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There have been 31 head coaches for the New York Knicks franchise. Holzman was the franchise's first Coach of the Year winner and is the team's all-time leader in regular season games coached, regular season games won, playoff games coached, and playoff games won. [3] Holzman was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986 as a coach. [3]
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The Knicks play in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. In its 78 seasons , the franchise has reached the NBA Finals eight times and won two championships. As of the end of the 2023–24 season, New York has won more than 2,900 regular season games, and the team has the fourth-highest victory total in NBA history. [ 1 ]
Mike Woodson, head coach of the Knicks from 2012 to 2014. Under Woodson, the Knicks finished 18–6 during the regular season and clinched a playoff spot for the second straight year this time as the seventh seed, making it the first time they have clinched consecutive playoff berths since making 13 straight playoff appearances from 1988 to 2001.
In the final game of the regular season, the Bulls lost to the Knicks 103–101 as Scottie Pippen missed a three-pointer that would have given the Bulls back to back 70 win seasons. This loss also prevented the Bulls from tying the best home record of 40–1, set by the 1985–86 Boston Celtics , finishing 39–2 at the United Center .
This season was the last time that the Sacramento Kings made the playoffs until 2023. The Kings held the longest playoff drought in NBA playoff history at 16 years. With the MLB's Seattle Mariners qualifying for the playoffs in 2022, the Kings held the title for the longest active playoff drought among the four major North American sports leagues until 2023.
The Knicks made history by playing a record 25 playoff games (one short of the maximum), the most postseason games an NBA team has played. The 2005 Detroit Pistons tied this record. [1] However, it was broken by the 2008 Celtics. [1] Their easiest series was the first-round 3–1 win over the Nets.
The Baltimore Bullets move from the West Division to the East Division. The NBA expands its regular season from 80 games per team to 81 games. The NBA expands its playoffs from 3 teams per division to 4. The 1967 NBA All-Star Game was played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California, with the West beating the East 135–120.