1958–59 New York Knicks season
Head coachAndrew Levane
General managerFred Podesta
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record40–32 (.556)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division semifinals
(lost to Nationals 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWPIX
RadioWINS

The 1958–59 New York Knicks season was the 13th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished in second place in the Eastern Division with a 40–32 win–loss record, qualifying for the NBA playoffs for the first time since the 1955–56 season.[1] New York lost in the first round to the Syracuse Nationals, two games to none.[2]

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.[3]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 3 Mike Farmer F  United States San Francisco
1 4 Pete Brennan F  United States North Carolina
2 11 Joe Quigg F/C  United States North Carolina
4 27 Johnny Cox G  United States Kentucky

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics5220.722–26–413–1513–123–13
x-New York Knicks4032.5561221–915–154–819–17
x-Syracuse Nationals3537.4861717–97–248–714–22
Philadelphia Warriors3240.4442017–97–248–714–22
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1958-59 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —8–18–19–07–59–34–57–5
Cincinnati 1–8—3–96–63–62–71–113–6
Detroit 1–89–3—4–83–65–44–82–7
Minneapolis 0–96–68–4—4–56–34–85–4
New York 5–76–36–35–4—5–74–59–3
Philadelphia 3–97–24–53–67–5—4–54–8
St. Louis 5–411–18–48–45–45–4—7–2
Syracuse 5–76–37–24–53–98–42–7—

Game log

1958–59 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 25Boston125–127 (OT)Ken Sears (33)1–0
2October 26@ Philadelphia100–94 (OT)Willie Naulls (30)2–0
3November 1Philadelphia111–92Ken Sears (20)2–1
4November 5@ Cincinnati108–97Ken Sears (22)3–1
5November 7@ Detroit115–101Ken Sears (41)4–1
6November 8@ Minneapolis108–100Ken Sears (21)5–1
7November 13St. Louis102–119Ken Sears (27)6–1
8November 15@ Syracuse96–92Farmer, Guerin (16)7–1
9November 16Minneapolis90–98Charlie Tyra (22)8–1
10November 21N Boston112–106Carl Braun (26)9–1
11November 22Syracuse99–114Ken Sears (23)10–1
12November 25Cincinnati115–113Ken Sears (23)10–2
13November 26@ Boston109–121Willie Naulls (28)10–3
14November 29Philadelphia103–115Ken Sears (25)11–3
15November 30@ Philadelphia100–103Richie Guerin (28)11–4
16December 2Boston109–90Ken Sears (19)11–5
17December 3@ Cincinnati108–110Ken Sears (23)11–6
18December 5@ Detroit110–108Ken Sears (23)12–6
19December 6Detroit99–92Ken Sears (24)12–7
20December 9Minneapolis97–110Frank Selvy (24)13–7
21December 12St. Louis104–106Ken Sears (25)14–7
22December 13@ St. Louis94–108Frank Selvy (19)14–8
23December 14@ Minneapolis100–99Richie Guerin (25)15–8
24December 16Cincinnati106–118Ken Sears (21)16–8
25December 17N St. Louis136–122Richie Guerin (25)16–9
26December 20@ Boston106–135Guerin, Sears (16)16–10
27December 21Syracuse94–108Willie Naulls (26)17–10
28December 25Boston129–120Richie Guerin (34)17–11
29December 26N Philadelphia106–93Ken Sears (23)17–12
30December 27@ Syracuse106–102Ken Sears (32)18–12
31December 30Detroit90–93Guerin, Sears (24)19–12
32January 2@ Minneapolis97–107Ken Sears (24)19–13
33January 3@ Detroit106–102Ken Sears (26)20–13
34January 4@ St. Louis122–114Richie Guerin (25)21–13
35January 6Syracuse108–118Ken Sears (24)22–13
36January 7N Boston78–109Ken Sears (16)22–14
37January 10@ Philadelphia97–103Willie Naulls (25)22–15
38January 11Philadelphia105–111Ken Sears (36)23–15
39January 14@ Boston112–123Ken Sears (24)23–16
40January 15N Philadelphia95–91Ken Sears (17)23–17
41January 17Cincinnati105–117Ken Sears (28)24–17
42January 18@ Syracuse120–118Richie Guerin (23)25–17
43January 20N Cincinnati108–114Frank Selvy (21)25–18
44January 21@ Cincinnati130–109Guerin, Selvy (25)26–18
45January 24Detroit118–122 (OT)Ken Sears (30)27–18
46January 25@ St. Louis111–115Richie Guerin (41)27–19
47January 27St. Louis112–111 (OT)Ken Sears (31)27–20
48January 31N Syracuse117–119Ken Sears (26)28–20
49February 1Philadelphia113–105Ken Sears (25)28–21
50February 3Syracuse114–115Frank Selvy (21)29–21
51February 4@ Boston129–126Richie Guerin (39)30–21
52February 5N Syracuse98–111Frank Selvy (21)31–21
53February 7Boston124–116Willie Naulls (23)31–22
54February 8@ Syracuse104–113Richie Guerin (21)31–23
55February 9@ Minneapolis122–128Willie Naulls (27)31–24
56February 12@ St. Louis105–106Frank Selvy (27)31–25
57February 13@ Detroit90–96Willie Naulls (26)31–26
58February 15Cincinnati97–124Ken Sears (25)32–26
59February 17St. Louis93–112Ken Sears (26)33–26
60February 18@ Cincinnati118–116Richie Guerin (33)34–26
61February 20N Minneapolis106–116Willie Naulls (17)34–27
62February 21N Detroit101–114Ray Felix (19)34–28
63February 22Philadelphia90–111Richie Guerin (22)35–28
64February 24Boston122–134Richie Guerin (37)36–28
65February 25@ Philadelphia123–134Willie Naulls (26)36–29
66February 28Minneapolis107–112Ken Sears (28)37–29
67March 1@ Syracuse115–140Willie Naulls (28)37–30
68March 3Syracuse127–120Willie Naulls (27)37–31
69March 4N Philadelphia115–118Richie Guerin (32)38–31
70March 5N Minneapolis115–135Willie Naulls (22)38–32
71March 8Detroit120–127Willie Naulls (24)39–32
72March 10@ Boston138–116Guerin, Sears (22)40–32

Playoffs

1959 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 13 Syracuse L 123–129 Richie Guerin (24) Madison Square Garden III 0–1
2 March 15 @ Syracuse L 115–131 Willie Naulls (26) Onondaga War Memorial 0–2
1959 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ "New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
  2. ↑ "1958–59 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
  3. ↑ "1958 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ "All-NBA & All-ABA Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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