1957–58 New York Knicks season

The 1957–58 New York Knicks season was the 12th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] With a 35–37 regular season record, the Knicks did not qualify for the 1958 NBA Playoffs.[2]

1957–58 New York Knicks season
Head coachVince Boryla
General managerFred Podesta
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record35–37 (.486)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWPIX
RadioWINS

NBA draft
Main article: 1957 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 5 Brendan McCann G  United States St. Bonaventure
2 13 Larry Friend G/F  United States California

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics4923.681-25-416-138-620-16
x-Syracuse Nationals4131.569826-58-207-621-15
x-Philadelphia Warriors3735.5141215-1111-1911-517-19
New York Knicks3537.4861416-1211-188-714-22
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1957-58 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —7–28–19–07–56–65–47–5
Cincinnati 2–7—6–68–44–56–33–94–5
Detroit 1–86–6—6–64–55–46–65–4
Minneapolis 0–94–86–6—1–83–63–92–7
New York 5–75–45–48–1—4–83–65–7
Philadelphia 6–63–64–56–38–4—7–23–9
St. Louis 4–59–36–69–36–32–7—5–4
Syracuse 5–75–44–57–27–59–34–5—

Game log
1957–58 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 23N St. Louis95–112Ray Felix (22)1–0
2October 26Boston131–121Guy Sparrow (24)1–1
3November 3Philadelphia105–123Carl Braun (22)2–1
4November 7@ Philadelphia101–113Ken Sears (26)2–2
5November 8@ Syracuse104–99Carl Braun (19)3–2
6November 12@ Detroit107–109Willie Naulls (24)3–3
7November 13@ Minneapolis106–124Ron Sobieszczyk (21)3–4
8November 15@ Cincinnati99–101Willie Naulls (24)3–5
9November 16Detroit109–105Naulls, Sears (21)3–6
10November 19@ St. Louis115–118Richie Guerin (20)3–7
11November 20@ Minneapolis105–101Richie Guerin (22)4–7
12November 21N Minneapolis124–123 (OT)Willie Naulls (33)5–7
13November 23Syracuse119–115Ken Sears (33)5–8
14November 26St. Louis120–110Willie Naulls (24)5–9
15November 27@ Boston107–120Richie Guerin (25)5–10
16November 28N Boston97–80Carl Braun (21)6–10
17November 30@ Philadelphia83–111Ken Sears (17)6–11
18December 1Detroit102–109Willie Naulls (25)7–11
19December 3Cincinnati104–110Sears, Sobieszczyk (21)8–11
20December 6@ Cincinnati112–97Richie Guerin (21)9–11
21December 8@ St. Louis113–110Ron Sobieszczyk (32)10–11
22December 10Boston103–106Richie Guerin (28)11–11
23December 11N St. Louis135–126Guerin, Naulls (30)11–12
24December 14@ St. Louis124–136Ken Sears (24)11–13
25December 15@ Detroit116–109Carl Braun (24)12–13
26December 17Syracuse117–123Ray Felix (24)13–13
27December 22Philadelphia100–126Guerin, Sears (23)14–13
28December 25@ Syracuse130–134 (OT)Guerin, Naulls (22)14–14
29December 26@ Boston110–120Richie Guerin (22)14–15
30December 27Detroit120–125Carl Braun (28)15–15
31December 28@ Philadelphia115–122Carl Braun (27)15–16
32December 31Minneapolis116–142Guerin, Sparrow (23)16–16
33January 2N Syracuse98–131Carl Braun (27)17–16
34January 5Cincinnati101–100Ray Felix (23)17–17
35January 7St. Louis114–112Richie Guerin (26)17–18
36January 8N Cincinnati123–105Ray Felix (26)18–18
37January 9N Boston136–123Willie Naulls (33)19–18
38January 10@ Cincinnati104–107Carl Braun (19)19–19
39January 12Philadelphia115–110 (OT)Ken Sears (29)19–20
40January 14N Cincinnati111–117Braun, Felix (20)19–21
41January 17N Philadelphia117–116Willie Naulls (24)19–22
42January 18Syracuse120–123Willie Naulls (31)20–22
43January 19@ Syracuse108–112Ken Sears (21)20–23
44January 22@ Detroit115–92Charlie Tyra (17)21–23
45January 24@ Boston104–125Guy Sparrow (17)21–24
46January 25Minneapolis116–128Ken Sears (28)22–24
47January 26@ Minneapolis109–106Willie Naulls (23)23–24
48January 27N Minneapolis113–102Richie Guerin (22)24–24
49January 28Syracuse110–102Willie Naulls (29)24–25
50January 31N Detroit105–119Braun, Naulls (26)24–26
51February 1Boston121–114Carl Braun (28)24–27
52February 2@ Philadelphia120–131Willie Naulls (22)24–28
53February 4St. Louis116–120Willie Naulls (35)25–28
54February 7N Syracuse105–102Carl Braun (27)25–29
55February 8Minneapolis93–94Ken Sears (24)26–29
56February 9@ Detroit100–98Carl Braun (20)27–29
57February 11@ St. Louis105–107Ken Sears (26)27–30
58February 12@ Minneapolis106–97Willie Naulls (28)28–30
59February 14@ Cincinnati103–92Willie Naulls (21)29–30
60February 15Cincinnati97–99Ken Sears (22)30–30
61February 18Boston113–111Ken Sears (38)30–31
62February 19@ Syracuse110–116Carl Braun (29)30–32
63February 21@ Philadelphia111–117 (OT)Carl Braun (26)30–33
64February 22Syracuse112–115Richie Guerin (29)31–33
65February 25Philadelphia132–110Ken Sears (27)31–34
66February 26N Philadelphia96–112Ken Sears (25)32–34
67March 1Detroit103–101Felix, Sears (19)32–35
68March 4Boston99–104Guy Sparrow (29)33–35
69March 5@ Syracuse91–102Willie Naulls (21)33–36
70March 9Philadelphia81–123Ken Sears (20)34–36
71March 11@ Boston119–126Richie Guerin (31)34–37
72March 12@ Boston127–125Richie Guerin (28)35–37

References
  1. "New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on April 24, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  2. "1957–58 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on May 22, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  3. "1957 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
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