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1972-73 New York Knicks Roster and Statistics

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57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Holzman (57-25)

1972-73 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 105.0 (11th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 98.2 (1st of 17)
SRS: 6.07 (4th of 17)
Expected W-L: 59-23 (4th of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 790,031 (1st of 17)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Baltimore Bullets


NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Dick Barnett G-F 6-4 190 October 2, 1936 12 Tennessee State University
17 Henry Bibby G 6-1 185 November 24, 1949 R University of California, Los Angeles
24 Bill Bradley F-G 6-5 205 July 28, 1943 5 Princeton University
22 Dave DeBusschere F-G 6-6 220 October 16, 1940 10 University of Detroit Mercy
10 Walt Frazier G 6-4 200 March 29, 1945 5 Southern Illinois University
40 John Gianelli C-F 6-10 220 June 10, 1950 R University of the Pacific
18 Phil Jackson F-C 6-8 220 September 17, 1945 4 University of North Dakota
32 Jerry Lucas F-C 6-8 230 March 30, 1940 9 Ohio State University
7 Dean Meminger G 6-0 175 May 13, 1948 1 Marquette University
15 Earl Monroe G 6-3 185 November 21, 1944 5 Winston-Salem State University
23 Luther Rackley C 6-10 220 June 11, 1946 3 Xavier University
19 Willis Reed C-F 6-9 235 June 25, 1942 8 Grambling State University
6 Tom Riker C-F 6-10 225 February 28, 1950 R University of South Carolina
43 Harthorne Wingo F 6-6 210 September 9, 1947 R Friendship Junior College

Team and Opponent Statistics

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 3627 7764 .467 1356 1739 .780 3882 2187 1775 8610 105.0
Lg Rank 10 9 15 4 15 16 4 16 5 13 11 11
Opponent 82 19730 3291 7561 .435 1471 1961 .750 4100 1714 1781 8053 98.2
Lg Rank 10 1 2 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 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 Walt Frazier 27 78 3181 681 1389 .490 286 350 .817 570 461 186 1648
2 Bill Bradley 29 82 2998 575 1252 .459 169 194 .871 301 367 273 1319
3 Dave DeBusschere 32 77 2827 532 1224 .435 194 260 .746 787 259 215 1258
4 Earl Monroe 28 75 2370 496 1016 .488 171 208 .822 245 288 195 1163
5 Willis Reed 30 69 1876 334 705 .474 92 124 .742 590 126 205 760
6 Jerry Lucas 32 71 2001 312 608 .513 80 100 .800 510 317 157 704
7 Phil Jackson 27 80 1393 245 553 .443 154 195 .790 344 94 218 644
8 Dean Meminger 24 80 1453 188 365 .515 81 129 .628 229 133 109 457
9 Henry Bibby 23 55 475 78 205 .380 73 86 .849 82 64 67 229
10 Dick Barnett 36 51 514 88 226 .389 16 30 .533 41 50 52 192
11 John Gianelli 22 52 516 79 175 .451 23 33 .697 150 25 72 181
12 Tom Riker 22 14 65 10 24 .417 15 24 .625 16 2 15 35
13 Harthorne Wingo 25 13 59 9 22 .409 2 6 .333 16 1 9 20
14 Luther Rackley 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0

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 Walt Frazier 27 78 40.8 8.7 17.8 .490 3.7 4.5 .817 7.3 5.9 2.4 21.1
2 Dave DeBusschere 32 77 36.7 6.9 15.9 .435 2.5 3.4 .746 10.2 3.4 2.8 16.3
3 Bill Bradley 29 82 36.6 7.0 15.3 .459 2.1 2.4 .871 3.7 4.5 3.3 16.1
4 Earl Monroe 28 75 31.6 6.6 13.5 .488 2.3 2.8 .822 3.3 3.8 2.6 15.5
5 Willis Reed 30 69 27.2 4.8 10.2 .474 1.3 1.8 .742 8.6 1.8 3.0 11.0
6 Jerry Lucas 32 71 28.2 4.4 8.6 .513 1.1 1.4 .800 7.2 4.5 2.2 9.9
7 Phil Jackson 27 80 17.4 3.1 6.9 .443 1.9 2.4 .790 4.3 1.2 2.7 8.1
8 Dean Meminger 24 80 18.2 2.4 4.6 .515 1.0 1.6 .628 2.9 1.7 1.4 5.7
9 Henry Bibby 23 55 8.6 1.4 3.7 .380 1.3 1.6 .849 1.5 1.2 1.2 4.2
10 Dick Barnett 36 51 10.1 1.7 4.4 .389 0.3 0.6 .533 0.8 1.0 1.0 3.8
11 John Gianelli 22 52 9.9 1.5 3.4 .451 0.4 0.6 .697 2.9 0.5 1.4 3.5
12 Tom Riker 22 14 4.6 0.7 1.7 .417 1.1 1.7 .625 1.1 0.1 1.1 2.5
13 Harthorne Wingo 25 13 4.5 0.7 1.7 .409 0.2 0.5 .333 1.2 0.1 0.7 1.5
14 Luther Rackley 26 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 0.0

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 Tom Riker 22 14 65 5.5 13.3 .417 8.3 13.3 .625 8.9 1.1 8.3 19.4
2 Walt Frazier 27 78 3181 7.7 15.7 .490 3.2 4.0 .817 6.5 5.2 2.1 18.7
3 Earl Monroe 28 75 2370 7.5 15.4 .488 2.6 3.2 .822 3.7 4.4 3.0 17.7
4 Henry Bibby 23 55 475 5.9 15.5 .380 5.5 6.5 .849 6.2 4.9 5.1 17.4
5 Phil Jackson 27 80 1393 6.3 14.3 .443 4.0 5.0 .790 8.9 2.4 5.6 16.6
6 Dave DeBusschere 32 77 2827 6.8 15.6 .435 2.5 3.3 .746 10.0 3.3 2.7 16.0
7 Bill Bradley 29 82 2998 6.9 15.0 .459 2.0 2.3 .871 3.6 4.4 3.3 15.8
8 Willis Reed 30 69 1876 6.4 13.5 .474 1.8 2.4 .742 11.3 2.4 3.9 14.6
9 Dick Barnett 36 51 514 6.2 15.8 .389 1.1 2.1 .533 2.9 3.5 3.6 13.4
10 Jerry Lucas 32 71 2001 5.6 10.9 .513 1.4 1.8 .800 9.2 5.7 2.8 12.7
11 John Gianelli 22 52 516 5.5 12.2 .451 1.6 2.3 .697 10.5 1.7 5.0 12.6
12 Harthorne Wingo 25 13 59 5.5 13.4 .409 1.2 3.7 .333 9.8 0.6 5.5 12.2
13 Dean Meminger 24 80 1453 4.7 9.0 .515 2.0 3.2 .628 5.7 3.3 2.7 11.3
14 Luther Rackley 26 1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 36.0 0.0

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 27 78 3181 19.7 .534 .490 8.9 20.6 7.3 5.7 13.0 .196
2 Earl Monroe 28 75 2370 16.1 .525 .488 5.1 17.1 4.5 3.3 7.8 .158
3 Jerry Lucas 32 71 2001 17.3 .540 .513 12.6 20.8 3.4 4.4 7.8 .188
4 Bill Bradley 29 82 2998 13.8 .493 .459 5.0 16.8 2.9 4.1 7.0 .112
5 Dave DeBusschere 32 77 2827 16.0 .470 .435 13.8 12.5 0.9 5.8 6.6 .113
6 Willis Reed 30 69 1876 15.4 .500 .474 15.5 9.1 1.9 3.9 5.8 .149
7 Dean Meminger 24 80 1453 12.4 .542 .515 7.8 11.6 2.2 2.2 4.4 .144
8 Phil Jackson 27 80 1393 14.8 .504 .443 12.2 9.1 1.7 2.5 4.2 .146
9 John Gianelli 22 52 516 12.1 .478 .451 14.4 6.3 0.2 1.0 1.2 .110
10 Henry Bibby 23 55 475 15.1 .472 .380 8.5 17.8 0.2 0.8 1.0 .106
11 Tom Riker 22 14 65 14.1 .506 .417 12.2 4.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 .151
12 Harthorne Wingo 25 13 59 8.1 .406 .409 13.4 2.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .013
13 Luther Rackley 26 1 2 -6.7 24.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .128
14 Dick Barnett 36 51 514 8.1 .401 .389 3.9 13.0 -0.8 0.6 -0.2 -0.022

Playoffs

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 Walt Frazier 27 17 765 150 292 73 94 124 106 52 373 .514 .777 45.0 21.9 7.3 6.2
2 Dave DeBusschere 32 17 632 117 265 31 40 179 58 57 265 .442 .775 37.2 15.6 10.5 3.4
3 Earl Monroe 28 16 504 111 211 36 48 51 51 39 258 .526 .750 31.5 16.1 3.2 3.2
4 Bill Bradley 29 17 587 99 221 40 50 57 45 59 238 .448 .800 34.5 14.0 3.4 2.6
5 Willis Reed 30 17 486 97 208 18 21 129 30 65 212 .466 .857 28.6 12.5 7.6 1.8
6 Phil Jackson 27 17 338 60 120 28 38 72 24 59 148 .500 .737 19.9 8.7 4.2 1.4
7 Jerry Lucas 32 17 368 54 112 20 23 85 39 47 128 .482 .870 21.6 7.5 5.0 2.3
8 Dean Meminger 24 17 323 31 56 19 34 37 37 29 81 .554 .559 19.0 4.8 2.2 2.2
9 John Gianelli 22 7 55 11 20 3 7 13 1 6 25 .550 .429 7.9 3.6 1.9 0.1
10 Henry Bibby 23 6 43 8 18 4 8 2 3 5 20 .444 .500 7.2 3.3 0.3 0.5
11 Harthorne Wingo 25 3 12 5 13 1 2 7 0 1 11 .385 .500 4.0 3.7 2.3 0.0
12 Dick Barnett 36 4 17 3 6 0 0 0 2 5 6 .500 4.3 1.5 0.0 0.5

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 27 17 765 19.7 .559 .514 8.6 19.6 2.3 0.8 3.0 .189
2 Earl Monroe 28 16 504 17.7 .556 .526 5.3 14.8 1.5 0.4 1.9 .177
3 Phil Jackson 27 17 338 15.2 .541 .500 11.3 9.8 0.7 0.3 1.1 .152
4 Bill Bradley 29 17 587 12.0 .490 .448 5.1 10.4 0.6 0.4 1.0 .078
5 Dave DeBusschere 32 17 632 16.0 .469 .442 15.0 12.8 0.3 0.7 1.0 .079
6 Willis Reed 30 17 486 15.1 .488 .466 14.0 8.8 0.5 0.5 1.0 .096
7 Jerry Lucas 32 17 368 14.7 .524 .482 12.2 14.0 0.6 0.4 1.0 .125
8 Dean Meminger 24 17 323 11.4 .571 .554 6.1 14.2 0.6 0.3 0.8 .121
9 John Gianelli 22 7 55 15.2 .542 .550 12.5 2.6 0.1 0.0 0.2 .148
10 Henry Bibby 23 6 43 10.9 .465 .444 2.5 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 .043
11 Dick Barnett 36 4 17 7.6 .500 .500 0.0 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .078
12 Harthorne Wingo 25 3 12 23.5 .396 .385 30.8 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.122