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1985-86 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

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Record: 23-59, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Hubie Brown (23-59)

PTS/G: 98.7 (23rd of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.3 (1st of 23)
SRS: -4.82 (22nd of 23) ▪ Pace: 98.6 (22nd of 23)
Off Rtg: 99.5 (23rd of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 105.2 (5th of 23)
Expected W-L: 26-56 (22nd of 23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 592,486 (6th of 23)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
20 James Bailey PF 6-9 220 May 21, 1957 6 Rutgers University
1 Ken Bannister PF 6-9 235 April 1, 1960 1 Saint Augustine's College
7 Butch Carter SG 6-5 180 June 11, 1958 5 Indiana University
25 Bill Cartwright C 7-1 245 July 30, 1957 5 University of San Francisco
35 Fred Cofield PG 6-3 190 January 4, 1962 R Eastern Michigan University
42 Pat Cummings C 6-9 230 July 11, 1956 6 University of Cincinnati
33 Patrick Ewing C 7-0 240 August 5, 1962 R Georgetown University
3 Ken Green PF 6-8 215 September 19, 1959 R University of Texas-Pan American
18 Ernie Grunfeld SF 6-6 210 April 24, 1955 8 University of Tennessee
14 Chris McNealy PF 6-7 210 July 15, 1961 R San Jose State University
55 Louis Orr SF 6-8 175 May 7, 1958 5 Syracuse University
2 Rory Sparrow PG 6-2 175 June 12, 1958 5 Villanova University
23 Bob Thornton PF 6-10 225 July 10, 1962 R University of California, Irvine
6 Trent Tucker SG 6-5 193 December 20, 1959 3 University of Minnesota
4 Darrell Walker PG 6-4 180 March 9, 1961 2 University of Arkansas
21 Gerald Wilkins SG 6-6 185 September 11, 1963 R University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19805 3239 7034 .460 82 239 .343 1534 2237 .686 1081 2170 3251 1877 714 308 1438 2213 8094 98.7
Lg Rank 8 23 21 23 10 13 2 23 22 23 17 23 23 22 14 22 12 3 23 23
Opponent 82 19805 3192 6672 .478 68 274 .248 2102 2744 .766 1166 2587 3753 2007 701 444 1629 2018 8554 104.3
Lg Rank 8 1 1 8 6 12 3 22 22 19 11 21 21 5 10 12 4 11 1 1

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 26 56 -5.61 0.79 -4.82 99.5 105.2 98.6 .466 15.2 29.5 .218 .484 17.1 65.0 .315 Madison Square Garden (IV) 592,486
Lg Rank 22 22 22 1 22 23 5 22 23 13 22 23 8 1 21 23 6

Totals

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 Gerald Wilkins 22 81 53 2025 437 934 .468 7 25 .280 132 237 .557 92 116 208 161 68 9 157 155 1013
2 Patrick Ewing 23 50 50 1771 386 814 .474 0 5 .000 226 306 .739 124 327 451 102 54 103 172 191 998
3 Louis Orr 27 74 64 2237 330 741 .445 0 4 .000 218 278 .784 123 189 312 179 61 26 118 177 878
4 Darrell Walker 24 81 35 2023 324 753 .430 0 10 .000 190 277 .686 100 120 220 337 146 36 192 216 838
5 Trent Tucker 26 77 23 1788 349 740 .472 41 91 .451 79 100 .790 70 99 169 192 65 8 70 167 818
6 Rory Sparrow 27 74 74 2344 345 723 .477 5 20 .250 101 127 .795 50 120 170 472 85 14 154 182 796
7 Ken Bannister 25 70 15 1405 235 479 .491 0 1 .000 131 249 .526 89 233 322 42 42 24 129 208 601
8 James Bailey 28 48 36 1245 202 443 .456 0 4 .000 129 167 .772 102 232 334 50 33 40 99 207 533
9 Pat Cummings 29 31 30 1007 195 408 .478 0 2 .000 97 139 .698 92 188 280 47 27 12 87 136 487
10 Ernie Grunfeld 30 76 0 1402 148 355 .417 26 61 .426 90 108 .833 42 164 206 119 39 13 50 192 412
11 Bob Thornton 23 71 23 1323 125 274 .456 0 0 86 162 .531 113 177 290 43 30 7 83 209 336
12 Chris McNealy 24 30 6 627 70 144 .486 0 0 31 47 .660 62 141 203 41 38 12 35 88 171
13 Fred Cofield 24 45 1 469 75 184 .408 3 15 .200 12 20 .600 6 40 46 82 20 3 49 65 165
14 Ken Green 26 7 0 72 13 27 .481 0 0 5 9 .556 12 15 27 2 4 0 1 8 31
15 Bill Cartwright 28 2 0 36 3 7 .429 0 0 6 10 .600 2 8 10 5 1 1 6 6 12
16 Butch Carter 27 5 0 31 2 8 .250 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 2 1 3 3 1 0 6 6 5

Per Game

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 Patrick Ewing 23 50 50 35.4 7.7 16.3 .474 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 6.1 .739 2.5 6.5 9.0 2.0 1.1 2.1 3.4 3.8 20.0
2 Pat Cummings 29 31 30 32.5 6.3 13.2 .478 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 4.5 .698 3.0 6.1 9.0 1.5 0.9 0.4 2.8 4.4 15.7
3 Gerald Wilkins 22 81 53 25.0 5.4 11.5 .468 0.1 0.3 .280 1.6 2.9 .557 1.1 1.4 2.6 2.0 0.8 0.1 1.9 1.9 12.5
4 Louis Orr 27 74 64 30.2 4.5 10.0 .445 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.8 .784 1.7 2.6 4.2 2.4 0.8 0.4 1.6 2.4 11.9
5 James Bailey 28 48 36 25.9 4.2 9.2 .456 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.5 .772 2.1 4.8 7.0 1.0 0.7 0.8 2.1 4.3 11.1
6 Rory Sparrow 27 74 74 31.7 4.7 9.8 .477 0.1 0.3 .250 1.4 1.7 .795 0.7 1.6 2.3 6.4 1.1 0.2 2.1 2.5 10.8
7 Trent Tucker 26 77 23 23.2 4.5 9.6 .472 0.5 1.2 .451 1.0 1.3 .790 0.9 1.3 2.2 2.5 0.8 0.1 0.9 2.2 10.6
8 Darrell Walker 24 81 35 25.0 4.0 9.3 .430 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.4 .686 1.2 1.5 2.7 4.2 1.8 0.4 2.4 2.7 10.3
9 Ken Bannister 25 70 15 20.1 3.4 6.8 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 3.6 .526 1.3 3.3 4.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.8 3.0 8.6
10 Bill Cartwright 28 2 0 18.0 1.5 3.5 .429 0.0 0.0 3.0 5.0 .600 1.0 4.0 5.0 2.5 0.5 0.5 3.0 3.0 6.0
11 Chris McNealy 24 30 6 20.9 2.3 4.8 .486 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 .660 2.1 4.7 6.8 1.4 1.3 0.4 1.2 2.9 5.7
12 Ernie Grunfeld 30 76 0 18.4 1.9 4.7 .417 0.3 0.8 .426 1.2 1.4 .833 0.6 2.2 2.7 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 2.5 5.4
13 Bob Thornton 23 71 23 18.6 1.8 3.9 .456 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.3 .531 1.6 2.5 4.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 1.2 2.9 4.7
14 Ken Green 26 7 0 10.3 1.9 3.9 .481 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.3 .556 1.7 2.1 3.9 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.1 1.1 4.4
15 Fred Cofield 24 45 1 10.4 1.7 4.1 .408 0.1 0.3 .200 0.3 0.4 .600 0.1 0.9 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.4 3.7
16 Butch Carter 27 5 0 6.2 0.4 1.6 .250 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.2 1.2 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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 Patrick Ewing 23 50 50 1771 7.8 16.5 .474 0.0 0.1 .000 4.6 6.2 .739 2.5 6.6 9.2 2.1 1.1 2.1 3.5 3.9 20.3
2 Gerald Wilkins 22 81 53 2025 7.8 16.6 .468 0.1 0.4 .280 2.3 4.2 .557 1.6 2.1 3.7 2.9 1.2 0.2 2.8 2.8 18.0
3 Pat Cummings 29 31 30 1007 7.0 14.6 .478 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 5.0 .698 3.3 6.7 10.0 1.7 1.0 0.4 3.1 4.9 17.4
4 Trent Tucker 26 77 23 1788 7.0 14.9 .472 0.8 1.8 .451 1.6 2.0 .790 1.4 2.0 3.4 3.9 1.3 0.2 1.4 3.4 16.5
5 Ken Green 26 7 0 72 6.5 13.5 .481 0.0 0.0 2.5 4.5 .556 6.0 7.5 13.5 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 4.0 15.5
6 James Bailey 28 48 36 1245 5.8 12.8 .456 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 4.8 .772 2.9 6.7 9.7 1.4 1.0 1.2 2.9 6.0 15.4
7 Ken Bannister 25 70 15 1405 6.0 12.3 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 6.4 .526 2.3 6.0 8.3 1.1 1.1 0.6 3.3 5.3 15.4
8 Darrell Walker 24 81 35 2023 5.8 13.4 .430 0.0 0.2 .000 3.4 4.9 .686 1.8 2.1 3.9 6.0 2.6 0.6 3.4 3.8 14.9
9 Louis Orr 27 74 64 2237 5.3 11.9 .445 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.5 .784 2.0 3.0 5.0 2.9 1.0 0.4 1.9 2.8 14.1
10 Fred Cofield 24 45 1 469 5.8 14.1 .408 0.2 1.2 .200 0.9 1.5 .600 0.5 3.1 3.5 6.3 1.5 0.2 3.8 5.0 12.7
11 Rory Sparrow 27 74 74 2344 5.3 11.1 .477 0.1 0.3 .250 1.6 2.0 .795 0.8 1.8 2.6 7.2 1.3 0.2 2.4 2.8 12.2
12 Bill Cartwright 28 2 0 36 3.0 7.0 .429 0.0 0.0 6.0 10.0 .600 2.0 8.0 10.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 6.0 12.0
13 Ernie Grunfeld 30 76 0 1402 3.8 9.1 .417 0.7 1.6 .426 2.3 2.8 .833 1.1 4.2 5.3 3.1 1.0 0.3 1.3 4.9 10.6
14 Chris McNealy 24 30 6 627 4.0 8.3 .486 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.7 .660 3.6 8.1 11.7 2.4 2.2 0.7 2.0 5.1 9.8
15 Bob Thornton 23 71 23 1323 3.4 7.5 .456 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.4 .531 3.1 4.8 7.9 1.2 0.8 0.2 2.3 5.7 9.1
16 Butch Carter 27 5 0 31 2.3 9.3 .250 0.0 1.2 .000 1.2 1.2 1.000 2.3 1.2 3.5 3.5 1.2 0.0 7.0 7.0 5.8

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 Trent Tucker 26 77 1788 14.6 .522 .499 4.2 6.6 5.3 17.2 1.8 0.3 8.2 20.0 109 108 2.3 1.7 4.0 .107
2 Louis Orr 27 74 2237 12.4 .509 .445 5.9 10.0 7.9 11.9 1.3 0.7 12.0 18.4 105 107 1.5 2.3 3.7 .080
3 Rory Sparrow 27 74 2344 13.0 .511 .481 2.3 6.1 4.1 30.0 1.8 0.4 16.5 16.7 105 108 1.5 2.2 3.7 .077
4 Patrick Ewing 23 50 1771 17.4 .526 .474 7.6 21.9 14.4 9.6 1.5 3.6 15.3 26.5 99 101 0.0 3.1 3.1 .084
5 Ernie Grunfeld 30 76 1402 9.8 .512 .454 3.2 13.9 8.3 11.9 1.4 0.6 11.0 13.5 108 106 1.0 1.6 2.7 .091
6 Darrell Walker 24 81 2023 14.0 .479 .430 5.3 7.0 6.2 25.3 3.5 1.1 18.0 22.1 96 103 -0.9 3.0 2.1 .050
7 James Bailey 28 48 1245 12.6 .516 .456 8.8 22.1 15.2 6.1 1.3 2.0 16.1 20.7 98 103 0.0 2.0 1.9 .075
8 Chris McNealy 24 30 627 13.7 .519 .486 10.7 26.7 18.3 9.3 3.0 1.2 17.5 13.3 104 98 0.3 1.3 1.6 .122
9 Pat Cummings 29 31 1007 14.0 .519 .478 9.9 22.2 15.7 7.5 1.3 0.7 15.6 23.1 98 103 0.0 1.5 1.5 .070
10 Bob Thornton 23 71 1323 6.9 .487 .456 9.2 15.9 12.4 4.5 1.1 0.3 19.4 13.6 93 106 -0.6 1.6 0.9 .034
11 Gerald Wilkins 22 81 2025 12.2 .488 .472 4.9 6.8 5.8 13.2 1.6 0.3 13.1 24.7 95 108 -1.2 1.9 0.7 .018
12 Ken Bannister 25 70 1405 10.4 .511 .491 6.8 19.7 13.0 4.6 1.5 1.1 18.0 21.4 91 104 -1.3 2.0 0.7 .025
13 Ken Green 26 7 72 19.3 .501 .481 18.0 24.7 21.2 4.4 2.7 0.0 3.1 18.6 116 100 0.1 0.1 0.3 .184
14 Bill Cartwright 28 2 36 8.9 .526 .429 6.0 26.4 15.7 18.9 1.4 1.7 34.5 20.2 83 101 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.016
15 Butch Carter 27 5 31 -5.4 .296 .250 7.0 3.8 5.5 12.8 1.6 0.0 41.6 19.5 51 109 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.252
16 Fred Cofield 24 45 469 7.9 .428 .416 1.4 10.1 5.5 26.6 2.1 0.4 20.3 21.6 84 106 -0.9 0.6 -0.4 -0.039

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Patrick Ewing $1,250,000
2 Bill Cartwright $925,000
3 Bernard King $874,000
4 Pat Cummings $612,500
5 Rory Sparrow $500,000
6 James Bailey $500,000
7 Marvin Webster $450,000
8 Louis Orr $425,000
9 Trent Tucker $300,000
10 Ernie Grunfeld $275,000
11 Darrell Walker $265,000
12 Ken Bannister $105,000
13 Fred Cofield $70,000
14 Bob Thornton $70,000
15 Gerald Wilkins $70,000