1970–71 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks March 2026 August 2023 New York Knicks yes 1971 52 30 Atlantic 1 1 Red Holzman Red Holzman Madison Square Garden WOR-TVManhattan Cable Television WNBC East Conference finals(lost to Bullets 3–4) NYK The 1970–71 New York Knicks season was the 25th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/ February 28, 2010 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.Hahn Alan New York Knicks: The Complete Illustrated History Voyageur Press 2012 90–94 https://books.google.com/books?id=bEr0AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 978-1-61058-684-9 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. 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.1970–71 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1971.html February 28, 2010 Draft picks 1970 NBA draft 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.1970 NBA Draft Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1970.html February 16, 2013 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 New York Knicks 1970–71 12 Dick Barnett SG 6 4 190 Tennessee State 1936-10-02 24 Bill Bradley SF 6 5 205 Princeton 1943-07-28 22 Dave DeBusschere PF 6 6 220 Detroit Mercy 1940-10-16 34 Greg Fillmore C 7 1 240 Cheyney (PA) 1947-03-07 10 Walt Frazier PG 6 4 200 Southern Illinois 1945-03-29 18 Phil Jackson PF 6 8 220 North Dakota 1945-09-17 26 Eddie Mast PF 6 9 220 Temple 1948-10-03 5 Mike Price basketball G 6 3 200 Illinois 1948-09-11 19 Willis Reed C 6 9 235 Grambling State 1942-06-25 6 Mike Riordan basketball SG 6 4 200 Providence 1945-07-09 33 Cazzie Russell SF 6 5 218 Michigan 1944-06-07 9 Dave Stallworth SF 6 7 200 Wichita State 1941-12-20 Red Holzman Regular season Season standings NYK NYK z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1970–71 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 13 Boston 107–114 Willis Reed (35) 1–0 2 October 14 @ Cincinnati 128–104 Cazzie Russell (29) 2–0 3 October 17 Chicago 99–96 Dave DeBusschere (22) 2–1 4 October 20 Los Angeles 100–115 Willis Reed (29) 3–1 5 October 22 San Francisco 92–95 Cazzie Russell (20) 4–1 6 October 23 @ Baltimore 92–98 Willis Reed (25) 4–2 7 October 24 Cincinnati 103–115 Dave DeBusschere (24) 5–2 8 October 27 Seattle 104–117 Dave DeBusschere (22) 6–2 9 October 28 @ Boston 126–89 Willis Reed (22) 7–2 10 October 29 San Diego 107–114 Dick Barnett (26) 8–2 11 October 31 Detroit 89–107 Walt Frazier (22) 9–2 12 November 2 @ San Francisco 111–99 Walt Frazier (27) 10–2 13 November 4 @ San Diego 109–100 Walt Frazier (25) 11–2 14 November 6 @ Los Angeles 104–106 Willis Reed (24) 11–3 15 November 8 @ Portland 125–113 Frazier, Reed (28) 12–3 16 November 10 @ Seattle 91–93 Willis Reed (32) 12–4 17 November 12 Baltimore 110–108 Willis Reed (34) 12–5 18 November 13 @ Chicago 106–98 Dave DeBusschere (24) 13–5 19 November 14 Philadelphia 94–126 Walt Frazier (23) 14–5 20 November 17 Phoenix 100–103 Willis Reed (19) 15–5 21 November 18 @ Philadelphia 106–113 Walt Frazier (24) 15–6 22 November 19 Cincinnati 106–98 Walt Frazier (28) 15–7 23 November 21 Cleveland 94–102 Dick Barnett (24) 16–7 24 November 24 Atlanta 119–128 Walt Frazier (33) 17–7 25 November 25 @ Atlanta 114–111 Willis Reed (35) 18–7 26 November 27 @ Milwaukee 103–94 Willis Reed (34) 19–7 27 November 28 Milwaukee 99–100 Dave DeBusschere (21) 20–7 28 December 1 Seattle 109–114 Willis Reed (35) 21–7 29 December 2 @ Detroit 82–101 Willis Reed (17) 21–8 30 December 4 @ Buffalo 91–97 Willis Reed (31) 21–9 31 December 5 Buffalo 93–117 Frazier, Reed (23) 22–9 32 December 8 Portland 121–139 Willis Reed (37) 23–9 33 December 12 Philadelphia 101–118 Willis Reed (25) 24–9 34 December 13 N San Francisco 101–94 Walt Frazier (24) 24–10 35 December 15 Cleveland 92–110 Walt Frazier (25) 25–10 36 December 16 @ Cleveland 108–84 Walt Frazier (22) 26–10 37 December 19 Chicago 87–98 Dave Stallworth (22) 27–10 38 December 20 @ Phoenix 133–118 Walt Frazier (26) 28–10 39 December 22 @ Seattle 108–119 Dave DeBusschere (27) 28–11 40 December 25 Buffalo 102–115 Dick Barnett (24) 29–11 41 December 27 Baltimore 105–110 Walt Frazier (33) 30–11 42 December 30 San Francisco 103–111 Walt Frazier (29) 31–11 43 January 2 Atlanta 112–108 Walt Frazier (28) 31–12 44 January 6 @ Cleveland 127–94 Cazzie Russell (18) 32–12 45 January 7 @ Milwaukee 106–116 Walt Frazier (23) 32–13 46 January 9 @ Portland 96–114 Dick Barnett (23) 32–14 47 January 14 @ Phoenix 88–107 Dave DeBusschere (23) 32–15 48 January 16 @ San Francisco 93–102 Walt Frazier (21) 32–16 49 January 19 San Diego 113–117 (OT) Bill Bradley (27) 33–16 50 January 20 @ Chicago 103–109 Walt Frazier (30) 33–17 51 January 23 Boston 107–128 Walt Frazier (32) 34–17 52 January 24 @ Detroit 117–105 Willis Reed (24) 35–17 53 January 26 Milwaukee 98–107 Willis Reed (35) 36–17 54 January 27 @ Atlanta 116–108 Walt Frazier (26) 37–17 55 January 29 @ Boston 118–111 Willis Reed (29) 38–17 56 January 30 Philadelphia 106–105 Walt Frazier (28) 38–18 57 January 31 N Baltimore 125–95 Walt Frazier (29) 39–18 58 February 2 Cincinnati 108–115 Willis Reed (27) 40–18 59 February 5 @ Detroit 99–108 Willis Reed (35) 40–19 60 February 6 Chicago 109–102 Cazzie Russell (25) 40–20 61 February 7 @ Philadelphia 99–127 Barnett, Reed (20) 40–21 62 February 9 Atlanta 114–109 Willis Reed (24) 40–22 63 February 10 @ Buffalo 99–106 Dick Barnett (21) 40–23 64 February 12 @ Atlanta 116–125 Walt Frazier (33) 40–24 65 February 13 Phoenix 97–114 Dick Barnett (30) 41–24 66 February 16 @ Los Angeles 115–130 Willis Reed (23) 41–25 67 February 18 @ San Diego 116–115 Walt Frazier (36) 42–25 68 February 20 Detroit 94–108 Bill Bradley (23) 43–25 69 February 23 San Diego 126–109 Barnett, DeBusschere (24) 43–26 70 February 24 @ Cincinnati 125–105 Walt Frazier (26) 44–26 71 February 27 Portland 102–113 Willis Reed (35) 45–26 72 February 28 @ Baltimore 110–104 Walt Frazier (25) 46–26 73 March 2 Baltimore 95–109 Willis Reed (21) 47–26 74 March 5 @ Philadelphia 116–121 Willis Reed (26) 47–27 75 March 6 Boston 104–112 Walt Frazier (39) 48–27 76 March 7 @ Boston 116–110 Walt Frazier (34) 49–27 77 March 9 Seattle 114–99 Walt Frazier (19) 49–28 78 March 10 @ Cincinnati 118–120 (OT) Dave DeBusschere (29) 49–29 79 March 13 Milwaukee 103–108 Dave DeBusschere (33) 50–29 80 March 16 Los Angeles 82–115 Walt Frazier (22) 51–29 81 March 18 @ Phoenix 131–123 (OT) Dick Barnett (30) 52–29 82 March 21 @ Los Angeles 98–101 Cazzie Russell (16) 52–30 Playoffs New York Knicks 1971 yes New York Knicks Conference semifinals yes yes no 2 1 2 0 |- | 1 | March 25 | Atlanta | W 112–101 | Bill Bradley (25) | Willis Reed (22) | Bill Bradley (4) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 27 | Atlanta | L 104–113 | Walt Frazier (29) | Dave DeBusschere (15) | Bill Bradley (4) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 28 | @ Atlanta | W 110–95 | Willis Reed (26) | Dave DeBusschere (17) | Walt Frazier (9) | Alexander Memorial Coliseum7,192 | 2–1 |- | 4 | March 30 | @ Atlanta | W 113–107 | Walt Frazier (26) | Dave DeBusschere (13) | Walt Frazier (8) | Alexander Memorial Coliseum7,192 | 3–1 |- | 5 | April 1 | Atlanta | W 111–107 | Dave DeBusschere (29) | Dave DeBusschere (22) | Willis Reed (5) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 4–1 |- New York Knicks Conference finals yes no 3 1 0 3 |- | 1 | April 6 | Baltimore | W 112–111 | Walt Frazier (24) | Dave DeBusschere (17) | Walt Frazier (7) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 9 | Baltimore | W 107–88 | Dick Barnett (14) | Dave DeBusschere (14) | Walt Frazier (5) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 2–0 |- | 3 | April 11 | @ Baltimore | L 88–114 | Walt Frazier (17) | Willis Reed (10) | Barnett, Bradley (5) | Baltimore Civic Center8,083 | 2–1 |- | 4 | April 14 | @ Baltimore | L 80–101 | Walt Frazier (16) | Dave DeBusschere (9) | Walt Frazier (5) | Baltimore Civic Center12,289 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 16 | Baltimore | W 89–84 | Walt Frazier (28) | Dave DeBusschere (17) | Bill Bradley (4) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 3–2 |- | 6 | April 18 | @ Baltimore | L 96–113 | Dave DeBusschere (24) | Dave DeBusschere (10) | Dick Barnett (5) | Baltimore Civic Center11,211 | 3–3 |- | 7 | April 19 | Baltimore | L 91–93 | Dick Barnett (26) | Willis Reed (12) | Walt Frazier (4) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 3–4 |- NYK 1971 yes Player statistics Season Playoffs Awards and records Willis Reed, All-NBA Second TeamAll-NBA & All-ABA Teams Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_league.html August 10, 2013 Walt Frazier, All-NBA Second Team Dave DeBusschere, NBA All-Defensive First TeamNBA & ABA All-Defensive Teams Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_defense.html August 10, 2013 Walt Frazier, NBA All-Defensive First Team References New York Category:New York Knicks seasons New York Knicks New York Knicks Category:1970s in Manhattan