New York Knicks Playoff History -- May 19, 1998

1947 - Beat Cleveland 2-1; Lost to Philadelphia 2-0.

1948 - Lost to Baltimore 2-1.

1949 - Beat Baltimore 2-1; Lost to Washington 2-1.

1950 - Beat Washington 2-0; Lost to Syracuse 2-0.

1951 - Beat Boston 2-0; Beat Syracuse 3-2; Lost to Rochester 4-3.

1952 - Beat Boston 2-1; Beat Syracuse 3-1; Lost to Minneapolis 4-3.

1953 - Beat Baltimore 2-0; Beat Boston 3-1; Lost to Minneapolis 4-1.

1954 - Lost in round-robin to Syracuse and Boston 0-4.

1955 - Lost to Boston 2-1.

1956 - Lost to Syracuse in third place game.

1957 - Didn't make playoffs.

1958 - Didn't make playoffs.

1959 - Lost to Syracuse 2-0.

1960 - Didn't make playoffs.

1961 - Didn't make playoffs.

1962 - Didn't make playoffs.

1963 - Didn't make playoffs.

1964 - Didn't make playoffs.

1965 - Didn't make playoffs.

1966 - Didn't make playoffs.

1967 - Lost to Boston 3-1.

1968 - Lost to Philadelphia 4-2.

1969 - Beat Baltimore 4-0; Lost to Boston 4-2.

1970 - Beat Baltimore 4-3; Beat Milwaukee 4-1; Beat Los Angeles Lakers 4-3. NBA Champions.

1971 - Beat Atlanta 4-1; Lost to Baltimore 4-3.

1972 - Beat Baltimore 4-2; Beat Boston 4-1; Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-1.

1973 - Beat Baltimore 4-1; Beat Boston 4-3; Beat Los Angeles Lakers 4-1. NBA Champions.

1974 - Beat Capital 4-3; Lost to Boston 4-1.

1975 - Lost to Houston 2-1.

1976 - Didn't make playoffs.

1977 - Didn't make playoffs.

1978 - Beat Cleveland 2-0; Lost to Philadelphia 4-0.

1979 - Didn't make playoffs.

1980 - Didn't make playoffs.

1981 - Lost to Chicago 2-0.

1982 - Didn't make playoffs.

1983 - Beat New Jersey 2-0; Lost to Philadelphia 4-0.

1984 - Beat Detroit 3-2; Lost to Boston 4-3.

1985 - Didn't make playoffs.

1986 - Didn't make playoffs.

1987 - Didn't make playoffs.

1988 - Lost to Boston 3-1.

1989 - Beat Philadelphia 3-0; Lost to Chicago 4-2.

1990 - Beat Boston 3-2; Lost to Detroit 4-1.

1991 - Lost to Chicago 3-0.

1992 - Beat Detroit 3-2; Lost to Chicago 4-3.

1993 - Beat Indiana 3-1; Beat Charlotte 4-1; Lost to Chicago 4-2.

1994 - Beat New Jersey 3-1; Beat Chicago 4-3; Beat Indiana 4-3; Lost to Houston 4-3.

1995 - Beat Cleveland 3-1; Lost to Indiana 4-3.

1996 - Beat Cleveland 3-0; Lost to Chicago 4-1.

1997 - Beat Charlotte 3-0; Lost to Miami 4-3.

1998 - Beat Miami 3-2; Lost to Indiana 4-1.

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