltimore	120–118	Johnny Green (23)	11–30
42	January 4	Cincinnati	125–116	Bill McGill (32)	11–31
43	January 5	@ Philadelphia	142–118	Bob Boozer (26)	12–31
44	January 8	@ Los Angeles	118–136	Bill McGill (23)	12–32
45	January 9	@ San Francisco	97–112	Bob Boozer (20)	12–33
46	January 11	N Los Angeles	118–108	Len Chappell (23)	13–33
47	January 12	@ San Francisco	105–112	Johnny Green (23)	13–34
48	January 16	N Detroit	124–116	Johnny Green (26)	14–34
49	January 17	N Detroit	99–101	Johnny Egan (20)	14–35
50	January 19	@ Baltimore	109–107	Bob Boozer (23)	15–35
51	January 21	Cincinnati	139–124	Bob Boozer (25)	15–36
52	January 23	@ Baltimore	114–130	John Rudometkin (21)	15–37
53	January 25	Philadelphia	131–129	Bill McGill (29)	15–38
54	January 26	@ Boston	102–115	Bill McGill (18)	15–39
55	January 28	Boston	127–133	Bob Boozer (28)	16–39
56	January 29	@ St. Louis	105–104	Johnny Egan (26)	17–39
57	January 30	N Cincinnati	110–133	Johnny Egan (22)	17–40
58	February 1	San Francisco	125–106	Johnny Egan (20)	17–41
59	February 4	Baltimore	137–134 (OT)	Len Chappell (31)	17–42
60	February 6	@ Philadelphia	117–128	Al Butler (25)	17–43
61	February 7	@ Boston	112–133	Johnny Egan (28)	17–44
62	February 8	Boston	135–114	Bob Boozer (21)	17–45
63	February 11	@ St. Louis	103–125	Heyman, McGill (19)	17–46
64	February 14	@ Cincinnati	114–126	Bob Boozer (22)	17–47
65	February 15	Cincinnati	130–124	Art Heyman (29)	17–48
66	February 18	Los Angeles	117–118	Johnny Green (26)	18–48
67	February 19	N St. Louis	114–120	Art Heyman (33)	19–48
68	February 22	@ Detroit	125–119 (OT)	Len Chappell (26)	20–48
69	February 23	Philadelphia	114–105	Bob Boozer (26)	20–49
70	February 25	Boston	114–102	Bob Boozer (23)	20–50
71	February 28	N Detroit	110–112	Art Heyman (29)	20–51
72	February 29	San Francisco	136–110	Bill McGill (28)	20–52
73	March 3	Cincinnati	117–108	Bill McGill (24)	20–53
74	March 4	@ Baltimore	108–115	Bill McGill (23)	20–54
75	March 7	@ Philadelphia	115–130	Len Chappell (30)	20–55
76	March 8	Philadelphia	108–140	Len Chappell (27)	21–55
77	March 10	St. Louis	124–105	Al Butler (18)	21–56
78	March 14	@ Detroit	124–126	Len Chappell (28)	21–57
79	March 15	Detroit	125–139	Bob Boozer (25)	22–57
80	March 17	@ Boston	121–127	Johnny Green (20)	22–58

Awards and records

Art Heyman, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

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