1957–58 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks

NBA professional basketball team season

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

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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television| WPIX
Radio| WINS
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The 1957–58 New York Knicks season was the 12th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] With a 35–37 regular season record, the Knicks did not qualify for the 1958 NBA Playoffs.[2]

## NBA draft[edit]

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.[3]

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | Nationality  | School/Club Team

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1  | 5  | Brendan McCann | G  |  United States | St. Bonaventure
2  | 13  | Larry Friend | G/F  |  United States | California

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

Eastern Division

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ "New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on April 24, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
2. ^ "1957–58 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on May 22, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
3. ^ "1957 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 12, 2013.

## External links[edit]

* 1957–58 New York Knickerbockers Statistics

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