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1986-87 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

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Record: 24-58, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Hubie Brown (4-12), Bob Hill (20-46)

PTS/G: 103.8 (23rd of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 110.0 (13th of 23)
SRS: -5.42 (22nd of 23) ▪ Pace: 98.5 (20th of 23)
Off Rtg: 104.8 (20th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 111.1 (20th of 23)
Expected W-L: 25-57 (22nd of 23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 538,058 (9th of 23)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
25 Bill Cartwright C 7-1 245 July 30, 1957 6 University of San Francisco
42 Pat Cummings PF 6-9 230 July 11, 1956 7 University of Cincinnati
33 Patrick Ewing PF 7-0 240 August 5, 1962 1 Georgetown University
11 Stewart Granger PG 6-3 190 October 27, 1961 2 Villanova University
7 Gerald Henderson PG 6-2 175 January 16, 1956 7 Virginia Commonwealth University
30 Bernard King SF 6-7 205 December 4, 1956 8 University of Tennessee
26 Bill Martin SF 6-7 205 August 16, 1962 1 Georgetown University
14 Chris McNealy PF 6-7 210 July 15, 1961 1 San Jose State University
44 Jawann Oldham C 7-0 215 July 4, 1957 6 Seattle University
55 Louis Orr SF 6-8 175 May 7, 1958 6 Syracuse University
26 McKinley Singleton PG 6-5 175 October 29, 1961 R University of Alabama at Birmingham
2 Rory Sparrow PG 6-2 175 June 12, 1958 6 Villanova University
23 Bob Thornton PF 6-10 225 July 10, 1962 1 University of California, Irvine
6 Trent Tucker SG 6-5 193 December 20, 1959 4 University of Minnesota
34 Kenny Walker SF 6-8 210 August 18, 1964 R University of Kentucky
45 Eddie Lee Wilkins PF 6-10 220 May 7, 1962 1 Gardner-Webb University
21 Gerald Wilkins SG 6-6 185 September 11, 1963 1 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
8 Brad Wright PF 6-11 225 March 26, 1962 R University of California, Los Angeles

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 19780 3329 7023 .474 125 375 .333 1725 2362 .730 1108 2162 3270 1941 704 396 1420 2028 8508 103.8
Lg Rank 13 22 22 15 9 11 5 21 18 21 22 22 23 21 12 18 16 12 23 23
Opponent 82 19780 3500 7142 .490 94 358 .263 1928 2534 .761 1331 2448 3779 2152 761 400 1417 1950 9022 110.0
Lg Rank 13 10 6 17 2 7 1 12 12 12 22 15 19 13 18 4 8 7 13 13

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 25 57 -6.27 0.85 -5.42 104.8 111.1 98.5 .483 15.0 31.2 .246 .497 14.6 61.9 .270 Madison Square Garden (IV) 538,058
Lg Rank 22 22 22 1 22 20 20 20 14 17 20 18 16 7 23 16 9

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 23 80 73 2758 633 1302 .486 26 74 .351 235 335 .701 120 174 294 354 88 18 214 165 1527
2 Patrick Ewing 24 63 63 2206 530 1053 .503 0 7 .000 296 415 .713 157 398 555 104 89 147 229 248 1356
3 Bill Cartwright 29 58 50 1989 335 631 .531 0 0 346 438 .790 132 313 445 96 40 26 128 188 1016
4 Trent Tucker 27 70 15 1691 325 691 .470 68 161 .422 77 101 .762 49 86 135 166 116 13 78 169 795
5 Gerald Henderson 31 68 53 1890 273 624 .438 19 74 .257 173 212 .816 44 122 166 439 95 11 157 191 738
6 Kenny Walker 22 68 64 1719 285 581 .491 0 4 .000 140 185 .757 118 220 338 75 49 49 75 236 710
7 Rory Sparrow 28 80 30 1951 263 590 .446 11 42 .262 71 89 .798 29 86 115 432 67 6 140 160 608
8 Louis Orr 28 65 8 1440 166 389 .427 1 5 .200 125 172 .727 102 130 232 110 47 18 70 123 458
9 Pat Cummings 30 49 11 1056 172 382 .450 0 0 79 110 .718 123 189 312 38 26 7 85 145 423
10 Chris McNealy 25 59 16 972 88 179 .492 0 0 52 80 .650 74 153 227 46 36 16 64 136 228
11 Jawann Oldham 29 44 9 776 71 174 .408 0 1 .000 31 57 .544 51 128 179 19 22 71 48 95 173
12 Eddie Lee Wilkins 24 24 10 454 56 127 .441 0 1 .000 27 58 .466 45 62 107 6 9 2 28 67 139
13 Bernard King 30 6 4 214 52 105 .495 0 0 32 43 .744 13 19 32 19 2 0 15 14 136
14 Bob Thornton 24 33 4 282 29 67 .433 0 1 .000 13 20 .650 18 38 56 8 4 3 24 48 71
15 Brad Wright 24 14 0 138 20 46 .435 0 1 .000 12 28 .429 25 28 53 1 3 6 13 20 52
16 Stewart Granger 25 15 0 166 20 54 .370 0 3 .000 9 11 .818 6 11 17 27 7 1 22 17 49
17 Bill Martin 24 8 0 68 9 25 .360 0 0 7 8 .875 2 5 7 0 4 2 7 5 25
18 McKinley Singleton 25 2 0 10 2 3 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4

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 Bernard King 30 6 4 35.7 8.7 17.5 .495 0.0 0.0 5.3 7.2 .744 2.2 3.2 5.3 3.2 0.3 0.0 2.5 2.3 22.7
2 Patrick Ewing 24 63 63 35.0 8.4 16.7 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 4.7 6.6 .713 2.5 6.3 8.8 1.7 1.4 2.3 3.6 3.9 21.5
3 Gerald Wilkins 23 80 73 34.5 7.9 16.3 .486 0.3 0.9 .351 2.9 4.2 .701 1.5 2.2 3.7 4.4 1.1 0.2 2.7 2.1 19.1
4 Bill Cartwright 29 58 50 34.3 5.8 10.9 .531 0.0 0.0 6.0 7.6 .790 2.3 5.4 7.7 1.7 0.7 0.4 2.2 3.2 17.5
5 Trent Tucker 27 70 15 24.2 4.6 9.9 .470 1.0 2.3 .422 1.1 1.4 .762 0.7 1.2 1.9 2.4 1.7 0.2 1.1 2.4 11.4
6 Gerald Henderson 31 68 53 27.8 4.0 9.2 .438 0.3 1.1 .257 2.5 3.1 .816 0.6 1.8 2.4 6.5 1.4 0.2 2.3 2.8 10.9
7 Kenny Walker 22 68 64 25.3 4.2 8.5 .491 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.7 .757 1.7 3.2 5.0 1.1 0.7 0.7 1.1 3.5 10.4
8 Pat Cummings 30 49 11 21.6 3.5 7.8 .450 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.2 .718 2.5 3.9 6.4 0.8 0.5 0.1 1.7 3.0 8.6
9 Rory Sparrow 28 80 30 24.4 3.3 7.4 .446 0.1 0.5 .262 0.9 1.1 .798 0.4 1.1 1.4 5.4 0.8 0.1 1.8 2.0 7.6
10 Louis Orr 28 65 8 22.2 2.6 6.0 .427 0.0 0.1 .200 1.9 2.6 .727 1.6 2.0 3.6 1.7 0.7 0.3 1.1 1.9 7.0
11 Eddie Lee Wilkins 24 24 10 18.9 2.3 5.3 .441 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 2.4 .466 1.9 2.6 4.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.2 2.8 5.8
12 Jawann Oldham 29 44 9 17.6 1.6 4.0 .408 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.3 .544 1.2 2.9 4.1 0.4 0.5 1.6 1.1 2.2 3.9
13 Chris McNealy 25 59 16 16.5 1.5 3.0 .492 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.4 .650 1.3 2.6 3.8 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.1 2.3 3.9
14 Brad Wright 24 14 0 9.9 1.4 3.3 .435 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 2.0 .429 1.8 2.0 3.8 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.4 3.7
15 Stewart Granger 25 15 0 11.1 1.3 3.6 .370 0.0 0.2 .000 0.6 0.7 .818 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.8 0.5 0.1 1.5 1.1 3.3
16 Bill Martin 24 8 0 8.5 1.1 3.1 .360 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.0 .875 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.6 3.1
17 Bob Thornton 24 33 4 8.5 0.9 2.0 .433 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.6 .650 0.5 1.2 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 1.5 2.2
18 McKinley Singleton 25 2 0 5.0 1.0 1.5 .667 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.0

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 Bernard King 30 6 4 214 8.7 17.7 .495 0.0 0.0 5.4 7.2 .744 2.2 3.2 5.4 3.2 0.3 0.0 2.5 2.4 22.9
2 Patrick Ewing 24 63 63 2206 8.6 17.2 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.8 .713 2.6 6.5 9.1 1.7 1.5 2.4 3.7 4.0 22.1
3 Gerald Wilkins 23 80 73 2758 8.3 17.0 .486 0.3 1.0 .351 3.1 4.4 .701 1.6 2.3 3.8 4.6 1.1 0.2 2.8 2.2 19.9
4 Bill Cartwright 29 58 50 1989 6.1 11.4 .531 0.0 0.0 6.3 7.9 .790 2.4 5.7 8.1 1.7 0.7 0.5 2.3 3.4 18.4
5 Trent Tucker 27 70 15 1691 6.9 14.7 .470 1.4 3.4 .422 1.6 2.2 .762 1.0 1.8 2.9 3.5 2.5 0.3 1.7 3.6 16.9
6 Kenny Walker 22 68 64 1719 6.0 12.2 .491 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.9 .757 2.5 4.6 7.1 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.6 4.9 14.9
7 McKinley Singleton 25 2 0 10 7.2 10.8 .667 0.0 3.6 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 14.4
8 Pat Cummings 30 49 11 1056 5.9 13.0 .450 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.7 .718 4.2 6.4 10.6 1.3 0.9 0.2 2.9 4.9 14.4
9 Gerald Henderson 31 68 53 1890 5.2 11.9 .438 0.4 1.4 .257 3.3 4.0 .816 0.8 2.3 3.2 8.4 1.8 0.2 3.0 3.6 14.1
10 Brad Wright 24 14 0 138 5.2 12.0 .435 0.0 0.3 .000 3.1 7.3 .429 6.5 7.3 13.8 0.3 0.8 1.6 3.4 5.2 13.6
11 Bill Martin 24 8 0 68 4.8 13.2 .360 0.0 0.0 3.7 4.2 .875 1.1 2.6 3.7 0.0 2.1 1.1 3.7 2.6 13.2
12 Louis Orr 28 65 8 1440 4.1 9.7 .427 0.0 0.1 .200 3.1 4.3 .727 2.5 3.2 5.8 2.7 1.2 0.5 1.7 3.1 11.4
13 Rory Sparrow 28 80 30 1951 4.9 10.9 .446 0.2 0.8 .262 1.3 1.6 .798 0.5 1.6 2.1 8.0 1.2 0.1 2.6 3.0 11.2
14 Eddie Lee Wilkins 24 24 10 454 4.4 10.1 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 4.6 .466 3.6 4.9 8.5 0.5 0.7 0.2 2.2 5.3 11.0
15 Stewart Granger 25 15 0 166 4.3 11.7 .370 0.0 0.7 .000 2.0 2.4 .818 1.3 2.4 3.7 5.9 1.5 0.2 4.8 3.7 10.6
16 Bob Thornton 24 33 4 282 3.7 8.6 .433 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.6 .650 2.3 4.9 7.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 3.1 6.1 9.1
17 Chris McNealy 25 59 16 972 3.3 6.6 .492 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.0 .650 2.7 5.7 8.4 1.7 1.3 0.6 2.4 5.0 8.4
18 Jawann Oldham 29 44 9 776 3.3 8.1 .408 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.6 .544 2.4 5.9 8.3 0.9 1.0 3.3 2.2 4.4 8.0

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 Bill Cartwright 29 58 1989 17.1 .617 .531 7.4 17.8 12.6 7.2 1.0 0.8 13.4 20.0 119 111 4.4 1.4 5.8 .140
2 Patrick Ewing 24 63 2206 18.9 .549 .503 7.9 20.4 14.1 7.8 2.0 3.9 15.6 27.7 102 106 0.6 2.8 3.5 .075
3 Trent Tucker 27 70 1691 15.4 .540 .520 3.2 5.8 4.5 15.1 3.3 0.4 9.6 20.1 110 111 2.1 1.3 3.4 .096
4 Gerald Wilkins 23 80 2758 16.2 .527 .496 4.8 7.1 6.0 21.0 1.6 0.4 12.9 25.2 105 114 2.3 1.0 3.3 .057
5 Kenny Walker 22 68 1719 13.3 .536 .491 7.6 14.5 11.0 6.5 1.4 1.7 10.2 17.9 110 111 1.9 1.3 3.1 .088
6 Gerald Henderson 31 68 1890 14.6 .514 .453 2.6 7.3 4.9 33.3 2.4 0.3 18.0 19.3 106 112 1.5 1.1 2.6 .066
7 Louis Orr 28 65 1440 11.0 .493 .428 7.9 10.2 9.0 10.5 1.6 0.7 13.1 15.5 105 113 0.7 0.8 1.5 .050
8 Rory Sparrow 28 80 1951 11.2 .483 .455 1.7 5.0 3.3 31.3 1.7 0.2 18.2 16.4 102 114 0.4 0.6 1.0 .024
9 Chris McNealy 25 59 972 8.7 .532 .492 8.5 17.8 13.1 6.3 1.8 1.0 23.0 11.9 98 109 -0.1 0.9 0.8 .039
10 Pat Cummings 30 49 1056 11.4 .491 .450 13.0 20.3 16.6 5.3 1.2 0.4 16.5 20.4 97 110 -0.3 0.9 0.6 .025
11 Bernard King 30 6 214 17.7 .549 .495 6.8 10.1 8.4 14.8 0.5 0.0 10.8 27.1 110 115 0.3 0.0 0.4 .087
12 Jawann Oldham 29 44 776 8.5 .434 .408 7.3 18.7 12.9 3.3 1.4 5.3 19.4 13.3 85 107 -0.9 0.9 0.0 -0.001
13 McKinley Singleton 25 2 10 13.3 .667 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 144 120 0.0 0.0 0.0 .131
14 Brad Wright 24 14 138 11.2 .446 .435 20.2 23.0 21.6 1.0 1.1 2.5 18.2 21.6 90 108 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.013
15 Eddie Lee Wilkins 24 24 454 7.0 .456 .441 11.0 15.5 13.2 1.8 1.0 0.3 15.5 16.6 91 112 -0.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.012
16 Bill Martin 24 8 68 6.2 .438 .360 3.3 8.3 5.8 0.0 2.9 1.7 19.7 21.8 78 110 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.087
17 Bob Thornton 24 33 282 4.1 .468 .433 7.1 15.3 11.1 3.8 0.7 0.6 24.0 14.8 83 112 -0.4 0.2 -0.3 -0.044
18 Stewart Granger 25 15 166 5.9 .416 .370 4.0 7.5 5.7 22.6 2.1 0.4 27.2 20.3 79 113 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 -0.104