1967–68 New York Knicks season

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1967–68 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Dick McGuire, Red Holzman
Arena	Madison Square Garden III

Results
Record	43–39 (.524)
Place	Division: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Semifinals (Eliminated 2-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WOR
Radio	WHN
New York Knicks seasons
< 1966–67	1968–69 >

The 1967–68 New York Knicks season was the 22nd season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished in second place in the Eastern Division with a 43–39 record, qualifying for the NBA Playoffs for the second consecutive season.^[1] New York lost its opening round series to the Philadelphia 76ers, four games to two.^[2]

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NBA Draft
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
3 References

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1967 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	Walt Frazier	G	United States	Southern Illinois
2	17	Phil Jackson	F/C	United States	North Dakota
3	24	Gary Gregor	F/C	United States	South Carolina
12	128	Mike Riordan	F	United States	Providence

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Philadelphia 76ers	62	20	.756	–	27–8	26–12	9–0	29–11
x-Boston Celtics	54	28	.659	8	28–9	21–16	5–3	24–16
x-New York Knicks	43	39	.524	19	20–17	21–16	2–6	19–21
x-Detroit Pistons	40	42	.488	22	21–11	12–23	7–8	15–25
Cincinnati Royals	39	43	.476	23	18–12	13–23	8–8	18–22
Baltimore Bullets	36	46	.439	26	17–19	12–23	7–4	15–25

References

^ "New York Knickerbockers". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
^ "1968 NBA Playoff Summary". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on 6 May 2009. http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1968.html. Retrieved May 25, 2009.

1967–68 NBA season by team

Eastern	Baltimore Boston Cincinnati Detroit New York Philadelphia

Western	Chicago Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

v t e New York Knicks

Founded in 1946 • Based in New York City, New York

The Franchise	Franchise • All-Time roster • Draft history • Head coaches • Seasons • Current season

Arenas	Madison Square Garden III • 69th Regiment Armory • Madison Square Garden IV

Head Coaches	Cohalan • Lapchick • Boryla • Levane • Braun • Donovan • Gallatin • McGuire • Holzman • Reed • Holzman • H. Brown • Hill • Pitino • Jackson • MacLeod • Riley • Nelson • Van Gundy • Chaney • Williams • Wilkens • Williams • L. Brown • Thomas • D'Antoni

General Managers	Podesta • Boryla • Donovan • Holzman • Donovan • DeBusschere • Stirling • Bianchi • Checketts • Grunfeld • Layden • Thomas • Walsh • Grunwald

D-League Affiliate	Erie BayHawks

Administration	Madison Square Garden, Inc. (Owner) • James Dolan (Chairman & CEO) • Glen Grunwald (Interim GM) • Mike D'Antoni (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	10 • 12 • 15 (McGuire) • 15 (Monroe) • 19 • 22 • 24 • 33 • 613

NBA Championships (2)	1970 • 1973

Eastern Conference Championships	1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1972 • 1994 • 1999

Rivals	Chicago Bulls • Indiana Pacers • Miami Heat

Culture and Lore	Willis Reed limping onto the court • Eddie • Spike Lee • Disputed Foul Against Scottie Pippen • Diedrich Knickerbocker • Knicks–Nuggets brawl • Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? • Mike Walczewski • George Kalinsky

Media	TV: MSG Network • Radio: WEPN-AM • Announcers: Mike Breen • Walt Frazier • Kenny Albert • Mike Crispino • John Andariese • Kelly Tripucka

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