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1961-62 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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29-51, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Eddie Donovan (29-51)

Points Per Game: 114.8 (8th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 119.7 (6th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 29-51 (8th of 9)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 265,153 (1st of 9)

SRS: -3.98 (8th of 9)

1961-62 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
15 George Blaney G 6-1 175 November 12, 1939 R College of the Holy Cross
12 Cleveland Buckner F-C 6-9 210 August 17, 1938 R Jackson State University
10 Dave Budd F 6-6 205 October 28, 1938 1 Wake Forest University
14 Ed Burton F 6-6 225 August 13, 1939 R Michigan State University
19 Donnie Butcher G 6-2 200 February 8, 1936 R Pikeville College
3 Al Butler G 6-2 175 July 9, 1938 R Niagara University
11 Johnny Green F-C 6-5 200 December 8, 1933 2 Michigan State University
9 Richie Guerin G 6-4 195 May 29, 1932 5 Iona College
18 Darrall Imhoff C 6-10 220 October 11, 1938 1 University of California
8 Phil Jordon C-F 6-10 205 September 12, 1933 5 Whitworth
5 Doug Kistler F 6-9 210 March 21, 1938 R Duke University
7 Whitey Martin G 6-2 185 April 11, 1939 R St. Bonaventure University
6 Willie Naulls F-C 6-6 225 October 7, 1934 5 University of California, Los Angeles
16 Bill Smith G-F 6-5 190 April 26, 1939 R Saint Peter's College
17 Sam Stith G 6-2 185 July 22, 1937 R St. Bonaventure 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 80 3638 8696 .418 1911 2693 .710 5440 1765 2056 9187 114.8
Opponent 80 9574 119.7

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 Richie Guerin 29 78 3346 839 1897 .442 625 762 .820 501 539 299 2303
2 Willie Naulls 27 75 2978 747 1798 .415 383 455 .842 867 192 260 1877
3 Johnny Green 28 80 2789 507 1164 .436 261 434 .601 1066 191 265 1275
4 Phil Jordon 28 76 2195 403 1028 .392 96 168 .571 482 156 258 902
5 Al Butler 23 54 1969 336 725 .463 124 176 .705 324 201 147 796
6 Dave Budd 23 79 1370 188 431 .436 138 231 .597 345 86 162 514
7 Darrall Imhoff 23 76 1501 186 482 .386 80 139 .576 470 82 230 452
8 Cleveland Buckner 23 62 696 158 367 .431 83 133 .624 236 39 114 399
9 Whitey Martin 22 66 1018 95 292 .325 37 55 .673 158 115 158 227
10 Sam Stith 24 32 440 59 162 .364 23 38 .605 51 60 55 141
11 Donnie Butcher 25 47 479 48 155 .310 42 69 .609 79 51 63 138
12 George Blaney 22 36 363 54 142 .380 9 17 .529 36 45 34 117
13 Bill Smith 22 9 83 8 33 .242 7 8 .875 16 7 6 23
14 Ed Burton 22 8 28 7 14 .500 1 4 .250 5 1 3 15
15 Doug Kistler 23 5 13 3 6 .500 2 4 .500 1 0 2 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 Richie Guerin 29 78 42.9 10.8 24.3 .442 8.0 9.8 .820 6.4 6.9 3.8 29.5
2 Willie Naulls 27 75 39.7 10.0 24.0 .415 5.1 6.1 .842 11.6 2.6 3.5 25.0
3 Johnny Green 28 80 34.9 6.3 14.6 .436 3.3 5.4 .601 13.3 2.4 3.3 15.9
4 Al Butler 23 54 36.5 6.2 13.4 .463 2.3 3.3 .705 6.0 3.7 2.7 14.7
5 Phil Jordon 28 76 28.9 5.3 13.5 .392 1.3 2.2 .571 6.3 2.1 3.4 11.9
6 Dave Budd 23 79 17.3 2.4 5.5 .436 1.7 2.9 .597 4.4 1.1 2.1 6.5
7 Cleveland Buckner 23 62 11.2 2.5 5.9 .431 1.3 2.1 .624 3.8 0.6 1.8 6.4
8 Darrall Imhoff 23 76 19.8 2.4 6.3 .386 1.1 1.8 .576 6.2 1.1 3.0 5.9
9 Sam Stith 24 32 13.8 1.8 5.1 .364 0.7 1.2 .605 1.6 1.9 1.7 4.4
10 Whitey Martin 22 66 15.4 1.4 4.4 .325 0.6 0.8 .673 2.4 1.7 2.4 3.4
11 George Blaney 22 36 10.1 1.5 3.9 .380 0.3 0.5 .529 1.0 1.3 0.9 3.3
12 Donnie Butcher 25 47 10.2 1.0 3.3 .310 0.9 1.5 .609 1.7 1.1 1.3 2.9
13 Bill Smith 22 9 9.2 0.9 3.7 .242 0.8 0.9 .875 1.8 0.8 0.7 2.6
14 Ed Burton 22 8 3.5 0.9 1.8 .500 0.1 0.5 .250 0.6 0.1 0.4 1.9
15 Doug Kistler 23 5 2.6 0.6 1.2 .500 0.4 0.8 .500 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.6

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 Richie Guerin 29 78 3346 9.0 20.4 .442 6.7 8.2 .820 5.4 5.8 3.2 24.8
2 Willie Naulls 27 75 2978 9.0 21.7 .415 4.6 5.5 .842 10.5 2.3 3.1 22.7
3 Doug Kistler 23 5 13 8.3 16.6 .500 5.5 11.1 .500 2.8 0.0 5.5 22.2
4 Cleveland Buckner 23 62 696 8.2 19.0 .431 4.3 6.9 .624 12.2 2.0 5.9 20.6
5 Ed Burton 22 8 28 9.0 18.0 .500 1.3 5.1 .250 6.4 1.3 3.9 19.3
6 Johnny Green 28 80 2789 6.5 15.0 .436 3.4 5.6 .601 13.8 2.5 3.4 16.5
7 Phil Jordon 28 76 2195 6.6 16.9 .392 1.6 2.8 .571 7.9 2.6 4.2 14.8
8 Al Butler 23 54 1969 6.1 13.3 .463 2.3 3.2 .705 5.9 3.7 2.7 14.6
9 Dave Budd 23 79 1370 4.9 11.3 .436 3.6 6.1 .597 9.1 2.3 4.3 13.5
10 George Blaney 22 36 363 5.4 14.1 .380 0.9 1.7 .529 3.6 4.5 3.4 11.6
11 Sam Stith 24 32 440 4.8 13.3 .364 1.9 3.1 .605 4.2 4.9 4.5 11.5
12 Darrall Imhoff 23 76 1501 4.5 11.6 .386 1.9 3.3 .576 11.3 2.0 5.5 10.8
13 Donnie Butcher 25 47 479 3.6 11.6 .310 3.2 5.2 .609 5.9 3.8 4.7 10.4
14 Bill Smith 22 9 83 3.5 14.3 .242 3.0 3.5 .875 6.9 3.0 2.6 10.0
15 Whitey Martin 22 66 1018 3.4 10.3 .325 1.3 1.9 .673 5.6 4.1 5.6 8.0

Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Richie Guerin 29 78 3346 20.9 .516 .442 9.2 3.0 12.1
2 Willie Naulls 27 75 2978 17.7 .470 .415 2.8 2.7 5.5
3 Johnny Green 28 80 2789 15.8 .470 .436 2.1 3.0 5.1
4 Al Butler 23 54 1969 13.0 .496 .463 2.4 1.5 3.9
5 Dave Budd 23 79 1370 11.6 .483 .436 1.2 1.1 2.3
6 Cleveland Buckner 23 62 696 15.7 .469 .431 0.6 0.7 1.3
7 Darrall Imhoff 23 76 1501 9.0 .416 .386 -0.7 1.4 0.7
8 Doug Kistler 23 5 13 12.1 .515 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Ed Burton 22 8 28 12.7 .476 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Sam Stith 24 32 440 8.0 .394 .364 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
11 George Blaney 22 36 363 7.8 .391 .380 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
12 Phil Jordon 28 76 2195 9.8 .409 .392 -1.9 1.7 -0.2
13 Bill Smith 22 9 83 5.7 .315 .242 -0.2 0.1 -0.2
14 Donnie Butcher 25 47 479 6.8 .372 .310 -0.6 0.4 -0.3
15 Whitey Martin 22 66 1018 5.4 .359 .325 -1.3 0.8 -0.5