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1957-58 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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35-37, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Vince Boryla (35-37)

Points Per Game: 112.1 (1st of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.8 (7th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 39-33 (4th of 8)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 247,632 (1st of 8)

SRS: 1.35 (3rd of 8)

1957-58 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 8 Colgate University
19 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 December 10, 1930 4 Long Island University
7 Larry Friend G-F 6-4 185 April 14, 1935 R University of California
9 Richie Guerin G 6-4 195 May 29, 1932 1 Iona College
10 Mel Hutchins F-C 6-6 200 November 22, 1928 6 Brigham Young University
18 Phil Jordon C-F 6-10 205 September 12, 1933 1 Whitworth
3 Brendan McCann G 6-2 178 July 5, 1935 R St. Bonaventure University
6 Willie Naulls F-C 6-6 225 October 7, 1934 1 University of California, Los Angeles
12 Kenny Sears F 6-9 198 August 17, 1933 2 Santa Clara University
16 Ron Shavlik F 6-8 200 December 4, 1933 1 North Carolina State University
17 Ron Sobie G 6-3 185 September 21, 1934 1 DePaul University
5 Guy Sparrow F 6-6 218 November 2, 1932 R University of Detroit Mercy
18 Art Spoelstra C 6-9 220 September 11, 1932 3 Western Kentucky University
14 Charlie Tyra C-F 6-8 230 August 16, 1935 R University of Louisville

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 2884 7307 .395 2300 3056 .753 5385 1359 1865 8068 112.1
Opponent 72 7981 110.8

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 Kenny Sears 24 72 2685 445 1014 .439 452 550 .822 785 126 251 1342
2 Willie Naulls 23 68 2369 472 1189 .397 284 344 .826 799 97 220 1228
3 Carl Braun 30 71 2475 426 1018 .418 321 378 .849 330 393 183 1173
4 Richie Guerin 25 63 2368 344 973 .354 353 511 .691 489 317 202 1041
5 Ray Felix 27 72 1709 304 688 .442 271 389 .697 747 52 283 879
6 Guy Sparrow 25 72 1661 318 838 .379 165 257 .642 461 69 232 801
7 Ron Sobie 23 55 1399 217 539 .403 196 239 .820 263 125 147 630
8 Charlie Tyra 22 68 1182 175 490 .357 150 224 .670 480 34 175 500
9 Larry Friend 22 44 569 74 226 .327 27 41 .659 106 47 54 175
10 Mel Hutchins 29 18 384 51 131 .389 24 43 .558 86 34 31 126
11 Brendan McCann 22 36 295 22 100 .220 25 37 .676 45 54 34 69
12 Art Spoelstra 25 17 207 20 66 .303 27 37 .730 51 6 42 67
13 Phil Jordon 24 12 75 16 34 .471 5 6 .833 24 5 11 37
14 Ron Shavlik 24 1 2 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0

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 Kenny Sears 24 72 37.3 6.2 14.1 .439 6.3 7.6 .822 10.9 1.8 3.5 18.6
2 Willie Naulls 23 68 34.8 6.9 17.5 .397 4.2 5.1 .826 11.8 1.4 3.2 18.1
3 Carl Braun 30 71 34.9 6.0 14.3 .418 4.5 5.3 .849 4.6 5.5 2.6 16.5
4 Richie Guerin 25 63 37.6 5.5 15.4 .354 5.6 8.1 .691 7.8 5.0 3.2 16.5
5 Ray Felix 27 72 23.7 4.2 9.6 .442 3.8 5.4 .697 10.4 0.7 3.9 12.2
6 Ron Sobie 23 55 25.4 3.9 9.8 .403 3.6 4.3 .820 4.8 2.3 2.7 11.5
7 Guy Sparrow 25 72 23.1 4.4 11.6 .379 2.3 3.6 .642 6.4 1.0 3.2 11.1
8 Charlie Tyra 22 68 17.4 2.6 7.2 .357 2.2 3.3 .670 7.1 0.5 2.6 7.4
9 Mel Hutchins 29 18 21.3 2.8 7.3 .389 1.3 2.4 .558 4.8 1.9 1.7 7.0
10 Larry Friend 22 44 12.9 1.7 5.1 .327 0.6 0.9 .659 2.4 1.1 1.2 4.0
11 Art Spoelstra 25 17 12.2 1.2 3.9 .303 1.6 2.2 .730 3.0 0.4 2.5 3.9
12 Phil Jordon 24 12 6.3 1.3 2.8 .471 0.4 0.5 .833 2.0 0.4 0.9 3.1
13 Brendan McCann 22 36 8.2 0.6 2.8 .220 0.7 1.0 .676 1.3 1.5 0.9 1.9
14 Ron Shavlik 24 1 2.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Willie Naulls 23 68 2369 7.2 18.1 .397 4.3 5.2 .826 12.1 1.5 3.3 18.7
2 Ray Felix 27 72 1709 6.4 14.5 .442 5.7 8.2 .697 15.7 1.1 6.0 18.5
3 Kenny Sears 24 72 2685 6.0 13.6 .439 6.1 7.4 .822 10.5 1.7 3.4 18.0
4 Phil Jordon 24 12 75 7.7 16.3 .471 2.4 2.9 .833 11.5 2.4 5.3 17.8
5 Guy Sparrow 25 72 1661 6.9 18.2 .379 3.6 5.6 .642 10.0 1.5 5.0 17.4
6 Carl Braun 30 71 2475 6.2 14.8 .418 4.7 5.5 .849 4.8 5.7 2.7 17.1
7 Ron Sobie 23 55 1399 5.6 13.9 .403 5.0 6.2 .820 6.8 3.2 3.8 16.2
8 Richie Guerin 25 63 2368 5.2 14.8 .354 5.4 7.8 .691 7.4 4.8 3.1 15.8
9 Charlie Tyra 22 68 1182 5.3 14.9 .357 4.6 6.8 .670 14.6 1.0 5.3 15.2
10 Mel Hutchins 29 18 384 4.8 12.3 .389 2.3 4.0 .558 8.1 3.2 2.9 11.8
11 Art Spoelstra 25 17 207 3.5 11.5 .303 4.7 6.4 .730 8.9 1.0 7.3 11.7
12 Larry Friend 22 44 569 4.7 14.3 .327 1.7 2.6 .659 6.7 3.0 3.4 11.1
13 Brendan McCann 22 36 295 2.7 12.2 .220 3.1 4.5 .676 5.5 6.6 4.1 8.4
14 Ron Shavlik 24 1 2 0.0 18.0 .000 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Kenny Sears 24 72 2685 18.5 .534 .439 8.3 1.7 10.0
2 Carl Braun 30 71 2475 17.5 .495 .418 5.9 1.7 7.6
3 Ray Felix 27 72 1709 18.9 .512 .442 4.5 1.3 5.8
4 Willie Naulls 23 68 2369 17.1 .458 .397 3.1 1.6 4.6
5 Ron Sobie 23 55 1399 14.9 .489 .403 2.8 0.8 3.6
6 Richie Guerin 25 63 2368 14.9 .435 .354 1.8 1.7 3.5
7 Guy Sparrow 25 72 1661 12.5 .421 .379 0.2 1.0 1.2
8 Charlie Tyra 22 68 1182 13.5 .425 .357 0.3 0.9 1.1
9 Mel Hutchins 29 18 384 11.3 .420 .389 0.1 0.2 0.3
10 Phil Jordon 24 12 75 17.5 .505 .471 0.2 0.1 0.2
11 Art Spoelstra 25 17 207 6.8 .407 .303 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 Ron Shavlik 24 1 2 -6.6 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Larry Friend 22 44 569 7.7 .359 .327 -0.7 0.3 -0.4
14 Brendan McCann 22 36 295 6.6 .297 .220 -0.7 0.2 -0.4