Holzman won Coach of the Year, while center Willis Reed won NBA MVP and Finals MVP. The Knicks won their first NBA Championship that year, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games.
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They won 54 games in Holzman's first full season as head coach, and then improved to 60 wins the following season. They hired Holzman in the middle of the 1967-68 season, and he immediately improved their record and led them to a playoff berth. The Knicks' next successful era began in the late '60s, under the tutelage of head coach Red Holzman. They lost all three series, twice to the Minneapolis Lakers and once to the Rochester Royals. The Knicks saw early success, advancing to the NBA Finals in three consecutive years from 1950 to 1953. The Knicks and Boston Celtics are the only two original NBA teams still located in the same city. The Knicks were established in 1946 and were one of the founding members of the Basketball Association of America, which became the NBA after merging with the National Basketball League in 1949. Team Colors: Royal Blue, Orange, Silver, Black, White Madison Square Garden has the distinction of being the only NBA arena that is not named after a corporate sponsor. The current MSG is the oldest NBA arena still in use. The Knicks' arena has always been called Madison Square Garden, and they played in the previous iteration from the founding of the franchise in 1946 until moving to the current building in 1968. The current building is actually the fourth venue to bear the Madison Square Garden name, the first of which opened in 1879. Located above Penn Station, the current Madison Square Garden has been the home to the Knicks since 1968 and is arguably the most iconic arena in all of sports.
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