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1956-57 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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36-36, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Vince Boryla (36-36)

Points Per Game: 100.8 (3rd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 100.9 (6th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 36-36 (4th of 8)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 266,998 (1st of 8)

SRS: 0.07 (3rd of 8)

1956-57 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Jim Baechtold F-G 6-4 205 December 9, 1927 4 Eastern Kentucky University
18 Gary Bergen C 6-8 210 July 16, 1932 R University of Utah
4 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 September 25, 1927 7 Colgate University
8 Nathaniel Clifton C-F 6-6 220 October 13, 1922 6 Xavier University of Louisiana
19 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 December 10, 1930 3 Long Island University
11 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 April 26, 1927 8 Truman State University
9 Richie Guerin G 6-4 195 May 29, 1932 R Iona College
18 Phil Jordon C-F 6-10 205 September 12, 1933 R Whitworth
7 Slater Martin G 5-10 170 October 22, 1925 7 University of Texas at Austin
15 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 7 St. John's University
6 Willie Naulls F-C 6-6 225 October 7, 1934 R University of California, Los Angeles
12 Kenny Sears F 6-9 198 August 17, 1933 1 Santa Clara University
14 Ron Shavlik F 6-8 200 December 4, 1933 R North Carolina State University
17 Ron Sobie G 6-3 185 September 21, 1934 R DePaul 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 2569 6645 .387 2117 2844 .744 4723 1312 1824 7255 100.8
Opponent 72 7265 100.9

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 Harry Gallatin 29 72 1943 332 817 .406 415 519 .800 725 85 202 1079
2 Kenny Sears 23 72 2516 343 821 .418 383 485 .790 614 101 226 1069
3 Carl Braun 29 72 2345 378 993 .381 245 303 .809 259 256 195 1001
4 Ray Felix 26 72 1622 295 709 .416 277 371 .747 587 36 284 867
5 Nathaniel Clifton 34 71 2231 308 818 .377 146 217 .673 557 164 243 762
6 Richie Guerin 24 72 1793 257 699 .368 181 292 .620 334 182 186 695
7 Willie Naulls 22 52 1340 216 609 .355 91 135 .674 450 62 129 523
8 Ron Sobie 22 71 1378 166 442 .376 152 199 .764 326 129 158 484
9 Dick McGuire 31 72 1191 140 366 .383 105 163 .644 146 222 103 385
10 Jim Baechtold 29 45 462 75 197 .381 66 88 .750 80 33 39 216
11 Slater Martin 31 13 426 33 96 .344 44 53 .830 42 39 28 110
12 Phil Jordon 23 9 91 18 49 .367 8 12 .667 34 2 15 44
13 Ron Shavlik 23 7 72 4 22 .182 2 5 .400 22 0 12 10
14 Gary Bergen 24 6 40 3 11 .273 2 2 1.000 8 1 4 8

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 Harry Gallatin 29 72 27.0 4.6 11.3 .406 5.8 7.2 .800 10.1 1.2 2.8 15.0
2 Kenny Sears 23 72 34.9 4.8 11.4 .418 5.3 6.7 .790 8.5 1.4 3.1 14.8
3 Carl Braun 29 72 32.6 5.3 13.8 .381 3.4 4.2 .809 3.6 3.6 2.7 13.9
4 Ray Felix 26 72 22.5 4.1 9.8 .416 3.8 5.2 .747 8.2 0.5 3.9 12.0
5 Nathaniel Clifton 34 71 31.4 4.3 11.5 .377 2.1 3.1 .673 7.8 2.3 3.4 10.7
6 Willie Naulls 22 52 25.8 4.2 11.7 .355 1.8 2.6 .674 8.7 1.2 2.5 10.1
7 Richie Guerin 24 72 24.9 3.6 9.7 .368 2.5 4.1 .620 4.6 2.5 2.6 9.7
8 Slater Martin 31 13 32.8 2.5 7.4 .344 3.4 4.1 .830 3.2 3.0 2.2 8.5
9 Ron Sobie 22 71 19.4 2.3 6.2 .376 2.1 2.8 .764 4.6 1.8 2.2 6.8
10 Dick McGuire 31 72 16.5 1.9 5.1 .383 1.5 2.3 .644 2.0 3.1 1.4 5.3
11 Phil Jordon 23 9 10.1 2.0 5.4 .367 0.9 1.3 .667 3.8 0.2 1.7 4.9
12 Jim Baechtold 29 45 10.3 1.7 4.4 .381 1.5 2.0 .750 1.8 0.7 0.9 4.8
13 Ron Shavlik 23 7 10.3 0.6 3.1 .182 0.3 0.7 .400 3.1 0.0 1.7 1.4
14 Gary Bergen 24 6 6.7 0.5 1.8 .273 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.3 0.2 0.7 1.3

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 Harry Gallatin 29 72 1943 6.2 15.1 .406 7.7 9.6 .800 13.4 1.6 3.7 20.0
2 Ray Felix 26 72 1622 6.5 15.7 .416 6.1 8.2 .747 13.0 0.8 6.3 19.2
3 Phil Jordon 23 9 91 7.1 19.4 .367 3.2 4.7 .667 13.5 0.8 5.9 17.4
4 Jim Baechtold 29 45 462 5.8 15.4 .381 5.1 6.9 .750 6.2 2.6 3.0 16.8
5 Carl Braun 29 72 2345 5.8 15.2 .381 3.8 4.7 .809 4.0 3.9 3.0 15.4
6 Kenny Sears 23 72 2516 4.9 11.7 .418 5.5 6.9 .790 8.8 1.4 3.2 15.3
7 Willie Naulls 22 52 1340 5.8 16.4 .355 2.4 3.6 .674 12.1 1.7 3.5 14.1
8 Richie Guerin 24 72 1793 5.2 14.0 .368 3.6 5.9 .620 6.7 3.7 3.7 14.0
9 Ron Sobie 22 71 1378 4.3 11.5 .376 4.0 5.2 .764 8.5 3.4 4.1 12.6
10 Nathaniel Clifton 34 71 2231 5.0 13.2 .377 2.4 3.5 .673 9.0 2.6 3.9 12.3
11 Dick McGuire 31 72 1191 4.2 11.1 .383 3.2 4.9 .644 4.4 6.7 3.1 11.6
12 Slater Martin 31 13 426 2.8 8.1 .344 3.7 4.5 .830 3.5 3.3 2.4 9.3
13 Gary Bergen 24 6 40 2.7 9.9 .273 1.8 1.8 1.000 7.2 0.9 3.6 7.2
14 Ron Shavlik 23 7 72 2.0 11.0 .182 1.0 2.5 .400 11.0 0.0 6.0 5.0

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 Harry Gallatin 29 72 1943 23.0 .516 .406 6.4 1.6 8.1
2 Kenny Sears 23 72 2516 16.7 .517 .418 6.4 1.6 8.0
3 Ray Felix 26 72 1622 18.9 .497 .416 4.2 1.3 5.5
4 Carl Braun 29 72 2345 13.9 .444 .381 2.3 1.4 3.7
5 Ron Sobie 22 71 1378 14.1 .457 .376 1.5 1.0 2.6
6 Dick McGuire 31 72 1191 14.3 .440 .383 1.1 1.0 2.1
7 Nathaniel Clifton 34 71 2231 12.2 .417 .377 0.2 1.6 1.8
8 Richie Guerin 24 72 1793 12.9 .420 .368 0.5 1.3 1.7
9 Jim Baechtold 29 45 462 15.4 .458 .381 0.6 0.3 0.9
10 Slater Martin 31 13 426 10.0 .461 .344 0.4 0.2 0.6
11 Phil Jordon 23 9 91 13.9 .405 .367 0.0 0.1 0.0
12 Willie Naulls 22 52 1340 13.3 .391 .355 -1.1 1.1 0.0
13 Gary Bergen 24 6 40 4.7 .337 .273 -0.1 0.0 0.0
14 Ron Shavlik 23 7 72 -0.9 .207 .182 -0.3 0.0 -0.3