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1973-74 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Holzman (49-33)

Points Per Game: 101.3 (15th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 98.5 (1st of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 49-33 (5th of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 784,433 (1st of 17)

SRS: 2.42 (5th of 17) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.5 (17th of 17)
Offensive Rating: 97.4 (10th of 17) ▪ Defensive Rating: 94.7 (5th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Capital Bullets

1973-74 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 13 Tennessee State University
46 Dennis Bell F 6-5 185 June 2, 1951 R Drake University
17 Henry Bibby G 6-1 185 November 24, 1949 1 University of California, Los Angeles
24 Bill Bradley F-G 6-5 205 July 28, 1943 6 Princeton University
31 Mel Davis F 6-6 220 November 9, 1950 R St. John's University
22 Dave DeBusschere F-G 6-6 220 October 16, 1940 11 University of Detroit Mercy
10 Walt Frazier G 6-4 200 March 29, 1945 6 Southern Illinois University
14 Dick Garrett G 6-3 185 January 31, 1947 4 Southern Illinois University
40 John Gianelli C-F 6-10 220 June 10, 1950 1 University of the Pacific
18 Phil Jackson F-C 6-8 220 September 17, 1945 5 University of North Dakota
32 Jerry Lucas F-C 6-8 230 March 30, 1940 10 Ohio State University
16 Allie McGuire G 6-3 175 July 10, 1951 R Marquette University
7 Dean Meminger G 6-0 175 May 13, 1948 2 Marquette University
15 Earl Monroe G 6-3 185 November 21, 1944 6 Winston-Salem State University
19 Willis Reed C-F 6-9 235 June 25, 1942 9 Grambling State University
6 Tom Riker C-F 6-10 225 February 28, 1950 1 University of South Carolina
43 Harthorne Wingo F 6-6 210 September 9, 1947 1 Friendship Junior College

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 19780 3478 7483 .465 1350 1738 .777 959 2725 3684 1937 554 277 1463 1884 8306 101.3
Opponent 82 19780 3292 7377 .446 1496 1974 .758 1042 2790 3832 1580 479 348 1555 1792 8080 98.5

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 Walt Frazier 28 80 3338 674 1429 .472 295 352 .838 120 416 536 551 161 15 212 1643
2 Dave DeBusschere 33 71 2699 559 1212 .461 164 217 .756 134 623 757 253 67 39 222 1282
3 Bill Bradley 30 82 2813 502 1112 .451 146 167 .874 59 194 253 242 42 21 278 1150
4 Phil Jackson 28 82 2050 361 757 .477 191 246 .776 123 355 478 134 42 67 277 913
5 Dean Meminger 25 78 2079 274 539 .508 103 160 .644 125 156 281 162 62 8 161 651
6 Earl Monroe 29 41 1194 240 513 .468 93 113 .823 22 99 121 110 34 19 97 573
7 John Gianelli 23 70 1423 208 434 .479 92 121 .760 110 233 343 77 23 42 159 508
8 Henry Bibby 24 66 986 210 465 .452 73 88 .830 48 85 133 91 65 2 123 493
9 Jerry Lucas 33 73 1627 194 420 .462 67 96 .698 62 312 374 230 28 24 134 455
10 Harthorne Wingo 26 60 536 82 172 .477 48 76 .632 72 94 166 25 7 14 85 212
11 Willis Reed 31 19 500 84 184 .457 42 53 .792 47 94 141 30 12 21 49 210
12 Mel Davis 23 30 167 33 95 .347 12 16 .750 17 37 54 8 3 4 36 78
13 Dick Garrett 27 25 239 32 91 .352 10 13 .769 10 16 26 14 7 1 41 74
14 Tom Riker 23 17 57 13 29 .448 12 17 .706 9 6 15 3 0 0 6 38
15 Dick Barnett 37 5 58 10 26 .385 2 3 .667 1 3 4 6 1 0 2 22
16 Allie McGuire 22 2 10 2 4 .500 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 4
17 Dennis Bell 22 1 4 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Walt Frazier 28 80 41.7 8.4 17.9 .472 3.7 4.4 .838 1.5 5.2 6.7 6.9 2.0 0.2 2.7 20.5
2 Dave DeBusschere 33 71 38.0 7.9 17.1 .461 2.3 3.1 .756 1.9 8.8 10.7 3.6 0.9 0.5 3.1 18.1
3 Bill Bradley 30 82 34.3 6.1 13.6 .451 1.8 2.0 .874 0.7 2.4 3.1 3.0 0.5 0.3 3.4 14.0
4 Earl Monroe 29 41 29.1 5.9 12.5 .468 2.3 2.8 .823 0.5 2.4 3.0 2.7 0.8 0.5 2.4 14.0
5 Willis Reed 31 19 26.3 4.4 9.7 .457 2.2 2.8 .792 2.5 4.9 7.4 1.6 0.6 1.1 2.6 11.1
6 Phil Jackson 28 82 25.0 4.4 9.2 .477 2.3 3.0 .776 1.5 4.3 5.8 1.6 0.5 0.8 3.4 11.1
7 Dean Meminger 25 78 26.7 3.5 6.9 .508 1.3 2.1 .644 1.6 2.0 3.6 2.1 0.8 0.1 2.1 8.3
8 Henry Bibby 24 66 14.9 3.2 7.0 .452 1.1 1.3 .830 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.4 1.0 0.0 1.9 7.5
9 John Gianelli 23 70 20.3 3.0 6.2 .479 1.3 1.7 .760 1.6 3.3 4.9 1.1 0.3 0.6 2.3 7.3
10 Jerry Lucas 33 73 22.3 2.7 5.8 .462 0.9 1.3 .698 0.8 4.3 5.1 3.2 0.4 0.3 1.8 6.2
11 Dick Barnett 37 5 11.6 2.0 5.2 .385 0.4 0.6 .667 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 4.4
12 Harthorne Wingo 26 60 8.9 1.4 2.9 .477 0.8 1.3 .632 1.2 1.6 2.8 0.4 0.1 0.2 1.4 3.5
13 Dick Garrett 27 25 9.6 1.3 3.6 .352 0.4 0.5 .769 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.6 3.0
14 Mel Davis 23 30 5.6 1.1 3.2 .347 0.4 0.5 .750 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.2 2.6
15 Tom Riker 23 17 3.4 0.8 1.7 .448 0.7 1.0 .706 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.2
16 Allie McGuire 22 2 5.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
17 Dennis Bell 22 1 4.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 Tom Riker 23 17 57 8.2 18.3 .448 7.6 10.7 .706 5.7 3.8 9.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 3.8 24.0
2 Henry Bibby 24 66 986 7.7 17.0 .452 2.7 3.2 .830 1.8 3.1 4.9 3.3 2.4 0.1 4.5 18.0
3 Walt Frazier 28 80 3338 7.3 15.4 .472 3.2 3.8 .838 1.3 4.5 5.8 5.9 1.7 0.2 2.3 17.7
4 Earl Monroe 29 41 1194 7.2 15.5 .468 2.8 3.4 .823 0.7 3.0 3.6 3.3 1.0 0.6 2.9 17.3
5 Dave DeBusschere 33 71 2699 7.5 16.2 .461 2.2 2.9 .756 1.8 8.3 10.1 3.4 0.9 0.5 3.0 17.1
6 Mel Davis 23 30 167 7.1 20.5 .347 2.6 3.4 .750 3.7 8.0 11.6 1.7 0.6 0.9 7.8 16.8
7 Phil Jackson 28 82 2050 6.3 13.3 .477 3.4 4.3 .776 2.2 6.2 8.4 2.4 0.7 1.2 4.9 16.0
8 Willis Reed 31 19 500 6.0 13.2 .457 3.0 3.8 .792 3.4 6.8 10.2 2.2 0.9 1.5 3.5 15.1
9 Bill Bradley 30 82 2813 6.4 14.2 .451 1.9 2.1 .874 0.8 2.5 3.2 3.1 0.5 0.3 3.6 14.7
10 Allie McGuire 22 2 10 7.2 14.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 7.2 3.6 0.0 0.0 7.2 14.4
11 Harthorne Wingo 26 60 536 5.5 11.6 .477 3.2 5.1 .632 4.8 6.3 11.1 1.7 0.5 0.9 5.7 14.2
12 Dick Barnett 37 5 58 6.2 16.1 .385 1.2 1.9 .667 0.6 1.9 2.5 3.7 0.6 0.0 1.2 13.7
13 John Gianelli 23 70 1423 5.3 11.0 .479 2.3 3.1 .760 2.8 5.9 8.7 1.9 0.6 1.1 4.0 12.9
14 Dean Meminger 25 78 2079 4.7 9.3 .508 1.8 2.8 .644 2.2 2.7 4.9 2.8 1.1 0.1 2.8 11.3
15 Dick Garrett 27 25 239 4.8 13.7 .352 1.5 2.0 .769 1.5 2.4 3.9 2.1 1.1 0.2 6.2 11.1
16 Jerry Lucas 33 73 1627 4.3 9.3 .462 1.5 2.1 .698 1.4 6.9 8.3 5.1 0.6 0.5 3.0 10.1
17 Dennis Bell 22 1 4 0.0 9.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 Frazier 28 80 3338 18.7 .519 .472 3.8 13.1 8.5 24.4 2.2 0.2 94 5.9 5.1 10.9
2 Dave DeBusschere 33 71 2699 16.3 .490 .461 5.2 24.2 14.8 13.9 1.2 0.8 93 2.4 4.6 7.0
3 Phil Jackson 28 82 2050 15.0 .528 .477 6.3 18.2 12.3 9.3 1.0 1.8 94 2.4 3.2 5.6
4 Dean Meminger 25 78 2079 11.7 .534 .508 6.3 7.9 7.1 10.4 1.4 0.2 97 2.7 2.3 5.0
5 Bill Bradley 30 82 2813 11.1 .485 .451 2.2 7.2 4.7 12.3 0.7 0.4 99 1.6 2.6 4.2
6 John Gianelli 23 70 1423 13.0 .521 .479 8.2 17.2 12.7 7.4 0.7 1.6 95 1.5 2.1 3.6
7 Jerry Lucas 33 73 1627 12.6 .492 .462 4.0 20.1 12.1 18.6 0.8 0.8 94 1.0 2.4 3.4
8 Earl Monroe 29 41 1194 14.5 .509 .468 1.9 8.7 5.3 13.6 1.3 0.9 97 1.3 1.4 2.8
9 Henry Bibby 24 66 986 15.7 .489 .452 5.1 9.1 7.1 13.9 3.1 0.1 93 0.7 1.6 2.3
10 Willis Reed 31 19 500 15.9 .506 .457 9.9 19.7 14.8 8.4 1.1 2.3 93 0.7 0.9 1.5
11 Harthorne Wingo 26 60 536 14.3 .516 .477 14.2 18.4 16.3 6.4 0.6 1.4 95 0.6 0.8 1.4
12 Tom Riker 23 17 57 19.9 .521 .448 16.7 11.1 13.9 8.1 0.0 0.0 99 0.1 0.0 0.2
13 Allie McGuire 22 2 10 10.3 .500 .500 0.0 21.0 10.5 14.7 0.0 0.0 96 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Dennis Bell 22 1 4 -6.8 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 103 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Dick Barnett 37 5 58 9.4 .403 .385 1.8 5.4 3.6 14.6 0.8 0.0 99 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Dick Garrett 27 25 239 6.0 .383 .352 4.4 7.0 5.7 7.9 1.4 0.2 97 -0.4 0.3 -0.2
17 Mel Davis 23 30 167 10.5 .382 .347 10.7 23.3 17.0 7.0 0.8 1.3 93 -0.4 0.3 -0.2

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 Walt Frazier 28 12 491 113 225 44 49 21 95 48 21 4 41 270 .502 .898 40.9 22.5 7.9 4.0
2 Earl Monroe 29 12 407 81 165 47 55 8 48 25 8 9 26 209 .491 .855 33.9 17.4 4.0 2.1
3 Bill Bradley 30 12 425 63 159 25 29 8 28 13 7 3 39 151 .396 .862 35.4 12.6 2.3 1.1
4 Dave DeBusschere 33 12 404 63 166 18 29 25 99 38 7 4 36 144 .380 .621 33.7 12.0 8.3 3.2
5 Phil Jackson 28 12 297 54 116 27 30 15 57 15 10 5 40 135 .466 .900 24.8 11.3 4.8 1.3
6 John Gianelli 23 12 338 35 86 18 25 39 88 23 4 6 41 88 .407 .720 28.2 7.3 7.3 1.9
7 Henry Bibby 24 10 89 16 45 10 12 5 10 11 3 0 15 42 .356 .833 8.9 4.2 1.0 1.1
8 Willis Reed 31 11 132 17 45 3 5 4 22 4 2 0 26 37 .378 .600 12.0 3.4 2.0 0.4
9 Dean Meminger 25 12 179 11 32 1 5 9 24 25 4 0 19 23 .344 .200 14.9 1.9 2.0 2.1
10 Harthorne Wingo 26 5 16 6 11 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 12 .545 3.2 2.4 0.6 0.2
11 Mel Davis 23 4 12 6 12 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 12 .500 3.0 3.0 1.3 0.0
12 Jerry Lucas 33 11 115 5 21 0 0 6 22 9 4 0 9 10 .238 10.5 0.9 2.0 0.8

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 Walt Frazier 28 12 491 21.3 .548 .502 4.3 16.9 10.3 16.9 2.1 0.5 97 1.3 0.5 1.8
2 Earl Monroe 29 12 407 17.8 .552 .491 2.0 11.0 6.3 10.1 1.0 1.2 101 1.0 0.2 1.2
3 Phil Jackson 28 12 297 16.0 .522 .466 5.1 15.9 10.2 8.1 1.6 0.9 98 0.4 0.3 0.7
4 John Gianelli 23 12 338 11.8 .454 .407 11.6 16.3 13.8 9.6 0.6 1.0 100 0.2 0.2 0.4
5 Harthorne Wingo 26 5 16 26.7 .545 .545 12.6 7.0 10.0 14.4 3.0 0.0 98 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Dave DeBusschere 33 12 404 12.4 .403 .380 6.2 20.5 13.0 14.4 0.8 0.6 98 -0.3 0.3 0.0
7 Mel Davis 23 4 12 30.4 .500 .500 16.8 28.0 22.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 98 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Bill Bradley 30 12 425 8.5 .440 .396 1.9 5.3 3.5 4.6 0.8 0.4 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Dean Meminger 25 12 179 7.2 .336 .344 5.1 9.4 7.1 18.7 1.1 0.0 102 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
10 Henry Bibby 24 10 89 13.4 .418 .356 5.7 6.3 6.0 19.6 1.6 0.0 101 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Jerry Lucas 33 11 115 5.1 .238 .238 5.3 15.6 10.2 10.2 1.7 0.0 99 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
12 Willis Reed 31 11 132 5.4 .392 .378 3.1 15.3 8.9 4.5 0.7 0.0 100 -0.2 0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bill Bradley $350,000
2 Willis Reed $300,000
3 Walt Frazier $300,000
4 Earl Monroe *$250,000
5 Mel Davis $125,000
6 Tom Riker $110,000
7 Phil Jackson $110,000
8 Dean Meminger $85,000
9 John Gianelli $83,333
10 Harthorne Wingo $51,000
11 Henry Bibby $50,000
12 Jerry Lucas $40,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)