--- description: The New York Knicks rolled over the Indiana Pacers in their seventh straight win, one day after Phil Jackson became president of the team. title: NBA: Knicks Win Seven in a Row as Jackson Era Kicks Off image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8247969a3a91eab8/6986864f3bc99946da1a2713/jackson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [NBA](/tag/nba/) ## NBA Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Knicks Record a Seventh Straight Win as Jackson Takes the Helm by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 20, 2014 6:23 AM CUT  Phil Jackson waves to the crowd as he is introduced during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in New York. Phil Jackson waves to the crowd as he is introduced during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in New York.Seth Wenig—AP by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 20, 2014 6:23 AM CUT March has been kind to Knicks fans. Earlier this week, the franchise announced that iconic coach Phil Jackson had accepted the presidency position. Then, on Wednesday night, the team kept the good vibrations flowing by recording [its seventh straight win](http://www.chron.com/sports/article/Knicks-open-Jackson-era-with-seventh-straight-win-5333030.php "undefined"), this time over the Indiana Pacers by 92-86. During the first quarter, Jackson, who won 11 NBA titles as a head coach, greeted the cheering masses at Madison Square Garden with a thumbs up and a wave. “With a guy like that around, it creates a winning mentality, it creates an atmosphere that’s pretty golden and we’ve got to capitalize on that,” Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire told Associated Press. Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 34 points over the Pacers, while Amare Stoudemire added 21 points and Tyson Chandler netted an additional 14. \[[AP](http://www.chron.com/sports/article/Knicks-open-Jackson-era-with-seventh-straight-win-5333030.php "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/31390/knicks-record-seventh-straight-win-phil-jackson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/31390/knicks-record-seventh-straight-win-phil-jackson/"},"headline":"Knicks Record a Seventh Straight Win as Jackson Takes the Helm","datePublished":"2014-03-20T06:23:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:51:48.518Z","description":"New York’s hot streak continues after receiving thumbs up from new president","url":"https://time.com/31390/knicks-record-seventh-straight-win-phil-jackson/","keywords":["NBA","Basketball","New York City"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8247969a3a91eab8/6986864f3bc99946da1a2713/jackson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8247969a3a91eab8/6986864f3bc99946da1a2713/jackson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Phil Jackson","caption":"Phil Jackson","creditText":"Seth Wenig—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nba/","name":"NBA"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/31390/knicks-record-seventh-straight-win-phil-jackson/","name":"Knicks Record a Seventh Straight Win as Jackson Takes the Helm"}}]}] ```