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1980-81 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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50-32, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Holzman (50-32)

Points Per Game: 107.9 (12th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.3 (9th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (8th of 23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 546,441 (3rd of 23)

SRS: 2.00 (8th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.0 (12th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.0 (12th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.4 (8th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Chicago Bulls

1980-81 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
35 Reggie Carter G 6-3 175 October 10, 1957 R St. John's University
25 Bill Cartwright C 7-1 245 July 30, 1957 1 University of San Francisco
42 Larry Demic F-C 6-9 225 June 27, 1957 1 University of Arizona
34 Mike Glenn G 6-2 175 September 10, 1955 3 Southern Illinois University
20 Micheal Ray Richardson G-F 6-5 189 April 11, 1955 2 University of Montana
21 Campy Russell F 6-8 215 January 12, 1952 6 University of Michigan
31 DeWayne Scales F 6-8 208 December 28, 1958 R Louisiana State University
40 Marvin Webster C 7-1 225 April 13, 1952 5 Morgan State University
13 Ray Williams G 6-3 188 October 14, 1954 3 University of Minnesota
33 Sly Williams F-G 6-7 210 January 26, 1958 1 University of Rhode Island
44 Mike Woodson G-F 6-5 195 March 24, 1958 R Indiana University

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 19830 3505 7255 .483 56 236 .237 1783 2386 .747 1137 2205 3342 1976 861 314 1461 1917 8849 107.9
Opponent 82 19830 3555 7092 .501 43 172 .250 1563 2082 .751 1147 2457 3604 2088 689 452 1660 1994 8716 106.3

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 23 82 2925 619 1118 .554 0 1 .000 408 518 .788 161 452 613 111 48 83 200 259 1646
2 Ray Williams 26 79 2742 616 1335 .461 16 68 .235 312 382 .817 122 199 321 432 185 37 235 270 1560
3 Micheal Ray Richardson 25 79 3175 523 1116 .469 23 102 .225 224 338 .663 173 372 545 627 232 35 302 258 1293
4 Campy Russell 29 79 2865 508 1095 .464 8 26 .308 268 343 .781 109 244 353 257 99 8 212 248 1292
5 Sly Williams 23 67 1976 349 708 .493 2 8 .250 185 268 .690 159 257 416 180 116 18 141 199 885
6 Mike Glenn 25 82 1506 285 511 .558 4 11 .364 98 110 .891 27 61 88 108 72 5 62 126 672
7 Marvin Webster 28 82 1708 159 341 .466 1 4 .250 104 163 .638 162 303 465 72 27 97 103 187 423
8 Mike Woodson 22 81 949 165 373 .442 1 5 .200 49 64 .766 33 64 97 75 36 12 54 95 380
9 Larry Demic 23 76 964 128 254 .504 0 2 .000 58 92 .630 114 129 243 28 12 13 58 153 314
10 DeWayne Scales 22 44 484 94 225 .418 1 6 .167 26 39 .667 47 85 132 10 12 4 30 54 215
11 Reggie Carter 23 60 536 59 179 .330 0 3 .000 51 69 .739 30 39 69 76 22 2 38 68 169

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 23 82 35.7 7.5 13.6 .554 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 6.3 .788 2.0 5.5 7.5 1.4 0.6 1.0 2.4 3.2 20.1
2 Ray Williams 26 79 34.7 7.8 16.9 .461 0.2 0.9 .235 3.9 4.8 .817 1.5 2.5 4.1 5.5 2.3 0.5 3.0 3.4 19.7
3 Micheal Ray Richardson 25 79 40.2 6.6 14.1 .469 0.3 1.3 .225 2.8 4.3 .663 2.2 4.7 6.9 7.9 2.9 0.4 3.8 3.3 16.4
4 Campy Russell 29 79 36.3 6.4 13.9 .464 0.1 0.3 .308 3.4 4.3 .781 1.4 3.1 4.5 3.3 1.3 0.1 2.7 3.1 16.4
5 Sly Williams 23 67 29.5 5.2 10.6 .493 0.0 0.1 .250 2.8 4.0 .690 2.4 3.8 6.2 2.7 1.7 0.3 2.1 3.0 13.2
6 Mike Glenn 25 82 18.4 3.5 6.2 .558 0.0 0.1 .364 1.2 1.3 .891 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.8 1.5 8.2
7 Marvin Webster 28 82 20.8 1.9 4.2 .466 0.0 0.0 .250 1.3 2.0 .638 2.0 3.7 5.7 0.9 0.3 1.2 1.3 2.3 5.2
8 DeWayne Scales 22 44 11.0 2.1 5.1 .418 0.0 0.1 .167 0.6 0.9 .667 1.1 1.9 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.2 4.9
9 Mike Woodson 22 81 11.7 2.0 4.6 .442 0.0 0.1 .200 0.6 0.8 .766 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.2 4.7
10 Larry Demic 23 76 12.7 1.7 3.3 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.2 .630 1.5 1.7 3.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.8 2.0 4.1
11 Reggie Carter 23 60 8.9 1.0 3.0 .330 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.2 .739 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.1 2.8

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 26 79 2742 8.1 17.5 .461 0.2 0.9 .235 4.1 5.0 .817 1.6 2.6 4.2 5.7 2.4 0.5 3.1 3.5 20.5
2 Bill Cartwright 23 82 2925 7.6 13.8 .554 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 6.4 .788 2.0 5.6 7.5 1.4 0.6 1.0 2.5 3.2 20.3
3 Campy Russell 29 79 2865 6.4 13.8 .464 0.1 0.3 .308 3.4 4.3 .781 1.4 3.1 4.4 3.2 1.2 0.1 2.7 3.1 16.2
4 Sly Williams 23 67 1976 6.4 12.9 .493 0.0 0.1 .250 3.4 4.9 .690 2.9 4.7 7.6 3.3 2.1 0.3 2.6 3.6 16.1
5 Mike Glenn 25 82 1506 6.8 12.2 .558 0.1 0.3 .364 2.3 2.6 .891 0.6 1.5 2.1 2.6 1.7 0.1 1.5 3.0 16.1
6 DeWayne Scales 22 44 484 7.0 16.7 .418 0.1 0.4 .167 1.9 2.9 .667 3.5 6.3 9.8 0.7 0.9 0.3 2.2 4.0 16.0
7 Micheal Ray Richardson 25 79 3175 5.9 12.7 .469 0.3 1.2 .225 2.5 3.8 .663 2.0 4.2 6.2 7.1 2.6 0.4 3.4 2.9 14.7
8 Mike Woodson 22 81 949 6.3 14.1 .442 0.0 0.2 .200 1.9 2.4 .766 1.3 2.4 3.7 2.8 1.4 0.5 2.0 3.6 14.4
9 Larry Demic 23 76 964 4.8 9.5 .504 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 3.4 .630 4.3 4.8 9.1 1.0 0.4 0.5 2.2 5.7 11.7
10 Reggie Carter 23 60 536 4.0 12.0 .330 0.0 0.2 .000 3.4 4.6 .739 2.0 2.6 4.6 5.1 1.5 0.1 2.6 4.6 11.4
11 Marvin Webster 28 82 1708 3.4 7.2 .466 0.0 0.1 .250 2.2 3.4 .638 3.4 6.4 9.8 1.5 0.6 2.0 2.2 3.9 8.9

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 23 82 2925 18.4 .611 .554 6.1 18.3 12.0 5.6 0.8 1.6 12.9 21.5 116 105 6.9 3.1 10.0
2 Ray Williams 26 79 2742 19.0 .519 .467 4.9 8.6 6.7 23.9 3.2 0.8 13.5 25.7 106 104 3.8 3.4 7.2
3 Micheal Ray Richardson 25 79 3175 17.1 .511 .479 6.0 13.9 9.8 27.5 3.5 0.6 19.3 20.0 102 102 2.2 4.7 6.9
4 Sly Williams 23 67 1976 16.6 .536 .494 8.9 15.4 12.0 12.9 2.8 0.5 14.6 19.9 107 103 2.4 2.7 5.1
5 Mike Glenn 25 82 1506 15.0 .601 .562 2.0 4.8 3.3 10.3 2.3 0.2 10.0 16.8 118 107 3.1 1.3 4.4
6 Campy Russell 29 79 2865 12.9 .518 .468 4.2 10.1 7.0 12.7 1.6 0.2 14.5 20.7 102 107 1.8 2.5 4.3
7 Marvin Webster 28 82 1708 10.8 .512 .468 10.5 21.0 15.5 5.3 0.8 3.3 20.0 12.3 101 103 0.5 2.2 2.7
8 Larry Demic 23 76 964 10.4 .533 .504 13.0 15.8 14.4 3.9 0.6 0.8 16.5 14.8 106 107 0.8 0.8 1.6
9 Mike Woodson 22 81 949 10.9 .474 .444 3.8 8.0 5.8 11.1 1.8 0.7 11.9 19.5 97 107 0.0 0.8 0.9
10 DeWayne Scales 22 44 484 11.5 .444 .420 10.7 20.8 15.6 3.0 1.2 0.5 11.0 22.8 93 105 -0.3 0.6 0.3
11 Reggie Carter 23 60 536 8.8 .404 .330 6.2 8.6 7.4 18.3 2.0 0.2 15.4 18.7 91 107 -0.4 0.5 0.1

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 Campy Russell 29 2 89 15 34 0 2 16 17 1 9 9 4 1 8 9 46 .441 .000 .941 44.5 23.0 4.5 4.5
2 Ray Williams 26 2 84 18 41 1 3 6 11 3 8 9 4 0 9 10 43 .439 .333 .545 42.0 21.5 4.0 4.5
3 Sly Williams 23 2 56 13 18 0 0 0 0 4 9 5 3 0 3 7 26 .722 28.0 13.0 4.5 2.5
4 Micheal Ray Richardson 25 2 86 8 33 0 4 7 12 6 19 11 7 0 8 8 23 .242 .000 .583 43.0 11.5 9.5 5.5
5 Bill Cartwright 23 2 49 6 17 0 0 8 12 4 13 1 1 1 6 7 20 .353 .667 24.5 10.0 6.5 0.5
6 Marvin Webster 28 2 63 6 12 0 0 0 4 4 10 1 0 1 3 6 12 .500 .000 31.5 6.0 5.0 0.5
7 Mike Glenn 25 2 26 4 7 0 1 3 3 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 11 .571 .000 1.000 13.0 5.5 2.0 0.5
8 Larry Demic 23 2 37 4 5 0 0 1 2 5 7 0 0 1 0 3 9 .800 .500 18.5 4.5 3.5 0.0
9 Mike Woodson 22 2 8 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 .333 1.000 4.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
10 Reggie Carter 23 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 .000 7.0 0.0 2.0 0.0

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 Sly Williams 23 2 56 21.3 .722 .722 7.4 10.9 9.0 17.5 2.7 0.0 14.3 15.7 130 103 0.2 0.1 0.3
2 Campy Russell 29 2 89 16.6 .554 .441 1.2 10.9 5.7 17.6 2.3 0.7 16.2 23.3 106 103 0.1 0.1 0.2
3 Larry Demic 23 2 37 13.9 .765 .800 14.1 6.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 6.7 165 109 0.1 0.0 0.1
4 Mike Glenn 25 2 26 16.9 .661 .571 4.0 14.0 8.6 6.5 1.9 0.0 19.4 16.7 114 103 0.0 0.0 0.1
5 Reggie Carter 23 1 7 -14.2 .000 .000 14.9 17.4 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 12.0 26 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Bill Cartwright 23 2 49 8.4 .449 .353 8.5 22.4 14.9 3.3 1.0 1.2 21.2 24.2 83 102 -0.1 0.1 0.0
7 Ray Williams 26 2 84 12.4 .469 .451 3.7 7.2 5.3 20.3 2.4 0.0 16.4 27.4 90 105 -0.1 0.1 0.0
8 Mike Woodson 22 2 8 15.6 .515 .333 26.0 0.0 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.3 133 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Marvin Webster 28 2 63 4.5 .436 .500 6.6 11.6 8.9 2.5 0.0 1.0 17.9 11.2 82 108 -0.1 0.0 0.0
10 Micheal Ray Richardson 25 2 86 7.7 .300 .242 7.3 18.4 12.4 19.7 4.1 0.0 17.3 22.6 71 97 -0.3 0.2 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Marvin Webster $600,000
2 Bill Cartwright $300,000
3 Campy Russell $250,000
4 Ray Williams $250,000
5 Micheal Ray Richardson $205,000
6 Mike Glenn $200,000
7 Larry Demic $150,000
8 Mike Woodson $125,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)