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1948-49 New York Knickerbockers

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32-28, Finished 2nd in BAA Eastern Division (Game Results)
BAA Season Summary

Scored 79.2 points per game, Allowed 77.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 34-26)
Coached by Joe Lapchick (32-28)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) / Attendance: NA

SRS: 1.25 (5th of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Eastern Division Finals (2-1) versus Washington Capitols
Won BAA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Baltimore Bullets

1948-49 Statistics / Schedule

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 60 1688 5237 .322 1376 1959 .702 1017 1559 4752 79.2
Opponent 60 4663 77.7

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 21 57 299 906 .330 212 279 .760 173 144 810
2 Bud Palmer F-C 6-4 180 27 58 240 685 .350 234 307 .762 108 206 714
3 Lee Knorek C 6-7 215 27 60 156 457 .341 131 183 .716 135 258 443
4 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 21 52 157 479 .328 120 169 .710 63 127 434
5 Butch Van Breda Kolff G-F 6-3 185 26 59 127 401 .317 161 240 .671 143 148 415
6 Tex Ritter G-F 6-2 185 24 55 123 353 .348 91 146 .623 57 71 337
7 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 25 24 117 311 .376 90 112 .804 34 74 324
8 Irv Rothenberg C 6-7 215 27 53 101 367 .275 112 174 .644 68 174 314
9 Sid Tanenbaum G 6-0 160 23 32 96 339 .283 65 77 .844 71 53 257
10 Tommy Byrnes F-G 6-3 175 25 35 77 270 .285 46 81 .568 54 53 200
11 Paul Noel F 6-4 185 24 47 70 277 .253 37 60 .617 33 84 177
12 Mel McGaha G 6-1 190 22 51 62 195 .318 52 88 .591 51 104 176
13 Joe Colone F 6-5 210 23 15 35 113 .310 13 19 .684 9 25 83
14 Gene James F 6-4 180 23 11 18 48 .375 6 12 .500 5 20 42
15 Ray Kuka F 6-3 200 26 8 10 36 .278 5 9 .556 11 16 25
16 Dick Shrider G 6-2 190 25 4 0 0 1 3 .333 2 2 1

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 21 57 5.2 15.9 .330 3.7 4.9 .760 3.0 2.5 14.2
2 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 25 24 4.9 13.0 .376 3.8 4.7 .804 1.4 3.1 13.5
3 Bud Palmer F-C 6-4 180 27 58 4.1 11.8 .350 4.0 5.3 .762 1.9 3.6 12.3
4 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 21 52 3.0 9.2 .328 2.3 3.3 .710 1.2 2.4 8.3
5 Sid Tanenbaum G 6-0 160 23 32 3.0 10.6 .283 2.0 2.4 .844 2.2 1.7 8.0
6 Lee Knorek C 6-7 215 27 60 2.6 7.6 .341 2.2 3.1 .716 2.3 4.3 7.4
7 Butch Van Breda Kolff G-F 6-3 185 26 59 2.2 6.8 .317 2.7 4.1 .671 2.4 2.5 7.0
8 Tex Ritter G-F 6-2 185 24 55 2.2 6.4 .348 1.7 2.7 .623 1.0 1.3 6.1
9 Irv Rothenberg C 6-7 215 27 53 1.9 6.9 .275 2.1 3.3 .644 1.3 3.3 5.9
10 Tommy Byrnes F-G 6-3 175 25 35 2.2 7.7 .285 1.3 2.3 .568 1.5 1.5 5.7
11 Joe Colone F 6-5 210 23 15 2.3 7.5 .310 0.9 1.3 .684 0.6 1.7 5.5
12 Gene James F 6-4 180 23 11 1.6 4.4 .375 0.5 1.1 .500 0.5 1.8 3.8
13 Paul Noel F 6-4 185 24 47 1.5 5.9 .253 0.8 1.3 .617 0.7 1.8 3.8
14 Mel McGaha G 6-1 190 22 51 1.2 3.8 .318 1.0 1.7 .591 1.0 2.0 3.5
15 Ray Kuka F 6-3 200 26 8 1.3 4.5 .278 0.6 1.1 .556 1.4 2.0 3.1
16 Dick Shrider G 6-2 190 25 4 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 .333 0.5 0.5 0.3

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 21 57 .330 .760
2 Sid Tanenbaum G 6-0 160 23 32 .283 .844
3 Dick Shrider G 6-2 190 25 4 .333
4 Irv Rothenberg C 6-7 215 27 53 .275 .644
5 Tex Ritter G-F 6-2 185 24 55 .348 .623
6 Bud Palmer F-C 6-4 180 27 58 .350 .762
7 Paul Noel F 6-4 185 24 47 .253 .617
8 Mel McGaha G 6-1 190 22 51 .318 .591
9 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 25 24 .376 .804
10 Ray Kuka F 6-3 200 26 8 .278 .556
11 Lee Knorek C 6-7 215 27 60 .341 .716
12 Gene James F 6-4 180 23 11 .375 .500
13 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 21 52 .328 .710
14 Joe Colone F 6-5 210 23 15 .310 .684
15 Tommy Byrnes F-G 6-3 175 25 35 .285 .568
16 Butch Van Breda Kolff G-F 6-3 185 26 59 .317 .671

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 21 57 .394 .330
2 Sid Tanenbaum G 6-0 160 23 32 .345 .283
3 Dick Shrider G 6-2 190 25 4 .379
4 Irv Rothenberg C 6-7 215 27 53 .354 .275
5 Tex Ritter G-F 6-2 185 24 55 .404 .348
6 Bud Palmer F-C 6-4 180 27 58 .435 .350
7 Paul Noel F 6-4 185 24 47 .292 .253
8 Mel McGaha G 6-1 190 22 51 .377 .318
9 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 25 24 .450 .376
10 Ray Kuka F 6-3 200 26 8 .313 .278
11 Lee Knorek C 6-7 215 27 60 .412 .341
12 Gene James F 6-4 180 23 11 .394 .375
13 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 21 52 .392 .328
14 Joe Colone F 6-5 210 23 15 .342 .310
15 Tommy Byrnes F-G 6-3 175 25 35 .327 .285
16 Butch Van Breda Kolff G-F 6-3 185 26 59 .410 .317

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 21 6 33 102 50 62 19 22 116 .324 .806 19.3 3.2
2 Bud Palmer F-C 6-4 180 27 6 27 64 27 35 10 31 81 .422 .771 13.5 1.7
3 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 21 6 20 56 32 39 10 31 72 .357 .821 12.0 1.7
4 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 25 6 21 73 27 35 11 26 69 .288 .771 11.5 1.8
5 Butch Van Breda Kolff G-F 6-3 185 26 6 15 40 19 23 7 14 49 .375 .826 8.2 1.2
6 Lee Knorek C 6-7 215 27 6 15 37 9 16 10 25 39 .405 .563 6.5 1.7
7 Tex Ritter G-F 6-2 185 24 5 10 33 11 20 2 15 31 .303 .550 6.2 0.4
8 Joe Colone F 6-5 210 23 4 7 30 3 6 3 13 17 .233 .500 4.3 0.8
9 Paul Noel F 6-4 185 24 3 5 12 4 5 2 12 14 .417 .800 4.7 0.7
10 Irv Rothenberg C 6-7 215 27 6 4 19 2 10 2 12 10 .211 .200 1.7 0.3
11 Gene James F 6-4 180 23 3 0 6 2 4 2 6 2 .000 .500 0.7 0.7
12 Mel McGaha G 6-1 190 22 2 0 3 1 2 2 6 1 .000 .500 0.5 1.0