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1982-83 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Hubie Brown (44-38)

Points Per Game: 100.0 (20th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 97.5 (1st of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-34 (9th of 23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 438,823 (11th of 23)

SRS: 2.58 (9th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 97.0 (23rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 102.4 (17th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 99.9 (3rd of 23)

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

1982-83 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 3 University of San Francisco
26 Mike Davis F 6-10 230 August 2, 1956 R University of Maryland
18 Ernie Grunfeld G-F 6-6 210 April 24, 1955 5 University of Tennessee
42 Scott Hastings F-C 6-10 235 June 3, 1960 R University of Arkansas
30 Bernard King F 6-7 205 December 4, 1956 5 University of Tennessee
55 Louis Orr F 6-8 175 May 7, 1958 2 Syracuse University
23 Truck Robinson F-C 6-7 225 October 4, 1951 8 Tennessee State University
13 Ed Sherod G 6-2 170 September 13, 1959 R Virginia Commonwealth University
2 Rory Sparrow G 6-2 175 June 12, 1958 2 Villanova University
8 Vince Taylor G-F 6-5 180 September 11, 1960 R Duke University
6 Trent Tucker G 6-5 193 December 20, 1959 R University of Minnesota
40 Marvin Webster C 7-1 225 April 13, 1952 7 Morgan State University
44 Paul Westphal G 6-4 195 November 30, 1950 10 University of Southern California
33 Sly Williams F-G 6-7 210 January 26, 1958 3 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 19805 3272 6793 .482 33 131 .252 1621 2282 .710 1080 2263 3343 2034 701 378 1509 2180 8198 100.0
Opponent 82 19805 3132 6592 .475 38 166 .229 1695 2260 .750 1073 2337 3410 1873 694 399 1682 2116 7997 97.5

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 Bernard King 26 68 68 2207 603 1142 .528 0 6 .000 280 388 .722 99 227 326 195 90 13 197 233 1486
2 Bill Cartwright 25 82 82 2468 455 804 .566 0 0 380 511 .744 185 405 590 136 41 127 204 315 1290
3 Sly Williams 25 68 6 1385 314 647 .485 2 19 .105 176 259 .680 94 196 290 133 73 3 133 166 806
4 Paul Westphal 32 80 59 1978 318 693 .459 14 48 .292 148 184 .804 19 96 115 439 87 16 196 180 798
5 Truck Robinson 31 81 76 2426 326 706 .462 0 0 118 201 .587 199 458 657 145 57 24 190 241 770
6 Louis Orr 24 82 14 1666 274 593 .462 0 2 .000 140 175 .800 94 134 228 94 64 24 93 134 688
7 Trent Tucker 23 78 59 1830 299 647 .462 14 30 .467 43 64 .672 75 141 216 195 56 6 70 235 655
8 Marvin Webster 30 82 0 1472 168 331 .508 0 1 .000 106 180 .589 176 267 443 49 35 131 102 210 442
9 Ernie Grunfeld 27 77 0 1422 167 377 .443 0 4 .000 81 98 .827 42 121 163 136 40 10 84 172 415
10 Ed Sherod 23 64 37 1624 171 421 .406 1 13 .077 52 80 .650 43 106 149 311 96 14 104 112 395
11 Rory Sparrow 24 32 9 880 128 298 .430 2 7 .286 63 86 .733 22 67 89 159 37 4 71 93 321
12 Vince Taylor 22 31 0 321 37 102 .363 0 0 21 32 .656 19 17 36 41 20 2 30 54 95
13 Scott Hastings 22 21 0 98 8 22 .364 0 1 .000 7 14 .500 10 21 31 1 5 0 6 31 23
14 Mike Davis 26 8 0 28 4 10 .400 0 0 6 10 .600 3 7 10 0 0 4 0 4 14

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 Bernard King 26 68 68 32.5 8.9 16.8 .528 0.0 0.1 .000 4.1 5.7 .722 1.5 3.3 4.8 2.9 1.3 0.2 2.9 3.4 21.9
2 Bill Cartwright 25 82 82 30.1 5.5 9.8 .566 0.0 0.0 4.6 6.2 .744 2.3 4.9 7.2 1.7 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.8 15.7
3 Sly Williams 25 68 6 20.4 4.6 9.5 .485 0.0 0.3 .105 2.6 3.8 .680 1.4 2.9 4.3 2.0 1.1 0.0 2.0 2.4 11.9
4 Paul Westphal 32 80 59 24.7 4.0 8.7 .459 0.2 0.6 .292 1.9 2.3 .804 0.2 1.2 1.4 5.5 1.1 0.2 2.5 2.3 10.0
5 Rory Sparrow 24 32 9 27.5 4.0 9.3 .430 0.1 0.2 .286 2.0 2.7 .733 0.7 2.1 2.8 5.0 1.2 0.1 2.2 2.9 10.0
6 Truck Robinson 31 81 76 30.0 4.0 8.7 .462 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 .587 2.5 5.7 8.1 1.8 0.7 0.3 2.3 3.0 9.5
7 Louis Orr 24 82 14 20.3 3.3 7.2 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.1 .800 1.1 1.6 2.8 1.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 1.6 8.4
8 Trent Tucker 23 78 59 23.5 3.8 8.3 .462 0.2 0.4 .467 0.6 0.8 .672 1.0 1.8 2.8 2.5 0.7 0.1 0.9 3.0 8.4
9 Ed Sherod 23 64 37 25.4 2.7 6.6 .406 0.0 0.2 .077 0.8 1.3 .650 0.7 1.7 2.3 4.9 1.5 0.2 1.6 1.8 6.2
10 Marvin Webster 30 82 0 18.0 2.0 4.0 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.2 .589 2.1 3.3 5.4 0.6 0.4 1.6 1.2 2.6 5.4
11 Ernie Grunfeld 27 77 0 18.5 2.2 4.9 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.3 .827 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.8 0.5 0.1 1.1 2.2 5.4
12 Vince Taylor 22 31 0 10.4 1.2 3.3 .363 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .656 0.6 0.5 1.2 1.3 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.7 3.1
13 Mike Davis 26 8 0 3.5 0.5 1.3 .400 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 .600 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.8
14 Scott Hastings 22 21 0 4.7 0.4 1.0 .364 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.7 .500 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.5 1.1

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 Bernard King 26 68 68 2207 9.8 18.6 .528 0.0 0.1 .000 4.6 6.3 .722 1.6 3.7 5.3 3.2 1.5 0.2 3.2 3.8 24.2
2 Sly Williams 25 68 6 1385 8.2 16.8 .485 0.1 0.5 .105 4.6 6.7 .680 2.4 5.1 7.5 3.5 1.9 0.1 3.5 4.3 21.0
3 Bill Cartwright 25 82 82 2468 6.6 11.7 .566 0.0 0.0 5.5 7.5 .744 2.7 5.9 8.6 2.0 0.6 1.9 3.0 4.6 18.8
4 Mike Davis 26 8 0 28 5.1 12.9 .400 0.0 0.0 7.7 12.9 .600 3.9 9.0 12.9 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 5.1 18.0
5 Louis Orr 24 82 14 1666 5.9 12.8 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 3.8 .800 2.0 2.9 4.9 2.0 1.4 0.5 2.0 2.9 14.9
6 Paul Westphal 32 80 59 1978 5.8 12.6 .459 0.3 0.9 .292 2.7 3.3 .804 0.3 1.7 2.1 8.0 1.6 0.3 3.6 3.3 14.5
7 Rory Sparrow 24 32 9 880 5.2 12.2 .430 0.1 0.3 .286 2.6 3.5 .733 0.9 2.7 3.6 6.5 1.5 0.2 2.9 3.8 13.1
8 Trent Tucker 23 78 59 1830 5.9 12.7 .462 0.3 0.6 .467 0.8 1.3 .672 1.5 2.8 4.2 3.8 1.1 0.1 1.4 4.6 12.9
9 Truck Robinson 31 81 76 2426 4.8 10.5 .462 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.0 .587 3.0 6.8 9.7 2.2 0.8 0.4 2.8 3.6 11.4
10 Marvin Webster 30 82 0 1472 4.1 8.1 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 4.4 .589 4.3 6.5 10.8 1.2 0.9 3.2 2.5 5.1 10.8
11 Vince Taylor 22 31 0 321 4.1 11.4 .363 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.6 .656 2.1 1.9 4.0 4.6 2.2 0.2 3.4 6.1 10.7
12 Ernie Grunfeld 27 77 0 1422 4.2 9.5 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.5 .827 1.1 3.1 4.1 3.4 1.0 0.3 2.1 4.4 10.5
13 Ed Sherod 23 64 37 1624 3.8 9.3 .406 0.0 0.3 .077 1.2 1.8 .650 1.0 2.3 3.3 6.9 2.1 0.3 2.3 2.5 8.8
14 Scott Hastings 22 21 0 98 2.9 8.1 .364 0.0 0.4 .000 2.6 5.1 .500 3.7 7.7 11.4 0.4 1.8 0.0 2.2 11.4 8.4

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 25 82 2468 19.0 .627 .566 8.7 19.5 14.0 8.6 0.8 3.2 16.5 21.3 114 99 5.7 4.4 10.1
2 Bernard King 26 68 2207 20.3 .566 .528 5.2 12.2 8.7 16.0 2.0 0.4 13.0 29.1 107 100 4.0 3.5 7.5
3 Marvin Webster 30 82 1472 14.0 .539 .508 13.9 21.5 17.7 4.7 1.2 5.5 19.9 14.8 102 96 0.8 3.2 4.0
4 Trent Tucker 23 78 1830 11.6 .485 .473 4.8 9.1 6.9 16.1 1.5 0.2 9.4 17.3 104 102 1.5 2.4 4.0
5 Louis Orr 24 82 1666 13.3 .513 .462 6.5 9.6 8.0 8.5 1.9 0.9 12.2 19.5 103 101 1.4 2.5 3.8
6 Sly Williams 25 68 1385 18.2 .530 .487 7.9 16.8 12.3 16.0 2.6 0.1 14.9 27.5 102 98 1.2 2.6 3.8
7 Paul Westphal 32 80 1978 14.1 .516 .469 1.1 5.8 3.4 33.4 2.2 0.5 20.2 20.9 100 102 1.0 2.7 3.7
8 Truck Robinson 31 81 2426 10.7 .485 .462 9.5 22.4 15.9 8.6 1.2 0.6 19.3 17.3 93 99 -1.0 4.2 3.3
9 Ed Sherod 23 64 1624 11.4 .433 .407 3.1 7.7 5.4 26.6 2.9 0.5 18.6 14.7 95 100 -0.2 2.7 2.5
10 Ernie Grunfeld 27 77 1422 8.9 .494 .443 3.4 10.1 6.7 13.5 1.4 0.4 16.7 15.1 98 102 0.2 1.9 2.2
11 Rory Sparrow 24 32 880 12.3 .478 .433 2.9 9.0 5.9 26.5 2.1 0.3 17.5 19.7 98 101 0.2 1.3 1.4
12 Vince Taylor 22 31 321 7.6 .409 .363 6.9 6.3 6.6 18.0 3.1 0.4 20.5 19.4 85 100 -0.5 0.5 0.1
13 Scott Hastings 22 21 98 5.4 .408 .364 11.8 25.4 18.6 1.4 2.5 0.0 17.6 14.8 85 95 -0.1 0.2 0.1
14 Mike Davis 26 8 28 21.1 .486 .400 12.4 29.7 20.9 0.0 0.0 8.8 0.0 21.9 116 93 0.1 0.1 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 Bernard King 26 6 184 56 97 1 3 28 35 8 24 13 2 0 10 16 141 .577 .333 .800 30.7 23.5 4.0 2.2
2 Truck Robinson 31 6 205 39 73 0 0 16 28 21 66 13 10 2 14 25 94 .534 .571 34.2 15.7 11.0 2.2
3 Rory Sparrow 24 6 202 30 71 1 5 17 21 3 13 42 7 0 13 18 78 .423 .200 .810 33.7 13.0 2.2 7.0
4 Bill Cartwright 25 6 172 25 43 0 0 17 22 9 34 4 3 7 19 25 67 .581 .773 28.7 11.2 5.7 0.7
5 Paul Westphal 32 6 156 22 50 3 8 10 13 0 8 34 2 2 9 13 57 .440 .375 .769 26.0 9.5 1.3 5.7
6 Ernie Grunfeld 27 6 118 15 34 0 0 18 19 2 8 10 7 2 9 17 48 .441 .947 19.7 8.0 1.3 1.7
7 Louis Orr 24 6 105 18 47 0 0 10 10 8 21 3 5 4 8 10 46 .383 1.000 17.5 7.7 3.5 0.5
8 Sly Williams 25 5 82 16 41 1 1 3 3 10 21 6 3 1 12 4 36 .390 1.000 1.000 16.4 7.2 4.2 1.2
9 Marvin Webster 30 6 115 7 18 0 0 14 22 13 28 3 0 7 4 18 28 .389 .636 19.2 4.7 4.7 0.5
10 Trent Tucker 23 6 85 9 15 1 2 7 10 2 9 5 2 0 2 7 26 .600 .500 .700 14.2 4.3 1.5 0.8
11 Ed Sherod 23 4 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 .250 3.8 0.5 0.3 0.8
12 Mike Davis 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 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 Bernard King 26 6 184 24.0 .627 .582 5.1 10.1 7.6 13.5 0.5 0.0 8.2 28.4 124 111 0.8 0.1 0.8
2 Truck Robinson 31 6 205 18.0 .551 .534 12.0 25.5 18.8 10.0 2.4 0.6 14.1 20.7 108 102 0.3 0.3 0.6
3 Rory Sparrow 24 6 202 13.4 .486 .430 1.7 5.7 3.8 30.7 1.7 0.0 13.9 19.7 105 110 0.2 0.1 0.3
4 Paul Westphal 32 6 156 13.0 .511 .470 0.0 6.0 3.0 31.8 0.6 0.7 13.9 17.7 109 112 0.2 0.0 0.3
5 Trent Tucker 23 6 85 12.0 .670 .633 2.8 9.6 6.2 8.2 1.2 0.0 9.3 10.7 133 110 0.2 0.0 0.2
6 Marvin Webster 30 6 115 10.1 .506 .389 13.2 15.1 14.2 3.4 0.0 3.5 12.6 11.7 113 108 0.1 0.1 0.2
7 Bill Cartwright 25 6 172 10.9 .636 .581 6.1 16.9 11.5 3.4 0.9 2.4 26.5 17.8 98 107 0.0 0.2 0.2
8 Ernie Grunfeld 27 6 118 12.5 .567 .441 2.0 5.9 4.0 12.1 2.9 1.0 17.5 18.6 107 107 0.1 0.1 0.2
9 Mike Davis 26 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Louis Orr 24 6 105 12.1 .447 .383 8.9 14.4 11.7 4.4 2.4 2.2 13.5 24.1 92 105 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Ed Sherod 23 4 15 10.4 .250 .250 0.0 7.7 3.9 26.3 9.9 0.0 20.0 14.2 69 93 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Sly Williams 25 5 82 10.1 .425 .402 14.3 15.6 14.9 11.6 1.8 0.7 22.1 28.2 81 107 -0.2 0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bernard King *$684,400
2 Marvin Webster *$525,000
3 Bill Cartwright *$450,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)