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1968-69 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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54-28, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Holzman (54-28)

Points Per Game: 110.8 (11th of 14) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.1 (1st of 14)
Pythagorean W-L: 56-26 (1st of 14)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 569,153 (1st of 14)

SRS: 5.48 (1st of 14)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Baltimore Bullets

1968-69 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 8 Tennessee State University
8 Walt Bellamy C 6-11 225 July 24, 1939 7 Indiana University
17 Nate Bowman C 6-10 230 March 19, 1943 2 Wichita State University
24 Bill Bradley F-G 6-5 205 July 28, 1943 1 Princeton University
22 Dave DeBusschere F-G 6-6 220 October 16, 1940 6 University of Detroit Mercy
10 Walt Frazier G 6-4 200 March 29, 1945 1 Southern Illinois University
20 Bill Hosket F-C 6-8 225 December 20, 1946 R Ohio State University
18 Phil Jackson F-C 6-8 220 September 17, 1945 1 University of North Dakota
16 Howard Komives G 6-1 185 May 9, 1941 4 Bowling Green State University
5 Don May F 6-4 200 January 3, 1946 R University of Dayton
19 Willis Reed C-F 6-9 235 June 25, 1942 4 Grambling State University
6 Mike Riordan G-F 6-4 200 July 9, 1945 R Providence College
33 Cazzie Russell F-G 6-5 218 June 7, 1944 2 University of Michigan

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 19730 3588 7813 .459 1911 2596 .736 4246 2071 2175 9087 110.8
Opponent 82 19730 8616 105.1

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 26 82 3108 704 1351 .521 325 435 .747 1191 190 314 1733
2 Dick Barnett 32 82 2953 565 1220 .463 312 403 .774 251 291 239 1442
3 Walt Frazier 23 80 2949 531 1052 .505 341 457 .746 499 635 245 1403
4 Bill Bradley 25 82 2413 407 948 .429 206 253 .814 350 302 295 1020
5 Cazzie Russell 24 50 1645 362 804 .450 191 240 .796 209 115 140 915
6 Dave DeBusschere 28 47 1851 317 717 .442 135 198 .682 535 128 179 769
7 Walt Bellamy 29 35 1136 204 402 .507 125 202 .619 385 77 123 533
8 Phil Jackson 23 47 924 126 294 .429 80 119 .672 246 43 168 332
9 Howard Komives 27 32 836 107 309 .346 73 86 .849 95 137 96 287
10 Don May 23 48 560 81 223 .363 42 58 .724 114 35 64 204
11 Nate Bowman 25 67 607 82 226 .363 29 61 .475 220 53 142 193
12 Bill Hosket 22 50 351 53 123 .431 24 42 .571 94 19 77 130
13 Mike Riordan 23 54 397 49 144 .340 28 42 .667 57 46 93 126

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 26 82 37.9 8.6 16.5 .521 4.0 5.3 .747 14.5 2.3 3.8 21.1
2 Cazzie Russell 24 50 32.9 7.2 16.1 .450 3.8 4.8 .796 4.2 2.3 2.8 18.3
3 Dick Barnett 32 82 36.0 6.9 14.9 .463 3.8 4.9 .774 3.1 3.5 2.9 17.6
4 Walt Frazier 23 80 36.9 6.6 13.2 .505 4.3 5.7 .746 6.2 7.9 3.1 17.5
5 Dave DeBusschere 28 47 39.4 6.7 15.3 .442 2.9 4.2 .682 11.4 2.7 3.8 16.4
6 Walt Bellamy 29 35 32.5 5.8 11.5 .507 3.6 5.8 .619 11.0 2.2 3.5 15.2
7 Bill Bradley 25 82 29.4 5.0 11.6 .429 2.5 3.1 .814 4.3 3.7 3.6 12.4
8 Howard Komives 27 32 26.1 3.3 9.7 .346 2.3 2.7 .849 3.0 4.3 3.0 9.0
9 Phil Jackson 23 47 19.7 2.7 6.3 .429 1.7 2.5 .672 5.2 0.9 3.6 7.1
10 Don May 23 48 11.7 1.7 4.6 .363 0.9 1.2 .724 2.4 0.7 1.3 4.3
11 Nate Bowman 25 67 9.1 1.2 3.4 .363 0.4 0.9 .475 3.3 0.8 2.1 2.9
12 Bill Hosket 22 50 7.0 1.1 2.5 .431 0.5 0.8 .571 1.9 0.4 1.5 2.6
13 Mike Riordan 23 54 7.4 0.9 2.7 .340 0.5 0.8 .667 1.1 0.9 1.7 2.3

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 Willis Reed 26 82 3108 8.2 15.6 .521 3.8 5.0 .747 13.8 2.2 3.6 20.1
2 Cazzie Russell 24 50 1645 7.9 17.6 .450 4.2 5.3 .796 4.6 2.5 3.1 20.0
3 Dick Barnett 32 82 2953 6.9 14.9 .463 3.8 4.9 .774 3.1 3.5 2.9 17.6
4 Walt Frazier 23 80 2949 6.5 12.8 .505 4.2 5.6 .746 6.1 7.8 3.0 17.1
5 Walt Bellamy 29 35 1136 6.5 12.7 .507 4.0 6.4 .619 12.2 2.4 3.9 16.9
6 Bill Bradley 25 82 2413 6.1 14.1 .429 3.1 3.8 .814 5.2 4.5 4.4 15.2
7 Dave DeBusschere 28 47 1851 6.2 13.9 .442 2.6 3.9 .682 10.4 2.5 3.5 15.0
8 Bill Hosket 22 50 351 5.4 12.6 .431 2.5 4.3 .571 9.6 1.9 7.9 13.3
9 Don May 23 48 560 5.2 14.3 .363 2.7 3.7 .724 7.3 2.3 4.1 13.1
10 Phil Jackson 23 47 924 4.9 11.5 .429 3.1 4.6 .672 9.6 1.7 6.5 12.9
11 Howard Komives 27 32 836 4.6 13.3 .346 3.1 3.7 .849 4.1 5.9 4.1 12.4
12 Mike Riordan 23 54 397 4.4 13.1 .340 2.5 3.8 .667 5.2 4.2 8.4 11.4
13 Nate Bowman 25 67 607 4.9 13.4 .363 1.7 3.6 .475 13.0 3.1 8.4 11.4

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 Willis Reed 26 82 3108 21.4 .562 .521 9.0 9.5 5.1 14.7
2 Walt Frazier 23 80 2949 20.2 .560 .505 29.5 8.3 4.4 12.7
3 Dick Barnett 32 82 2953 14.3 .516 .463 13.7 5.2 2.6 7.8
4 Bill Bradley 25 82 2413 13.1 .481 .429 16.9 1.9 2.7 4.7
5 Walt Bellamy 29 35 1136 17.9 .543 .507 9.3 2.5 1.8 4.3
6 Cazzie Russell 24 50 1645 15.2 .503 .450 10.1 2.6 1.5 4.1
7 Dave DeBusschere 28 47 1851 14.3 .478 .442 9.4 1.2 2.6 3.8
8 Phil Jackson 23 47 924 10.6 .479 .429 6.0 0.5 1.2 1.7
9 Bill Hosket 22 50 351 9.9 .459 .431 7.1 0.0 0.5 0.5
10 Howard Komives 27 32 836 10.4 .414 .346 21.0 -0.7 1.0 0.3
11 Don May 23 48 560 9.2 .410 .363 8.2 -0.6 0.6 0.0
12 Nate Bowman 25 67 607 9.2 .382 .363 11.3 -1.0 1.0 0.0
13 Mike Riordan 23 54 397 6.2 .388 .340 14.7 -0.6 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 Willis Reed 26 10 429 101 198 55 70 141 19 40 257 .510 .786 42.9 25.7 14.1 1.9
2 Walt Frazier 23 10 415 89 177 34 57 74 91 30 212 .503 .596 41.5 21.2 7.4 9.1
3 Dick Barnett 32 10 402 65 163 37 54 35 27 32 167 .399 .685 40.2 16.7 3.5 2.7
4 Dave DeBusschere 28 10 419 61 174 41 50 148 33 43 163 .351 .820 41.9 16.3 14.8 3.3
5 Bill Bradley 25 10 419 65 141 30 39 73 40 38 160 .461 .769 41.9 16.0 7.3 4.0
6 Mike Riordan 23 10 108 20 39 12 16 17 3 27 52 .513 .750 10.8 5.2 1.7 0.3
7 Don May 23 9 88 9 30 7 9 23 8 7 25 .300 .778 9.8 2.8 2.6 0.9
8 Cazzie Russell 24 5 36 5 21 2 2 5 1 4 12 .238 1.000 7.2 2.4 1.0 0.2
9 Nate Bowman 25 10 62 4 15 3 3 32 3 16 11 .267 1.000 6.2 1.1 3.2 0.3
10 Bill Hosket 22 4 22 3 6 0 1 7 2 3 6 .500 .000 5.5 1.5 1.8 0.5

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 Willis Reed 26 10 429 22.0 .562 .510 6.9 1.6 0.6 2.2
2 Walt Frazier 23 10 415 21.3 .525 .503 33.0 1.1 0.6 1.7
3 Bill Bradley 25 10 419 13.7 .506 .461 13.2 0.6 0.5 1.1
4 Dick Barnett 32 10 402 10.3 .447 .399 9.4 0.1 0.3 0.4
5 Dave DeBusschere 28 10 419 14.0 .416 .351 10.7 -0.3 0.6 0.4
6 Mike Riordan 23 10 108 12.7 .565 .513 4.0 0.3 0.1 0.4
7 Bill Hosket 22 4 22 12.2 .466 .500 12.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Nate Bowman 25 10 62 8.8 .337 .267 5.9 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Don May 23 9 88 9.8 .368 .300 11.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Cazzie Russell 24 5 36 0.6 .274 .238 3.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Willis Reed $168,617
2 Dave DeBusschere $85,000
3 Dick Barnett *$53,333
4 Walt Frazier $50,000
5 Cazzie Russell $45,000
6 Howard Komives $42,500
7 Phil Jackson $25,000
8 Nate Bowman $24,000
9 Mike Riordan $22,000
10 Don May $15,000
11 Bill Hosket $15,000
12 Walter Simon $14,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)