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1967-68 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 116.1 (8th of 12) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 114.3 (5th of 12)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-36 (5th of 12)

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

SRS: 1.78 (5th of 12)

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

1967-68 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Dick Barnett G-F 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 F-G 6-5 205 July 28, 1943 R Princeton University
7 Em Bryant G 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 G-F 6-4 189 December 23, 1941 1 St. Bonaventure University
10 Walt Frazier G 6-4 200 March 29, 1945 R Southern Illinois University
18 Phil Jackson F-C 6-8 220 September 17, 1945 R University of North Dakota
11 Neil Johnson F-C 6-7 220 April 17, 1943 1 Creighton University
16 Howard Komives G 6-1 185 May 9, 1941 3 Bowling Green State University
19 Willis Reed C-F 6-9 235 June 25, 1942 3 Grambling State University
14 Cazzie Russell F-G 6-5 218 June 7, 1944 1 University of Michigan
5 Dick Van Arsdale G-F 6-5 210 February 22, 1943 2 Indiana 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 82 19880 3682 8070 .456 2159 3042 .710 5122 1967 2364 9523 116.1
Opponent 82 19880 9374 114.3

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 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

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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 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

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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 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 Nate Bowman 24 42 272 6.9 17.7 .388 1.3 2.0 .667 15.0 2.6 9.1 15.1
7 Walt Frazier 22 74 1588 5.8 12.9 .451 3.5 5.3 .655 7.1 6.9 4.5 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

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

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Dick Barnett 31 6 211 61 117 21 29 27 21 24 143 .521 .724 35.2 23.8 4.5 3.5
2 Cazzie Russell 23 6 209 55 98 20 24 23 10 16 130 .561 .833 34.8 21.7 3.8 1.7
3 Willis Reed 25 6 210 53 98 22 30 62 11 24 128 .541 .733 35.0 21.3 10.3 1.8
4 Walt Bellamy 28 6 277 45 107 30 48 96 21 22 120 .421 .625 46.2 20.0 16.0 3.5
5 Walt Frazier 22 4 119 12 33 14 18 22 25 12 38 .364 .778 29.8 9.5 5.5 6.3
6 Howard Komives 26 6 135 15 44 4 6 14 23 22 34 .341 .667 22.5 5.7 2.3 3.8
7 Bill Bradley 24 6 64 12 28 9 13 6 2 7 33 .429 .692 10.7 5.5 1.0 0.3
8 Phil Jackson 22 6 90 10 35 4 5 25 2 23 24 .286 .800 15.0 4.0 4.2 0.3
9 Dick Van Arsdale 24 4 88 5 22 3 4 16 13 9 13 .227 .750 22.0 3.3 4.0 3.3
10 Em Bryant 29 5 75 4 13 4 5 14 7 13 12 .308 .800 15.0 2.4 2.8 1.4
11 Neil Johnson 24 2 6 2 4 0 0 3 0 1 4 .500 3.0 2.0 1.5 0.0
12 Nate Bowman 24 1 6 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 .000 6.0 0.0 3.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 Cazzie Russell 23 6 209 18.3 .599 .561 7.3 0.8 0.1 0.9
2 Willis Reed 25 6 210 20.1 .576 .541 7.9 0.7 0.1 0.8
3 Dick Barnett 31 6 211 19.4 .551 .521 15.8 0.7 0.1 0.7
4 Walt Bellamy 28 6 277 15.2 .468 .421 10.0 0.1 0.2 0.2
5 Walt Frazier 22 4 119 13.6 .464 .364 25.7 0.0 0.1 0.1
6 Bill Bradley 24 6 64 11.4 .489 .429 4.3 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 Neil Johnson 24 2 6 20.3 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Em Bryant 29 5 75 5.4 .395 .308 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Nate Bowman 24 1 6 -13.2 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Phil Jackson 22 6 90 3.0 .323 .286 2.7 -0.3 0.0 -0.2
11 Dick Van Arsdale 24 4 88 5.3 .274 .227 17.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
12 Howard Komives 26 6 135 6.7 .364 .341 21.1 -0.2 0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Willis Reed $100,000
2 Walt Bellamy $75,000
3 Dick Barnett $45,000
4 Dick Van Arsdale $37,500
5 Howard Komives $30,000
6 Walt Frazier $25,500
7 Freddie Crawford $22,500
8 Phil Jackson $22,500
9 Em Bryant $20,000
10 Nate Bowman $17,000
11 Neil Johnson $14,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)