The NBA Belt · rivalry

Chicago Bulls vs. New York Knicks

26Belt meetings

14Bulls wins

12Knicks wins

12Title changes

Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks have met 26 times with the NBA belt on the line, from January 15, 1967 to October 29, 2014. The belt changed hands in 12 of those games. Chicago Bulls lead the belt series 14–12.

Belt game	Date	Result
1,701	Jan 15, 1967	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 131–116	Title change
1,771	Nov 21, 1967	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 125–123	Title change
1,797	Jan 5, 1968	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 121–99	Title change
1,916	Feb 7, 1969	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 105–98	Defense
1,970	Nov 13, 1969	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 114–99	Defense
2,051	Oct 17, 1970	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 99–96	Title change
2,080	Dec 19, 1970	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 98–87	Title change
2,104	Feb 6, 1971	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 109–102	Defense
2,152	Nov 27, 1971	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 100–99	Defense
2,287	Feb 14, 1973	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 100–98	Title change
2,291	Feb 23, 1973	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 84–83	Defense
2,384	Feb 13, 1974	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 89–80	Title change
2,681	Mar 25, 1977	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 105–87	Defense
3,034	Feb 6, 1981	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 112–94	Title change
3,063	Mar 31, 1981	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 90–80 Playoffs	Defense
3,064	Apr 3, 1981	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 115–114 Playoffs	Defense
3,910	Mar 13, 1990	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 111–108	Title change
4,134	Mar 31, 1992	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 96–90	Defense
4,208	Feb 12, 1993	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 104–98	Title change
4,308	Mar 22, 1994	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 87–78	Defense
4,518	Mar 21, 1996	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 107–86	Defense
4,615	Mar 9, 1997	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 97–93	Defense
5,091	Apr 11, 2002	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 104–101	Defense
6,007	Apr 12, 2011	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 103–90	Defense
6,314	Apr 13, 2014	New York Knicks beat Chicago Bulls 100–89	Title change
6,317	Oct 29, 2014	Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks 104–80	Title change

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