1964–65 New York Knicks season

1964–65 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Eddie Donovan Harry Gallatin
General manager	Fred Podesta Eddie Donovan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	31–49 (.388)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX
Radio	WOR

The 1964-65 NBA season was the Knicks' 19th season in the NBA.

Roster

New York Knicks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 22 Barnes, Jim 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) UTEP F 14 Boozer, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Kansas State G 7 Bryant, Em 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) DePaul F 10 Budd, Dave 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wake Forest C 24 Chappell, Len 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Wake Forest G 15 Egan, Johnny 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Providence G 6 Gola, Tom 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) La Salle F 11 Green, Johnny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Michigan State G 4 Heyman, Art 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Duke C 23 Hoover, Tom 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Villanova G 16 Komives, Howard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Bowling Green F 21 Kramer, Barry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) NYU C 19 Reed, Willis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Grambling State F 18 Rudometkin, John 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) USC

Head coach Harry Gallatin (Truman) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Boston Celtics	62	18	.775	–	27–3	27–11	8–4	20–10
x-Cincinnati Royals	48	32	.600	14	25–7	17–21	6–4	16–14
x-Philadelphia 76ers	40	40	.500	22	13–12	9–21	18–7	14–16
New York Knicks	31	49	.388	31	15–20	9–21	7–8	10–20

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1964-65 NBA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	PHI	SFW	STL
Baltimore	—	3–7	6–4	6–4	4–6	2–8	4–6	7–3	5–5
Boston	7–3	—	8–2	10–0	7–3	7–3	5–5	9–1	9–1
Cincinnati	4–6	2–8	—	6–4	6–4	8–2	6–4	8–2	8–2
Detroit	4–6	0–10	4–6	—	3–7	5–5	4–6	8–2	3–7
Los Angeles	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
Philadelphia	6–4	5–5	4–6	6–4	3–7	5–5	—	6–4	5–5
San Francisco	3–7	1–9	2–8	2–8	2–8	3–7	4–6	—	0–10
St. Louis	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	Los Angeles	113–109	Johnny Green (20)	0–1
2	October 24	Detroit	118–108 (OT)	Willis Reed (20)	0–2
3	October 25	N Detroit	108–95	Komives, Reed (20)	1–2
4	October 27	Boston	131–103	Willis Reed (20)	1–3
5	October 30	Philadelphia	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	@ San Francisco	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	Cincinnati	111–110	Howard Komives (29)	2–10
13	November 20	N Boston	120–127	Jim Barnes (28)	2–11
14	November 21	Baltimore	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	St. Louis	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