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). With a 35–37 regular season record, the Knicks did not qualify for the 1958 NBA Playoffs.

1957–58 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Vince Boryla
General manager	Fred Podesta
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	35–37 (.486)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX
Radio	WINS

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.

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 Celtics	49	23	.681	-	25-4	16-13	8-6	20-16
x-Syracuse Nationals	41	31	.569	8	26-5	8-20	7-6	21-15
x-Philadelphia Warriors	37	35	.514	12	15-11	11-19	11-5	17-19
New York Knicks	35	37	.486	14	16-12	11-18	8-7	14-22

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1957-58 NBA Records
Team	BOS	CIN	DET	MIN	NYK	PHI	STL	SYR
Boston	—	7–2	8–1	9–0	7–5	6–6	5–4	7–5
Cincinnati	2–7	—	6–6	8–4	4–5	6–3	3–9	4–5
Detroit	1–8	6–6	—	6–6	4–5	5–4	6–6	5–4
Minneapolis	0–9	4–8	6–6	—	1–8	3–6	3–9	2–7
New York	5–7	5–4	5–4	8–1	—	4–8	3–6	5–7
Philadelphia	6–6	3–6	4–5	6–3	8–4	—	7–2	3–9
St. Louis	4–5	9–3	6–6	9–3	6–3	2–7	—	5–4
Syracuse	5–7	5–4	4–5	7–2	7–5	9–3	4–5	—

Game log

1957–58 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 23	N St. Louis	95–112	Ray Felix (22)	1–0
2	October 26	Boston	131–121	Guy Sparrow (24)	1–1
3	November 3	Philadelphia	105–123	Carl Braun (22)	2–1
4	November 7	@ Philadelphia	101–113	Ken Sears (26)	2–2
5	November 8	@ Syracuse	104–99	Carl Braun (19)	3–2
6	November 12	@ Detroit	107–109	Willie Naulls (24)	3–3
7	November 13	@ Minneapolis	106–124	Ron Sobieszczyk (21)	3–4
8	November 15	@ Cincinnati	99–101	Willie Naulls (24)	3–5
9	November 16	Detroit	109–105	Naulls, Sears (21)	3–6
10	November 19	@ St. Louis	115–118	Richie Guerin (20)	3–7
11	November 20	@ Minneapolis	105–101	Richie Guerin (22)	4–7
12	November 21	N Minneapolis	124–123 (OT)	Willie Naulls (33)	5–7
13	November 23	Syracuse	119–115	Ken Sears (33)	5–8
14	November 26	St. Louis	120–110	Willie Naulls (24)	5–9
15	November 27	@ Boston	107–120	Richie Guerin (25)	5–10
16	November 28	N Boston	97–80	Carl Braun (21)	6–10
17	November 30	@ Philadelphia	83–111	Ken Sears (17)	6–11
18	December 1	Detroit	102–109	Willie Naulls (25)	7–11
19	December 3	Cincinnati	104–110	Sears, Sobieszczyk (21)	8–11
20	December 6	@ Cincinnati	112–97	Richie Guerin (21)	9–11
21	December 8	@ St. Louis	113–110	Ron Sobieszczyk (32)	10–11
22	December 10	Boston	103–106	Richie Guerin (28)	11–11
23	December 11	N St. Louis	135–126	Guerin, Naulls (30)	11–12
24	December 14	@ St. Louis	124–136	Ken Sears (24)	11–13
25	December 15	@ Detroit	116–109	Carl Braun (24)	12–13
26	December 17	Syracuse	117–123	Ray Felix (24)	13–13
27	December 22	Philadelphia	100–126	Guerin, Sears (23)	14–13
28	December 25	@ Syracuse	130–134 (OT)	Guerin, Naulls (22)	14–14
29	December 26	@ Boston	110–120	Richie Guerin (22)	14–15
30	December 27	Detroit	120–125	Carl Braun (28)	15–15
31	December 28	@ Philadelphia	115–122	Carl Braun (27)	15–16
32	December 31	Minneapolis	116–142	Guerin, Sparrow (23)	16–16
33	January 2	N Syracuse	98–131	Carl Braun (27)	17–16
34	January 5	Cincinnati	101–100	Ray Felix (23)	17–17
35	January 7	St. Louis	114–112	Richie Guerin (26)	17–18
36	January 8	N Cincinnati	123–105	Ray Felix (26)	18–18
37	January 9	N Boston	136–123	Willie Naulls (33)	19–18
38	January 10	@ Cincinnati	104–107	Carl Braun (19)	19–19
39	January 12	Philadelphia	115–110 (OT)	Ken Sears (29)	19–20
40	January 14	N Cincinnati	111–117	Braun, Felix (20)	19–21
41	January 17	N Philadelphia	117–116	Willie Naulls (24)	19–22
42	January 18	Syracuse	120–123	Willie Naulls (31)	20–22
43	January 19	@ Syracuse	108–112	Ken Sears (21)	20–23
44	January 22	@ Detroit	115–92	Charlie Tyra (17)	21–23
45	January 24	@ Boston	104–125	Guy Sparrow (17)	21–24
46	January 25	Minneapolis	116–128	Ken Sears (28)	22–24
47	January 26	@ Minneapolis	109–106	Willie Naulls (23)	23–24
48	January 27	N Minneapolis	113–102	Richie Guerin (22)	24–24
49	January 28	Syracuse	110–102	Willie Naulls (29)	24–25
50	January 31	N Detroit	105–119	Braun, Naulls (26)	24–26
51	February 1	Boston	121–114	Carl Braun (28)	24–27
52	February 2	@ Philadelphia	120–131	Willie Naulls (22)	24–28
53	February 4	St. Louis	116–120	Willie Naulls (35)	25–28
54	February 7	N Syracuse	105–102	Carl Braun (27)	25–29
55	February 8	Minneapolis	93–94	Ken Sears (24)	26–29
56	February 9	@ Detroit	100–98	Carl Braun (20)	27–29
57	February 11	@ St. Louis	105–107	Ken Sears (26)	27–30
58	February 12	@ Minneapolis	106–97	Willie Naulls (28)	28–30
59	February 14	@ Cincinnati	103–92	Willie Naulls (21)	29–30
60	February 15	Cincinnati	97–99	Ken Sears (22)	30–30
61	February 18	Boston	113–111	Ken Sears (38)	30–31
62	February 19	@ Syracuse	110–116	Carl Braun (29)	30–32
63	February 21	@ Philadelphia	111–117 (OT)	Carl Braun (26)	30–33
64	February 22	Syracuse	112–115	Richie Guerin (29)	31–33
65	February 25	Philadelphia	132–110	Ken Sears (27)	31–34
66	February 26	N Philadelphia	96–112	Ken Sears (25)	32–34
67	March 1	Detroit	103–101	Felix, Sears (19)	32–35
68	March 4	Boston	99–104	Guy Sparrow (29)	33–35
69	March 5	@ Syracuse	91–102	Willie Naulls (21)	33–36
70	March 9	Philadelphia	81–123	Ken Sears (20)	34–36
71	March 11	@ Boston	119–126	Richie Guerin (31)	34–37
72	March 12	@ Boston	127–125	Richie Guerin (28)	35–37

External links

• 1957–58 New York Knickerbockers Statistics