1977-78 New York Knicks Roster and Statistics

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43-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Willis Reed (43-39)

PTS/G: 113.4 (3rd of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 114.0 (22nd of 22)
SRS: -0.53 (12th of 22) ▪ Pace: 109.7 (3rd of 22)
Off Rtg: 101.7 (9th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.2 (18th of 22)
Expected W-L: 40-42 (12th of 22)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 626,815 (3rd of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Cleveland Cavaliers

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
9	Butch Beard	G	6-3	185	May 4, 1947	7	University of Louisville
14	Ticky Burden	G	6-2	185	February 28, 1953	2	University of Utah
35	Jim Cleamons	G	6-3	185	September 13, 1949	6	Ohio State University
44	Glen Gondrezick	F-G	6-6	218	August 30, 1955	R	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
42	Spencer Haywood	F-C	6-8	225	April 22, 1949	8	University of Detroit Mercy
18	Phil Jackson	F-C	6-8	220	September 17, 1945	9	University of North Dakota
43	Toby Knight	F	6-9	210	May 3, 1955	R	University of Notre Dame
11	Bob McAdoo	C-F	6-9	210	September 25, 1951	5	University of North Carolina
5	Jim McMillian	F	6-5	215	March 11, 1948	7	Columbia University
15	Earl Monroe	G	6-3	185	November 21, 1944	10	Winston-Salem State University
8	Lonnie Shelton	F-C	6-8	240	October 19, 1955	1	Oregon State University
13	Ray Williams	G	6-3	188	October 14, 1954	R	University of Minnesota

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	20005	3815	7822	.488	1670	2225	.751	1180	2689	3869	2338	818	442	1764	2193	9300	113.4
Lg Rank		1	1	4	2	16	16	13	16	6	10	1	8	8	19	5	3	3
Opponent	82	20005	3658	7742	.472	2029	2785	.729	1254	2623	3877	2113	879	357	1677	1989	9345	114.0
Lg Rank		1	16	15	14	20	20	1	15	14	13	16	20	2	10	6	22	22

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob McAdoo	26	79	3182	814	1564	.520	469	645	.727	236	774	1010	298	105	126	346	297	2097
2	Earl Monroe	33	76	2369	556	1123	.495	242	291	.832	47	135	182	361	60	19	179	189	1354
3	Lonnie Shelton	22	82	2319	508	988	.514	203	276	.736	204	376	580	195	109	112	228	350	1219
4	Spencer Haywood	28	67	1765	412	852	.484	96	135	.711	141	301	442	126	37	72	140	188	920
5	Ray Williams	23	81	1550	305	689	.443	146	207	.705	85	124	209	363	108	15	242	211	756
6	Butch Beard	30	79	1979	308	614	.502	129	160	.806	76	188	264	339	117	3	154	201	745
7	Jim McMillian	29	81	1977	288	623	.462	115	134	.858	80	209	289	205	76	17	104	116	691
8	Jim Cleamons	28	79	2009	215	448	.480	81	103	.786	69	143	212	283	68	17	113	142	511
9	Toby Knight	22	80	1169	222	465	.477	63	97	.649	121	200	321	38	50	28	97	211	507
10	Glen Gondrezick	22	72	1017	131	339	.386	83	121	.686	92	158	250	83	56	18	82	181	345
11	Phil Jackson	32	63	654	55	115	.478	43	56	.768	29	81	110	46	31	15	47	106	153
12	Ticky Burden	24	2	15	1	2	.500	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob McAdoo	26	79	40.3	10.3	19.8	.520	5.9	8.2	.727	3.0	9.8	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	4.4	3.8	26.5
2	Earl Monroe	33	76	31.2	7.3	14.8	.495	3.2	3.8	.832	0.6	1.8	2.4	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	17.8
3	Lonnie Shelton	22	82	28.3	6.2	12.0	.514	2.5	3.4	.736	2.5	4.6	7.1	2.4	1.3	1.4	2.8	4.3	14.9
4	Spencer Haywood	28	67	26.3	6.1	12.7	.484	1.4	2.0	.711	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	13.7
5	Butch Beard	30	79	25.1	3.9	7.8	.502	1.6	2.0	.806	1.0	2.4	3.3	4.3	1.5	0.0	1.9	2.5	9.4
6	Ray Williams	23	81	19.1	3.8	8.5	.443	1.8	2.6	.705	1.0	1.5	2.6	4.5	1.3	0.2	3.0	2.6	9.3
7	Jim McMillian	29	81	24.4	3.6	7.7	.462	1.4	1.7	.858	1.0	2.6	3.6	2.5	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.4	8.5
8	Jim Cleamons	28	79	25.4	2.7	5.7	.480	1.0	1.3	.786	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.8	6.5
9	Toby Knight	22	80	14.6	2.8	5.8	.477	0.8	1.2	.649	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.6	6.3
10	Glen Gondrezick	22	72	14.1	1.8	4.7	.386	1.2	1.7	.686	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.5	4.8
11	Phil Jackson	32	63	10.4	0.9	1.8	.478	0.7	0.9	.768	0.5	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.7	2.4
12	Ticky Burden	24	2	7.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob McAdoo	26	79	3182	9.2	17.7	.520	5.3	7.3	.727	2.7	8.8	11.4	3.4	1.2	1.4	3.9	3.4	23.7
2	Earl Monroe	33	76	2369	8.4	17.1	.495	3.7	4.4	.832	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.5	0.9	0.3	2.7	2.9	20.6
3	Lonnie Shelton	22	82	2319	7.9	15.3	.514	3.2	4.3	.736	3.2	5.8	9.0	3.0	1.7	1.7	3.5	5.4	18.9
4	Spencer Haywood	28	67	1765	8.4	17.4	.484	2.0	2.8	.711	2.9	6.1	9.0	2.6	0.8	1.5	2.9	3.8	18.8
5	Ray Williams	23	81	1550	7.1	16.0	.443	3.4	4.8	.705	2.0	2.9	4.9	8.4	2.5	0.3	5.6	4.9	17.6
6	Toby Knight	22	80	1169	6.8	14.3	.477	1.9	3.0	.649	3.7	6.2	9.9	1.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	6.5	15.6
7	Butch Beard	30	79	1979	5.6	11.2	.502	2.3	2.9	.806	1.4	3.4	4.8	6.2	2.1	0.1	2.8	3.7	13.6
8	Jim McMillian	29	81	1977	5.2	11.3	.462	2.1	2.4	.858	1.5	3.8	5.3	3.7	1.4	0.3	1.9	2.1	12.6
9	Glen Gondrezick	22	72	1017	4.6	12.0	.386	2.9	4.3	.686	3.3	5.6	8.8	2.9	2.0	0.6	2.9	6.4	12.2
10	Jim Cleamons	28	79	2009	3.9	8.0	.480	1.5	1.8	.786	1.2	2.6	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.3	2.0	2.5	9.2
11	Phil Jackson	32	63	654	3.0	6.3	.478	2.4	3.1	.768	1.6	4.5	6.1	2.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	5.8	8.4
12	Ticky Burden	24	2	15	2.4	4.8	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	2.4	0.0	0.0	2.4	4.8

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	Bob McAdoo	26	79	3182	22.0	.567	.520	7.8	24.7	16.4	13.4	1.4	2.0	15.8	26.1	106	99	6.9	4.0	10.9	.165
2	Lonnie Shelton	22	82	2319	17.4	.549	.514	9.3	16.5	12.9	11.4	2.1	2.5	17.0	21.8	103	100	3.2	2.7	5.9	.122
3	Earl Monroe	33	76	2369	16.9	.541	.495	2.1	5.8	4.0	21.2	1.1	0.4	12.5	22.9	108	107	5.0	0.7	5.8	.117
4	Butch Beard	30	79	1979	14.6	.544	.502	4.0	9.6	6.9	21.5	2.6	0.1	18.4	16.0	106	103	2.8	1.6	4.4	.107
5	Jim McMillian	29	81	1977	12.5	.507	.462	4.3	10.7	7.6	12.8	1.7	0.4	13.2	15.1	104	104	2.1	1.3	3.4	.083
6	Spencer Haywood	28	67	1765	15.7	.505	.484	8.4	17.3	12.9	9.9	0.9	2.1	13.3	22.6	99	102	1.5	1.5	3.1	.083
7	Jim Cleamons	28	79	2009	10.4	.518	.480	3.6	7.2	5.5	16.6	1.5	0.4	18.6	11.4	104	105	1.8	0.9	2.7	.065
8	Toby Knight	22	80	1169	12.2	.499	.477	10.9	17.4	14.2	4.3	1.9	1.2	16.0	19.6	95	101	0.4	1.2	1.6	.066
9	Ray Williams	23	81	1550	14.5	.485	.443	5.8	8.1	7.0	30.9	3.0	0.5	23.7	25.0	91	102	-0.4	1.4	1.0	.031
10	Glen Gondrezick	22	72	1017	10.1	.440	.386	9.5	15.8	12.7	9.9	2.4	0.9	17.3	17.7	91	100	-0.2	1.1	0.9	.044
11	Phil Jackson	32	63	654	8.1	.548	.478	4.7	12.6	8.7	8.1	2.1	1.2	25.2	10.8	97	102	0.2	0.6	0.8	.058
12	Ticky Burden	24	2	15	6.9	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	2.9	0.0	0.0	5.0	121	105	0.0	0.0	0.0	.067

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	Bob McAdoo	26	6	238	61	126			21	35	11	58	23	7	12	23	19	143	.484		.600	39.7	23.8	9.7	3.8
2	Ray Williams	23	6	140	41	78			23	26	6	15	31	6	0	17	25	105	.526		.885	23.3	17.5	2.5	5.2
3	Spencer Haywood	28	6	177	43	85			11	11	19	42	12	2	5	10	24	97	.506		1.000	29.5	16.2	7.0	2.0
4	Lonnie Shelton	22	6	151	30	56			6	8	18	44	17	2	5	14	29	66	.536		.750	25.2	11.0	7.3	2.8
5	Earl Monroe	33	6	145	24	62			11	18	1	5	17	6	0	6	15	59	.387		.611	24.2	9.8	0.8	2.8
6	Butch Beard	30	6	160	24	48			6	10	7	21	27	10	2	11	22	54	.500		.600	26.7	9.0	3.5	4.5
7	Jim McMillian	29	6	134	24	53			5	6	9	21	11	7	0	7	3	53	.453		.833	22.3	8.8	3.5	1.8
8	Jim Cleamons	28	6	127	14	36			6	6	5	13	23	3	0	8	13	34	.389		1.000	21.2	5.7	2.2	3.8
9	Glen Gondrezick	22	6	70	10	19			5	8	7	17	6	5	0	6	12	25	.526		.625	11.7	4.2	2.8	1.0
10	Toby Knight	22	6	48	6	20			4	8	9	19	1	1	4	3	9	16	.300		.500	8.0	2.7	3.2	0.2
11	Phil Jackson	32	6	50	4	8			4	6	4	10	3	3	0	4	11	12	.500		.667	8.3	2.0	1.7	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	Ray Williams	23	6	140	22.3	.587	.526	4.0	7.1	5.4	32.4	1.9	0.0	16.0	28.6	111	111	0.4	0.0	0.4	.145
2	Spencer Haywood	28	6	177	17.0	.540	.506	10.1	14.3	12.0	9.3	0.5	1.5	10.0	21.2	111	111	0.4	0.0	0.4	.100
3	Butch Beard	30	6	160	13.2	.515	.500	4.1	9.6	6.7	20.4	2.7	0.6	17.4	14.9	103	108	0.1	0.1	0.2	.056
4	Lonnie Shelton	22	6	151	14.8	.554	.536	11.2	18.9	14.8	14.5	0.6	1.7	19.0	18.3	104	109	0.2	0.0	0.2	.068
5	Bob McAdoo	26	6	238	17.6	.506	.484	4.3	21.7	12.4	13.4	1.3	2.6	14.0	26.0	97	107	0.1	0.1	0.2	.045
6	Jim McMillian	29	6	134	13.4	.476	.453	6.3	9.8	7.9	10.3	2.3	0.0	11.2	17.6	100	110	0.1	0.0	0.1	.034
7	Glen Gondrezick	22	6	70	13.2	.555	.526	9.4	15.7	12.3	10.3	3.1	0.0	21.0	15.3	102	106	0.1	0.0	0.1	.067
8	Toby Knight	22	6	48	9.6	.340	.300	17.6	22.9	20.1	2.4	0.9	4.3	11.3	20.8	83	106	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.042
9	Jim Cleamons	28	6	127	9.0	.440	.389	3.7	6.9	5.2	20.9	1.0	0.0	17.2	13.8	97	113	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.001
10	Phil Jackson	32	6	50	7.8	.564	.500	7.5	13.2	10.1	6.7	2.6	0.0	27.3	11.0	98	108	0.0	0.0	0.0	.031
11	Earl Monroe	33	6	145	9.1	.422	.387	0.6	3.0	1.7	14.5	1.8	0.0	7.9	19.7	93	113	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.018

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