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.
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 St. Bonaventure 2 13 Larry Friend G/F California
Regular season
Season standings
x – clinched playoff spot
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
References
External links 1957–58 New York Knickerbockers Statistics