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1969–70 NBA Coach of the Year 2 championships (1970, 1973) One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [4] [3] 10 Willis Reed: 1977–1978: 96 49 47 .510 6 2 4 .333 [20] — Red Holzman † 1978–1982: 314 147 167 .468 2 0 2 .000 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [4] [3] 11 Hubie Brown: 1982–1986: 344 142 202 .413 18 8 10 .444 [21] 12 ...
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 ]
Holzman retired the following season as one of the winningest coaches in NBA history. The team's record that year was a dismal 33–49. [18] However, Holzman's legacy would continue through the players he influenced. One of the Knicks' bench players and defensive specialists during the 1970s was Phil Jackson.
During his tenure with the Knicks, Thibodeau helped the team set a then-NBA record by holding 33 consecutive opponents under 100 points in the 2000–01 season. As part of the Knicks coaching staff, he also helped Van Gundy coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars in the 2000 All-Star Game. He spent seven years with the Knicks.
The 1969–70 Knicks are considered to be among New York City's finest sporting championship teams, and are considered the greatest team in Knicks history and among the best in NBA history. Their journey was chronicled in various books and films, most recently in When the Garden was Eden for ESPN 's 30 for 30 series.
The 1973 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1972–73 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the culmination of that season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 to win their second championship. The series was ...
The Knicks entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1973 NBA Finals in five games to win their second championship. [4] In the regular season, the Knicks finished in second place in the Atlantic Division with a 49–33 record, [5] and qualified for the NBA Playoffs for the eighth ...
The 1970–71 New York Knicks season was the 25th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] New York entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1970 NBA Finals in seven games to win the first championship in franchise history. [2]