New York Knicks Worst Losses Ever
This list shows the NBA games with the largest margins of defeat in Knicks history, in the Regular Season and the Playoffs.
RS = Season / PL = Playoffs
Knicks All-Time Worst Losses - Top 50
Regular Season and Playoffs
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| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 62 |
L
162
-
100
|
1960-61 (RS) / Dec 25, 1960 / at Syracuse
|
| 50 |
L
128
-
|
2009-10 (RS) / Jan 24, 2010 / at New York
|
| 47 |
L
133
-
86
|
1971-72 (RS) / Mar 18, 1972 / at Portland
|
| 45 |
L
104
-
|
2007-08 (RS) / Nov 29, 2007 / at Boston
|
|
L
131
-
86
|
1979-80 (RS) / Feb 20, 1980 / at Indiana
|
|
| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 44 |
L
132
-
|
2019-20 (RS) / Dec 2, 2019 / at Milwaukee
|
|
L
114
-
70
|
1953-54 (RS) / Jan 31, 1954 / at Syracuse
|
|
| 43 |
L
111
-
|
2001-02 (RS) / Jan 21, 2002 / at New York
|
|
L
131
-
88
|
1971-72 (RS) / Mar 24, 1972 / at Milwaukee
|
|
| 42 |
L
143
-
101
|
1962-63 (RS) / Nov 28, 1962 / at Detroit
|
| 41 |
L
114
-
|
2013-14 (RS) / Dec 8, 2013 / at New York
|
|
L
126
-
|
1990-91 (PL) / Apr 25, 1991 / at Chicago
Eastern Conference First Round |
|
|
L
142
-
101
|
1962-63 (RS) / Dec 15, 1962 / at Chicago
|
|
| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 40 |
L
124
-
|
2007-08 (RS) / Feb 20, 2008 / at Philadelphia
|
|
L
130
-
90
|
1977-78 (PL) / Apr 16, 1978 / at Philadelphia
Eastern Conference Semifinals |
|
|
L
134
-
94
|
1961-62 (RS) / Dec 10, 1961 / at Cincinnati
|
|
| 39 |
L
132
-
93
|
1986-87 (RS) / Apr 10, 1987 / at New York
|
|
L
135
-
96
|
1986-87 (RS) / Mar 24, 1987 / at Milwaukee
|
|
| 38 |
L
124
-
|
2014-15 (RS) / Mar 3, 2015 / at New York Originally scheduled for Jan 26, 2015. Postponed due to bad weather
|
|
L
116
-
78
|
1985-86 (RS) / Apr 12, 1986 / at Milwaukee
|
|
| 37 |
L
129
-
|
2019-20 (RS) / Dec 5, 2019 / at New York
|
|
L
126
-
89
|
1986-87 (RS) / Apr 3, 1987 / at Atlanta
|
|
|
L
132
-
95
|
1961-62 (RS) / Oct 21, 1961 / at Philadelphia
|
|
|
L
144
-
107
|
1960-61 (RS) / Mar 1, 1961 / neutral at Boston, MA
|
|
| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 36 |
L
128
-
|
2018-19 (RS) / Mar 18, 2019 / at Toronto
|
|
L
121
-
|
2015-16 (RS) / Mar 16, 2016 / at Golden State
|
|
|
L
132
-
|
2009-10 (RS) / Mar 26, 2010 / at Phoenix
|
|
|
L
118
-
|
2008-09 (RS) / Dec 3, 2008 / at Cleveland
|
|
|
L
132
-
96
|
1974-75 (RS) / Jan 9, 1975 / at Golden State
|
|
|
L
140
-
104
|
1965-66 (RS) / Mar 2, 1966 / at Boston
|
|
|
L
128
-
92
|
1962-63 (RS) / Dec 27, 1962 / at Syracuse
|
|
|
L
133
-
97
|
1961-62 (RS) / Dec 6, 1961 / at Detroit
|
|
|
L
114
-
78
|
1956-57 (RS) / Jan 20, 1957 / at Boston
|
|
| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 35 |
L
112
-
|
1989-90 (PL) / May 8, 1990 / at Detroit
Eastern Conference Semifinals |
|
L
141
-
106
|
1966-67 (RS) / Jan 29, 1967 / at Boston
|
|
| 34 |
L
125
-
|
2012-13 (RS) / Feb 20, 2013 / at Indiana
|
|
L
107
-
|
2004-05 (RS) / Nov 6, 2004 / at New York
|
|
|
L
116
-
|
2001-02 (RS) / Apr 7, 2002 / at Sacramento
|
|
|
L
112
-
|
1996-97 (RS) / Dec 18, 1996 / at Detroit
|
|
|
L
125
-
91
|
1967-68 (RS) / Feb 16, 1968 / neutral at Cleveland, OH
|
|
|
L
116
-
82
|
1956-57 (RS) / Jan 12, 1957 / at Philadelphia
|
|
| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 33 |
L
134
-
|
2020-21 (RS) / Mar 11, 2021 / at Milwaukee
|
|
L
100
-
|
2011-12 (PL) / Apr 28, 2012 / at Miami
Eastern Conference First Round |
|
|
L
118
-
|
2009-10 (RS) / Feb 16, 2010 / at Chicago
|
|
|
L
130
-
|
2005-06 (RS) / Jan 31, 2006 / at New York
|
|
|
L
119
-
86
|
1985-86 (RS) / Jan 4, 1986 / at Milwaukee
|
|
|
L
124
-
91
|
1976-77 (RS) / Mar 16, 1977 / at Phoenix
|
|
|
L
117
-
84
|
1972-73 (RS) / Dec 19, 1972 / at Phoenix
|
|
|
L
130
-
97
|
1962-63 (RS) / Jan 12, 1963 / at Chicago
|
|
|
L
149
-
116
|
1962-63 (RS) / Oct 20, 1962 / at Boston
|
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