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1948-49 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 79.2 (7th of 12) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 77.7 (4th of 12)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-26 (5th of 12)

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 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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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, 1926 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 4, 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 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

Totals

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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 23 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

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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 23 15 2.3 7.5 .310 0.9 1.3 .684 0.6 1.7 5.5
12 Paul Noel 24 47 1.5 5.9 .253 0.8 1.3 .617 0.7 1.8 3.8
13 Gene James 23 11 1.6 4.4 .375 0.5 1.1 .500 0.5 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

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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 59 .317 .671
2 Tommy Byrnes 25 35 .285 .568
3 Joe Colone 23 15 .310 .684
4 Harry Gallatin 21 52 .328 .710
5 Gene James 23 11 .375 .500
6 Ray Kuka 26 8 .278 .556
7 Lee Knorek 27 60 .341 .716
8 Ray Lumpp 25 24 .376 .804
9 Mel McGaha 22 51 .318 .591
10 Paul Noel 24 47 .253 .617
11 Bud Palmer 27 58 .350 .762
12 Tex Ritter 24 55 .348 .623
13 Irv Rothenberg 27 53 .275 .644
14 Dick Shrider 25 4 .333
15 Sid Tanenbaum 23 32 .283 .844
16 Carl Braun 21 57 .330 .760

Advanced

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

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player 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 21 6 33 102 50 62 19 22 116 .324 .806 19.3 3.2
2 Bud Palmer 27 6 27 64 27 35 10 31 81 .422 .771 13.5 1.7
3 Harry Gallatin 21 6 20 56 32 39 10 31 72 .357 .821 12.0 1.7
4 Ray Lumpp 25 6 21 73 27 35 11 26 69 .288 .771 11.5 1.8
5 Butch Van Breda Kolff 26 6 15 40 19 23 7 14 49 .375 .826 8.2 1.2
6 Lee Knorek 27 6 15 37 9 16 10 25 39 .405 .563 6.5 1.7
7 Tex Ritter 24 5 10 33 11 20 2 15 31 .303 .550 6.2 0.4
8 Joe Colone 23 4 7 30 3 6 3 13 17 .233 .500 4.3 0.8
9 Paul Noel 24 3 5 12 4 5 2 12 14 .417 .800 4.7 0.7
10 Irv Rothenberg 27 6 4 19 2 10 2 12 10 .211 .200 1.7 0.3
11 Gene James 23 3 0 6 2 4 2 6 2 .000 .500 0.7 0.7
12 Mel McGaha 22 2 0 3 1 2 2 6 1 .000 .500 0.5 1.0

Playoffs Advanced

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