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1996-97 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jeff Van Gundy (57-25)

Executive: Ernie Grunfeld

PTS/G: 95.4 (19th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 92.2 (5th of 29)

SRS: 3.31 (10th of 29) Pace: 90.5 (15th of 29)

Off Rtg: 104.4 (25th of 29) Def Rtg: 101.0 (2nd of 29) Net Rtg: +3.4 (10th of 29)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (10th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +800, Over-Under 51.0

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) Attendance: 790,520 (5th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Charlotte Hornets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Miami Heat (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
4	Scott Brooks	PG	5-11	165	July 31, 1965	us	8	TCU, University of California, Irvine
1	Chris Childs	PG	6-3	195	November 20, 1967	us	2	Boise State
33	Patrick Ewing	C	7-0	240	August 5, 1962	jm	11	Georgetown
20	Allan Houston	SG	6-6	200	April 20, 1971	us	3	Tennessee
7	Chris Jent	SF	6-7	220	January 11, 1970	us	1	Ohio State
2	Larry Johnson	SF	6-7	250	March 14, 1969	us	5	Odessa College, UNLV
40	Walter McCarty	PF	6-10	230	February 1, 1974	us	R	Kentucky
34	Charles Oakley	PF	6-9	225	December 18, 1963	us	11	Virginia Union University
3	John Starks	SG	6-5	180	August 10, 1965	us	7	Oklahoma State
44	John Wallace	SF	6-8	225	February 9, 1974	us	R	Syracuse
21	Charlie Ward	PG	6-2	190	October 12, 1970	us	2	Florida State
52	Buck Williams	PF	6-8	215	March 8, 1960	us	15	Maryland
32	Herb Williams	PF	6-10	242	February 16, 1958	us	15	Ohio State

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Patrick Ewing	34	78	78	37.0	8.4	17.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.222	8.4	17.1	.490	.489	5.6	7.5	.754	2.2	8.4	10.7	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	3.2	22.4
2	Charles Oakley	33	80	80	35.9	4.2	8.7	.488	0.1	0.2	.263	4.2	8.4	.495	.492	2.3	2.8	.808	3.1	6.7	9.8	2.8	1.4	0.3	2.1	3.8	10.8
3	Larry Johnson	27	76	76	34.4	4.9	9.7	.512	0.4	1.4	.324	4.5	8.3	.543	.535	2.5	3.6	.693	2.2	3.0	5.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	3.3	12.8
4	Allan Houston	25	81	81	33.1	5.4	12.7	.423	1.8	4.7	.385	3.6	8.0	.446	.495	2.2	2.7	.803	0.5	2.4	3.0	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.1	2.9	14.8
5	Chris Childs	29	65	61	31.9	3.2	7.8	.414	1.1	2.8	.387	2.2	5.1	.429	.482	1.7	2.3	.758	0.3	2.6	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.2	2.8	3.3	9.3
6	John Starks	31	77	1	26.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.8	5.8	.488	.519	2.2	2.9	.769	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	13.8
7	Charlie Ward	26	79	21	22.3	1.7	4.3	.395	0.6	1.9	.312	1.1	2.3	.464	.466	1.2	1.6	.760	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.2
8	Buck Williams	36	74	4	20.2	2.4	4.4	.537	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	4.4	.538	.537	1.6	2.4	.642	2.2	3.1	5.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.8	6.3
9	John Wallace	22	68	6	11.6	1.8	3.5	.517	0.0	0.1	.500	1.8	3.4	.517	.521	1.2	1.6	.718	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.8
10	Herb Williams	38	21	2	8.8	0.9	2.2	.391	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	2.1	.400	.391	0.1	0.2	.750	0.4	1.0	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.9
11	Scott Brooks	31	38	0	6.6	0.5	1.0	.487	0.1	0.3	.417	0.4	0.7	.519	.551	0.4	0.4	.933	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.9	1.5
12	Walter McCarty	22	35	0	5.5	0.7	1.9	.382	0.1	0.4	.286	0.6	1.5	.407	.412	0.2	0.4	.571	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.1	1.8
13	Chris Jent	27	3	0	3.3	0.7	2.0	.333	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	1.0	.000	.500	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Allan Houston	25	9	9	40.0	6.4	14.8	.436	2.9	5.8	.500	3.6	9.0	.395	.534	3.4	3.9	.886	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	1.6	19.2
2	Patrick Ewing	34	9	9	39.7	9.8	18.6	.527	0.0	0.1	.000	9.8	18.4	.530	.527	3.0	4.7	.643	2.9	7.7	10.6	1.9	0.3	2.4	3.0	3.3	22.6
3	Charles Oakley	33	10	10	35.8	3.8	8.6	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	8.5	.447	.442	2.2	2.9	.759	2.3	6.5	8.8	1.6	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.7	9.8
4	Chris Childs	29	10	10	32.8	3.8	8.7	.437	0.9	2.6	.346	2.9	6.1	.475	.489	1.9	2.3	.826	0.9	4.0	4.9	5.9	2.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	10.4
5	Larry Johnson	27	9	9	32.8	4.8	8.6	.558	0.7	1.9	.353	4.1	6.7	.617	.597	3.6	4.2	.842	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.7	3.0	13.8
6	John Starks	31	9	1	28.1	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	3.4	6.4	.534	.510	2.8	3.4	.806	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	14.0
7	Charlie Ward	26	9	0	20.2	0.9	3.0	.296	0.1	1.0	.111	0.8	2.0	.389	.315	0.3	0.4	.750	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.3	1.4	0.0	1.7	2.0	2.2
8	Buck Williams	36	10	1	19.3	1.7	3.5	.486	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.5	.486	.486	0.9	1.7	.529	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.4	3.4	4.3
9	John Wallace	22	4	1	10.0	1.0	3.8	.267	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	3.5	.286	.267	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.5
10	Herb Williams	38	3	0	7.7	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.7	.400	.400	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.3
11	Walter McCarty	22	2	0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
12	Scott Brooks	31	4	0	1.8	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	.500	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Patrick Ewing	34	78	78	2887	655	1342	.488	2	9	.222	653	1333	.490	.489	439	582	.754	175	659	834	156	69	189	269	250	1751
2	Charles Oakley	33	80	80	2873	339	694	.488	5	19	.263	334	675	.495	.492	181	224	.808	246	535	781	221	111	21	171	305	864
3	Allan Houston	25	81	81	2681	437	1032	.423	148	384	.385	289	648	.446	.495	175	218	.803	43	197	240	179	41	18	167	233	1197
4	Larry Johnson	27	76	76	2613	376	735	.512	34	105	.324	342	630	.543	.535	190	274	.693	165	228	393	174	64	36	136	249	976
5	Chris Childs	29	65	61	2076	211	510	.414	70	181	.387	141	329	.429	.482	113	149	.758	22	169	191	398	78	11	180	213	605
6	John Starks	31	77	1	2042	369	856	.431	150	407	.369	219	449	.488	.519	173	225	.769	36	169	205	217	90	11	158	196	1061
7	Charlie Ward	26	79	21	1763	133	337	.395	48	154	.312	85	183	.464	.466	95	125	.760	45	175	220	326	83	15	147	188	409
8	Buck Williams	36	74	4	1496	175	326	.537	0	1	.000	175	325	.538	.537	115	179	.642	166	231	397	53	40	38	79	204	465
9	John Wallace	22	68	6	787	122	236	.517	2	4	.500	120	232	.517	.521	79	110	.718	51	104	155	37	21	25	76	102	325
10	Scott Brooks	31	38	0	251	19	39	.487	5	12	.417	14	27	.519	.551	14	15	.933	6	12	18	29	21	0	17	35	57
11	Walter McCarty	22	35	0	192	26	68	.382	4	14	.286	22	54	.407	.412	8	14	.571	8	15	23	13	7	9	17	38	64
12	Herb Williams	38	21	2	184	18	46	.391	0	1	.000	18	45	.400	.391	3	4	.750	9	22	31	5	4	5	5	18	39
13	Chris Jent	27	3	0	10	2	6	.333	2	3	.667	0	3	.000	.500	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6
			82		19855	2882	6227	.463	470	1294	.363	2412	4933	.489	.501	1585	2119	.748	973	2516	3489	1809	629	378	1462	2033	7819

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Allan Houston	25	9	9	360	58	133	.436	26	52	.500	32	81	.395	.534	31	35	.886	3	20	23	21	6	3	24	14	173
2	Charles Oakley	33	10	10	358	38	86	.442	0	1	.000	38	85	.447	.442	22	29	.759	23	65	88	16	22	3	18	37	98
3	Patrick Ewing	34	9	9	357	88	167	.527	0	1	.000	88	166	.530	.527	27	42	.643	26	69	95	17	3	22	27	30	203
4	Chris Childs	29	10	10	328	38	87	.437	9	26	.346	29	61	.475	.489	19	23	.826	9	40	49	59	20	0	28	39	104
5	Larry Johnson	27	9	9	295	43	77	.558	6	17	.353	37	60	.617	.597	32	38	.842	11	25	36	23	7	1	15	27	124
6	John Starks	31	9	1	253	44	99	.444	13	41	.317	31	58	.534	.510	25	31	.806	7	24	31	25	10	0	20	25	126
7	Buck Williams	36	10	1	193	17	35	.486	0	0		17	35	.486	.486	9	17	.529	13	27	40	6	3	4	4	34	43
8	Charlie Ward	26	9	0	182	8	27	.296	1	9	.111	7	18	.389	.315	3	4	.750	3	22	25	39	13	0	15	18	20
9	John Wallace	22	4	1	40	4	15	.267	0	1	.000	4	14	.286	.267	2	2	1.000	2	5	7	5	1	2	2	6	10
10	Herb Williams	38	3	0	23	2	5	.400	0	0		2	5	.400	.400	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	4
11	Scott Brooks	31	4	0	7	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	.500	1	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
12	Walter McCarty	22	2	0	4	2	2	1.000	0	0		2	2	1.000	1.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Patrick Ewing	34	78	2887	21.3	.548	.007	.434	7.5	26.4	17.3	10.8	1.3	5.3	14.4	29.8		2.9	6.9	9.8	.163		0.9	1.9	2.8	3.5
2	Charles Oakley	33	80	2873	14.2	.545	.027	.323	10.6	21.6	16.3	12.7	2.0	0.6	17.7	15.4		3.1	5.8	8.9	.149		-0.4	2.1	1.7	2.7
3	Allan Houston	25	81	2681	11.3	.531	.372	.211	2.0	8.5	5.4	11.9	0.8	0.5	12.9	22.2		1.5	3.2	4.7	.084		-0.6	-0.5	-1.1	0.6
4	Larry Johnson	27	76	2613	13.8	.570	.143	.373	7.9	10.1	9.0	11.4	1.3	1.1	13.7	17.5		4.0	3.7	7.7	.141		0.5	0.8	1.3	2.2
5	Chris Childs	29	65	2076	11.2	.526	.355	.292	1.3	9.4	5.5	30.7	2.0	0.4	23.8	16.8		0.8	3.2	3.9	.091		-1.4	1.0	-0.3	0.9
6	John Starks	31	77	2042	15.9	.555	.475	.263	2.2	9.6	6.0	19.5	2.3	0.4	14.2	25.1		2.5	3.3	5.8	.136		1.6	1.0	2.6	2.4
7	Charlie Ward	26	79	1763	11.1	.522	.457	.371	3.2	11.5	7.5	28.4	2.5	0.7	27.3	14.1		0.6	3.1	3.6	.099		-1.8	2.2	0.4	1.1
8	Buck Williams	36	74	1496	13.9	.574	.003	.549	13.8	17.9	15.9	5.8	1.4	2.1	16.3	14.9		2.1	2.8	4.8	.155		-1.0	1.1	0.1	0.8
9	John Wallace	22	68	787	13.0	.571	.017	.466	8.1	15.3	11.8	8.2	1.4	2.6	21.1	21.1		0.1	1.4	1.6	.095		-2.5	1.1	-1.3	0.1
10	Scott Brooks	31	38	251	11.0	.625	.308	.385	3.0	5.5	4.3	17.8	4.4	0.0	27.2	11.5		0.2	0.5	0.7	.136		-3.0	4.5	1.5	0.2
11	Walter McCarty	22	35	192	6.4	.431	.206	.206	5.2	9.1	7.2	11.5	1.9	3.8	18.6	21.9		-0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.007		-6.4	1.9	-4.5	-0.1
12	Herb Williams	38	21	184	7.0	.408	.022	.087	6.1	13.9	10.1	4.3	1.2	2.2	9.5	13.2		-0.1	0.3	0.2	.051		-4.1	0.6	-3.5	-0.1
13	Chris Jent	27	3	10	16.0	.500	.500	.000	12.4	0.0	6.0	19.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.6		0.0	0.0	0.0	.194		3.8	-4.1	-0.2	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Allan Houston	25	9	360	14.1	.583	.391	.263	1.0	6.6	3.9	10.5	0.9	0.7	13.9	23.2		0.3	0.4	0.7	.094		2.3	-0.4	1.8	0.4
2	Charles Oakley	33	10	358	13.0	.496	.012	.337	8.1	21.5	15.0	7.3	3.4	0.7	15.4	15.8		0.0	0.8	0.8	.114		-1.4	2.6	1.2	0.3
3	Patrick Ewing	34	9	357	21.0	.547	.006	.251	9.2	22.9	16.2	10.2	0.5	5.5	12.7	28.9		0.3	0.7	1.0	.128		1.9	1.0	2.9	0.4
4	Chris Childs	29	10	328	14.5	.535	.299	.264	3.4	14.5	9.1	30.0	3.3	0.0	22.4	18.5		0.2	0.6	0.8	.117		-1.1	3.1	2.0	0.3
5	Larry Johnson	27	9	295	17.0	.662	.221	.494	4.7	10.0	7.4	13.7	1.3	0.3	13.8	17.9		0.8	0.4	1.2	.190		2.3	1.8	4.1	0.5
6	John Starks	31	9	253	16.2	.559	.414	.313	3.5	11.2	7.5	18.3	2.2	0.0	15.1	25.4		0.2	0.4	0.6	.116		1.0	1.1	2.1	0.3
7	Buck Williams	36	10	193	9.0	.506	.000	.486	8.5	16.6	12.6	5.0	0.8	1.8	8.6	11.7		0.2	0.3	0.5	.115		-3.2	0.8	-2.4	0.0
8	Charlie Ward	26	9	182	8.7	.348	.333	.148	2.1	14.3	8.4	32.0	3.9	0.0	34.3	11.7		-0.2	0.4	0.1	.038		-3.6	3.4	-0.2	0.1
9	John Wallace	22	4	40	6.8	.315	.067	.133	6.3	14.8	10.7	20.3	1.4	4.5	11.2	21.7		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.037		-4.1	1.4	-2.7	0.0
10	Herb Williams	38	3	23	0.0	.400	.000	.000	0.0	5.2	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.5		0.0	0.0	0.0	.000		-7.0	0.2	-6.8	0.0
11	Scott Brooks	31	4	7	14.0	.615	.000	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	.159		0.7	0.0	0.8	0.0
12	Walter McCarty	22	2	4	58.9	1.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.7	0.0	0.0	24.3		0.0	0.0	0.0	.567		24.2	19.2	43.4	0.0

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