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1976-77 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 108.6 points per game, Allowed 108.6 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 41-41)
Coached by Red Holzman (40-42)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 644,811 (2nd of 22)

SRS: 0.02 (13th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 108.1 (6th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 100.1 (10th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.1 (15th of 22)

1976-77 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
9 Butch Beard G 6-3 185 May 4, 1947 6 University of Louisville
24 Bill Bradley F-G 6-5 205 July 28, 1943 9 Princeton University
14 Ticky Burden G 6-2 185 February 28, 1953 1 University of Utah
31 Mel Davis F 6-6 220 November 9, 1950 3 St. John's University
10 Walt Frazier G 6-4 200 March 29, 1945 9 Southern Illinois University
40 John Gianelli C-F 6-10 220 June 10, 1950 4 University of the Pacific
42 Spencer Haywood F-C 6-8 225 April 22, 1949 7 University of Detroit Mercy
18 Phil Jackson F-C 6-8 220 September 17, 1945 8 University of North Dakota
35 Mo Layton G 6-1 180 December 24, 1948 3 University of Southern California
11 Bob McAdoo C-F 6-9 210 September 25, 1951 4 University of North Carolina
52 Tom McMillen F-C 6-11 215 May 26, 1952 1 University of Maryland
5 Jim McMillian F 6-5 215 March 11, 1948 6 Columbia University
7 Dean Meminger G 6-0 175 May 13, 1948 5 Marquette University
15 Earl Monroe G 6-3 185 November 21, 1944 9 Winston-Salem State University
8 Lonnie Shelton F-C 6-8 240 October 19, 1955 R Oregon State University
41 Neal Walk C 6-10 220 July 29, 1948 7 University of Florida

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 19755 3659 7530 .486 1587 2078 .764 974 2680 3654 1956 714 304 1680 2007 8905 108.6
Opponent 82 19755 3577 7610 .470 1752 2327 .753 1163 2716 3879 1847 793 412 1612 2008 8906 108.6

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 Earl Monroe 32 77 2656 613 1185 .517 307 366 .839 45 178 223 366 91 23 197 1533
2 Bob McAdoo 25 52 2031 558 1045 .534 271 358 .757 133 529 662 140 61 65 188 1387
3 Walt Frazier 31 76 2687 532 1089 .489 259 336 .771 52 241 293 403 132 9 194 1323
4 Lonnie Shelton 21 82 2104 398 836 .476 159 225 .707 220 413 633 149 125 98 363 955
5 Jim McMillian 28 67 2158 298 642 .464 67 86 .779 66 241 307 139 63 5 103 663
6 Tom McMillen 24 56 1222 229 471 .486 70 87 .805 85 232 317 51 10 4 134 528
7 Spencer Haywood 27 31 1021 202 449 .450 109 131 .832 77 203 280 50 14 29 72 513
8 Butch Beard 29 70 1082 148 293 .505 75 109 .688 50 113 163 144 57 5 137 371
9 Ticky Burden 23 61 608 148 352 .420 51 85 .600 26 40 66 62 47 1 88 347
10 Mo Layton 28 56 765 134 277 .484 58 73 .795 11 36 47 154 21 6 87 326
11 Bill Bradley 33 67 1027 127 274 .464 34 42 .810 27 76 103 128 25 8 122 288
12 Phil Jackson 31 76 1033 102 232 .440 51 71 .718 75 154 229 85 33 18 184 255
13 John Gianelli 26 19 630 86 182 .473 35 48 .729 60 118 178 26 14 28 54 207
14 Mel Davis 26 22 342 41 110 .373 22 31 .710 30 70 100 24 9 1 45 104
15 Neal Walk 28 11 135 28 57 .491 6 7 .857 5 22 27 6 4 3 22 62
16 Dean Meminger 28 32 254 15 36 .417 13 23 .565 12 14 26 29 8 1 17 43

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 Bob McAdoo 25 52 39.1 10.7 20.1 .534 5.2 6.9 .757 2.6 10.2 12.7 2.7 1.2 1.3 3.6 26.7
2 Earl Monroe 32 77 34.5 8.0 15.4 .517 4.0 4.8 .839 0.6 2.3 2.9 4.8 1.2 0.3 2.6 19.9
3 Walt Frazier 31 76 35.4 7.0 14.3 .489 3.4 4.4 .771 0.7 3.2 3.9 5.3 1.7 0.1 2.6 17.4
4 Spencer Haywood 27 31 32.9 6.5 14.5 .450 3.5 4.2 .832 2.5 6.5 9.0 1.6 0.5 0.9 2.3 16.5
5 Lonnie Shelton 21 82 25.7 4.9 10.2 .476 1.9 2.7 .707 2.7 5.0 7.7 1.8 1.5 1.2 4.4 11.6
6 John Gianelli 26 19 33.2 4.5 9.6 .473 1.8 2.5 .729 3.2 6.2 9.4 1.4 0.7 1.5 2.8 10.9
7 Jim McMillian 28 67 32.2 4.4 9.6 .464 1.0 1.3 .779 1.0 3.6 4.6 2.1 0.9 0.1 1.5 9.9
8 Tom McMillen 24 56 21.8 4.1 8.4 .486 1.3 1.6 .805 1.5 4.1 5.7 0.9 0.2 0.1 2.4 9.4
9 Mo Layton 28 56 13.7 2.4 4.9 .484 1.0 1.3 .795 0.2 0.6 0.8 2.8 0.4 0.1 1.6 5.8
10 Ticky Burden 23 61 10.0 2.4 5.8 .420 0.8 1.4 .600 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.0 1.4 5.7
11 Neal Walk 28 11 12.3 2.5 5.2 .491 0.5 0.6 .857 0.5 2.0 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 2.0 5.6
12 Butch Beard 29 70 15.5 2.1 4.2 .505 1.1 1.6 .688 0.7 1.6 2.3 2.1 0.8 0.1 2.0 5.3
13 Mel Davis 26 22 15.5 1.9 5.0 .373 1.0 1.4 .710 1.4 3.2 4.5 1.1 0.4 0.0 2.0 4.7
14 Bill Bradley 33 67 15.3 1.9 4.1 .464 0.5 0.6 .810 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.9 0.4 0.1 1.8 4.3
15 Phil Jackson 31 76 13.6 1.3 3.1 .440 0.7 0.9 .718 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.1 0.4 0.2 2.4 3.4
16 Dean Meminger 28 32 7.9 0.5 1.1 .417 0.4 0.7 .565 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.3

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 Bob McAdoo 25 52 2031 9.9 18.5 .534 4.8 6.3 .757 2.4 9.4 11.7 2.5 1.1 1.2 3.3 24.6
2 Earl Monroe 32 77 2656 8.3 16.1 .517 4.2 5.0 .839 0.6 2.4 3.0 5.0 1.2 0.3 2.7 20.8
3 Ticky Burden 23 61 608 8.8 20.8 .420 3.0 5.0 .600 1.5 2.4 3.9 3.7 2.8 0.1 5.2 20.5
4 Spencer Haywood 27 31 1021 7.1 15.8 .450 3.8 4.6 .832 2.7 7.2 9.9 1.8 0.5 1.0 2.5 18.1
5 Walt Frazier 31 76 2687 7.1 14.6 .489 3.5 4.5 .771 0.7 3.2 3.9 5.4 1.8 0.1 2.6 17.7
6 Neal Walk 28 11 135 7.5 15.2 .491 1.6 1.9 .857 1.3 5.9 7.2 1.6 1.1 0.8 5.9 16.5
7 Lonnie Shelton 21 82 2104 6.8 14.3 .476 2.7 3.8 .707 3.8 7.1 10.8 2.5 2.1 1.7 6.2 16.3
8 Tom McMillen 24 56 1222 6.7 13.9 .486 2.1 2.6 .805 2.5 6.8 9.3 1.5 0.3 0.1 3.9 15.6
9 Mo Layton 28 56 765 6.3 13.0 .484 2.7 3.4 .795 0.5 1.7 2.2 7.2 1.0 0.3 4.1 15.3
10 Butch Beard 29 70 1082 4.9 9.7 .505 2.5 3.6 .688 1.7 3.8 5.4 4.8 1.9 0.2 4.6 12.3
11 John Gianelli 26 19 630 4.9 10.4 .473 2.0 2.7 .729 3.4 6.7 10.2 1.5 0.8 1.6 3.1 11.8
12 Jim McMillian 28 67 2158 5.0 10.7 .464 1.1 1.4 .779 1.1 4.0 5.1 2.3 1.1 0.1 1.7 11.1
13 Mel Davis 26 22 342 4.3 11.6 .373 2.3 3.3 .710 3.2 7.4 10.5 2.5 0.9 0.1 4.7 10.9
14 Bill Bradley 33 67 1027 4.5 9.6 .464 1.2 1.5 .810 0.9 2.7 3.6 4.5 0.9 0.3 4.3 10.1
15 Phil Jackson 31 76 1033 3.6 8.1 .440 1.8 2.5 .718 2.6 5.4 8.0 3.0 1.2 0.6 6.4 8.9
16 Dean Meminger 28 32 254 2.1 5.1 .417 1.8 3.3 .565 1.7 2.0 3.7 4.1 1.1 0.1 2.4 6.1

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 Bob McAdoo 25 52 2031 22.6 .577 .534 7.0 26.8 17.1 10.6 1.3 1.7 97 5.1 2.9 8.0
2 Earl Monroe 32 77 2656 18.1 .569 .517 1.8 6.9 4.4 19.8 1.5 0.4 103 6.2 1.6 7.9
3 Walt Frazier 31 76 2687 16.6 .535 .489 2.1 9.2 5.7 20.6 2.2 0.2 101 3.8 2.3 6.1
4 Lonnie Shelton 21 82 2104 16.7 .511 .476 11.2 20.2 15.8 9.6 2.6 2.4 95 1.1 3.5 4.6
5 Jim McMillian 28 67 2158 9.9 .488 .464 3.3 11.5 7.5 8.2 1.3 0.1 102 1.2 1.5 2.6
6 Spencer Haywood 27 31 1021 15.6 .506 .450 8.1 20.4 14.4 6.7 0.6 1.5 100 1.1 1.0 2.1
7 Tom McMillen 24 56 1222 12.7 .518 .486 7.4 19.5 13.6 5.6 0.4 0.2 102 1.1 0.9 2.0
8 Butch Beard 29 70 1082 13.4 .544 .505 4.9 10.7 7.9 16.9 2.3 0.2 100 1.0 1.1 2.0
9 John Gianelli 26 19 630 12.9 .510 .473 10.2 19.3 14.8 5.2 1.0 2.3 99 0.6 0.7 1.3
10 Mo Layton 28 56 765 14.5 .527 .484 1.5 4.8 3.2 26.8 1.2 0.4 104 0.7 0.4 1.1
11 Phil Jackson 31 76 1033 9.4 .484 .440 7.8 15.3 11.6 9.9 1.4 0.9 100 -0.1 1.0 0.9
12 Bill Bradley 33 67 1027 9.5 .492 .464 2.8 7.6 5.3 15.5 1.1 0.4 103 0.3 0.6 0.8
13 Dean Meminger 28 32 254 8.0 .466 .417 5.1 5.7 5.4 13.2 1.4 0.2 104 0.1 0.1 0.2
14 Neal Walk 28 11 135 12.6 .516 .491 4.0 16.8 10.5 6.2 1.3 1.2 100 0.1 0.1 0.2
15 Mel Davis 26 22 342 10.1 .421 .373 9.4 21.0 15.3 8.7 1.2 0.2 100 -0.3 0.4 0.1
16 Ticky Burden 23 61 608 14.6 .446 .420 4.6 6.8 5.7 14.9 3.4 0.1 99 -0.7 0.7 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Walt Frazier *$360,000
2 Earl Monroe *$250,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)