1964–65 New York Knicks season explained

The 1964-65 NBA season was the Knicks' 19th season in the NBA.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1964-65 NBA Records
width=100	Team	BAL	BOS	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	PHI	SFW	STL
	—	3–7	6–4	6–4	4–6	2–8	4–6	7–3	5–5
	7–3	—	8–2	10–0	7–3	7–3	5–5	9–1	9–1
	4–6	2–8	—	6–4	6–4	8–2	6–4	8–2	8–2
	4–6	0–10	4–6	—	3–7	5–5	4–6	8–2	3–7
	6–4	3–7	4–6	7–3	—	10–0	7–3	8–2	4–6
New York	8–2	3–7	2–8	5–5	0–10	—	5–5	7–3	1–9
	6–4	5–5	4–6	6–4	3–7	5–5	—	6–4	5–5
	3–7	1–9	2–8	2–8	2–8	3–7	4–6	—	0–10
	5–5	1–9	2–8	7–3	6–4	9–1	5–5	10–0	—

Game log

1964–65 Game log
	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 17		113–109	Johnny Green (20)	0–1
2	October 24		118–108 (OT)	Willis Reed (20)	0–2
3	October 25	N Detroit	108–95	Komives, Reed (20)	1–2
4	October 27		131–103	Willis Reed (20)	1–3
5	October 30		90–94	Len Chappell (24)	2–3
6	October 31	@ Philadelphia	105–116	Willis Reed (22)	2–4
7	November 5	@ Los Angeles	96–106	Jim Barnes (21)	2–5
8	November 6		127–133 (2OT)	Johnny Green (32)	2–6
9	November 8	@ San Francisco	121–130	Willis Reed (38)	2–7
10	November 10	@ Los Angeles	101–108	Jim Barnes (21)	2–8
11	November 12	Los Angeles	132–123 (OT)	Willis Reed (38)	2–9
12	November 14		111–110	Howard Komives (29)	2–10
13	November 20	N Boston	120–127	Jim Barnes (28)	2–11
14	November 21		94–103	Howard Komives (20)	3–11
15	November 24	San Francisco	93–101	Willis Reed (25)	4–11
16	November 25	N Philadelphia	124–93	Bob Boozer (18)	4–12
17	November 28		91–106	Willis Reed (23)	5–12
18	November 29	@ Cincinnati	95–105	Boozer, Heyman (13)	5–13
19	December 1	Boston	117–113 (OT)	Johnny Green (32)	5–14
20	December 2	@ Boston	91–116	Johnny Green (26)	5–15
21	December 5	@ Detroit	100–110	Jim Barnes (24)	5–16
22	December 6	@ St. Louis	94–115	Jim Barnes (26)	5–17
23	December 8	Detroit	102–100	Johnny Egan (21)	5–18
24	December 9	@ Baltimore	111–90	Johnny Egan (26)	6–18
25	December 12	Philadelphia	106–133	Willis Reed (25)	7–18
26	December 13	N Philadelphia	121–115	Len Chappell (26)	7–19
27	December 15	San Francisco	134–132 (OT)	Johnny Egan (35)	7–20
28	December 16	N St. Louis	117–103	Barnes, Chappell (20)	7–21
29	December 17	N Boston	113–112	Willis Reed (22)	8–21
30	December 19	Cincinnati	133–105	Bob Boozer (19)	8–22
31	December 21	@ Los Angeles	113–125	Howard Komives (24)	8–23
32	December 22	N San Francisco	118–124	Willis Reed (25)	9–23
33	December 25	Baltimore	114–108	Willis Reed (26)	9–24
34	December 26	@ Baltimore	118–116	Jim Barnes (32)	10–24
35	December 27	St. Louis	99–89	Jim Barnes (21)	10–25
36	December 28	N Detroit	117–123	Bob Boozer (29)	10–26
37	December 30	N San Francisco	102–118	Johnny Green (33)	11–26
38	January 1	San Francisco	100–101	Jim Barnes (21)	12–26
39	January 5	Cincinnati	125–116 (OT)	Johnny Egan (26)	12–27
40	January 6	@ Cincinnati	102–116	Johnny Egan (23)	12–28
41	January 8	@ St. Louis	82–83	Willis Reed (18)	12–29
42	January 9	Detroit	118–115	Jim Barnes (23)	12–30
43	January 10	@ Baltimore	122–120 (OT)	Johnny Egan (23)	13–30
44	January 15	@ San Francisco	89–87	Boozer, Reed (15)	14–30
45	January 16	@ San Francisco	102–89	Art Heyman (23)	15–30
46	January 20	@ Los Angeles	103–119	Jim Barnes (28)	15–31
47	January 22	@ Los Angeles	107–117	Jim Barnes (25)	15–32
48	January 26	Los Angeles	111–99	Jim Barnes (17)	15–33
49	January 27	@ St. Louis	100–117	Bob Boozer (25)	15–34
50	January 29	N Detroit	106–99	Willis Reed (22)	16–34
51	January 30	Boston	97–90	Willis Reed (25)	16–35
52	January 31	@ Boston	95–123	Willis Reed (18)	16–36
53	February 2	San Francisco	102–113	Johnny Green (23)	17–36
54	February 3	N Philadelphia	116–95	Willis Reed (35)	17–37
55	February 5	@ Detroit	118–112 (OT)	Willis Reed (29)	18–37
56	February 6	Detroit	106–109	Jim Barnes (21)	19–37
57	February 9	St. Louis	108–103	Howard Komives (23)	19–38
58	February 10	N Cincinnati	115–112 (OT)	Johnny Green (27)	20–38
59	February 12	@ Boston	92–94 (OT)	Jim Barnes (23)	20–39
60	February 13	Boston	113–123	Bob Boozer (23)	21–39
61	February 16	N Baltimore	106–102	Howard Komives (25)	22–39
62	February 17	Los Angeles	118–98	Willis Reed (30)	22–40
63	February 20	N Philadelphia	111–92	Willis Reed (24)	22–41
64	February 21	Cincinnati	104–109	Willis Reed (22)	23–41
65	February 23	Philadelphia	104–132	Bob Boozer (25)	24–41
66	February 24	@ Baltimore	100–111	Howard Komives (17)	24–42
67	February 27	Baltimore	99–102	Bob Boozer (21)	25–42
68	February 28	N Cincinnati	117–126	Willis Reed (36)	25–43
69	March 2	St. Louis	99–98	Willis Reed (21)	25–44
70	March 5	Los Angeles	105–103	Willis Reed (46)	25–45
71	March 6	@ Detroit	96–93	Willis Reed (33)	26–45
72	March 7	@ St. Louis	106–132	Willis Reed (19)	26–46
73	March 9	Philadelphia	122–124 (OT)	Willis Reed (22)	27–46
74	March 10	@ Philadelphia	134–123	Howard Komives (26)	28–46
75	March 13	@ Baltimore	114–102	Willis Reed (31)	29–46
76	March 14	Cincinnati	113–103	Dave Budd (25)	29–47
77	March 16	@ Cincinnati	102–111	Willis Reed (25)	29–48
78	March 17	Boston	114–119	Willis Reed (28)	30–48
79	March 20	Baltimore	114–118	Bob Boozer (23)	31–48
80	March 21	@ St. Louis	103–112	Johnny Egan (18)	31–49

Awards and records

• Willis Reed, NBA Rookie of the Year Award
• Willis Reed, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
• Jim Barnes, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
• Howard Komives, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Notes and References

1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1965.html 1964–65 New York Knicks