1967-68 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Record: 43-39, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dick McGuire (15-22), Red Holzman (28-17)

PTS/G: 116.1 (8th of 12) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 114.3 (5th of 12)
SRS: 1.78 (5th of 12)
Expected W-L: 46-36 (5th of 12)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 534,568 (1st of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
12	Dick Barnett	SG	6-4	190	October 2, 1936	7	Tennessee State University
8	Walt Bellamy	C	6-11	225	July 24, 1939	6	Indiana University
17	Nate Bowman	C	6-10	230	March 19, 1943	1	Wichita State University
24	Bill Bradley	SF	6-5	205	July 28, 1943	R	Princeton University
7	Em Bryant	PG	6-1	175	November 4, 1938	3	DePaul University
23	Jim Caldwell	C	6-10	240	January 28, 1943	R	Georgia Institute of Technology
4	Freddie Crawford	SG	6-4	189	December 23, 1941	1	St. Bonaventure University
10	Walt Frazier	PG	6-4	200	March 29, 1945	R	Southern Illinois University
18	Phil Jackson	PF	6-8	220	September 17, 1945	R	University of North Dakota
11	Neil Johnson	PF	6-7	220	April 17, 1943	1	Creighton University
16	Howard Komives	PG	6-1	185	May 9, 1941	3	Bowling Green State University
19	Willis Reed	PF	6-9	235	June 25, 1942	3	Grambling State University
14	Cazzie Russell	SF	6-5	218	June 7, 1944	1	University of Michigan
5	Dick Van Arsdale	SG	6-5	210	February 22, 1943	2	Indiana University

Team and Opponent Stats

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19880	3682	8070	.456	2159	3042	.710	5122	1967	2364	9523	116.1
Lg Rank		1	7	9	4	8	6	10	11	6	2	8	8
Opponent	82	19880										9374	114.3
Lg Rank		1										5	5

Team Miscellaneous

									Offense Four Factors				Defense Four Factors
	PW	PL	MOV	SOS	SRS	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA	Arena	Attendance
Team	46	36	1.82	-0.04	1.78				.456			.268					Madison Square Garden (III)	534,568
Lg Rank	5	5	5	7	5				4			5						1

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Willis Reed	25	81	2879	659	1346	.490	367	509	.721	1073	159	343	1685
2	Dick Barnett	31	81	2488	559	1159	.482	343	440	.780	238	242	222	1461
3	Cazzie Russell	23	82	2296	551	1192	.462	282	349	.808	374	195	223	1384
4	Walt Bellamy	28	82	2695	511	944	.541	350	529	.662	961	164	259	1372
5	Dick Van Arsdale	24	78	2348	316	725	.436	227	339	.670	424	230	225	859
6	Walt Frazier	22	74	1588	256	568	.451	154	235	.655	313	305	199	666
7	Howard Komives	26	78	1660	233	631	.369	132	161	.820	168	246	170	598
8	Phil Jackson	22	75	1093	182	455	.400	99	168	.589	338	55	212	463
9	Bill Bradley	24	45	874	142	341	.416	76	104	.731	113	137	138	360
10	Em Bryant	29	77	968	112	291	.385	59	86	.686	133	134	173	283
11	Freddie Crawford	26	31	426	65	177	.367	37	59	.627	83	46	67	167
12	Nate Bowman	24	42	272	52	134	.388	10	15	.667	113	20	69	114
13	Neil Johnson	24	43	286	44	106	.415	23	48	.479	75	33	63	111
14	Jim Caldwell	25	2	7	0	1	.000	0	0		1	1	1	0

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Willis Reed	25	81	35.5	8.1	16.6	.490	4.5	6.3	.721	13.2	2.0	4.2	20.8
2	Dick Barnett	31	81	30.7	6.9	14.3	.482	4.2	5.4	.780	2.9	3.0	2.7	18.0
3	Cazzie Russell	23	82	28.0	6.7	14.5	.462	3.4	4.3	.808	4.6	2.4	2.7	16.9
4	Walt Bellamy	28	82	32.9	6.2	11.5	.541	4.3	6.5	.662	11.7	2.0	3.2	16.7
5	Dick Van Arsdale	24	78	30.1	4.1	9.3	.436	2.9	4.3	.670	5.4	2.9	2.9	11.0
6	Walt Frazier	22	74	21.5	3.5	7.7	.451	2.1	3.2	.655	4.2	4.1	2.7	9.0
7	Bill Bradley	24	45	19.4	3.2	7.6	.416	1.7	2.3	.731	2.5	3.0	3.1	8.0
8	Howard Komives	26	78	21.3	3.0	8.1	.369	1.7	2.1	.820	2.2	3.2	2.2	7.7
9	Phil Jackson	22	75	14.6	2.4	6.1	.400	1.3	2.2	.589	4.5	0.7	2.8	6.2
10	Freddie Crawford	26	31	13.7	2.1	5.7	.367	1.2	1.9	.627	2.7	1.5	2.2	5.4
11	Em Bryant	29	77	12.6	1.5	3.8	.385	0.8	1.1	.686	1.7	1.7	2.2	3.7
12	Nate Bowman	24	42	6.5	1.2	3.2	.388	0.2	0.4	.667	2.7	0.5	1.6	2.7
13	Neil Johnson	24	43	6.7	1.0	2.5	.415	0.5	1.1	.479	1.7	0.8	1.5	2.6
14	Jim Caldwell	25	2	3.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Cazzie Russell	23	82	2296	8.6	18.7	.462	4.4	5.5	.808	5.9	3.1	3.5	21.7
2	Dick Barnett	31	81	2488	8.1	16.8	.482	5.0	6.4	.780	3.4	3.5	3.2	21.1
3	Willis Reed	25	81	2879	8.2	16.8	.490	4.6	6.4	.721	13.4	2.0	4.3	21.1
4	Walt Bellamy	28	82	2695	6.8	12.6	.541	4.7	7.1	.662	12.8	2.2	3.5	18.3
5	Phil Jackson	22	75	1093	6.0	15.0	.400	3.3	5.5	.589	11.1	1.8	7.0	15.2
6	Walt Frazier	22	74	1588	5.8	12.9	.451	3.5	5.3	.655	7.1	6.9	4.5	15.1
7	Nate Bowman	24	42	272	6.9	17.7	.388	1.3	2.0	.667	15.0	2.6	9.1	15.1
8	Bill Bradley	24	45	874	5.8	14.0	.416	3.1	4.3	.731	4.7	5.6	5.7	14.8
9	Freddie Crawford	26	31	426	5.5	15.0	.367	3.1	5.0	.627	7.0	3.9	5.7	14.1
10	Neil Johnson	24	43	286	5.5	13.3	.415	2.9	6.0	.479	9.4	4.2	7.9	14.0
11	Dick Van Arsdale	24	78	2348	4.8	11.1	.436	3.5	5.2	.670	6.5	3.5	3.4	13.2
12	Howard Komives	26	78	1660	5.1	13.7	.369	2.9	3.5	.820	3.6	5.3	3.7	13.0
13	Em Bryant	29	77	968	4.2	10.8	.385	2.2	3.2	.686	4.9	5.0	6.4	10.5
14	Jim Caldwell	25	2	7	0.0	5.1	.000	0.0	0.0		5.1	5.1	5.1	0.0

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Walt Bellamy	28	82	2695	19.1	.583	.541	8.3	7.9	3.3	11.1	.198
2	Willis Reed	25	81	2879	19.5	.537	.490	7.9	6.5	3.5	10.0	.167
3	Dick Barnett	31	81	2488	16.4	.540	.482	13.9	6.0	1.8	7.7	.149
4	Cazzie Russell	23	82	2296	16.7	.514	.462	12.4	4.0	1.9	5.9	.124
5	Dick Van Arsdale	24	78	2348	11.7	.491	.436	12.4	1.7	2.1	3.8	.077
6	Walt Frazier	22	74	1588	15.4	.496	.451	25.1	1.6	1.9	3.5	.105
7	Bill Bradley	24	45	874	11.7	.465	.416	20.5	0.2	0.8	1.1	.058
8	Phil Jackson	22	75	1093	10.6	.438	.400	6.6	-0.6	1.2	0.5	.024
9	Em Bryant	29	77	968	8.0	.430	.385	17.1	-0.4	0.9	0.5	.024
10	Howard Komives	26	78	1660	9.9	.426	.369	18.9	-1.1	1.4	0.3	.010
11	Neil Johnson	24	43	286	10.5	.437	.415	14.9	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.032
12	Jim Caldwell	25	2	7	0.0	.000	.000	15.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.117
13	Nate Bowman	24	42	272	11.0	.405	.388	10.0	-0.4	0.4	0.0	-0.006
14	Freddie Crawford	26	31	426	9.5	.411	.367	14.0	-0.5	0.4	-0.1	-0.010

Playoffs Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dick Barnett	31	6	211	61	117	.521	21	29	.724	27	21	24	143
2	Cazzie Russell	23	6	209	55	98	.561	20	24	.833	23	10	16	130
3	Willis Reed	25	6	210	53	98	.541	22	30	.733	62	11	24	128
4	Walt Bellamy	28	6	277	45	107	.421	30	48	.625	96	21	22	120
5	Walt Frazier	22	4	119	12	33	.364	14	18	.778	22	25	12	38
6	Howard Komives	26	6	135	15	44	.341	4	6	.667	14	23	22	34
7	Bill Bradley	24	6	64	12	28	.429	9	13	.692	6	2	7	33
8	Phil Jackson	22	6	90	10	35	.286	4	5	.800	25	2	23	24
9	Dick Van Arsdale	24	4	88	5	22	.227	3	4	.750	16	13	9	13
10	Em Bryant	29	5	75	4	13	.308	4	5	.800	14	7	13	12
11	Neil Johnson	24	2	6	2	4	.500	0	0		3	0	1	4
12	Nate Bowman	24	1	6	0	4	.000	0	0		3	0	1	0

Playoffs Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dick Barnett	31	6	35.2	10.2	19.5	.521	3.5	4.8	.724	4.5	3.5	4.0	23.8
2	Cazzie Russell	23	6	34.8	9.2	16.3	.561	3.3	4.0	.833	3.8	1.7	2.7	21.7
3	Willis Reed	25	6	35.0	8.8	16.3	.541	3.7	5.0	.733	10.3	1.8	4.0	21.3
4	Walt Bellamy	28	6	46.2	7.5	17.8	.421	5.0	8.0	.625	16.0	3.5	3.7	20.0
5	Walt Frazier	22	4	29.8	3.0	8.3	.364	3.5	4.5	.778	5.5	6.3	3.0	9.5
6	Howard Komives	26	6	22.5	2.5	7.3	.341	0.7	1.0	.667	2.3	3.8	3.7	5.7
7	Bill Bradley	24	6	10.7	2.0	4.7	.429	1.5	2.2	.692	1.0	0.3	1.2	5.5
8	Phil Jackson	22	6	15.0	1.7	5.8	.286	0.7	0.8	.800	4.2	0.3	3.8	4.0
9	Dick Van Arsdale	24	4	22.0	1.3	5.5	.227	0.8	1.0	.750	4.0	3.3	2.3	3.3
10	Em Bryant	29	5	15.0	0.8	2.6	.308	0.8	1.0	.800	2.8	1.4	2.6	2.4
11	Neil Johnson	24	2	3.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		1.5	0.0	0.5	2.0
12	Nate Bowman	24	1	6.0	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	0.0		3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dick Barnett	31	6	211	10.4	20.0	.521	3.6	4.9	.724	4.6	3.6	4.1	24.4
2	Neil Johnson	24	2	6	12.0	24.0	.500	0.0	0.0		18.0	0.0	6.0	24.0
3	Cazzie Russell	23	6	209	9.5	16.9	.561	3.4	4.1	.833	4.0	1.7	2.8	22.4
4	Willis Reed	25	6	210	9.1	16.8	.541	3.8	5.1	.733	10.6	1.9	4.1	21.9
5	Bill Bradley	24	6	64	6.8	15.8	.429	5.1	7.3	.692	3.4	1.1	3.9	18.6
6	Walt Bellamy	28	6	277	5.8	13.9	.421	3.9	6.2	.625	12.5	2.7	2.9	15.6
7	Walt Frazier	22	4	119	3.6	10.0	.364	4.2	5.4	.778	6.7	7.6	3.6	11.5
8	Phil Jackson	22	6	90	4.0	14.0	.286	1.6	2.0	.800	10.0	0.8	9.2	9.6
9	Howard Komives	26	6	135	4.0	11.7	.341	1.1	1.6	.667	3.7	6.1	5.9	9.1
10	Em Bryant	29	5	75	1.9	6.2	.308	1.9	2.4	.800	6.7	3.4	6.2	5.8
11	Dick Van Arsdale	24	4	88	2.0	9.0	.227	1.2	1.6	.750	6.5	5.3	3.7	5.3
12	Nate Bowman	24	1	6	0.0	24.0	.000	0.0	0.0		18.0	0.0	6.0	0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Cazzie Russell	23	6	209	18.3	.599	.561	7.3	0.8	0.1	0.9	.202
2	Willis Reed	25	6	210	20.1	.576	.541	7.9	0.7	0.1	0.8	.183
3	Dick Barnett	31	6	211	19.4	.551	.521	15.8	0.7	0.1	0.7	.167
4	Walt Bellamy	28	6	277	15.2	.468	.421	10.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	.041
5	Bill Bradley	24	6	64	11.4	.489	.429	4.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	.054
6	Walt Frazier	22	4	119	13.6	.464	.364	25.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	.043
7	Em Bryant	29	5	75	5.4	.395	.308	10.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.008
8	Neil Johnson	24	2	6	20.3	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.097
9	Nate Bowman	24	1	6	-13.2	.000	.000	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.759
10	Phil Jackson	22	6	90	3.0	.323	.286	2.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.125
11	Howard Komives	26	6	135	6.7	.364	.341	21.1	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.055
12	Dick Van Arsdale	24	4	88	5.3	.274	.227	17.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.098

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