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1989-90 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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45-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Stu Jackson (45-37)

Points Per Game: 108.3 (12th of 27) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.9 (15th of 27)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (11th of 27)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 730,432 (5th of 27)

SRS: 0.78 (13th of 27) ▪ Pace Factor: 98.2 (12th of 27)
Offensive Rating: 109.4 (13th of 27) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.0 (13th of 27)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Detroit Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Boston Celtics

1989-90 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
54 Greg Butler C 6-11 240 March 11, 1966 1 Stanford University
1 Maurice Cheeks G 6-1 180 September 8, 1956 11 West Texas A&M University
33 Patrick Ewing C-F 7-0 240 August 5, 1962 4 Georgetown University
40 Stuart Gray C-F 7-0 235 May 27, 1963 5 University of California, Los Angeles
13 Mark Jackson G 6-1 180 April 1, 1965 2 St. John's University
8 Pete Myers G-F 6-6 180 September 15, 1963 3 University of Arkansas at Little Rock
4 Johnny Newman F-G 6-7 190 November 28, 1963 3 University of Richmond
34 Charles Oakley F-C 6-8 225 December 18, 1963 4 Virginia Union University
23 Brian Quinnett F 6-8 235 May 30, 1966 R Washington State University
11 Rod Strickland G 6-3 175 July 11, 1966 1 DePaul University
6 Trent Tucker G 6-5 193 December 20, 1959 7 University of Minnesota
55 Kiki Vandeweghe F 6-8 220 August 1, 1958 9 University of California, Los Angeles
7 Kenny Walker F 6-8 210 August 18, 1964 3 University of Kentucky
45 Eddie Lee Wilkins F-C 6-10 220 May 7, 1962 3 Gardner-Webb University
21 Gerald Wilkins G-F 6-6 185 September 11, 1963 4 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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 3434 7089 .484 236 710 .332 1775 2349 .756 1187 2426 3613 2140 714 492 1412 1828 8879 108.3
Opponent 82 19830 3497 7430 .471 171 543 .315 1598 2100 .761 1249 2285 3534 2126 719 418 1287 1869 8763 106.9

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 Patrick Ewing 27 82 82 3165 922 1673 .551 1 4 .250 502 648 .775 235 658 893 182 78 327 278 325 2347
2 Gerald Wilkins 26 82 80 2609 472 1032 .457 39 125 .312 208 259 .803 133 238 371 330 95 21 194 188 1191
3 Johnny Newman 26 80 69 2277 374 786 .476 45 142 .317 239 299 .799 60 131 191 180 95 22 143 254 1032
4 Charles Oakley 26 61 61 2196 336 641 .524 0 3 .000 217 285 .761 258 469 727 146 64 16 165 220 889
5 Mark Jackson 24 82 69 2428 327 749 .437 35 131 .267 120 165 .727 106 212 318 604 109 4 211 121 809
6 Trent Tucker 30 81 2 1725 253 606 .417 95 245 .388 66 86 .767 57 117 174 173 74 8 73 159 667
7 Kenny Walker 25 68 21 1595 204 384 .531 2 5 .400 125 173 .723 131 212 343 49 33 52 60 178 535
8 Rod Strickland 23 51 0 1019 170 386 .440 6 21 .286 83 130 .638 43 83 126 219 70 8 85 71 429
9 Eddie Lee Wilkins 27 79 0 972 141 310 .455 0 2 .000 89 147 .605 114 151 265 16 18 18 73 152 371
10 Kiki Vandeweghe 31 22 13 563 102 231 .442 10 19 .526 44 48 .917 15 38 53 41 15 3 26 28 258
11 Maurice Cheeks 33 31 13 753 92 159 .579 3 7 .429 57 65 .877 11 62 73 151 42 5 36 32 244
12 Pete Myers 26 24 0 208 15 45 .333 0 1 .000 16 31 .516 10 18 28 35 15 2 18 39 46
13 Brian Quinnett 23 31 0 193 19 58 .328 0 2 .000 2 3 .667 9 19 28 11 3 4 4 27 40
14 Stuart Gray 26 19 0 94 4 17 .235 0 3 .000 7 8 .875 2 12 14 2 3 2 5 26 15
15 Greg Butler 23 13 0 33 3 12 .250 0 0 0 2 .000 3 6 9 1 0 0 3 8 6

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 Patrick Ewing 27 82 82 38.6 11.2 20.4 .551 0.0 0.0 .250 6.1 7.9 .775 2.9 8.0 10.9 2.2 1.0 4.0 3.4 4.0 28.6
2 Charles Oakley 26 61 61 36.0 5.5 10.5 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.7 .761 4.2 7.7 11.9 2.4 1.0 0.3 2.7 3.6 14.6
3 Gerald Wilkins 26 82 80 31.8 5.8 12.6 .457 0.5 1.5 .312 2.5 3.2 .803 1.6 2.9 4.5 4.0 1.2 0.3 2.4 2.3 14.5
4 Johnny Newman 26 80 69 28.5 4.7 9.8 .476 0.6 1.8 .317 3.0 3.7 .799 0.8 1.6 2.4 2.3 1.2 0.3 1.8 3.2 12.9
5 Kiki Vandeweghe 31 22 13 25.6 4.6 10.5 .442 0.5 0.9 .526 2.0 2.2 .917 0.7 1.7 2.4 1.9 0.7 0.1 1.2 1.3 11.7
6 Mark Jackson 24 82 69 29.6 4.0 9.1 .437 0.4 1.6 .267 1.5 2.0 .727 1.3 2.6 3.9 7.4 1.3 0.0 2.6 1.5 9.9
7 Rod Strickland 23 51 0 20.0 3.3 7.6 .440 0.1 0.4 .286 1.6 2.5 .638 0.8 1.6 2.5 4.3 1.4 0.2 1.7 1.4 8.4
8 Trent Tucker 30 81 2 21.3 3.1 7.5 .417 1.2 3.0 .388 0.8 1.1 .767 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.1 0.9 0.1 0.9 2.0 8.2
9 Maurice Cheeks 33 31 13 24.3 3.0 5.1 .579 0.1 0.2 .429 1.8 2.1 .877 0.4 2.0 2.4 4.9 1.4 0.2 1.2 1.0 7.9
10 Kenny Walker 25 68 21 23.5 3.0 5.6 .531 0.0 0.1 .400 1.8 2.5 .723 1.9 3.1 5.0 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.9 2.6 7.9
11 Eddie Lee Wilkins 27 79 0 12.3 1.8 3.9 .455 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.9 .605 1.4 1.9 3.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.9 4.7
12 Pete Myers 26 24 0 8.7 0.6 1.9 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.3 .516 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.5 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.6 1.9
13 Brian Quinnett 23 31 0 6.2 0.6 1.9 .328 0.0 0.1 .000 0.1 0.1 .667 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.3
14 Stuart Gray 26 19 0 4.9 0.2 0.9 .235 0.0 0.2 .000 0.4 0.4 .875 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.4 0.8
15 Greg Butler 23 13 0 2.5 0.2 0.9 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.5

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 Patrick Ewing 27 82 82 3165 10.5 19.0 .551 0.0 0.0 .250 5.7 7.4 .775 2.7 7.5 10.2 2.1 0.9 3.7 3.2 3.7 26.7
2 Kiki Vandeweghe 31 22 13 563 6.5 14.8 .442 0.6 1.2 .526 2.8 3.1 .917 1.0 2.4 3.4 2.6 1.0 0.2 1.7 1.8 16.5
3 Gerald Wilkins 26 82 80 2609 6.5 14.2 .457 0.5 1.7 .312 2.9 3.6 .803 1.8 3.3 5.1 4.6 1.3 0.3 2.7 2.6 16.4
4 Johnny Newman 26 80 69 2277 5.9 12.4 .476 0.7 2.2 .317 3.8 4.7 .799 0.9 2.1 3.0 2.8 1.5 0.3 2.3 4.0 16.3
5 Rod Strickland 23 51 0 1019 6.0 13.6 .440 0.2 0.7 .286 2.9 4.6 .638 1.5 2.9 4.5 7.7 2.5 0.3 3.0 2.5 15.2
6 Charles Oakley 26 61 61 2196 5.5 10.5 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.7 .761 4.2 7.7 11.9 2.4 1.0 0.3 2.7 3.6 14.6
7 Trent Tucker 30 81 2 1725 5.3 12.6 .417 2.0 5.1 .388 1.4 1.8 .767 1.2 2.4 3.6 3.6 1.5 0.2 1.5 3.3 13.9
8 Eddie Lee Wilkins 27 79 0 972 5.2 11.5 .455 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 5.4 .605 4.2 5.6 9.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 2.7 5.6 13.7
9 Kenny Walker 25 68 21 1595 4.6 8.7 .531 0.0 0.1 .400 2.8 3.9 .723 3.0 4.8 7.7 1.1 0.7 1.2 1.4 4.0 12.1
10 Mark Jackson 24 82 69 2428 4.8 11.1 .437 0.5 1.9 .267 1.8 2.4 .727 1.6 3.1 4.7 9.0 1.6 0.1 3.1 1.8 12.0
11 Maurice Cheeks 33 31 13 753 4.4 7.6 .579 0.1 0.3 .429 2.7 3.1 .877 0.5 3.0 3.5 7.2 2.0 0.2 1.7 1.5 11.7
12 Pete Myers 26 24 0 208 2.6 7.8 .333 0.0 0.2 .000 2.8 5.4 .516 1.7 3.1 4.8 6.1 2.6 0.3 3.1 6.8 8.0
13 Brian Quinnett 23 31 0 193 3.5 10.8 .328 0.0 0.4 .000 0.4 0.6 .667 1.7 3.5 5.2 2.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 5.0 7.5
14 Greg Butler 23 13 0 33 3.3 13.1 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 .000 3.3 6.5 9.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 3.3 8.7 6.5
15 Stuart Gray 26 19 0 94 1.5 6.5 .235 0.0 1.1 .000 2.7 3.1 .875 0.8 4.6 5.4 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.9 10.0 5.7

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 Patrick Ewing 27 82 3165 25.8 .599 .551 8.5 22.4 15.7 10.0 1.2 5.9 12.4 29.4 115 103 8.3 5.3 13.5
2 Charles Oakley 26 61 2196 15.9 .580 .524 13.4 23.0 18.4 9.3 1.4 0.4 17.7 17.6 113 106 3.2 2.8 6.0
3 Johnny Newman 26 80 2277 12.7 .562 .504 3.0 6.2 4.7 11.3 2.0 0.6 13.5 19.4 110 110 2.8 1.7 4.5
4 Gerald Wilkins 26 82 2609 14.3 .520 .476 5.8 9.8 7.9 18.5 1.8 0.5 14.5 21.4 106 110 2.3 2.1 4.4
5 Kenny Walker 25 68 1595 12.7 .581 .534 9.4 14.3 11.9 4.2 1.0 1.9 11.5 13.6 119 109 2.5 1.5 4.0
6 Mark Jackson 24 82 2428 14.3 .492 .460 5.0 9.4 7.3 34.0 2.2 0.1 20.4 17.7 105 110 1.6 2.1 3.7
7 Trent Tucker 30 81 1725 12.0 .518 .496 3.8 7.3 5.6 13.9 2.1 0.3 10.2 17.3 111 110 1.9 1.4 3.3
8 Maurice Cheeks 33 31 753 17.1 .650 .588 1.7 8.9 5.4 27.0 2.7 0.4 16.1 12.4 131 108 1.9 0.8 2.7
9 Rod Strickland 23 51 1019 15.9 .484 .448 4.8 8.8 6.9 30.7 3.4 0.5 16.1 21.6 104 107 0.6 1.2 1.8
10 Eddie Lee Wilkins 27 79 972 9.9 .495 .455 13.4 16.8 15.1 2.3 0.9 1.1 16.3 19.2 98 109 -0.1 0.9 0.8
11 Kiki Vandeweghe 31 22 563 12.5 .512 .463 3.0 7.3 5.2 10.6 1.3 0.3 9.3 20.5 108 112 0.5 0.3 0.8
12 Pete Myers 26 24 208 7.1 .392 .333 5.5 9.3 7.5 21.2 3.5 0.6 23.5 15.3 87 106 -0.3 0.3 0.0
13 Stuart Gray 26 19 94 -0.2 .365 .235 2.4 13.8 8.3 2.6 1.6 1.2 19.6 11.3 75 108 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
14 Brian Quinnett 23 31 193 3.9 .337 .328 5.3 10.6 8.1 7.4 0.8 1.2 6.3 13.6 86 111 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
15 Greg Butler 23 13 33 -4.9 .233 .250 10.4 19.6 15.1 3.9 0.0 0.0 18.9 20.0 56 110 -0.2 0.0 -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 Patrick Ewing 27 10 395 114 219 1 2 65 79 21 105 31 13 20 27 41 294 .521 .500 .823 39.5 29.4 10.5 3.1
2 Gerald Wilkins 26 10 319 63 137 2 8 18 22 14 36 52 14 1 18 23 146 .460 .250 .818 31.9 14.6 3.6 5.2
3 Maurice Cheeks 33 10 388 50 104 0 4 28 31 12 39 85 17 2 19 21 128 .481 .000 .903 38.8 12.8 3.9 8.5
4 Charles Oakley 26 10 336 43 84 1 1 34 52 39 110 27 11 2 22 33 121 .512 1.000 .654 33.6 12.1 11.0 2.7
5 Johnny Newman 26 10 231 38 85 4 10 37 49 11 21 10 9 3 17 41 117 .447 .400 .755 23.1 11.7 2.1 1.0
6 Kiki Vandeweghe 31 10 236 31 74 6 13 8 10 7 12 14 5 2 7 14 76 .419 .462 .800 23.6 7.6 1.2 1.4
7 Trent Tucker 30 10 178 22 55 10 27 6 6 5 14 20 10 0 6 19 60 .400 .370 1.000 17.8 6.0 1.4 2.0
8 Kenny Walker 25 10 154 16 29 0 1 9 14 7 25 6 0 4 1 22 41 .552 .000 .643 15.4 4.1 2.5 0.6
9 Mark Jackson 24 9 81 13 31 0 2 8 11 1 5 21 2 0 7 5 34 .419 .000 .727 9.0 3.8 0.6 2.3
10 Eddie Lee Wilkins 27 7 54 9 18 0 0 6 11 5 11 0 2 0 2 7 24 .500 .545 7.7 3.4 1.6 0.0
11 Brian Quinnett 23 3 16 2 4 1 1 0 0 5 8 2 0 0 1 2 5 .500 1.000 5.3 1.7 2.7 0.7
12 Stuart Gray 26 4 12 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 1 0 3 3 4 .400 3.0 1.0 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 Patrick Ewing 27 10 395 25.4 .579 .523 6.0 26.0 15.7 14.2 1.7 3.2 9.6 30.9 115 112 1.0 0.3 1.3
2 Maurice Cheeks 33 10 388 16.1 .544 .481 3.5 8.5 5.9 30.8 2.2 0.3 13.9 15.3 119 117 0.7 0.0 0.7
3 Charles Oakley 26 10 336 15.9 .566 .518 13.2 25.8 19.3 11.3 1.7 0.4 17.1 16.7 113 114 0.4 0.2 0.6
4 Gerald Wilkins 26 10 319 15.7 .498 .467 5.0 8.4 6.6 25.4 2.2 0.2 10.9 22.5 107 117 0.3 0.0 0.3
5 Trent Tucker 30 10 178 11.9 .520 .491 3.2 6.2 4.6 15.7 2.8 0.0 9.4 15.6 112 117 0.2 0.0 0.2
6 Kenny Walker 25 10 154 9.8 .583 .552 5.2 14.3 9.6 5.3 0.0 1.6 2.8 10.2 129 119 0.3 0.0 0.2
7 Eddie Lee Wilkins 27 7 54 12.8 .525 .500 10.5 13.6 12.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 8.1 20.0 108 117 0.0 0.0 0.1
8 Johnny Newman 26 10 231 11.6 .549 .471 5.4 5.3 5.4 6.4 2.0 0.8 13.8 23.3 105 118 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Brian Quinnett 23 3 16 20.7 .625 .625 35.5 22.9 29.4 17.5 0.0 0.0 20.0 13.6 134 118 0.1 0.0 0.1
10 Kiki Vandeweghe 31 10 236 8.4 .485 .459 3.4 2.6 3.0 8.4 1.1 0.5 8.2 15.7 103 121 0.0 -0.1 0.0
11 Mark Jackson 24 9 81 13.4 .474 .419 1.4 6.0 3.6 38.2 1.2 0.0 16.3 23.0 101 120 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Stuart Gray 26 4 12 6.8 .400 .400 28.4 50.9 39.3 0.0 4.2 0.0 37.5 29.0 67 102 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Patrick Ewing *$3,750,000
2 Kiki Vandeweghe *$1,039,500
3 Mark Jackson *$1,030,000
4 Charles Oakley *$1,025,000
5 Maurice Cheeks *$1,000,000
6 Johnny Newman *$862,500
7 Kenny Walker *$767,500
8 Gerald Wilkins *$675,000
9 Trent Tucker *$605,000
10 Eddie Lee Wilkins *$365,000
11 Rod Strickland *$325,000
12 Stuart Gray *$185,000
13 Pete Myers *$110,000
14 Greg Butler *$110,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)