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1962-63 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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21-59, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Eddie Donovan (21-59)

Points Per Game: 110.5 (7th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 117.7 (6th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 23-57 (9th of 9)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 302,775 (1st of 9)

SRS: -6.20 (9th of 9)

1962-63 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Cleveland Buckner F-C 6-9 210 August 17, 1938 1 Jackson State University
10 Dave Budd F 6-6 205 October 28, 1938 2 Wake Forest University
19 Donnie Butcher G 6-2 200 February 8, 1936 1 Pikeville College
3 Al Butler G 6-2 175 July 9, 1938 1 Niagara University
5 Gene Conley C-F 6-8 225 November 10, 1930 4 Washington State University
7 Jack Foley F 6-3 170 April 19, 1939 R College of the Holy Cross
6 Tom Gola G-F 6-6 205 January 13, 1933 6 La Salle University
11 Johnny Green F-C 6-5 200 December 8, 1933 3 Michigan State University
9 Richie Guerin G 6-4 195 May 29, 1932 6 Iona College
14 Duke Hogue C 6-9 240 April 28, 1940 R University of Cincinnati
6 Willie Naulls F-C 6-6 225 October 7, 1934 6 University of California, Los Angeles
22 Bevo Nordmann C 6-10 225 December 11, 1939 1 Saint Louis University
18 John Rudometkin F 6-6 205 June 6, 1940 R University of Southern California
20 Kenny Sears F 6-9 198 August 17, 1933 6 Santa Clara University
21 Gene Shue G 6-2 170 December 18, 1931 8 University of Maryland
8 Tom Stith F 6-5 210 January 21, 1939 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 3433 8007 .429 1971 2778 .710 4952 1658 2144 8837 110.5
Opponent 80 9417 117.7

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 30 79 2712 596 1380 .432 509 600 .848 331 348 228 1701
2 Johnny Green 29 80 2553 582 1261 .462 280 439 .638 964 152 243 1444
3 Gene Shue 31 78 2288 354 894 .396 208 302 .689 191 259 171 916
4 Dave Budd 24 78 1725 294 596 .493 151 202 .748 395 87 204 739
5 Al Butler 24 74 1488 297 676 .439 144 187 .770 170 156 145 738
6 Gene Conley 32 70 1544 254 651 .390 122 186 .656 469 70 263 630
7 Tom Gola 30 52 1848 252 548 .460 120 153 .784 259 225 202 624
8 Donnie Butcher 26 68 1193 172 424 .406 131 194 .675 180 138 164 475
9 Willie Naulls 28 23 676 155 375 .413 78 96 .813 200 44 42 388
10 Duke Hogue 22 50 1340 152 419 .363 79 174 .454 430 42 220 383
11 John Rudometkin 22 56 572 108 307 .352 73 95 .768 149 30 58 289
12 Bevo Nordmann 23 26 729 120 239 .502 38 83 .458 231 39 107 278
13 Kenny Sears 29 23 359 48 92 .522 26 46 .565 67 40 29 122
14 Tom Stith 24 25 209 37 110 .336 3 10 .300 39 18 23 77
15 Jack Foley 23 6 37 7 25 .280 7 7 1.000 9 5 5 21
16 Cleveland Buckner 24 6 27 5 10 .500 2 4 .500 4 5 6 12

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 30 79 34.3 7.5 17.5 .432 6.4 7.6 .848 4.2 4.4 2.9 21.5
2 Johnny Green 29 80 31.9 7.3 15.8 .462 3.5 5.5 .638 12.1 1.9 3.0 18.1
3 Willie Naulls 28 23 29.4 6.7 16.3 .413 3.4 4.2 .813 8.7 1.9 1.8 16.9
4 Tom Gola 30 52 35.5 4.8 10.5 .460 2.3 2.9 .784 5.0 4.3 3.9 12.0
5 Gene Shue 31 78 29.3 4.5 11.5 .396 2.7 3.9 .689 2.4 3.3 2.2 11.7
6 Bevo Nordmann 23 26 28.0 4.6 9.2 .502 1.5 3.2 .458 8.9 1.5 4.1 10.7
7 Al Butler 24 74 20.1 4.0 9.1 .439 1.9 2.5 .770 2.3 2.1 2.0 10.0
8 Dave Budd 24 78 22.1 3.8 7.6 .493 1.9 2.6 .748 5.1 1.1 2.6 9.5
9 Gene Conley 32 70 22.1 3.6 9.3 .390 1.7 2.7 .656 6.7 1.0 3.8 9.0
10 Duke Hogue 22 50 26.8 3.0 8.4 .363 1.6 3.5 .454 8.6 0.8 4.4 7.7
11 Donnie Butcher 26 68 17.5 2.5 6.2 .406 1.9 2.9 .675 2.6 2.0 2.4 7.0
12 Kenny Sears 29 23 15.6 2.1 4.0 .522 1.1 2.0 .565 2.9 1.7 1.3 5.3
13 John Rudometkin 22 56 10.2 1.9 5.5 .352 1.3 1.7 .768 2.7 0.5 1.0 5.2
14 Jack Foley 23 6 6.2 1.2 4.2 .280 1.2 1.2 1.000 1.5 0.8 0.8 3.5
15 Tom Stith 24 25 8.4 1.5 4.4 .336 0.1 0.4 .300 1.6 0.7 0.9 3.1
16 Cleveland Buckner 24 6 4.5 0.8 1.7 .500 0.3 0.7 .500 0.7 0.8 1.0 2.0

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 Richie Guerin 30 79 2712 7.9 18.3 .432 6.8 8.0 .848 4.4 4.6 3.0 22.6
2 Willie Naulls 28 23 676 8.3 20.0 .413 4.2 5.1 .813 10.7 2.3 2.2 20.7
3 Johnny Green 29 80 2553 8.2 17.8 .462 3.9 6.2 .638 13.6 2.1 3.4 20.4
4 Jack Foley 23 6 37 6.8 24.3 .280 6.8 6.8 1.000 8.8 4.9 4.9 20.4
5 John Rudometkin 22 56 572 6.8 19.3 .352 4.6 6.0 .768 9.4 1.9 3.7 18.2
6 Al Butler 24 74 1488 7.2 16.4 .439 3.5 4.5 .770 4.1 3.8 3.5 17.9
7 Cleveland Buckner 24 6 27 6.7 13.3 .500 2.7 5.3 .500 5.3 6.7 8.0 16.0
8 Dave Budd 24 78 1725 6.1 12.4 .493 3.2 4.2 .748 8.2 1.8 4.3 15.4
9 Gene Conley 32 70 1544 5.9 15.2 .390 2.8 4.3 .656 10.9 1.6 6.1 14.7
10 Gene Shue 31 78 2288 5.6 14.1 .396 3.3 4.8 .689 3.0 4.1 2.7 14.4
11 Donnie Butcher 26 68 1193 5.2 12.8 .406 4.0 5.9 .675 5.4 4.2 4.9 14.3
12 Bevo Nordmann 23 26 729 5.9 11.8 .502 1.9 4.1 .458 11.4 1.9 5.3 13.7
13 Tom Stith 24 25 209 6.4 18.9 .336 0.5 1.7 .300 6.7 3.1 4.0 13.3
14 Tom Gola 30 52 1848 4.9 10.7 .460 2.3 3.0 .784 5.0 4.4 3.9 12.2
15 Kenny Sears 29 23 359 4.8 9.2 .522 2.6 4.6 .565 6.7 4.0 2.9 12.2
16 Duke Hogue 22 50 1340 4.1 11.3 .363 2.1 4.7 .454 11.6 1.1 5.9 10.3

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 Richie Guerin 30 79 2712 18.8 .517 .432 5.9 1.4 7.2
2 Johnny Green 29 80 2553 19.0 .497 .462 3.3 1.8 5.1
3 Dave Budd 24 78 1725 13.8 .540 .493 3.2 0.9 4.1
4 Tom Gola 30 52 1848 11.6 .507 .460 2.0 1.0 2.9
5 Al Butler 24 74 1488 13.8 .487 .439 1.4 0.7 2.1
6 Bevo Nordmann 23 26 729 13.0 .505 .502 0.8 0.5 1.2
7 Donnie Butcher 26 68 1193 11.4 .466 .406 0.4 0.6 1.1
8 Kenny Sears 29 23 359 13.3 .543 .522 0.6 0.2 0.8
9 Willie Naulls 28 23 676 17.3 .465 .413 0.2 0.4 0.7
10 Gene Shue 31 78 2288 10.7 .446 .396 -0.3 1.0 0.7
11 Cleveland Buckner 24 6 27 14.0 .510 .500 0.0 0.0 0.1
12 Jack Foley 23 6 37 12.7 .374 .280 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
13 Gene Conley 32 70 1544 10.7 .430 .390 -1.0 0.9 -0.1
14 John Rudometkin 22 56 572 12.3 .414 .352 -0.8 0.3 -0.5
15 Tom Stith 24 25 209 6.5 .337 .336 -0.7 0.1 -0.6
16 Duke Hogue 22 50 1340 7.4 .386 .363 -1.9 0.8 -1.0