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1988-89 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

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Record: 52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Rick Pitino (52-30)

PTS/G: 116.7 (3rd of 25) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 112.9 (20th of 25)
SRS: 3.62 (8th of 25) ▪ Pace: 104.4 (5th of 25)
Off Rtg: 111.1 (6th of 25) ▪ Def Rtg: 107.5 (10th of 25)
Expected W-L: 50-32 (8th of 25)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 746,851 (3rd of 25)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Philadelphia 76ers

Atlantic Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
54 Greg Butler C 6-11 240 March 11, 1966 R Stanford University
33 Patrick Ewing C 7-0 240 August 5, 1962 3 Georgetown University
44 Sidney Green PF 6-9 220 January 4, 1961 5 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
13 Mark Jackson PG 6-1 180 April 1, 1965 1 St. John's University
8 Pete Myers SG 6-6 180 September 15, 1963 2 University of Arkansas at Little Rock
4 Johnny Newman SF 6-7 190 November 28, 1963 2 University of Richmond
34 Charles Oakley PF 6-8 225 December 18, 1963 3 Virginia Union University
11 Rod Strickland PG 6-3 175 July 11, 1966 R DePaul University
6 Trent Tucker SG 6-5 193 December 20, 1959 6 University of Minnesota
55 Kiki Vandeweghe PF 6-8 220 August 1, 1958 8 University of California, Los Angeles
7 Kenny Walker SF 6-8 210 August 18, 1964 2 University of Kentucky
45 Eddie Lee Wilkins C 6-10 220 May 7, 1962 2 Gardner-Webb University
21 Gerald Wilkins SG 6-6 185 September 11, 1963 3 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 3701 7611 .486 386 1147 .337 1779 2366 .752 1322 2265 3587 2083 900 446 1572 2053 9567 116.7
Lg Rank 10 4 4 8 1 1 7 17 14 18 5 21 15 12 2 9 22 7 3 3
Opponent 82 19805 3636 7358 .494 152 534 .285 1834 2390 .767 1213 2326 3539 2292 778 433 1688 1898 9258 112.9
Lg Rank 10 21 18 21 5 13 1 14 15 11 16 10 10 24 18 13 2 9 20 20

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 50 32 3.77 -0.14 3.63 111.1 107.5 104.4 .512 15.4 36.2 .234 .504 16.7 65.1 .249 Madison Square Garden (IV) 746,851
Lg Rank 8 8 7 15 8 6 10 5 3 19 4 17 21 2 19 14 3

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 Patrick Ewing 26 80 80 2896 727 1282 .567 0 6 .000 361 484 .746 213 527 740 188 117 281 266 311 1815
2 Johnny Newman 25 81 80 2336 455 957 .475 97 287 .338 286 351 .815 93 113 206 162 111 23 153 259 1293
3 Mark Jackson 23 72 72 2477 479 1025 .467 81 240 .338 180 258 .698 106 235 341 619 139 7 226 163 1219
4 Gerald Wilkins 25 81 58 2414 462 1025 .451 51 172 .297 186 246 .756 95 149 244 274 115 22 169 166 1161
5 Charles Oakley 25 82 82 2604 426 835 .510 12 48 .250 197 255 .773 343 518 861 187 104 14 248 270 1061
6 Rod Strickland 22 81 10 1358 265 567 .467 19 59 .322 172 231 .745 51 109 160 319 98 3 148 142 721
7 Trent Tucker 29 81 24 1824 263 579 .454 118 296 .399 43 55 .782 55 121 176 132 88 6 59 163 687
8 Sidney Green 28 82 0 1277 194 422 .460 0 3 .000 129 170 .759 157 237 394 76 47 18 125 172 517
9 Kenny Walker 24 79 2 1163 174 356 .489 5 20 .250 66 85 .776 101 129 230 36 41 45 44 190 419
10 Eddie Lee Wilkins 26 71 2 584 114 245 .465 0 1 .000 61 111 .550 72 76 148 7 10 16 56 110 289
11 Kiki Vandeweghe 30 27 0 502 97 209 .464 3 10 .300 51 56 .911 15 21 36 35 12 7 23 38 248
12 Pete Myers 25 29 0 230 25 61 .410 0 2 .000 31 44 .705 12 11 23 46 17 2 19 41 81
13 Greg Butler 22 33 0 140 20 48 .417 0 3 .000 16 20 .800 9 19 28 2 1 2 17 28 56

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 26 80 80 36.2 9.1 16.0 .567 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 6.1 .746 2.7 6.6 9.3 2.4 1.5 3.5 3.3 3.9 22.7
2 Mark Jackson 23 72 72 34.4 6.7 14.2 .467 1.1 3.3 .338 2.5 3.6 .698 1.5 3.3 4.7 8.6 1.9 0.1 3.1 2.3 16.9
3 Johnny Newman 25 81 80 28.8 5.6 11.8 .475 1.2 3.5 .338 3.5 4.3 .815 1.1 1.4 2.5 2.0 1.4 0.3 1.9 3.2 16.0
4 Gerald Wilkins 25 81 58 29.8 5.7 12.7 .451 0.6 2.1 .297 2.3 3.0 .756 1.2 1.8 3.0 3.4 1.4 0.3 2.1 2.0 14.3
5 Charles Oakley 25 82 82 31.8 5.2 10.2 .510 0.1 0.6 .250 2.4 3.1 .773 4.2 6.3 10.5 2.3 1.3 0.2 3.0 3.3 12.9
6 Kiki Vandeweghe 30 27 0 18.6 3.6 7.7 .464 0.1 0.4 .300 1.9 2.1 .911 0.6 0.8 1.3 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.9 1.4 9.2
7 Rod Strickland 22 81 10 16.8 3.3 7.0 .467 0.2 0.7 .322 2.1 2.9 .745 0.6 1.3 2.0 3.9 1.2 0.0 1.8 1.8 8.9
8 Trent Tucker 29 81 24 22.5 3.2 7.1 .454 1.5 3.7 .399 0.5 0.7 .782 0.7 1.5 2.2 1.6 1.1 0.1 0.7 2.0 8.5
9 Sidney Green 28 82 0 15.6 2.4 5.1 .460 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.1 .759 1.9 2.9 4.8 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.5 2.1 6.3
10 Kenny Walker 24 79 2 14.7 2.2 4.5 .489 0.1 0.3 .250 0.8 1.1 .776 1.3 1.6 2.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.4 5.3
11 Eddie Lee Wilkins 26 71 2 8.2 1.6 3.5 .465 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.6 .550 1.0 1.1 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.5 4.1
12 Pete Myers 25 29 0 7.9 0.9 2.1 .410 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.5 .705 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.4 2.8
13 Greg Butler 22 33 0 4.2 0.6 1.5 .417 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.6 .800 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.7

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 26 80 80 2896 9.0 15.9 .567 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 6.0 .746 2.6 6.6 9.2 2.3 1.5 3.5 3.3 3.9 22.6
2 Johnny Newman 25 81 80 2336 7.0 14.7 .475 1.5 4.4 .338 4.4 5.4 .815 1.4 1.7 3.2 2.5 1.7 0.4 2.4 4.0 19.9
3 Rod Strickland 22 81 10 1358 7.0 15.0 .467 0.5 1.6 .322 4.6 6.1 .745 1.4 2.9 4.2 8.5 2.6 0.1 3.9 3.8 19.1
4 Eddie Lee Wilkins 26 71 2 584 7.0 15.1 .465 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 6.8 .550 4.4 4.7 9.1 0.4 0.6 1.0 3.5 6.8 17.8
5 Kiki Vandeweghe 30 27 0 502 7.0 15.0 .464 0.2 0.7 .300 3.7 4.0 .911 1.1 1.5 2.6 2.5 0.9 0.5 1.6 2.7 17.8
6 Mark Jackson 23 72 72 2477 7.0 14.9 .467 1.2 3.5 .338 2.6 3.7 .698 1.5 3.4 5.0 9.0 2.0 0.1 3.3 2.4 17.7
7 Gerald Wilkins 25 81 58 2414 6.9 15.3 .451 0.8 2.6 .297 2.8 3.7 .756 1.4 2.2 3.6 4.1 1.7 0.3 2.5 2.5 17.3
8 Charles Oakley 25 82 82 2604 5.9 11.5 .510 0.2 0.7 .250 2.7 3.5 .773 4.7 7.2 11.9 2.6 1.4 0.2 3.4 3.7 14.7
9 Sidney Green 28 82 0 1277 5.5 11.9 .460 0.0 0.1 .000 3.6 4.8 .759 4.4 6.7 11.1 2.1 1.3 0.5 3.5 4.8 14.6
10 Greg Butler 22 33 0 140 5.1 12.3 .417 0.0 0.8 .000 4.1 5.1 .800 2.3 4.9 7.2 0.5 0.3 0.5 4.4 7.2 14.4
11 Trent Tucker 29 81 24 1824 5.2 11.4 .454 2.3 5.8 .399 0.8 1.1 .782 1.1 2.4 3.5 2.6 1.7 0.1 1.2 3.2 13.6
12 Kenny Walker 24 79 2 1163 5.4 11.0 .489 0.2 0.6 .250 2.0 2.6 .776 3.1 4.0 7.1 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 5.9 13.0
13 Pete Myers 25 29 0 230 3.9 9.5 .410 0.0 0.3 .000 4.9 6.9 .705 1.9 1.7 3.6 7.2 2.7 0.3 3.0 6.4 12.7

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 Patrick Ewing 26 80 2896 22.1 .607 .567 8.0 20.7 14.2 9.5 1.9 5.6 15.1 23.6 115 103 6.2 4.7 10.9 .181
2 Mark Jackson 23 72 2477 18.3 .535 .507 4.6 10.8 7.7 33.7 2.6 0.2 16.6 21.3 113 108 4.8 2.5 7.2 .140
3 Johnny Newman 25 81 2336 15.3 .582 .526 4.3 5.5 4.9 9.4 2.2 0.6 12.1 21.0 117 110 4.9 1.8 6.7 .138
4 Charles Oakley 25 82 2604 14.8 .560 .517 14.3 22.7 18.4 9.3 1.8 0.3 20.7 17.8 108 106 2.5 3.3 5.7 .106
5 Trent Tucker 29 81 1824 12.1 .569 .556 3.3 7.6 5.4 9.2 2.2 0.2 8.9 14.1 121 110 3.2 1.5 4.6 .122
6 Gerald Wilkins 25 81 2414 13.8 .512 .476 4.3 7.0 5.6 15.3 2.2 0.5 13.0 20.9 107 110 2.4 1.9 4.3 .086
7 Rod Strickland 22 81 1358 18.0 .539 .484 4.1 9.1 6.5 31.8 3.3 0.1 18.1 23.3 110 107 2.2 1.5 3.7 .131
8 Kenny Walker 24 79 1163 11.8 .533 .496 9.4 12.6 11.0 3.9 1.6 2.2 10.1 14.6 115 108 1.5 1.2 2.7 .112
9 Sidney Green 28 82 1277 12.6 .520 .460 13.3 21.1 17.2 7.6 1.7 0.8 20.1 18.9 102 106 0.4 1.5 2.0 .075
10 Kiki Vandeweghe 30 27 502 13.0 .531 .471 3.2 4.8 4.0 9.4 1.1 0.8 9.0 19.8 114 112 0.8 0.2 1.0 .099
11 Pete Myers 25 29 230 12.5 .504 .410 5.7 5.4 5.6 24.2 3.4 0.5 19.1 16.7 108 107 0.2 0.2 0.5 .101
12 Eddie Lee Wilkins 26 71 584 10.2 .492 .465 13.4 14.8 14.1 1.6 0.8 1.6 16.0 23.2 96 109 -0.2 0.5 0.3 .023
13 Greg Butler 22 33 140 4.7 .493 .417 7.0 15.5 11.1 1.8 0.3 0.8 23.0 20.4 87 111 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.034

Playoffs 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 Patrick Ewing 26 9 9 340 70 144 .486 0 0 39 52 .750 23 67 90 20 9 18 15 35 179
2 Gerald Wilkins 25 9 9 290 63 131 .481 1 10 .100 18 23 .783 9 24 33 42 12 3 22 27 145
3 Johnny Newman 25 9 9 258 50 107 .467 7 28 .250 38 49 .776 13 12 25 17 8 1 18 27 145
4 Mark Jackson 23 9 9 336 51 100 .510 11 28 .393 19 28 .679 7 24 31 91 10 3 28 9 132
5 Charles Oakley 25 9 9 299 35 73 .479 1 2 .500 16 24 .667 43 58 101 11 12 1 22 31 87
6 Kiki Vandeweghe 30 9 0 159 25 49 .510 3 8 .375 20 21 .952 2 9 11 7 3 2 5 10 73
7 Trent Tucker 29 9 0 159 27 58 .466 15 32 .469 2 4 .500 9 10 19 14 10 2 6 20 71
8 Rod Strickland 22 9 0 111 22 49 .449 1 1 1.000 9 17 .529 6 7 13 25 4 1 13 21 54
9 Sidney Green 28 9 0 128 13 30 .433 0 0 10 14 .714 14 22 36 5 2 1 7 23 36
10 Kenny Walker 24 9 0 90 3 13 .231 0 0 14 19 .737 5 11 16 2 1 3 4 22 20
11 Eddie Lee Wilkins 26 7 0 26 5 11 .455 0 0 5 10 .500 5 6 11 0 0 0 4 3 15
12 Pete Myers 25 4 0 14 0 0 0 0 4 6 .667 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 4

Playoffs 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 26 9 9 37.8 7.8 16.0 .486 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.8 .750 2.6 7.4 10.0 2.2 1.0 2.0 1.7 3.9 19.9
2 Gerald Wilkins 25 9 9 32.2 7.0 14.6 .481 0.1 1.1 .100 2.0 2.6 .783 1.0 2.7 3.7 4.7 1.3 0.3 2.4 3.0 16.1
3 Johnny Newman 25 9 9 28.7 5.6 11.9 .467 0.8 3.1 .250 4.2 5.4 .776 1.4 1.3 2.8 1.9 0.9 0.1 2.0 3.0 16.1
4 Mark Jackson 23 9 9 37.3 5.7 11.1 .510 1.2 3.1 .393 2.1 3.1 .679 0.8 2.7 3.4 10.1 1.1 0.3 3.1 1.0 14.7
5 Charles Oakley 25 9 9 33.2 3.9 8.1 .479 0.1 0.2 .500 1.8 2.7 .667 4.8 6.4 11.2 1.2 1.3 0.1 2.4 3.4 9.7
6 Kiki Vandeweghe 30 9 0 17.7 2.8 5.4 .510 0.3 0.9 .375 2.2 2.3 .952 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.1 8.1
7 Trent Tucker 29 9 0 17.7 3.0 6.4 .466 1.7 3.6 .469 0.2 0.4 .500 1.0 1.1 2.1 1.6 1.1 0.2 0.7 2.2 7.9
8 Rod Strickland 22 9 0 12.3 2.4 5.4 .449 0.1 0.1 1.000 1.0 1.9 .529 0.7 0.8 1.4 2.8 0.4 0.1 1.4 2.3 6.0
9 Sidney Green 28 9 0 14.2 1.4 3.3 .433 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.6 .714 1.6 2.4 4.0 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.8 2.6 4.0
10 Kenny Walker 24 9 0 10.0 0.3 1.4 .231 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.1 .737 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 2.4 2.2
11 Eddie Lee Wilkins 26 7 0 3.7 0.7 1.6 .455 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.4 .500 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.4 2.1
12 Pete Myers 25 4 0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .667 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.0

Playoffs 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 Eddie Lee Wilkins 26 7 0 26 6.9 15.2 .455 0.0 0.0 6.9 13.8 .500 6.9 8.3 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 4.2 20.8
2 Johnny Newman 25 9 9 258 7.0 14.9 .467 1.0 3.9 .250 5.3 6.8 .776 1.8 1.7 3.5 2.4 1.1 0.1 2.5 3.8 20.2
3 Patrick Ewing 26 9 9 340 7.4 15.2 .486 0.0 0.0 4.1 5.5 .750 2.4 7.1 9.5 2.1 1.0 1.9 1.6 3.7 19.0
4 Gerald Wilkins 25 9 9 290 7.8 16.3 .481 0.1 1.2 .100 2.2 2.9 .783 1.1 3.0 4.1 5.2 1.5 0.4 2.7 3.4 18.0
5 Rod Strickland 22 9 0 111 7.1 15.9 .449 0.3 0.3 1.000 2.9 5.5 .529 1.9 2.3 4.2 8.1 1.3 0.3 4.2 6.8 17.5
6 Kiki Vandeweghe 30 9 0 159 5.7 11.1 .510 0.7 1.8 .375 4.5 4.8 .952 0.5 2.0 2.5 1.6 0.7 0.5 1.1 2.3 16.5
7 Trent Tucker 29 9 0 159 6.1 13.1 .466 3.4 7.2 .469 0.5 0.9 .500 2.0 2.3 4.3 3.2 2.3 0.5 1.4 4.5 16.1
8 Mark Jackson 23 9 9 336 5.5 10.7 .510 1.2 3.0 .393 2.0 3.0 .679 0.7 2.6 3.3 9.7 1.1 0.3 3.0 1.0 14.1
9 Charles Oakley 25 9 9 299 4.2 8.8 .479 0.1 0.2 .500 1.9 2.9 .667 5.2 7.0 12.2 1.3 1.4 0.1 2.6 3.7 10.5
10 Pete Myers 25 4 0 14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 15.4 .667 2.6 5.1 7.7 2.6 0.0 2.6 0.0 5.1 10.3
11 Sidney Green 28 9 0 128 3.7 8.4 .433 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.9 .714 3.9 6.2 10.1 1.4 0.6 0.3 2.0 6.5 10.1
12 Kenny Walker 24 9 0 90 1.2 5.2 .231 0.0 0.0 5.6 7.6 .737 2.0 4.4 6.4 0.8 0.4 1.2 1.6 8.8 8.0

Playoffs 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 Patrick Ewing 26 9 340 19.1 .536 .486 7.6 24.1 15.4 9.5 1.3 3.6 8.2 23.0 114 108 0.6 0.4 1.0 .138
2 Mark Jackson 23 9 336 17.7 .588 .565 2.3 8.7 5.4 40.3 1.5 0.6 20.0 18.0 117 114 0.6 0.2 0.8 .114
3 Trent Tucker 29 9 159 16.5 .594 .595 6.3 7.7 7.0 13.5 3.2 0.9 9.1 17.8 122 111 0.3 0.2 0.5 .144
4 Johnny Newman 25 9 258 15.0 .564 .500 5.6 5.7 5.7 10.5 1.6 0.3 12.3 24.4 112 115 0.4 0.1 0.5 .091
5 Charles Oakley 25 9 299 12.5 .521 .486 16.1 23.7 19.7 5.2 2.0 0.2 20.8 15.2 103 109 0.0 0.3 0.4 .062
6 Kiki Vandeweghe 30 9 159 14.5 .627 .541 1.4 6.9 4.0 6.6 1.0 0.9 7.9 17.1 128 116 0.4 0.1 0.4 .134
7 Gerald Wilkins 25 9 290 15.2 .514 .485 3.5 10.1 6.6 23.9 2.1 0.7 13.5 24.2 105 113 0.1 0.2 0.4 .060
8 Pete Myers 25 4 14 16.5 .758 8.0 17.4 12.5 8.7 0.0 4.9 0.0 8.1 173 112 0.1 0.0 0.1 .240
9 Kenny Walker 24 9 90 4.2 .468 .231 6.2 14.9 10.4 2.8 0.6 2.3 15.8 12.1 100 113 0.0 0.1 0.1 .031
10 Sidney Green 28 9 128 9.0 .498 .433 12.2 21.0 16.4 5.4 0.8 0.5 16.2 14.5 105 112 0.0 0.1 0.1 .053
11 Rod Strickland 22 9 111 12.4 .478 .459 6.0 7.7 6.8 36.0 1.8 0.6 18.7 26.9 98 114 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .002
12 Eddie Lee Wilkins 26 7 26 12.1 .487 .455 21.5 28.2 24.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.6 32.1 90 113 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.072

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Patrick Ewing $3,250,000
2 Charles Oakley $1,000,000
3 Sidney Green $775,000
4 Kenny Walker $660,000
5 Gerald Wilkins $625,000
6 Johnny Newman $525,000
7 Trent Tucker $375,000
8 Eddie Lee Wilkins $330,000
9 Mark Jackson $275,000
10 Rod Strickland $250,000
11 Rick Carlisle $125,000
12 Greg Butler $100,000