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1995-96 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Don Nelson (34-25), Jeff Van Gundy (13-10)

Points Per Game: 97.2 (22nd of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.9 (4th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-34 (10th of 29)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 810,283 (7th of 29)

SRS: 2.24 (10th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.0 (22nd of 29)
Offensive Rating: 106.0 (21st of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.5 (4th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Cleveland Cavaliers

1995-96 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
40 Willie Anderson G-F 6-7 190 January 8, 1967 7 University of Georgia
35 Doug Christie G-F 6-6 200 May 9, 1970 3 Pepperdine University
44 Hubert Davis G 6-5 183 May 17, 1970 3 University of North Carolina
33 Patrick Ewing C-F 7-0 240 August 5, 1962 10 Georgetown University
6 Matt Fish C 6-11 235 November 18, 1969 1 University of North Carolina at Wilmington
20 Ron Grandison F 6-6 215 July 9, 1964 3 University of New Orleans
23 Gary Grant G 6-3 185 April 21, 1965 7 University of Michigan
11 Derek Harper G 6-4 185 October 13, 1961 12 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
54 Brad Lohaus C-F 6-11 230 September 29, 1964 8 University of Iowa
14 Anthony Mason F 6-7 250 December 14, 1966 6 Tennessee State University
34 Charles Oakley F-C 6-8 225 December 18, 1963 10 Virginia Union University
7 J.R. Reid F 6-9 247 March 31, 1968 6 University of North Carolina
6 Charles Smith F-C 6-10 230 July 16, 1965 7 University of Pittsburgh
3 John Starks G 6-3 180 August 10, 1965 6 Oklahoma State University
21 Charlie Ward G 6-2 190 October 12, 1970 1 Florida State University
32 Herb Williams C-F 6-10 242 February 16, 1958 14 Ohio State University
41 Monty Williams F 6-8 225 October 8, 1971 1 University of Notre Dame

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 3003 6382 .471 485 1285 .377 1480 1954 .757 829 2449 3278 1822 645 377 1272 1864 7971 97.2
Opponent 82 19830 2859 6471 .442 442 1311 .337 1621 2191 .740 995 2425 3420 1671 653 281 1293 1762 7781 94.9

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 33 76 76 2783 678 1456 .466 4 28 .143 351 461 .761 157 649 806 160 68 184 221 247 1711
2 Anthony Mason 29 82 82 3457 449 798 .563 0 0 298 414 .720 220 544 764 363 69 34 211 246 1196
3 Derek Harper 34 82 82 2893 436 939 .464 121 325 .372 156 206 .757 32 170 202 352 131 5 178 201 1149
4 John Starks 30 81 71 2491 375 846 .443 143 396 .361 131 174 .753 31 206 237 315 103 11 156 226 1024
5 Hubert Davis 25 74 14 1773 275 566 .486 127 267 .476 112 129 .868 35 88 123 103 31 8 63 120 789
6 Charles Oakley 32 53 51 1775 211 448 .471 7 26 .269 175 210 .833 162 298 460 137 58 14 104 195 604
7 Charles Smith 30 41 4 890 114 294 .388 2 15 .133 73 103 .709 59 101 160 29 18 51 61 124 303
8 Charlie Ward 25 62 1 787 87 218 .399 33 99 .333 37 54 .685 29 73 102 132 54 6 79 98 244
9 Gary Grant 30 47 1 596 88 181 .486 8 24 .333 48 58 .828 12 40 52 69 39 3 45 91 232
10 J.R. Reid 27 33 16 670 88 160 .550 0 0 43 55 .782 38 94 132 28 18 7 30 89 219
11 Willie Anderson 29 27 2 496 56 133 .421 5 25 .200 19 31 .613 13 47 60 48 17 8 24 59 136
12 Herb Williams 37 43 2 540 59 144 .410 1 4 .250 13 20 .650 14 68 82 27 13 31 22 75 132
13 Doug Christie 25 23 0 218 35 73 .479 10 19 .526 13 22 .591 8 26 34 25 12 3 19 41 93
14 Brad Lohaus 31 23 7 325 32 79 .405 24 57 .421 2 2 1.000 2 29 31 27 8 10 11 36 90
15 Monty Williams 24 14 0 62 7 22 .318 0 0 5 8 .625 9 8 17 4 2 0 5 9 19
16 Ron Grandison 31 6 0 57 7 15 .467 0 0 4 6 .667 5 8 13 2 4 1 1 4 18
17 Matt Fish 26 2 1 17 6 10 .600 0 0 0 1 .000 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 12

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 33 76 76 36.6 8.9 19.2 .466 0.1 0.4 .143 4.6 6.1 .761 2.1 8.5 10.6 2.1 0.9 2.4 2.9 3.3 22.5
2 Anthony Mason 29 82 82 42.2 5.5 9.7 .563 0.0 0.0 3.6 5.0 .720 2.7 6.6 9.3 4.4 0.8 0.4 2.6 3.0 14.6
3 Derek Harper 34 82 82 35.3 5.3 11.5 .464 1.5 4.0 .372 1.9 2.5 .757 0.4 2.1 2.5 4.3 1.6 0.1 2.2 2.5 14.0
4 John Starks 30 81 71 30.8 4.6 10.4 .443 1.8 4.9 .361 1.6 2.1 .753 0.4 2.5 2.9 3.9 1.3 0.1 1.9 2.8 12.6
5 Charles Oakley 32 53 51 33.5 4.0 8.5 .471 0.1 0.5 .269 3.3 4.0 .833 3.1 5.6 8.7 2.6 1.1 0.3 2.0 3.7 11.4
6 Hubert Davis 25 74 14 24.0 3.7 7.6 .486 1.7 3.6 .476 1.5 1.7 .868 0.5 1.2 1.7 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.9 1.6 10.7
7 Charles Smith 30 41 4 21.7 2.8 7.2 .388 0.0 0.4 .133 1.8 2.5 .709 1.4 2.5 3.9 0.7 0.4 1.2 1.5 3.0 7.4
8 J.R. Reid 27 33 16 20.3 2.7 4.8 .550 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.7 .782 1.2 2.8 4.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.9 2.7 6.6
9 Matt Fish 26 2 1 8.5 3.0 5.0 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 1.5 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.5 6.0
10 Willie Anderson 29 27 2 18.4 2.1 4.9 .421 0.2 0.9 .200 0.7 1.1 .613 0.5 1.7 2.2 1.8 0.6 0.3 0.9 2.2 5.0
11 Gary Grant 30 47 1 12.7 1.9 3.9 .486 0.2 0.5 .333 1.0 1.2 .828 0.3 0.9 1.1 1.5 0.8 0.1 1.0 1.9 4.9
12 Doug Christie 25 23 0 9.5 1.5 3.2 .479 0.4 0.8 .526 0.6 1.0 .591 0.3 1.1 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.8 4.0
13 Brad Lohaus 31 23 7 14.1 1.4 3.4 .405 1.0 2.5 .421 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.6 3.9
14 Charlie Ward 25 62 1 12.7 1.4 3.5 .399 0.5 1.6 .333 0.6 0.9 .685 0.5 1.2 1.6 2.1 0.9 0.1 1.3 1.6 3.9
15 Herb Williams 37 43 2 12.6 1.4 3.3 .410 0.0 0.1 .250 0.3 0.5 .650 0.3 1.6 1.9 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.5 1.7 3.1
16 Ron Grandison 31 6 0 9.5 1.2 2.5 .467 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .667 0.8 1.3 2.2 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.7 3.0
17 Monty Williams 24 14 0 4.4 0.5 1.6 .318 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .625 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.6 1.4

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 Matt Fish 26 2 1 17 12.7 21.2 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 .000 6.4 0.0 6.4 2.1 0.0 2.1 0.0 6.4 25.4
2 Patrick Ewing 33 76 76 2783 8.8 18.8 .466 0.1 0.4 .143 4.5 6.0 .761 2.0 8.4 10.4 2.1 0.9 2.4 2.9 3.2 22.1
3 Hubert Davis 25 74 14 1773 5.6 11.5 .486 2.6 5.4 .476 2.3 2.6 .868 0.7 1.8 2.5 2.1 0.6 0.2 1.3 2.4 16.0
4 Doug Christie 25 23 0 218 5.8 12.1 .479 1.7 3.1 .526 2.1 3.6 .591 1.3 4.3 5.6 4.1 2.0 0.5 3.1 6.8 15.4
5 John Starks 30 81 71 2491 5.4 12.2 .443 2.1 5.7 .361 1.9 2.5 .753 0.4 3.0 3.4 4.6 1.5 0.2 2.3 3.3 14.8
6 Derek Harper 34 82 82 2893 5.4 11.7 .464 1.5 4.0 .372 1.9 2.6 .757 0.4 2.1 2.5 4.4 1.6 0.1 2.2 2.5 14.3
7 Gary Grant 30 47 1 596 5.3 10.9 .486 0.5 1.4 .333 2.9 3.5 .828 0.7 2.4 3.1 4.2 2.4 0.2 2.7 5.5 14.0
8 Anthony Mason 29 82 82 3457 4.7 8.3 .563 0.0 0.0 3.1 4.3 .720 2.3 5.7 8.0 3.8 0.7 0.4 2.2 2.6 12.5
9 Charles Oakley 32 53 51 1775 4.3 9.1 .471 0.1 0.5 .269 3.5 4.3 .833 3.3 6.0 9.3 2.8 1.2 0.3 2.1 4.0 12.3
10 Charles Smith 30 41 4 890 4.6 11.9 .388 0.1 0.6 .133 3.0 4.2 .709 2.4 4.1 6.5 1.2 0.7 2.1 2.5 5.0 12.3
11 J.R. Reid 27 33 16 670 4.7 8.6 .550 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.0 .782 2.0 5.1 7.1 1.5 1.0 0.4 1.6 4.8 11.8
12 Ron Grandison 31 6 0 57 4.4 9.5 .467 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.8 .667 3.2 5.1 8.2 1.3 2.5 0.6 0.6 2.5 11.4
13 Charlie Ward 25 62 1 787 4.0 10.0 .399 1.5 4.5 .333 1.7 2.5 .685 1.3 3.3 4.7 6.0 2.5 0.3 3.6 4.5 11.2
14 Monty Williams 24 14 0 62 4.1 12.8 .318 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.6 .625 5.2 4.6 9.9 2.3 1.2 0.0 2.9 5.2 11.0
15 Brad Lohaus 31 23 7 325 3.5 8.8 .405 2.7 6.3 .421 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.2 3.2 3.4 3.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 4.0 10.0
16 Willie Anderson 29 27 2 496 4.1 9.7 .421 0.4 1.8 .200 1.4 2.3 .613 0.9 3.4 4.4 3.5 1.2 0.6 1.7 4.3 9.9
17 Herb Williams 37 43 2 540 3.9 9.6 .410 0.1 0.3 .250 0.9 1.3 .650 0.9 4.5 5.5 1.8 0.9 2.1 1.5 5.0 8.8

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 Anthony Mason 29 82 3457 15.8 .610 .563 7.8 18.1 13.1 16.7 1.1 0.8 17.7 16.1 117 104 6.3 5.0 11.3
2 Patrick Ewing 33 76 2783 20.9 .516 .467 6.9 26.9 17.1 11.2 1.3 5.1 11.8 31.5 100 98 0.6 6.1 6.8
3 Derek Harper 34 82 2893 13.9 .558 .529 1.3 6.8 4.1 20.1 2.4 0.1 14.7 19.4 107 106 2.6 3.7 6.3
4 John Starks 30 81 2491 14.2 .555 .528 1.5 9.5 5.6 20.8 2.2 0.3 14.5 20.2 107 105 2.3 3.4 5.7
5 Hubert Davis 25 74 1773 14.8 .633 .598 2.4 5.7 4.1 9.6 0.9 0.3 9.2 18.0 122 109 4.0 1.6 5.6
6 Charles Oakley 32 53 1775 15.1 .559 .479 11.1 19.3 15.3 12.1 1.7 0.6 16.1 16.9 113 102 2.6 3.0 5.6
7 J.R. Reid 27 33 670 12.6 .594 .550 6.9 16.2 11.7 6.7 1.4 0.8 14.0 14.9 113 104 0.9 1.0 1.8
8 Gary Grant 30 47 596 13.5 .562 .508 2.5 7.7 5.2 19.0 3.5 0.4 17.9 19.7 104 103 0.4 1.0 1.4
9 Charlie Ward 25 62 787 12.0 .505 .475 4.5 10.7 7.7 25.9 3.6 0.6 24.6 19.0 95 101 -0.4 1.4 1.0
10 Brad Lohaus 31 23 325 10.2 .563 .557 0.8 10.3 5.6 12.6 1.3 2.4 12.1 13.0 110 105 0.3 0.4 0.7
11 Doug Christie 25 23 218 14.1 .562 .548 4.5 13.7 9.2 19.2 2.9 1.1 18.7 21.7 102 101 0.1 0.4 0.5
12 Willie Anderson 29 27 496 9.2 .464 .440 3.2 10.9 7.2 15.0 1.8 1.2 14.1 16.0 96 105 -0.2 0.7 0.5
13 Herb Williams 37 43 540 7.9 .432 .413 3.2 14.5 9.0 7.7 1.3 4.4 12.6 15.1 88 102 -0.5 0.9 0.4
14 Ron Grandison 31 6 57 16.6 .510 .467 10.7 16.2 13.5 5.5 3.7 1.3 5.4 15.2 115 99 0.1 0.1 0.2
15 Charles Smith 30 41 890 9.1 .446 .391 8.1 13.1 10.6 5.2 1.1 4.4 15.2 21.0 88 103 -1.2 1.4 0.2
16 Matt Fish 26 2 17 27.4 .575 .600 21.5 0.0 10.4 14.6 0.0 4.5 0.0 28.6 123 110 0.1 0.0 0.1
17 Monty Williams 24 14 62 7.9 .372 .318 17.7 14.9 16.2 10.0 1.7 0.0 16.4 22.9 86 104 -0.1 0.1 0.0

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 33 8 328 65 137 1 2 41 63 11 85 15 1 25 30 22 172 .474 .500 .651 41.0 21.5 10.6 1.9
2 John Starks 30 8 314 39 87 21 45 29 39 3 29 33 13 1 25 26 128 .448 .467 .744 39.3 16.0 3.6 4.1
3 Charles Oakley 32 8 308 39 78 2 6 25 36 28 69 14 8 0 28 33 105 .500 .333 .694 38.5 13.1 8.6 1.8
4 Anthony Mason 29 8 350 41 78 0 0 19 28 17 62 26 4 1 20 20 101 .526 .679 43.8 12.6 7.8 3.3
5 Derek Harper 34 8 293 29 82 11 35 11 15 0 17 38 10 1 14 24 80 .354 .314 .733 36.6 10.0 2.1 4.8
6 Hubert Davis 25 8 145 17 31 10 19 9 11 4 12 4 0 0 7 12 53 .548 .526 .818 18.1 6.6 1.5 0.5
7 Charlie Ward 25 7 92 13 27 3 12 3 7 2 9 17 11 0 6 9 32 .481 .250 .429 13.1 4.6 1.3 2.4
8 Willie Anderson 29 4 64 7 22 1 6 6 7 2 9 1 4 0 6 10 21 .318 .167 .857 16.0 5.3 2.3 0.3
9 Herb Williams 37 5 33 3 5 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 9 .600 .750 6.6 1.8 0.0 0.0
10 Gary Grant 30 1 8 2 5 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 6 .400 .667 8.0 6.0 3.0 0.0
11 J.R. Reid 27 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1.000 7.0 2.0 1.0 1.0
12 Ron Grandison 31 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 1.5 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 John Starks 30 8 314 15.1 .614 .569 1.3 9.3 5.7 19.7 2.3 0.3 19.4 20.3 108 104 0.4 0.4 0.8
2 Anthony Mason 29 8 350 12.1 .559 .526 6.6 14.5 10.9 13.7 0.6 0.2 18.1 15.6 106 105 0.3 0.4 0.7
3 Charles Oakley 32 8 308 12.3 .559 .513 12.3 15.0 13.7 8.6 1.5 0.0 23.0 19.5 99 103 0.0 0.5 0.5
4 Patrick Ewing 33 8 328 18.1 .522 .478 4.5 25.4 15.9 9.9 0.2 6.0 15.4 29.3 95 97 -0.2 0.7 0.5
5 Hubert Davis 25 8 145 12.4 .739 .710 3.7 6.2 5.1 5.1 0.0 0.0 16.3 14.6 124 110 0.3 0.1 0.4
6 Charlie Ward 25 7 92 19.8 .532 .537 2.9 8.6 6.0 35.8 6.7 0.0 16.6 19.4 107 94 0.1 0.2 0.3
7 Derek Harper 34 8 293 9.3 .451 .421 0.0 6.5 3.6 23.2 1.9 0.3 13.6 17.3 96 106 -0.1 0.3 0.3
8 Herb Williams 37 5 33 9.0 .666 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 12.9 11.6 117 110 0.0 0.0 0.1
9 Ron Grandison 31 2 3 -18.5 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.4 0 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 J.R. Reid 27 1 7 8.0 1.000 1.000 0.0 16.1 8.8 27.7 0.0 0.0 50.0 14.1 100 105 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Gary Grant 30 1 8 33.6 .600 .600 33.8 14.1 23.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 16.7 37.0 103 91 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Willie Anderson 29 4 64 5.3 .419 .341 4.2 12.3 8.6 2.8 3.5 0.0 19.3 24.0 75 100 -0.2 0.1 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Patrick Ewing $18,724,000
2 Anthony Mason $3,472,000
3 Charles Smith $3,357,000
4 Derek Harper $2,837,000
5 J.R. Reid $2,658,000
6 Charles Oakley $2,400,000
7 Willie Anderson $2,075,000
8 Bo Kimble *$1,700,000
9 John Starks $1,613,000
10 Doug Christie $1,466,000
11 Herb Williams $1,300,000
12 Hubert Davis $1,116,000
13 Monty Williams $845,000
14 Charlie Ward $722,000
15 Gary Grant $500,000
16 Brad Lohaus $485,000
17 Anthony Tucker *$225,000
18 Ron Grandison $225,000
19 Matt Fish *$225,000
20 Eric Anderson *$225,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)