1959–60 New York Knicks season

1959–60 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Andrew Levane Carl Braun
General manager	Fred Podesta Vince Boryla
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	27–48 (.360)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX
Radio	WINS

The 1959–60 NBA season was the Knicks' 14th season in the NBA.

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Boston Celtics	59	16	.787	–	25–2	24–9	10–5	28–11
x-Philadelphia Warriors	49	26	.653	10	22–6	12–19	15–1	22–17
x-Syracuse Nationals	45	30	.600	14	25–4	12–19	8–7	21–18
New York Knicks	27	48	.360	32	13–18	9–19	5–11	7–32

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1959-60 NBA Records
Team	BOS	CIN	DET	MIN	NYK	PHI	STL	SYR
Boston	—	8–1	9–0	8–1	12–1	8–5	6–3	8–5
Cincinnati	1–8	—	5–8	5–8	2–7	0–9	4–9	2–7
Detroit	0–9	8–5	—	7–6	4–5	2–7	5–8	4–5
Minneapolis	1–8	8–5	6–7	—	4–5	2–7	3–10	1–8
New York	1–12	7–2	5–4	5–4	—	4–9	3–6	2–11
Philadelphia	5–8	9–0	7–2	7–2	9–4	—	4–5	8–5
St. Louis	3–6	9–4	8–5	10–3	6–3	5–4	—	5–4
Syracuse	5–8	7–2	5–4	8–1	11–2	5–8	4–5	—

Game log

1959–60 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 24	Philadelphia	118–109	Ken Sears (35)	0–1
2	October 31	Boston	123–109	Richie Guerin (25)	0–2
3	November 3	N Minneapolis	99–93	Richie Guerin (35)	1–2
4	November 4	@ Detroit	107–101	Richie Guerin (27)	2–2
5	November 7	@ St. Louis	113–117	Guerin, Naulls (26)	2–3
6	November 10	@ Philadelphia	125–126	Naulls, Sobieszczyk (26)	2–4
7	November 12	Syracuse	113–104	Richie Guerin (22)	2–5
8	November 14	@ Syracuse	108–116	Jack George (20)	2–6
9	November 15	Detroit	103–94	Willie Naulls (19)	2–7
10	November 17	St. Louis	97–105	Ken Sears (25)	3–7
11	November 18	@ Minneapolis	106–105	Willie Naulls (23)	4–7
12	November 19	@ Cincinnati	130–109	Richie Guerin (25)	5–7
13	November 21	Boston	128–127	Guerin, Naulls, Sears (23)	5–8
14	November 22	@ Detroit	104–115	Willie Naulls (23)	5–9
15	November 24	Syracuse	120–107	Ken Sears (29)	5–10
16	November 28	Philadelphia	109–108	Carl Braun (25)	5–11
17	November 29	@ Philadelphia	127–126	Willie Naulls (30)	6–11
18	December 1	Minneapolis	103–100	Ken Sears (28)	6–12
19	December 2	N Cincinnati	118–135	Richie Guerin (29)	6–13
20	December 4	@ Boston	107–122	Willie Naulls (30)	6–14
21	December 5	Detroit	108–124	Willie Naulls (22)	7–14
22	December 8	Boston	121–105	Naulls, Sears (22)	7–15
23	December 11	Syracuse	121–152	Richie Guerin (57)	8–15
24	December 13	@ Detroit	129–147	Richie Guerin (28)	8–16
25	December 15	St. Louis	119–110	Richie Guerin (30)	8–17
26	December 16	@ Syracuse	113–116	Richie Guerin (30)	8–18
27	December 17	N Boston	126–137	Richie Guerin (42)	8–19
28	December 19	@ Boston	116–119	Ken Sears (25)	8–20
29	December 20	Cincinnati	118–132	Willie Naulls (28)	9–20
30	December 22	N Cincinnati	127–119	George, Sears (24)	10–20
31	December 25	Boston	123–119	Richie Guerin (26)	10–21
32	December 26	@ Philadelphia	122–116	Richie Guerin (28)	11–21
33	December 30	N Detroit	124–109	Willie Naulls (31)	12–21
34	December 31	Minneapolis	102–127	Richie Guerin (24)	13–21
35	January 2	@ Cincinnati	126–118	Richie Guerin (32)	14–21
36	January 3	@ St. Louis	108–110	Ken Sears (28)	14–22
37	January 5	Detroit	110–121	Willie Naulls (26)	15–22
38	January 6	N Cincinnati	113–129	Carl Braun (25)	15–23
39	January 10	Philadelphia	116–103	Charlie Tyra (25)	15–24
40	January 12	@ Cincinnati	141–123	Willie Naulls (25)	16–24
41	January 13	N Detroit	113–114	Richie Guerin (34)	16–25
42	January 14	N Minneapolis	131–126	Willie Naulls (36)	17–25
43	January 16	Cincinnati	106–132	Willie Naulls (23)	18–25
44	January 17	@ Syracuse	117–129	Willie Naulls (26)	18–26
45	January 19	N Philadelphia	114–93	Richie Guerin (20)	18–27
46	January 20	@ Boston	126–144	Willie Naulls (33)	18–28
47	January 23	@ Minneapolis	115–104	Ken Sears (30)	19–28
48	January 24	@ St. Louis	129–155	Ken Sears (26)	19–29
49	January 26	St. Louis	119–123	Naulls, Sears (30)	20–29
50	January 27	N Philadelphia	129–117	Richie Guerin (35)	20–30
51	January 29	N Cincinnati	128–113	Ken Sears (24)	21–30
52	January 30	Philadelphia	108–115	Willie Naulls (27)	22–30
53	February 2	Syracuse	119–102	Willie Naulls (30)	22–31
54	February 3	N St. Louis	125–115	Richie Guerin (32)	22–32
55	February 6	Boston	143–117	Richie Guerin (27)	22–33
56	February 7	@ Boston	142–135	Ken Sears (39)	23–33
57	February 9	@ St. Louis	104–114	Guerin, Tyra (22)	23–34
58	February 10	Philadelphia	117–125	Richie Guerin (38)	24–34
59	February 11	@ Syracuse	109–116	Charlie Tyra (24)	24–35
60	February 13	St. Louis	104–122	Willie Naulls (27)	25–35
61	February 16	Syracuse	116–125	Dick Garmaker (33)	26–35
62	February 18	N Boston	104–109	Ken Sears (19)	26–36
63	February 20	N Syracuse	126–121	Willie Naulls (25)	26–37
64	February 21	Philadelphia	129–122	Richie Guerin (41)	26–38
65	February 23	Minneapolis	117–112	Charlie Tyra (27)	26–39
66	February 25	@ Philadelphia	121–131	Jim Palmer (27)	26–40
67	February 27	@ Syracuse	111–114	Sears, Tyra (22)	26–41
68	February 28	Boston	129–125	Richie Guerin (39)	26–42
69	March 1	Syracuse	124–121	Jim Palmer (23)	26–43
70	March 2	N Minneapolis	113–123	Richie Guerin (28)	26–44
71	March 4	N Philadelphia	136–134 (OT)	Willie Naulls (23)	26–45
72	March 5	@ Syracuse	115–132	Willie Naulls (28)	26–46
73	March 6	Detroit	112–120	Dick Garmaker (30)	27–46
74	March 9	@ Boston	128–148	Willie Naulls (29)	27–47
75	March 10	@ Minneapolis	108–133	Willie Naulls (25)	27–48

Awards and records

• Richie Guerin, All-NBA Second Team