New York Knicks
The New York Knicks played the very first game in the history of their league on the 1st of November, 1946. They defeated the Toronto Huskies 68-66 at Maple Leaf Gardens, with guard Leo Gottlieb leading all scorers with 14 points. The 7,090 spectators in that arena had no way of knowing they were watching a landmark in basketball history. Nearly eight decades on, the Knicks remain one of only two original NBA teams still playing in their founding city. How did a franchise assembled from a hotel meeting in 1946 come to define big-city basketball? What does it mean that Madison Square Garden was, for so many years, both the sport's grandest stage and the place where the franchise's deepest heartbreaks unfolded? And who was the point guard claimed off waivers in late 2011, whose play left an entire country struggling for words to describe it?
On the 6th of June, 1946, nineteen people gathered at the Commodore Hotel in New York City to form the Basketball Association of America. The idea originated with Max Kase, a New York sportswriter who envisioned a professional league for graduating college players. Kase had met Boston Garden owner Walter Brown in the 1930s. He persuaded Brown that arenas sitting empty while hockey teams traveled on the road could generate extra income. Ned Irish, the president of Madison Square Garden, was also present at the meeting.
Kase had hoped to own the New York franchise himself and proposed leasing the Garden from Irish. Irish cited the rules of the Arena Managers Association of America. Under those rules, Madison Square Garden was required to own any professional team that played there. When Kase presented his proposal to the assembled owners, the room was far more impressed by Irish and his resources. The franchise was awarded to Irish.
Irish wanted a name that felt distinctly New York. He gathered his staff and had them cast their votes into a hat. The result was Knickerbockers. The word came from the pen name Washington Irving had used in his book A History of New York. That name had gradually come to represent the descendants of the original Dutch settlers of what would become New York. Over time it broadened to mean New Yorkers in general.
Irish pursued Joe Lapchick as head coach in May 1946. Lapchick had coached with great success at St. John's University, and Irish offered to make him the highest-paid coach in the league. Lapchick agreed but asked to remain at St. John's for one final season. Irish agreed and hired former Manhattan College coach Neil Cohalan to serve as interim coach for year one. With no college draft yet in place, teams recruited local players to build interest in the new league. The Knicks held their opening training camp at the Nevele Country Club in the Catskill Mountains. The three-week session gathered 25 players who worked out twice a day. When Lapchick finally joined the team in 1947, he brought six new players with him, including guard Carl Braun, who would eventually retire as the Knicks' all-time leading scorer with 10,449 points.
Wataru Misaka, a Japanese-American guard, joined the Knicks as the first non-Caucasian player in the Basketball Association of America. Carl Braun averaged 14.3 points per game and emerged as the team's primary scorer, pairing with Dick Holub and Bud Palmer to account for roughly half of all the team's offense.
Two future Hall of Famers arrived in the 1948 NBA draft: center Dolph Schayes and forward Harry Gallatin. The Knicks had reservations about Schayes, and he signed instead with the Syracuse Nationals of the rival National Basketball League. Gallatin stayed, and guard Dick McGuire formed a standout partnership alongside him. Both were later enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Before the 1950-51 season, the Knicks signed Sweetwater Clifton, making them the first professional basketball team to sign an African American player. That season the team finished 36-30 and secured a playoff spot. They advanced to the NBA Finals, where they fell to the Rochester Royals after losing the first three games and failing to complete a comeback. The next two years brought further Finals appearances against the Minneapolis Lakers, with New York losing both times.
Those three consecutive Finals losses marked the high point of the Lapchick era. Lapchick resigned in January 1956, citing health reasons. A succession of coaches followed without restoring consistent postseason success.
The franchise's low point during this stretch arrived on the 2nd of March, 1962, when the Knicks faced the Philadelphia Warriors in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points that night in a 169-147 Warriors victory.
The 1964 draft brought Willis Reed, who was named NBA Rookie of the Year. His arrival gave the franchise its most promising building block in years. Dick McGuire guided the team back to the playoffs in 1966. When the 1967-68 season opened with just one win in the first seven games, the pressure on management was intense. The answer came in the form of Red Holzman.
Under Red Holzman's direction, the Knicks went 28-17 to finish the 1967-68 season at 43-39. Holzman's impact was partly built on talent already present. Rookies Phil Jackson and Walt Frazier were both named to the NBA All-Rookie Team that year. Dick Barnett and Willis Reed performed in the 1968 NBA All-Star Game.
The 1968-69 season transformed the team's ceiling. The Knicks acquired Dave DeBusschere from the Detroit Pistons, and the roster found the balance it had lacked. New York went 54-28 and advanced past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 1953. They swept the Baltimore Bullets before falling to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Division finals.
The 1969-70 season stands as the franchise's signature campaign. New York posted 60 wins against only 22 losses, the best regular-season record in franchise history to that point. Along the way they registered 18 consecutive victories, an NBA record at the time. After defeating the Bullets and the Milwaukee Bucks in the playoffs, the Knicks met the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals.
Willis Reed tore a muscle in his right leg during game 5 of the Finals, with the series tied at 2-2. The Knicks rallied from a 16-point deficit to win the game. They then lost game 6 without Reed, setting up a seventh and deciding game.
Reed emerged from the tunnel before game 7, limping onto the court to play through his injury. He scored New York's first two baskets before going scoreless for the rest of the night. Reed's presence appeared to lift his teammates, and the Knicks won 113-99 to claim their first NBA championship. Reed had already been named All-Star MVP and league MVP that season. He also won Finals MVP, becoming the first player to collect all three awards in a single year.
The Knicks added Earl Monroe and Jerry Lucas ahead of the 1972 Finals, where they fell to the Lakers in five games. The following year that result was reversed: New York defeated Los Angeles in five games to win their second title in four years. Willis Reed retired after the 1973-74 season. Phil Jackson, who had played bench minutes for the Knicks during this era, later cited Holzman as a significant influence on his coaching career. Jackson went on to coach the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers to 11 combined championships, surpassing Red Auerbach for the most in league history.
In the summer of 1985, the Knicks entered the first-ever NBA draft lottery and won the top pick. They selected Patrick Ewing, a center from Georgetown University. In his debut season, Ewing led all rookies in scoring at 20 points per game and in rebounding at 9 per game, earning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. The team around him struggled to a 23-59 record.
The 1987-88 season marked the beginning of a recovery. Rick Pitino, hired as head coach only months after leading Providence College to the Final Four, brought new energy to the franchise. Rookie point guard Mark Jackson also won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award that year. The Knicks made the playoffs with a 38-44 record.
The 1988-89 Knicks went 52-30 and won their first division title in 18 years, their fifth in franchise history. Pitino then departed for the University of Kentucky. Stu Jackson, at 32 the youngest head coach in the NBA at the time, guided New York to a 45-37 record in 1989-90. John MacLeod led the team to a 39-43 record the following season before leaving for Notre Dame.
Pat Riley agreed to take over on the 31st of May, 1991, bringing the physical, defense-first style he had used to win four championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s. In his first season, Ewing scored 24 points per game and John Starks contributed 13.9 as the Knicks went 51-31. The following year brought the franchise's best regular-season performance since the championship era: a 60-22 record and the Atlantic Division title.
After taking a 2-0 series lead against the Chicago Bulls in the 1993 Eastern Conference finals and then losing the next four straight games, the Knicks headed into the 1993-94 season carrying that disappointment.
The Knicks won 57 games in 1993-94 and played a then-NBA-record 25 playoff games. They defeated the New Jersey Nets in the first round and then the Chicago Bulls in the second round, the latter series coming in a year when Michael Jordan had stepped away from basketball. The Eastern Conference finals brought a matchup with Indiana. The Pacers held a 3-2 series lead, built partly on Reggie Miller's 25 fourth-quarter points in game 5. The Knicks won games 6 and 7 to reach their first Finals since 1973.
The 1994 NBA Finals against the Houston Rockets went seven games. During the series, Madison Square Garden also hosted the New York Rangers' first Stanley Cup celebration in 54 years. In game 6, John Starks' last-second shot attempt was tipped by Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon, giving Houston an 86-84 victory. Game 7 ended 90-84, with Starks shooting 2-for-18 from the field. Riley had available bench players known for their shooting, including Rolando Blackman and Hubert Davis, but did not substitute them.
The 1994-95 season brought another agonizing meeting with Indiana in the second round. Miller scored eight points in the final 9 seconds of game 1 to give the Pacers a 107-105 win. Game 7 ended with Ewing's last-second finger roll to tie the game falling short. Indiana won 97-95, and Riley resigned the following day.
In 1996-97, with new additions Larry Johnson and Allan Houston, Van Gundy's Knicks went 57-25. A brawl near the end of game 5 of the second-round series against the Miami Heat produced suspensions across the roster. Ewing and several teammates were disciplined for leaving the bench area during the altercation, which the NBA rules at the time prohibited. Missing multiple contributors for games 6 and 7, the Knicks lost the series.
The 1997-98 season brought further misfortune. Ewing suffered a wrist injury on the 22nd of December that cost him most of the year. Reggie Miller struck again in game 4 of the second-round Pacers series. He hit a tying three-pointer with 5.1 seconds remaining in regulation, sending the game to overtime and Indiana to a series victory in five games.
In the lockout-shortened 1998-99 season, the Knicks entered the playoffs at 27-23 as the eighth seed. Allan Houston's shot in game 5 of the first round against the top-seeded Miami Heat became one of basketball's unforgettable moments. With 0.8 seconds left, the ball bounced off the front of the rim, rose high off the backboard, and fell through the net. The upset marked only the second time in NBA history that an eighth seed had beaten the first seed in the playoffs. The Knicks swept the Atlanta Hawks and then defeated the Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals despite losing Ewing to injury before game 3. New York became the first eighth seed in NBA history to reach the Finals.
Tim Duncan and David Robinson anchored the San Antonio Spurs, who won the series in five games. Game 5 featured a second-half scoring duel between Duncan and Latrell Sprewell before Avery Johnson's long jumper with 47 seconds remaining sealed the championship for San Antonio. Ewing was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics on the 20th of September, 2000.
Jeff Van Gundy resigned as head coach on the 8th of December, 2001, saying he had lost focus and could no longer coach properly. The Knicks missed the playoffs that season for the first time since 1986-87.
Isiah Thomas was named team president on the 22nd of December, 2003. He orchestrated a series of high-priced acquisitions that produced little on-court return and generated significant controversy. On the 16th of December, 2006, a brawl erupted between the Knicks and the Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden. Former Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sanders sued Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden for sexual harassment. A jury found Thomas and the Garden liable and levied $11.6 million in punitive damages, later settled for $11.5 million. On the 29th of November, 2007, the Knicks lost to the Boston Celtics 104-59, matching the third-largest margin of defeat in franchise history. That season's record of 23-59 tied the franchise's worst mark ever.
Donnie Walsh arrived as team president on the 2nd of April, 2008, setting a stated goal of clearing cap space and restoring competitiveness. Mike D'Antoni was hired as head coach on the 13th of May, 2008, signing a four-year, $24 million deal. In July 2010, the Knicks signed Amar'e Stoudemire to an approximately $100 million contract over five years. The deal sold out the team's full-season ticket inventory for the first time since 2002. On the 22nd of February, 2011, the Knicks acquired Carmelo Anthony from the Denver Nuggets in a multi-player trade.
Carmelo Anthony later set both the Knicks' franchise record and the Madison Square Garden record for single-game scoring. The night's total was 62 points and 13 rebounds against the Charlotte Bobcats.
The most unexpected chapter of this era arrived on the 4th of February, 2012. With the Knicks at 8-15, D'Antoni inserted third-string point guard Jeremy Lin into the lineup against the New Jersey Nets. Lin had been claimed off waivers on the 27th of December following an injury to Iman Shumpert. He scored 25 points and seven assists to lead New York to a win. Lin was then named the starter following a game against Utah. He guided the Knicks on a seven-game winning streak that brought the team back to the .500 mark. For five of those games, both Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire were sidelined. The nationwide and global media coverage of Lin's performances came to be known as Linsanity. D'Antoni resigned on the 14th of March, 2012, after the momentum stalled when Anthony returned from injury.
The 2012-13 Knicks won the Atlantic Division title for the first time since the 1993-94 season. A 13-game winning streak, which included victories over the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder, propelled them. They also set an NBA single-season record for three-pointers. The Indiana Pacers eliminated them in the second round of the playoffs. The team would not reach the playoffs again for eight full seasons.
Leon Rose was named president of the New York Knicks on the 2nd of March, 2020. Tom Thibodeau was announced as head coach on the 30th of July.
Julius Randle had a breakout 2020-21 season. On the 23rd of February, 2021, he was named a reserve for the NBA All-Star Game. A 118-104 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on the 3rd of May clinched the franchise's first winning season since 2012-13. The Knicks then clinched their first playoff berth since 2013, ending an eight-year absence from the postseason.
RJ Barrett, the third overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft, developed alongside Randle as a foundation piece of the new era. The front office added guard Jalen Brunson and center Karl-Anthony Towns. Those four players produced consistent playoff success. In 2026, the Knicks returned to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Behind Brunson, Towns, Randle, and Barrett, the franchise was still in pursuit of its third championship.
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Common questions
When were the New York Knicks founded?
The New York Knicks were founded in 1946 as a charter member of the Basketball Association of America. Ned Irish, then president of Madison Square Garden, received the franchise at a meeting on the 6th of June, 1946 at the Commodore Hotel in New York City. The BAA merged with the National Basketball League in 1949 to form the NBA.
Why are the New York Knicks called the Knickerbockers?
The name Knickerbocker derives from the pen name Washington Irving used in his book A History of New York. The word came to represent the descendants of the original Dutch settlers of what became New York, and later extended to New Yorkers in general. The team was named by a staff vote organized by founder Ned Irish, who wanted a name specific to the city.
How many NBA championships have the New York Knicks won?
The New York Knicks have won two NBA championships, in 1970 and 1973, both under head coach Red Holzman. The 1970 title was clinched in game 7 against the Los Angeles Lakers by a score of 113-99, with Willis Reed playing through a torn muscle. The 1973 title also came against the Lakers, in five games.
What happened in game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals with Willis Reed?
Willis Reed had torn a muscle in his right leg during game 5 but limped onto the court before game 7 against the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored the Knicks' first two baskets before going scoreless for the rest of the night, and New York won 113-99. Reed became the first player in NBA history to win All-Star MVP, league MVP, and Finals MVP in the same season.
What was Linsanity and what did Jeremy Lin do for the New York Knicks?
Jeremy Lin was a third-string point guard claimed off waivers on the 27th of December, 2011, who was inserted into the Knicks lineup on the 4th of February, 2012 against the New Jersey Nets. He scored 25 points and seven assists in that game and went on to lead the Knicks to a seven-game winning streak. The widespread national and global media coverage of his performances came to be known as Linsanity.
What was Allan Houston's famous shot in the 1999 New York Knicks playoffs?
In game 5 of the first-round playoff series against the top-seeded Miami Heat, Allan Houston released a running one-hander with 0.8 seconds remaining. The ball bounced off the front of the rim, rose high off the backboard, and fell in, eliminating the Heat. It was only the second time in NBA history that an eighth seed had beaten a first seed in the playoffs, and it launched the Knicks to the first eighth-seed NBA Finals appearance in league history.
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- 189Young scores 36 points, Hawks finish off Knicks in game 5June 2, 2021
- 190New York Gov. Cuomo says Barclays Center, other large arenas in the state, can reopen starting Feb. 23Noah Higgins-Dunn — February 10, 2021
- 191Knicks, Nets fans welcomed back inside arenas: 'completely electric'Elizabeth Rosner et al. — February 23, 2021
- 192The Knicks introduce free-agent signings Kemba Walker and Evan FournierAugust 18, 2021
- 193Julius Randle agrees to 4-year, $117 million extension with New York KnicksAdrian Wojnarowski — August 5, 2021
- 194Knicks Acquire Cam ReddishJanuary 13, 2022
- 195After rare playoff appearance, Randle, Knicks take step backApril 11, 2022
- 196Inside The Knicks' Fallout This Season, and What's Next For Julius Randle and FranchiseBrett Siegel — April 26, 2022
- 1992022 NBA Draft: Breaking down the Knicks' three separate trades after moving Kemba WalkerJack Maloney — June 24, 2022
- 200Jalen Brunson, Knicks agree to 4-year, $104 million dealJuly 12, 2022
- 201NewsHeat back to the NBA's final four, top Knicks 96-92 for 4-2 series winTim Reynolds — May 12, 2023
- 202New York Knicks Acquire Karl-Anthony TownsOctober 2, 2024
- 203Knicks Defeat Celtics To Advance To First Conference Finals Since 2000Tim Casey — May 17, 2025
- 204Pacers Steal Way Into Franchise's First NBA Finals Since 2000Kyle Koster — June 1, 2025
- 205Knicks announce coaching changeJune 3, 2025
- 206Mike Brown named New York Knicks head coachJuly 7, 2025
- 207Live Updates: Knicks, Spurs battle in Emirates NBA Cup ChampionshipDecember 17, 2025
- 208NBA Cup MVP Jalen Brunson again proves he's built for big momentsDecember 16, 2025
- 2094 takeaways: Knicks close out Hawks in historic fashion during Game 6Brian Martin — April 30, 2026
- 211New York Knicks advance to first NBA Finals since 1999Andrew Greif — May 25, 2026
- 213NewsKnicks win first NBA championship since 1973, topping Spurs in Game 5Joe Vardon — The Athletic — June 13, 2026
- 214Jalen Brunson answers every doubt, wins Finals MVP as Knicks end 53-year waitC.J. Holmes — June 13, 2026
- 215The Knicks made a championship run that will be remembered in New York and in NBA historyBrian Mahoney — June 15, 2026
- 218Knicks Play Up Their 'New' UniformsHoward Beck — September 6, 2012
- 219Knicks unveil orange jerseysMatt Moore — October 25, 2013
- 224Uniform Details: New-Look Knicks Nike JerseysNBA Media Ventures, LLC
- 225NewsKnicks Unveil Statement JerseysNBA Media Ventures, LLC
- 226NewsNew York Knicks 2019-20 Statement Uniforms Are HereNBA Media Ventures, LLC — October 20, 2019
- 227NewsKnicks Unveil 'Tough' Statement JerseySports Illustrated FanNation — October 12, 2022
- 228NewsSTATEMENT EDITION UNIFORM (2025)NBA Media Ventures, LLC
- 229NewsKnicks Unveil City Edition Uniforms Paying Homage to Firefighters & Their FamiliesNBA Media Ventures, LLC
- 230New York Knicks Unveil City Edition Uniforms Inspired by the NYC SkylineNBA Media Ventures, LLC — November 24, 2018
- 2312020-21 NEW YORK KNICKS CITY EDITION UNIFORMUniSwag — December 15, 2020
- 232Every NBA City Edition jersey for 2021-2022, rankedRicky O'Donnell — SB Nation — November 1, 2021
- 233News2025-26 Nike City Edition uniforms unveiledNovember 11, 2025
- 234New York Knicks 22/23 City Edition Uniform: Bridging the GapNBA Media Ventures, LLC — November 10, 2022
- 235New York Knicks 2023-24 City Edition Uniform: Ode To 90s and 2000sNBA Media Ventures, LLC — November 2, 2023
- 236New York Knicks 2024-25 City Edition Uniform: Tribute to a golden eraNBA Media Ventures, LLC — November 14, 2024
- 238Knicks Acquire Draft Rights to Jokubaitis and McBrideJuly 29, 2021
- 239Knicks Acquire Draft Rights to Kentucky's Immanuel QuickleyNovember 20, 2020
- 240Knicks Draft Frank Ntilikina of France, Avoiding a Dramatic TwistMike Vorkunov — June 22, 2017
- 241Lakers Trade Gasol and 2nd Round Pick for Draft Rights to Wang Zhelin.NBA Media Ventures, LLC — September 10, 2021
- 243New York Knicks Acquire Mikal Bridges and Keita Bates-DiopJuly 6, 2024
- 244KNICKS TRADE ALEC BURKS AND NERLENS NOEL TO DETROITJuly 11, 2022
- 246Knicks Sign Austin RiversNovember 27, 2020
- 247Houston purchases trio of second-round picksJune 26, 2009
- 251Bill Russell's No. 6 jersey to be retired throughout NBAAugust 11, 2022
- 252NewsNBA permanently retires Bill Russell's No. 6Ben Golliver — August 11, 2022
- 254Knicks hire Scott Perry as new GM, but how much control will he have?Henry Bushnell — July 14, 2017
- 255Edward S. (Ned) Irish, founder of the Knicks, diesGoldaper, Sam — January 22, 1982
- 256Burke Is Retiring From Garden PostsGoldaper, Sam — September 20, 1981
- 257Sports Business; The Tumult at the Garden Reaches to the Top as Evans LeavesGoldaper, Sam — August 6, 1991
- 258Sports People; Rodgers, Knicks MeetJune 26, 1987
- 259Pro Basketball; Bianchi Dismissed; Knicks Turn to CheckettsBrown, Clifton — March 2, 1991
- 260ERNIE FILLS BILL FOR BUCKSEverson, Darren — August 14, 1999
- 261NewsLayden became team president in '99ESPN — December 23, 2003
- 262NewsKnicks fire Isiah as coach after 2 rocky seasonsNBC Sports — April 18, 2008
- 263NewsGlen Grunwald named Knicks executive VP and general managerIsola, Frank — April 24, 2012
- 264Ned Irish Retiring July 1 After 40 Years at GardenGerald Eskenazi — May 23, 1974
- 265ITT-Cablevision Deal Reported To Buy Madison Square GardenChass, Murray — August 28, 1994
- 266New York KnicksDecember 6, 2007
- 267Cablevision Rises on Madison Square Garden Spinoff (Update2)Riddell, Kelly — Bloomberg — July 30, 2009
- 268James L. DolanThe Garden
- 269New York Knicks: PlayersBasketball Reference
- 270NewsA Rivalry to Add to the City's Rich HistoryGeorge Vecsey — November 25, 2012
- 271NewsIslanders Fans React to Barclays Center MoveChris Dell — October 31, 2012
- 272Clash of the Boroughs Resounds in BrooklynBrooklynNets.com