2012–13 New York Knicks season

The 2012–13 New York Knicks season was the 67th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They clinched a playoff berth on March 22, 2013, with a win over the Toronto Raptors, and clinched the Atlantic division title on April 9 against the Washington Wizards.

In the playoffs, the Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics in six games in the first round, before falling to the Indiana Pacers in the conference semifinals in six games.

This was the Knicks' first Atlantic division title since the 1993–94 season, their highest win total since the 1996–97 season and their first 50-win season and playoff series win since the 1999–2000 season.

After this season, the Knicks did not return to the playoffs until the 2020–21 season. Moreover, they did not win 50 games, nor finish second in the East, until the 2023–24 season.

Key dates June 28: The 2012 NBA draft takes place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. July 11: 2012 NBA Free Agency begins.

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool / College 2 48 Kostas Papanikolaou F Olympiacos B.C.

Roster

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Pre-season

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || November 2 || Miami | | Carmelo Anthony (30) | Carmelo Anthony (10) | Raymond Felton (9) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || November 4 || Philadelphia | | Carmelo Anthony (27) | J.R. Smith (9) | Jason Kidd (6) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || November 5 || @ Philadelphia | | Carmelo Anthony (21) | Ronnie Brewer (10) | Raymond Felton (8) | Wells Fargo Center15,783 | 3–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || November 9 || Dallas | | Carmelo Anthony (31) | Tyson Chandler (9) | Raymond Felton (9) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 4–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 || November 13 || @ Orlando | | Carmelo Anthony (25) | Carmelo Anthony (8) | Raymond Felton (5) | Amway Center18,846 | 5–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || November 15 || @ San Antonio | | Raymond Felton (25) | Carmelo Anthony (12) | Raymond Felton (7) | AT&T Center18,581 | 6–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || November 16 || @ Memphis | | Carmelo Anthony (20) | Chandler & Smith (7) | Raymond Felton (5) | FedEx Forum17,516 | 6–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || November 18 || Indiana | | Carmelo Anthony (26) | Anthony & Chandler (9) | Raymond Felton (8) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 7–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || November 20 || @ New Orleans | | Carmelo Anthony (29) | Tyson Chandler (12) | Raymond Felton (6) | New Orleans Arena13,705 | 8–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 21 || @ Dallas | | Carmelo Anthony (23) | Tyson Chandler (13) | Raymond Felton (11) | American Airlines Center20,157 | 8–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 23 || @ Houston | | Carmelo Anthony (37) | Tyson Chandler (7) | Raymond Felton (8) | Toyota Center18,038 | 8–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 || November 25 || Detroit | | Carmelo Anthony (29) | J.R. Smith (10) | Raymond Felton (10) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 9–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 26 || @ Brooklyn | | Carmelo Anthony (35) | Carmelo Anthony (13) | Raymond Felton (5) | Barclays Center17,732 | 9–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 || November 28 || @ Milwaukee | | Carmelo Anthony (29) | Anthony & Chandler (8) | Felton & Prigioni (7) | Bradley Center11,439 | 10–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 || November 30 || Washington | | Anthony & Smith (20) | Tyson Chandler (10) | J.R. Smith (6) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 11–4

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 || December 2 || Phoenix | | Carmelo Anthony (34) | Tyson Chandler (13) | Raymond Felton (7) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 12–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || December 5 || @ Charlotte | | Carmelo Anthony (23) | Tyson Chandler (17) | Raymond Felton (9) | Time Warner Cable Arena18,097 | 13–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 || December 6 || @ Miami | | Raymond Felton (27) | Tyson Chandler (9) | Raymond Felton (7) | American Airlines Arena19,740 | 14–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || December 8 || @ Chicago | | Raymond Felton (27) | Tyson Chandler (18) | Raymond Felton (5) | United Center21,852 | 14–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 || December 9 || Denver | | Carmelo Anthony (34) | Tyson Chandler (12) | Jason Kidd (7) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 15–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 21 || December 11 || @ Brooklyn | | Carmelo Anthony (45) | Tyson Chandler (7) | Raymond Felton (7) | Barclays Center17,732 | 16–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 || December 13 || L. A. Lakers | | Carmelo Anthony (30) | Jason Kidd (9) | Raymond Felton (8) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 17–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 || December 15 || Cleveland | | Raymond Felton (25) | Tyson Chandler (10) | Jason Kidd (8) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 18–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 || December 17 || Houston | | Chris Copeland (29) | Tyson Chandler (18) | Pablo Prigioni (5) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 18–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 || December 19 || Brooklyn | | Carmelo Anthony (31) | Tyson Chandler (12) | Jason Kidd (5) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 19–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || December 21 || Chicago | | Carmelo Anthony (29) | J.R. Smith (10) | Kidd, Felton & Prigioni (3) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 19–7 |- style="background:#cfc" | 27 || December 23 || Minnesota | | Carmelo Anthony (33) | Tyson Chandler (9) | J.R. Smith (7) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 20–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || December 25 || @ L. A. Lakers | | Carmelo Anthony (34) | Tyson Chandler (9) | Jason Kidd (7) | Staples Center18,997 | 20–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 || December 26 || @ Phoenix | | J.R. Smith (27) | Tyson Chandler (12) | Jason Kidd (8) | US Airways Center15,153 | 21–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || December 28 || @ Sacramento | | J.R. Smith (28) | Tyson Chandler (18) | Pablo Prigioni (9) | Sleep Train Arena16,407 | 21–9

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || January 1 || Portland | | Carmelo Anthony (45) | J.R. Smith (11) | J.R. Smith (5) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 21–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || January 3 || San Antonio | | Carmelo Anthony (23) | Tyson Chandler (14) | Pablo Prigioni (9) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 22–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || January 5 || @ Orlando | | Carmelo Anthony (40) | Tyson Chandler (12) | Jason Kidd (7) | Amway Center19,171 | 23–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || January 7 || Boston | | J.R. Smith (24) | Tyson Chandler (17) | Jason Kidd (6) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 23–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 35 || January 10 || @ Indiana | | J.R. Smith (25) | Tyson Chandler (15) | J.R. Smith (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse16,568 | 23–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 36 || January 11 || Chicago | | Carmelo Anthony (39) | Tyson Chandler (18) | Pablo Prigioni (8) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 23–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 || January 13 || New Orleans | | Carmelo Anthony (27) | Tyson Chandler (18) | Jason Kidd (8) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 24–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 38 || January 17 || @ Detroit | | Carmelo Anthony (26) | Tyson Chandler (14) | Anthony, Kidd, & Smith (4) | The O2 Arena, London18,689 | 25–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 39 || January 21 || Brooklyn | | Carmelo Anthony (29) | Tyson Chandler (11) | Carmelo Anthony (7) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 25–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 40 || January 24 || @ Boston | | Carmelo Anthony (28) | Anthony & Stoudemire (9) | Pablo Prigioni (4) | TD Garden18,624 | 26–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 41 || January 26 || @ Philadelphia | | Carmelo Anthony (25) | Tyson Chandler (10) | Carmelo Anthony (4) | Wells Fargo Center20,540 | 26–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 || January 27 || Atlanta | | Carmelo Anthony (42) | Amar'e Stoudemire (8) | Raymond Felton (10) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 27–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || January 30 || Orlando | | Tyson Chandler (21) | Anthony & Chandler (7) | Raymond Felton (9) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 28–15

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 44 || February 1 || Milwaukee | | Carmelo Anthony (25) | Tyson Chandler (20) | Raymond Felton (8) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 29–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 45 || February 2 || Sacramento | | J.R. Smith (25) | Tyson Chandler (20) | Raymond Felton (8) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 30–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 46 || February 4 || Detroit | | Carmelo Anthony (27) | Tyson Chandler (20) | Raymond Felton (9) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 31–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 47 || February 6 || @ Washington | | Carmelo Anthony (31) | Tyson Chandler (13) | Raymond Felton (4) | Verizon Center18,263 | 31–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 48 || February 8 || @ Minnesota | | Carmelo Anthony (36) | Carmelo Anthony (9) | Kidd, Prigioni & Smith (4) | Target Center16,542 | 32–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 49 || February 10 || L. A. Clippers | | Carmelo Anthony (42) | Tyson Chandler (11) | Raymond Felton (5) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 32–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 50 || February 13 || Toronto | | J.R. Smith (26) | Carmelo Anthony (12) | Raymond Felton (5) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 32–18 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#fcc;" | 51 || February 20 || @ Indiana | | Tyson Chandler (19) | Tyson Chandler (11) | Pablo Prigioni (8) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse16,123 | 32–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 52 || February 22 || @ Toronto | | Carmelo Anthony (32) | Chandler & Kidd (7) | Anthony, Kidd, & Smith (4) | Air Canada Centre19,800 | 32–20 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 53 || February 24 || Philadelphia | | Carmelo Anthony (29) | Tyson Chandler (12) | Pablo Prigioni (5) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 33–20 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 54 || February 27 || Golden State | | Carmelo Anthony (35) | Tyson Chandler (28) | Carmelo Anthony (8) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 34–20

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 55 || March 1 || @ Washington | | Carmelo Anthony (30) | J.R. Smith (12) | Jason Kidd (5) | Verizon Center20,308 | 35–20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 56 || March 3 || Miami | | Carmelo Anthony (32) | J.R. Smith (12) | Jason Kidd (6) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 35–21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 57 || March 4 || @ Cleveland | | Amar'e Stoudemire (22) | Tyson Chandler (9) | Raymond Felton (10) | Quicken Loans Arena19,784 | 36–21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 || March 6 || @ Detroit | | Raymond Felton (26) | Tyson Chandler (11) | Jason Kidd (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills16,181 | 37–21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 59 || March 7 || Oklahoma City | | J.R. Smith (36) | Kidd, Chandler (10) | Felton, Kidd, & Smith (3) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 37–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 60 || March 9 || Utah | | J.R. Smith (24) | Tyson Chandler (9) | Raymond Felton (4) | Madison Square Garden19,033 | 38–22

2012–13 New York Knicks season

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