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1948-49 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

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Record: 32-28, Finished 2nd in BAA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Joe Lapchick (32-28)

PTS/G: 79.2 (7th of 12) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 77.7 (4th of 12)
SRS: 1.25 (5th of 12)
Expected W-L: 34-26 (5th of 12)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 211,284 (1st of 4)

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

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
4 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 September 25, 1927 1 Colgate University
14 Tommy Byrnes F-G 6-3 175 February 19, 1923 2 Seton Hall University
18 Joe Colone F 6-5 210 January 23, 1924 R Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
11 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 April 26, 1927 R Truman State University
14 Gene James F 6-4 180 February 15, 1925 R Marshall University
19 Lee Knorek C 6-7 215 July 15, 1921 2 University of Detroit Mercy
12 Ray Kuka F 6-3 200 February 17, 1922 1 University of Notre Dame
7 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 July 11, 1923 R New York University
8 Mel McGaha G 6-1 190 September 26, 1926 R University of Arkansas
5 Paul Noel F 6-4 185 August 17, 1924 1 University of Kentucky
16 Bud Palmer F-C 6-4 180 September 14, 1921 2 Princeton University
10 Tex Ritter G-F 6-2 185 February 26, 1924 R Eastern Kentucky University
3 Irv Rothenberg C 6-7 215 December 31, 1921 2 Long Island University
7 Dick Shrider G 6-2 190 February 7, 1923 R Ohio University
6 Sid Tanenbaum G 6-0 160 October 8, 1925 1 New York University
17 Butch Van Breda Kolff G-F 6-3 185 October 28, 1922 2 New York University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 60 1688 5237 .322 1376 1959 .702 1017 1559 4752 79.2
Lg Rank 9 8 7 5 4 5 10 5 7 7
Opponent 60 4663 77.7
Lg Rank 4 4

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 34 26 1.48 -0.23 1.25 .322 .263 Madison Square Garden (III) 211,284
Lg Rank 5 5 5 8 5 7 3 1

Totals

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

Per Game

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

Per 36 Minutes

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

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Bud Palmer 27 58 .435 .350 4.8 2.4 7.2
2 Carl Braun 21 57 .394 .330 2.8 2.5 5.3
3 Lee Knorek 27 60 .412 .341 2.5 2.6 5.1
4 Butch Van Breda Kolff 26 59 .410 .317 2.4 2.0 4.4
5 Ray Lumpp 25 24 .450 .376 2.4 0.9 3.3
6 Harry Gallatin 21 52 .392 .328 1.3 1.5 2.8
7 Tex Ritter 24 55 .404 .348 1.4 1.0 2.4
8 Irv Rothenberg 27 53 .354 .275 -0.1 1.7 1.6
9 Mel McGaha 22 51 .377 .318 0.4 1.1 1.5
10 Sid Tanenbaum 23 32 .345 .283 -0.4 1.0 0.6
11 Gene James 23 11 .394 .375 0.1 0.2 0.3
12 Ray Kuka 26 8 .313 .278 -0.1 0.2 0.1
13 Joe Colone 25 15 .342 .310 -0.2 0.3 0.1
14 Tommy Byrnes 25 35 .327 .285 -0.7 0.8 0.1
15 Dick Shrider 25 4 .379 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Paul Noel 24 47 .292 .253 -1.7 0.9 -0.8

Playoffs Totals

Rk Player 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 21 6 33 102 .324 50 62 .806 19 22 116
2 Bud Palmer 27 6 27 64 .422 27 35 .771 10 31 81
3 Harry Gallatin 21 6 20 56 .357 32 39 .821 10 31 72
4 Ray Lumpp 25 6 21 73 .288 27 35 .771 11 26 69
5 Butch Van Breda Kolff 26 6 15 40 .375 19 23 .826 7 14 49
6 Lee Knorek 27 6 15 37 .405 9 16 .563 10 25 39
7 Tex Ritter 24 5 10 33 .303 11 20 .550 2 15 31
8 Joe Colone 25 4 7 30 .233 3 6 .500 3 13 17
9 Paul Noel 24 3 5 12 .417 4 5 .800 2 12 14
10 Irv Rothenberg 27 6 4 19 .211 2 10 .200 2 12 10
11 Gene James 23 3 0 6 .000 2 4 .500 2 6 2
12 Mel McGaha 22 2 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 2 6 1

Playoffs Per Game

Rk Player 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 21 6 5.5 17.0 .324 8.3 10.3 .806 3.2 3.7 19.3
2 Bud Palmer 27 6 4.5 10.7 .422 4.5 5.8 .771 1.7 5.2 13.5
3 Harry Gallatin 21 6 3.3 9.3 .357 5.3 6.5 .821 1.7 5.2 12.0
4 Ray Lumpp 25 6 3.5 12.2 .288 4.5 5.8 .771 1.8 4.3 11.5
5 Butch Van Breda Kolff 26 6 2.5 6.7 .375 3.2 3.8 .826 1.2 2.3 8.2
6 Lee Knorek 27 6 2.5 6.2 .405 1.5 2.7 .563 1.7 4.2 6.5
7 Tex Ritter 24 5 2.0 6.6 .303 2.2 4.0 .550 0.4 3.0 6.2
8 Paul Noel 24 3 1.7 4.0 .417 1.3 1.7 .800 0.7 4.0 4.7
9 Joe Colone 25 4 1.8 7.5 .233 0.8 1.5 .500 0.8 3.3 4.3
10 Irv Rothenberg 27 6 0.7 3.2 .211 0.3 1.7 .200 0.3 2.0 1.7
11 Gene James 23 3 0.0 2.0 .000 0.7 1.3 .500 0.7 2.0 0.7
12 Mel McGaha 22 2 0.0 1.5 .000 0.5 1.0 .500 1.0 3.0 0.5

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Butch Van Breda Kolff 26 6 .375 .826
2 Carl Braun 21 6 .324 .806
3 Harry Gallatin 21 6 .357 .821
4 Gene James 23 3 .000 .500
5 Lee Knorek 27 6 .405 .563
6 Ray Lumpp 25 6 .288 .771
7 Mel McGaha 22 2 .000 .500
8 Paul Noel 24 3 .417 .800
9 Bud Palmer 27 6 .422 .771
10 Tex Ritter 24 5 .303 .550
11 Irv Rothenberg 27 6 .211 .200
12 Joe Colone 25 4 .233 .500

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Bud Palmer 27 6 .510 .422 0.8 0.1 0.9
2 Carl Braun 21 6 .449 .324 0.7 0.1 0.8
3 Harry Gallatin 21 6 .492 .357 0.7 0.1 0.7
4 Butch Van Breda Kolff 26 6 .489 .375 0.4 0.0 0.5
5 Lee Knorek 27 6 .443 .405 0.2 0.1 0.3
6 Ray Lumpp 25 6 .390 .288 0.1 0.1 0.2
7 Paul Noel 24 3 .493 .417 0.1 0.0 0.1
8 Mel McGaha 22 2 .129 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
9 Tex Ritter 24 5 .371 .303 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Gene James 23 3 .129 .000 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Joe Colone 25 4 .260 .233 -0.3 0.0 -0.2
12 Irv Rothenberg 27 6 .214 .211 -0.3 0.0 -0.3