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1969-70 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

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Record: 60-22, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Holzman (60-22)

PTS/G: 115.0 (9th of 14) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 105.9 (1st of 14)
SRS: 8.42 (1st of 14)
Expected W-L: 62-20 (1st of 14)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 761,226 (1st of 14)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-3) versus Baltimore Bullets

NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Dick Barnett SG 6-4 190 October 2, 1936 9 Tennessee State University
17 Nate Bowman C 6-10 230 March 19, 1943 3 Wichita State University
24 Bill Bradley SF 6-5 205 July 28, 1943 2 Princeton University
22 Dave DeBusschere PF 6-6 220 October 16, 1940 7 University of Detroit Mercy
10 Walt Frazier PG 6-4 200 March 29, 1945 2 Southern Illinois University
20 Bill Hosket PF 6-8 225 December 20, 1946 1 Ohio State University
5 Don May SF 6-4 200 January 3, 1946 1 University of Dayton
19 Willis Reed C 6-9 235 June 25, 1942 5 Grambling State University
6 Mike Riordan SG 6-4 200 July 9, 1945 1 Providence College
33 Cazzie Russell SF 6-5 218 June 7, 1944 3 University of Michigan
9 Dave Stallworth SF 6-7 200 December 20, 1941 2 Wichita State University
16 John Warren SG 6-3 180 July 7, 1947 R St. John's University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19730 3803 7975 .477 1821 2484 .733 4006 2135 2016 9427 115.0
Lg Rank 14 6 10 3 14 14 11 13 4 8 9 9
Opponent 82 19730 8682 105.9
Lg Rank 14 1 1

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 62 20 9.09 -0.66 8.42 .477 .228 Madison Square Garden (IV) 761,226
Lg Rank 1 1 1 14 1 3 13 1

Totals

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 27 81 3089 702 1385 .507 351 464 .756 1126 161 287 1755
2 Walt Frazier 24 77 3040 600 1158 .518 409 547 .748 465 629 203 1609
3 Dick Barnett 33 82 2772 494 1039 .475 232 325 .714 221 298 220 1220
4 Dave DeBusschere 29 79 2627 488 1082 .451 176 256 .688 790 194 244 1152
5 Bill Bradley 26 67 2098 413 897 .460 145 176 .824 239 268 219 971
6 Cazzie Russell 25 78 1563 385 773 .498 124 160 .775 236 135 137 894
7 Dave Stallworth 28 82 1375 239 557 .429 161 225 .716 323 139 194 639
8 Mike Riordan 24 81 1677 255 549 .464 114 165 .691 194 201 192 624
9 Nate Bowman 26 81 744 98 235 .417 41 79 .519 257 46 189 237
10 Bill Hosket 23 36 235 46 91 .505 26 33 .788 63 17 36 118
11 John Warren 22 44 272 44 108 .407 24 35 .686 40 30 53 112
12 Don May 24 37 238 39 101 .386 18 19 .947 52 17 42 96

Per Game

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 27 81 38.1 8.7 17.1 .507 4.3 5.7 .756 13.9 2.0 3.5 21.7
2 Walt Frazier 24 77 39.5 7.8 15.0 .518 5.3 7.1 .748 6.0 8.2 2.6 20.9
3 Dick Barnett 33 82 33.8 6.0 12.7 .475 2.8 4.0 .714 2.7 3.6 2.7 14.9
4 Dave DeBusschere 29 79 33.3 6.2 13.7 .451 2.2 3.2 .688 10.0 2.5 3.1 14.6
5 Bill Bradley 26 67 31.3 6.2 13.4 .460 2.2 2.6 .824 3.6 4.0 3.3 14.5
6 Cazzie Russell 25 78 20.0 4.9 9.9 .498 1.6 2.1 .775 3.0 1.7 1.8 11.5
7 Dave Stallworth 28 82 16.8 2.9 6.8 .429 2.0 2.7 .716 3.9 1.7 2.4 7.8
8 Mike Riordan 24 81 20.7 3.1 6.8 .464 1.4 2.0 .691 2.4 2.5 2.4 7.7
9 Bill Hosket 23 36 6.5 1.3 2.5 .505 0.7 0.9 .788 1.8 0.5 1.0 3.3
10 Nate Bowman 26 81 9.2 1.2 2.9 .417 0.5 1.0 .519 3.2 0.6 2.3 2.9
11 Don May 24 37 6.4 1.1 2.7 .386 0.5 0.5 .947 1.4 0.5 1.1 2.6
12 John Warren 22 44 6.2 1.0 2.5 .407 0.5 0.8 .686 0.9 0.7 1.2 2.5

Per 36 Minutes

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 25 78 1563 8.9 17.8 .498 2.9 3.7 .775 5.4 3.1 3.2 20.6
2 Willis Reed 27 81 3089 8.2 16.1 .507 4.1 5.4 .756 13.1 1.9 3.3 20.5
3 Walt Frazier 24 77 3040 7.1 13.7 .518 4.8 6.5 .748 5.5 7.4 2.4 19.1
4 Bill Hosket 23 36 235 7.0 13.9 .505 4.0 5.1 .788 9.7 2.6 5.5 18.1
5 Bill Bradley 26 67 2098 7.1 15.4 .460 2.5 3.0 .824 4.1 4.6 3.8 16.7
6 Dave Stallworth 28 82 1375 6.3 14.6 .429 4.2 5.9 .716 8.5 3.6 5.1 16.7
7 Dave DeBusschere 29 79 2627 6.7 14.8 .451 2.4 3.5 .688 10.8 2.7 3.3 15.8
8 Dick Barnett 33 82 2772 6.4 13.5 .475 3.0 4.2 .714 2.9 3.9 2.9 15.8
9 John Warren 22 44 272 5.8 14.3 .407 3.2 4.6 .686 5.3 4.0 7.0 14.8
10 Don May 24 37 238 5.9 15.3 .386 2.7 2.9 .947 7.9 2.6 6.4 14.5
11 Mike Riordan 24 81 1677 5.5 11.8 .464 2.4 3.5 .691 4.2 4.3 4.1 13.4
12 Nate Bowman 26 81 744 4.7 11.4 .417 2.0 3.8 .519 12.4 2.2 9.1 11.5

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Walt Frazier 24 77 3040 21.1 .575 .518 27.0 8.6 6.4 15.0 .236
2 Willis Reed 27 81 3089 20.3 .552 .507 7.1 7.2 7.5 14.6 .227
3 Dick Barnett 33 82 2772 12.9 .516 .475 13.7 3.1 3.7 6.8 .117
4 Dave DeBusschere 29 79 2627 14.8 .482 .451 9.5 0.7 5.8 6.6 .120
5 Cazzie Russell 25 78 1563 16.9 .530 .498 12.0 2.8 2.4 5.2 .161
6 Bill Bradley 26 67 2098 13.7 .498 .460 16.7 1.6 3.3 4.9 .112
7 Mike Riordan 24 81 1677 11.5 .502 .464 14.8 1.2 2.6 3.8 .108
8 Dave Stallworth 28 82 1375 14.2 .487 .429 12.8 0.6 2.8 3.4 .119
9 Nate Bowman 26 81 744 8.9 .439 .417 7.4 -0.5 1.8 1.3 .083
10 Bill Hosket 23 36 235 16.6 .559 .505 9.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 .205
11 John Warren 22 44 272 9.8 .454 .407 13.8 -0.1 0.4 0.3 .060
12 Don May 24 37 238 9.8 .439 .386 8.9 -0.2 0.4 0.2 .047

Playoffs Totals

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 27 18 732 178 378 .471 70 95 .737 248 51 60 426
2 Dick Barnett 33 19 714 131 280 .468 59 76 .776 39 64 64 321
3 Dave DeBusschere 29 19 701 130 309 .421 45 68 .662 220 46 63 305
4 Walt Frazier 24 19 834 118 247 .478 68 89 .764 149 156 53 304
5 Bill Bradley 26 19 616 100 233 .429 35 43 .814 72 60 59 235
6 Cazzie Russell 25 19 306 80 165 .485 18 19 .947 47 16 31 178
7 Dave Stallworth 28 19 275 61 133 .459 15 16 .938 77 20 35 137
8 Mike Riordan 24 19 296 53 109 .486 25 35 .714 46 27 33 131
9 Nate Bowman 26 18 128 18 47 .383 7 10 .700 44 6 34 43
10 Bill Hosket 23 5 29 4 10 .400 3 4 .750 5 2 6 11
11 Don May 24 2 7 2 3 .667 0 0 0 0 2 4
12 John Warren 22 10 22 2 5 .400 0 0 3 2 6 4

Playoffs Per Game

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 27 18 40.7 9.9 21.0 .471 3.9 5.3 .737 13.8 2.8 3.3 23.7
2 Dick Barnett 33 19 37.6 6.9 14.7 .468 3.1 4.0 .776 2.1 3.4 3.4 16.9
3 Dave DeBusschere 29 19 36.9 6.8 16.3 .421 2.4 3.6 .662 11.6 2.4 3.3 16.1
4 Walt Frazier 24 19 43.9 6.2 13.0 .478 3.6 4.7 .764 7.8 8.2 2.8 16.0
5 Bill Bradley 26 19 32.4 5.3 12.3 .429 1.8 2.3 .814 3.8 3.2 3.1 12.4
6 Cazzie Russell 25 19 16.1 4.2 8.7 .485 0.9 1.0 .947 2.5 0.8 1.6 9.4
7 Dave Stallworth 28 19 14.5 3.2 7.0 .459 0.8 0.8 .938 4.1 1.1 1.8 7.2
8 Mike Riordan 24 19 15.6 2.8 5.7 .486 1.3 1.8 .714 2.4 1.4 1.7 6.9
9 Nate Bowman 26 18 7.1 1.0 2.6 .383 0.4 0.6 .700 2.4 0.3 1.9 2.4
10 Bill Hosket 23 5 5.8 0.8 2.0 .400 0.6 0.8 .750 1.0 0.4 1.2 2.2
11 Don May 24 2 3.5 1.0 1.5 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
12 John Warren 22 10 2.2 0.2 0.5 .400 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.4

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 27 18 732 8.8 18.6 .471 3.4 4.7 .737 12.2 2.5 3.0 21.0
2 Cazzie Russell 25 19 306 9.4 19.4 .485 2.1 2.2 .947 5.5 1.9 3.6 20.9
3 Don May 24 2 7 10.3 15.4 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 20.6
4 Dave Stallworth 28 19 275 8.0 17.4 .459 2.0 2.1 .938 10.1 2.6 4.6 17.9
5 Dick Barnett 33 19 714 6.6 14.1 .468 3.0 3.8 .776 2.0 3.2 3.2 16.2
6 Mike Riordan 24 19 296 6.4 13.3 .486 3.0 4.3 .714 5.6 3.3 4.0 15.9
7 Dave DeBusschere 29 19 701 6.7 15.9 .421 2.3 3.5 .662 11.3 2.4 3.2 15.7
8 Bill Hosket 23 5 29 5.0 12.4 .400 3.7 5.0 .750 6.2 2.5 7.4 13.7
9 Bill Bradley 26 19 616 5.8 13.6 .429 2.0 2.5 .814 4.2 3.5 3.4 13.7
10 Walt Frazier 24 19 834 5.1 10.7 .478 2.9 3.8 .764 6.4 6.7 2.3 13.1
11 Nate Bowman 26 18 128 5.1 13.2 .383 2.0 2.8 .700 12.4 1.7 9.6 12.1
12 John Warren 22 10 22 3.3 8.2 .400 0.0 0.0 4.9 3.3 9.8 6.5

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Walt Frazier 24 19 834 16.5 .531 .478 23.4 1.3 1.5 2.8 .163
2 Willis Reed 27 18 732 20.1 .507 .471 10.0 1.1 1.4 2.6 .168
3 Dick Barnett 33 19 714 12.5 .512 .468 11.8 1.0 0.7 1.6 .111
4 Dave DeBusschere 29 19 701 14.4 .450 .421 8.7 -0.2 1.3 1.1 .075
5 Mike Riordan 24 19 296 14.2 .527 .486 12.0 0.5 0.4 0.9 .143
6 Cazzie Russell 25 19 306 16.1 .513 .485 7.7 0.5 0.4 0.9 .138
7 Bill Bradley 26 19 616 11.1 .466 .429 12.5 0.1 0.8 0.9 .068
8 Dave Stallworth 28 19 275 16.0 .489 .459 10.1 0.2 0.5 0.7 .124
9 Nate Bowman 26 18 128 8.8 .418 .383 5.9 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .044
10 Don May 24 2 7 12.4 .667 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .257
11 Bill Hosket 23 5 29 9.5 .468 .400 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 .074
12 John Warren 22 10 22 3.4 .400 .400 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 .027