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1955-56 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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35-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Joe Lapchick (26-25), Vince Boryla (9-12)

Points Per Game: 100.2 (3rd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 100.6 (7th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 35-37 (5th of 8)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 246,756 (1st of 8)

SRS: -0.20 (5th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Third Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Syracuse Nationals

1955-56 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
17 Dick Atha G 6-2 190 September 21, 1931 R Indiana State University
10 Jim Baechtold F-G 6-4 205 December 9, 1927 3 Eastern Kentucky University
4 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 September 25, 1927 6 Colgate University
8 Nathaniel Clifton C-F 6-6 220 October 13, 1922 5 Xavier University of Louisiana
6 Walter Dukes C 7-0 220 June 23, 1930 R Seton Hall University
19 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 December 10, 1930 2 Long Island University
11 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 April 26, 1927 7 Truman State University
15 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 6 St. John's University
9 Bob Peterson F 6-5 210 January 25, 1932 2 University of Oregon
5 Bob Santini F 6-5 190 February 17, 1935 R Iona College
12 Kenny Sears F 6-9 198 August 17, 1933 R Santa Clara University
7 Gene Shue G 6-2 170 December 18, 1931 1 University of Maryland
18 Ernie Vandeweghe F-G 6-3 195 September 12, 1928 5 Colgate 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 72 2508 6395 .392 2196 2913 .754 4562 1610 1923 7212 100.2
Opponent 72 7242 100.6

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 28 72 2316 396 1064 .372 320 382 .838 259 298 215 1112
2 Harry Gallatin 28 72 2378 322 834 .386 358 455 .787 740 168 220 1002
3 Kenny Sears 22 70 2069 319 728 .438 258 324 .796 616 114 201 896
4 Ray Felix 25 72 1702 277 668 .415 331 469 .706 623 47 293 885
5 Jim Baechtold 28 70 1738 268 695 .386 233 291 .801 220 163 156 769
6 Gene Shue 24 72 1750 240 625 .384 181 237 .764 212 179 111 661
7 Nathaniel Clifton 33 64 1537 213 541 .394 135 191 .707 386 151 189 561
8 Walter Dukes 25 60 1290 149 370 .403 167 236 .708 443 39 211 465
9 Dick McGuire 30 62 1685 152 438 .347 121 193 .627 220 362 146 425
10 Bob Peterson 24 58 779 121 303 .399 68 104 .654 223 44 123 310
11 Dick Atha 24 25 288 36 88 .409 21 27 .778 42 32 39 93
12 Ernie Vandeweghe 27 5 77 10 31 .323 2 2 1.000 13 12 15 22
13 Bob Santini 20 4 23 5 10 .500 1 2 .500 3 1 4 11

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 28 72 32.2 5.5 14.8 .372 4.4 5.3 .838 3.6 4.1 3.0 15.4
2 Harry Gallatin 28 72 33.0 4.5 11.6 .386 5.0 6.3 .787 10.3 2.3 3.1 13.9
3 Kenny Sears 22 70 29.6 4.6 10.4 .438 3.7 4.6 .796 8.8 1.6 2.9 12.8
4 Ray Felix 25 72 23.6 3.8 9.3 .415 4.6 6.5 .706 8.7 0.7 4.1 12.3
5 Jim Baechtold 28 70 24.8 3.8 9.9 .386 3.3 4.2 .801 3.1 2.3 2.2 11.0
6 Gene Shue 24 72 24.3 3.3 8.7 .384 2.5 3.3 .764 2.9 2.5 1.5 9.2
7 Nathaniel Clifton 33 64 24.0 3.3 8.5 .394 2.1 3.0 .707 6.0 2.4 3.0 8.8
8 Walter Dukes 25 60 21.5 2.5 6.2 .403 2.8 3.9 .708 7.4 0.7 3.5 7.8
9 Dick McGuire 30 62 27.2 2.5 7.1 .347 2.0 3.1 .627 3.5 5.8 2.4 6.9
10 Bob Peterson 24 58 13.4 2.1 5.2 .399 1.2 1.8 .654 3.8 0.8 2.1 5.3
11 Ernie Vandeweghe 27 5 15.4 2.0 6.2 .323 0.4 0.4 1.000 2.6 2.4 3.0 4.4
12 Dick Atha 24 25 11.5 1.4 3.5 .409 0.8 1.1 .778 1.7 1.3 1.6 3.7
13 Bob Santini 20 4 5.8 1.3 2.5 .500 0.3 0.5 .500 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.8

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 Ray Felix 25 72 1702 5.9 14.1 .415 7.0 9.9 .706 13.2 1.0 6.2 18.7
2 Carl Braun 28 72 2316 6.2 16.5 .372 5.0 5.9 .838 4.0 4.6 3.3 17.3
3 Bob Santini 20 4 23 7.8 15.7 .500 1.6 3.1 .500 4.7 1.6 6.3 17.2
4 Jim Baechtold 28 70 1738 5.6 14.4 .386 4.8 6.0 .801 4.6 3.4 3.2 15.9
5 Kenny Sears 22 70 2069 5.6 12.7 .438 4.5 5.6 .796 10.7 2.0 3.5 15.6
6 Harry Gallatin 28 72 2378 4.9 12.6 .386 5.4 6.9 .787 11.2 2.5 3.3 15.2
7 Bob Peterson 24 58 779 5.6 14.0 .399 3.1 4.8 .654 10.3 2.0 5.7 14.3
8 Gene Shue 24 72 1750 4.9 12.9 .384 3.7 4.9 .764 4.4 3.7 2.3 13.6
9 Nathaniel Clifton 33 64 1537 5.0 12.7 .394 3.2 4.5 .707 9.0 3.5 4.4 13.1
10 Walter Dukes 25 60 1290 4.2 10.3 .403 4.7 6.6 .708 12.4 1.1 5.9 13.0
11 Dick Atha 24 25 288 4.5 11.0 .409 2.6 3.4 .778 5.2 4.0 4.9 11.6
12 Ernie Vandeweghe 27 5 77 4.7 14.5 .323 0.9 0.9 1.000 6.1 5.6 7.0 10.3
13 Dick McGuire 30 62 1685 3.2 9.4 .347 2.6 4.1 .627 4.7 7.7 3.1 9.1

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 Kenny Sears 22 70 2069 17.8 .515 .438 4.8 1.4 6.2
2 Harry Gallatin 28 72 2378 17.5 .484 .386 4.0 1.7 5.6
3 Ray Felix 25 72 1702 18.6 .506 .415 4.3 1.2 5.5
4 Carl Braun 28 72 2316 15.2 .451 .372 2.4 1.2 3.6
5 Jim Baechtold 28 70 1738 14.2 .467 .386 2.3 0.8 3.2
6 Walter Dukes 25 60 1290 13.8 .491 .403 1.9 0.9 2.8
7 Gene Shue 24 72 1750 13.0 .453 .384 1.5 0.9 2.4
8 Nathaniel Clifton 33 64 1537 13.9 .449 .394 1.1 1.0 2.1
9 Dick McGuire 30 62 1685 12.7 .406 .347 0.2 1.2 1.3
10 Bob Peterson 24 58 779 12.9 .444 .399 0.4 0.5 0.9
11 Dick Atha 24 25 288 11.4 .466 .409 0.3 0.2 0.5
12 Bob Santini 20 4 23 12.7 .506 .500 0.1 0.0 0.1
13 Ernie Vandeweghe 27 5 77 7.3 .345 .323 -0.1 0.1 -0.1