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1979-80 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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39-43, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Holzman (39-43)

Points Per Game: 114.0 (4th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 115.1 (20th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 38-44 (14th of 22)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 508,597 (6th of 22)

SRS: -0.96 (14th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.5 (3rd of 22)
Offensive Rating: 106.5 (7th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.5 (16th of 22)

1979-80 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
25 Bill Cartwright C 7-1 245 July 30, 1957 R University of San Francisco
35 Jim Cleamons G 6-3 185 September 13, 1949 8 Ohio State University
45 Hollis Copeland F 6-6 180 December 20, 1955 R Rutgers University
42 Larry Demic F-C 6-9 225 June 27, 1957 R University of Arizona
34 Mike Glenn G 6-2 175 September 10, 1955 2 Southern Illinois University
23 Geoff Huston G 6-2 175 November 8, 1957 R Texas Tech University
43 Toby Knight F 6-9 210 May 3, 1955 2 University of Notre Dame
50 Joe Meriweather C-F 6-10 215 October 26, 1953 4 Southern Illinois University
15 Earl Monroe G 6-3 185 November 21, 1944 12 Winston-Salem State University
20 Micheal Ray Richardson G-F 6-5 189 April 11, 1955 1 University of Montana
40 Marvin Webster C 7-1 225 April 13, 1952 4 Morgan State University
13 Ray Williams G 6-3 188 October 14, 1954 2 University of Minnesota
33 Sly Williams F-G 6-7 210 January 26, 1958 R University of Rhode Island

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 3802 7672 .496 42 191 .220 1698 2274 .747 1236 2303 3539 2265 881 457 1613 2168 9344 114.0
Opponent 82 19780 3707 7492 .495 55 198 .278 1969 2556 .770 1293 2432 3725 2143 813 390 1694 2042 9438 115.1

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 Bill Cartwright 22 82 3150 665 1215 .547 0 0 451 566 .797 194 532 726 165 48 101 222 279 1781
2 Ray Williams 25 82 2582 687 1384 .496 7 37 .189 333 423 .787 149 263 412 512 167 24 256 295 1714
3 Toby Knight 24 81 2945 669 1265 .529 0 2 .000 211 261 .808 201 292 493 150 117 86 163 302 1549
4 Micheal Ray Richardson 24 82 3060 502 1063 .472 27 110 .245 223 338 .660 151 388 539 832 265 35 359 260 1254
5 Joe Meriweather 26 65 1565 252 477 .528 0 1 .000 78 121 .645 122 228 350 66 37 120 112 239 582
6 Larry Demic 22 82 1872 230 528 .436 0 0 110 183 .601 195 288 483 64 56 30 168 306 570
7 Mike Glenn 24 75 800 188 364 .516 2 10 .200 63 73 .863 21 45 66 85 35 7 38 79 441
8 Hollis Copeland 24 75 1142 182 368 .495 0 2 .000 63 86 .733 70 86 156 80 61 25 84 154 427
9 Earl Monroe 35 51 633 161 352 .457 0 0 56 64 .875 16 20 36 67 21 3 28 46 378
10 Sly Williams 22 57 556 104 267 .390 0 4 .000 58 90 .644 65 56 121 36 19 8 49 73 266
11 Geoff Huston 22 71 923 94 241 .390 3 17 .176 28 38 .737 14 44 58 159 39 5 73 83 219
12 Marvin Webster 27 20 298 38 79 .481 0 0 12 16 .750 28 52 80 9 3 11 20 39 88
13 Jim Cleamons 30 22 254 30 69 .435 3 8 .375 12 15 .800 10 9 19 40 13 2 17 13 75

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 Bill Cartwright 22 82 38.4 8.1 14.8 .547 0.0 0.0 5.5 6.9 .797 2.4 6.5 8.9 2.0 0.6 1.2 2.7 3.4 21.7
2 Ray Williams 25 82 31.5 8.4 16.9 .496 0.1 0.5 .189 4.1 5.2 .787 1.8 3.2 5.0 6.2 2.0 0.3 3.1 3.6 20.9
3 Toby Knight 24 81 36.4 8.3 15.6 .529 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.2 .808 2.5 3.6 6.1 1.9 1.4 1.1 2.0 3.7 19.1
4 Micheal Ray Richardson 24 82 37.3 6.1 13.0 .472 0.3 1.3 .245 2.7 4.1 .660 1.8 4.7 6.6 10.1 3.2 0.4 4.4 3.2 15.3
5 Joe Meriweather 26 65 24.1 3.9 7.3 .528 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.9 .645 1.9 3.5 5.4 1.0 0.6 1.8 1.7 3.7 9.0
6 Earl Monroe 35 51 12.4 3.2 6.9 .457 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.3 .875 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.9 7.4
7 Larry Demic 22 82 22.8 2.8 6.4 .436 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.2 .601 2.4 3.5 5.9 0.8 0.7 0.4 2.0 3.7 7.0
8 Mike Glenn 24 75 10.7 2.5 4.9 .516 0.0 0.1 .200 0.8 1.0 .863 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.5 1.1 5.9
9 Hollis Copeland 24 75 15.2 2.4 4.9 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.1 .733 0.9 1.1 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 2.1 5.7
10 Sly Williams 22 57 9.8 1.8 4.7 .390 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.6 .644 1.1 1.0 2.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.9 1.3 4.7
11 Marvin Webster 27 20 14.9 1.9 4.0 .481 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .750 1.4 2.6 4.0 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.0 2.0 4.4
12 Jim Cleamons 30 22 11.5 1.4 3.1 .435 0.1 0.4 .375 0.5 0.7 .800 0.5 0.4 0.9 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.6 3.4
13 Geoff Huston 22 71 13.0 1.3 3.4 .390 0.0 0.2 .176 0.4 0.5 .737 0.2 0.6 0.8 2.2 0.5 0.1 1.0 1.2 3.1

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 Ray Williams 25 82 2582 9.6 19.3 .496 0.1 0.5 .189 4.6 5.9 .787 2.1 3.7 5.7 7.1 2.3 0.3 3.6 4.1 23.9
2 Earl Monroe 35 51 633 9.2 20.0 .457 0.0 0.0 3.2 3.6 .875 0.9 1.1 2.0 3.8 1.2 0.2 1.6 2.6 21.5
3 Bill Cartwright 22 82 3150 7.6 13.9 .547 0.0 0.0 5.2 6.5 .797 2.2 6.1 8.3 1.9 0.5 1.2 2.5 3.2 20.4
4 Mike Glenn 24 75 800 8.5 16.4 .516 0.1 0.5 .200 2.8 3.3 .863 0.9 2.0 3.0 3.8 1.6 0.3 1.7 3.6 19.8
5 Toby Knight 24 81 2945 8.2 15.5 .529 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.2 .808 2.5 3.6 6.0 1.8 1.4 1.1 2.0 3.7 18.9
6 Sly Williams 22 57 556 6.7 17.3 .390 0.0 0.3 .000 3.8 5.8 .644 4.2 3.6 7.8 2.3 1.2 0.5 3.2 4.7 17.2
7 Micheal Ray Richardson 24 82 3060 5.9 12.5 .472 0.3 1.3 .245 2.6 4.0 .660 1.8 4.6 6.3 9.8 3.1 0.4 4.2 3.1 14.8
8 Hollis Copeland 24 75 1142 5.7 11.6 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.7 .733 2.2 2.7 4.9 2.5 1.9 0.8 2.6 4.9 13.5
9 Joe Meriweather 26 65 1565 5.8 11.0 .528 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.8 .645 2.8 5.2 8.1 1.5 0.9 2.8 2.6 5.5 13.4
10 Larry Demic 22 82 1872 4.4 10.2 .436 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.5 .601 3.7 5.5 9.3 1.2 1.1 0.6 3.2 5.9 11.0
11 Marvin Webster 27 20 298 4.6 9.5 .481 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9 .750 3.4 6.3 9.7 1.1 0.4 1.3 2.4 4.7 10.6
12 Jim Cleamons 30 22 254 4.3 9.8 .435 0.4 1.1 .375 1.7 2.1 .800 1.4 1.3 2.7 5.7 1.8 0.3 2.4 1.8 10.6
13 Geoff Huston 22 71 923 3.7 9.4 .390 0.1 0.7 .176 1.1 1.5 .737 0.5 1.7 2.3 6.2 1.5 0.2 2.8 3.2 8.5

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 Bill Cartwright 22 82 3150 17.9 .608 .547 6.6 18.6 12.6 7.0 0.7 1.7 13.2 20.6 117 108 7.7 2.1 9.7
2 Ray Williams 25 82 2582 21.6 .546 .499 6.2 11.2 8.7 28.5 2.9 0.5 14.0 27.2 111 107 6.0 2.2 8.2
3 Toby Knight 24 81 2945 16.4 .561 .529 7.4 10.9 9.1 6.9 1.8 1.6 10.6 20.1 113 108 5.5 1.9 7.3
4 Micheal Ray Richardson 24 82 3060 17.8 .517 .485 5.3 13.9 9.6 34.1 3.9 0.6 22.9 19.7 103 104 2.4 3.7 6.0
5 Joe Meriweather 26 65 1565 12.2 .549 .528 8.4 16.0 12.2 5.3 1.1 4.2 17.4 15.8 102 107 0.8 1.4 2.2
6 Mike Glenn 24 75 800 16.6 .557 .519 2.8 6.2 4.5 14.6 2.0 0.5 8.8 20.9 115 110 1.8 0.3 2.1
7 Hollis Copeland 24 75 1142 11.0 .526 .495 6.6 8.3 7.4 8.7 2.4 1.2 17.1 16.5 101 108 0.5 0.8 1.2
8 Earl Monroe 35 51 633 15.3 .497 .457 2.7 3.5 3.1 15.0 1.5 0.3 6.9 24.8 108 112 1.0 0.1 1.1
9 Jim Cleamons 30 22 254 11.1 .496 .457 4.2 3.9 4.1 18.7 2.3 0.4 18.4 14.0 103 110 0.2 0.1 0.3
10 Marvin Webster 27 20 298 9.2 .511 .481 10.1 19.2 14.6 3.6 0.5 2.0 18.9 13.7 99 108 0.0 0.2 0.2
11 Larry Demic 22 82 1872 7.4 .468 .436 11.2 16.9 14.1 4.1 1.3 0.9 21.6 16.0 89 108 -1.4 1.3 -0.1
12 Sly Williams 22 57 556 10.7 .434 .390 12.6 11.1 11.9 8.4 1.5 0.8 13.8 24.6 92 109 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
13 Geoff Huston 22 71 923 7.0 .425 .396 1.6 5.2 3.4 20.0 1.9 0.3 22.1 13.8 89 111 -0.7 0.3 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Marvin Webster $600,000
2 Bill Cartwright $300,000
3 Toby Knight $260,000
4 Larry Demic $150,000
5 Ray Williams $150,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)