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1998-99 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

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Record: 27-23, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jeff Van Gundy (27-23)

PTS/G: 86.4 (27th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 85.4 (4th of 29)
SRS: 1.45 (13th of 29) ▪ Pace: 86.9 (24th of 29)
Off Rtg: 98.6 (26th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 97.5 (4th of 29)
Expected W-L: 27-23 (14th of 29)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 494,075 (3rd of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-1) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Indiana Pacers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Atlanta Hawks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Miami Heat

Eastern Conf. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
11 Rick Brunson PG 6-4 190 June 14, 1972 1 Temple University
23 Marcus Camby C 6-11 220 March 22, 1974 2 University of Massachusetts Amherst
1 Chris Childs PG 6-3 195 November 20, 1967 4 Boise State University
4 Ben Davis PF 6-9 240 December 26, 1972 2 University of Arizona
14 Chris Dudley C 6-11 235 February 22, 1965 11 Yale University
33 Patrick Ewing C 7-0 240 August 5, 1962 13 Georgetown University
20 Allan Houston SG 6-6 200 April 20, 1971 5 University of Tennessee
2 Larry Johnson PF 6-6 250 March 14, 1969 7 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
3 Dennis Scott SF 6-8 229 September 5, 1968 8 Georgia Institute of Technology
8 Latrell Sprewell SF 6-5 190 September 8, 1970 6 University of Alabama
40 Kurt Thomas PF 6-9 230 October 4, 1972 3 Texas Christian University
21 Charlie Ward PG 6-2 190 October 12, 1970 4 Florida State University
32 Herb Williams C 6-10 242 February 16, 1958 17 Ohio State University
25 David Wingate SG 6-5 185 December 15, 1963 12 Georgetown University

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 50 12100 1610 3704 .435 208 589 .353 892 1218 .732 551 1510 2061 963 395 262 804 1140 4320 86.4
Lg Rank 10 26 26 17 18 21 11 18 20 14 25 7 17 24 20 12 22 11 27 27
Opponent 50 12100 1528 3790 .403 234 662 .353 979 1335 .733 616 1426 2042 923 425 215 766 1035 4269 85.4
Lg Rank 10 1 6 2 21 18 24 19 19 19 9 14 11 4 18 6 17 6 4 4

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 27 23 1.02 0.43 1.45 98.6 97.5 86.9 .463 15.9 27.9 .241 .434 14.9 71.0 .258 Madison Square Garden (IV) 494,075
Lg Rank 14 14 14 9 13 26 4 24 17 27 24 15 2 12 5 18 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 Allan Houston 27 50 50 1815 294 703 .418 57 140 .407 168 195 .862 20 132 152 137 35 9 130 115 813
2 Patrick Ewing 36 38 38 1300 247 568 .435 0 2 .000 163 231 .706 74 303 377 43 30 100 99 105 657
3 Latrell Sprewell 28 37 4 1233 215 518 .415 21 77 .273 155 191 .812 41 115 156 91 46 2 79 65 606
4 Larry Johnson 29 49 48 1639 210 458 .459 33 92 .359 134 164 .817 91 193 284 119 34 10 89 147 587
5 Kurt Thomas 26 50 44 1182 170 368 .462 0 1 .000 66 108 .611 82 204 286 55 45 17 73 159 406
6 Charlie Ward 28 50 50 1556 135 334 .404 53 149 .356 55 78 .705 23 149 172 271 103 8 131 105 378
7 Marcus Camby 24 46 0 945 136 261 .521 0 0 57 103 .553 102 151 253 12 29 74 39 131 329
8 Chris Childs 31 48 0 1297 114 267 .427 36 94 .383 64 78 .821 18 115 133 193 44 1 85 156 328
9 Chris Dudley 33 46 16 685 48 109 .440 0 0 19 40 .475 79 114 193 7 13 38 24 116 115
10 Dennis Scott 30 15 0 206 17 56 .304 8 29 .276 1 4 .250 3 17 20 8 3 1 5 17 43
11 Ben Davis 26 8 0 21 7 17 .412 0 0 3 6 .500 9 2 11 3 0 0 1 4 17
12 Rick Brunson 26 17 0 95 6 21 .286 0 5 .000 5 18 .278 3 7 10 19 9 0 12 8 17
13 David Wingate 35 20 0 92 7 16 .438 0 0 0 0 3 5 8 5 4 0 6 10 14
14 Herb Williams 40 6 0 34 4 8 .500 0 0 2 2 1.000 3 3 6 0 0 2 2 2 10

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 36 38 38 34.2 6.5 14.9 .435 0.0 0.1 .000 4.3 6.1 .706 1.9 8.0 9.9 1.1 0.8 2.6 2.6 2.8 17.3
2 Latrell Sprewell 28 37 4 33.3 5.8 14.0 .415 0.6 2.1 .273 4.2 5.2 .812 1.1 3.1 4.2 2.5 1.2 0.1 2.1 1.8 16.4
3 Allan Houston 27 50 50 36.3 5.9 14.1 .418 1.1 2.8 .407 3.4 3.9 .862 0.4 2.6 3.0 2.7 0.7 0.2 2.6 2.3 16.3
4 Larry Johnson 29 49 48 33.4 4.3 9.3 .459 0.7 1.9 .359 2.7 3.3 .817 1.9 3.9 5.8 2.4 0.7 0.2 1.8 3.0 12.0
5 Kurt Thomas 26 50 44 23.6 3.4 7.4 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.2 .611 1.6 4.1 5.7 1.1 0.9 0.3 1.5 3.2 8.1
6 Charlie Ward 28 50 50 31.1 2.7 6.7 .404 1.1 3.0 .356 1.1 1.6 .705 0.5 3.0 3.4 5.4 2.1 0.2 2.6 2.1 7.6
7 Marcus Camby 24 46 0 20.5 3.0 5.7 .521 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.2 .553 2.2 3.3 5.5 0.3 0.6 1.6 0.8 2.8 7.2
8 Chris Childs 31 48 0 27.0 2.4 5.6 .427 0.8 2.0 .383 1.3 1.6 .821 0.4 2.4 2.8 4.0 0.9 0.0 1.8 3.3 6.8
9 Dennis Scott 30 15 0 13.7 1.1 3.7 .304 0.5 1.9 .276 0.1 0.3 .250 0.2 1.1 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.1 2.9
10 Chris Dudley 33 46 16 14.9 1.0 2.4 .440 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 .475 1.7 2.5 4.2 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.5 2.5 2.5
11 Ben Davis 26 8 0 2.6 0.9 2.1 .412 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 .500 1.1 0.3 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 2.1
12 Herb Williams 40 6 0 5.7 0.7 1.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.7
13 Rick Brunson 26 17 0 5.6 0.4 1.2 .286 0.0 0.3 .000 0.3 1.1 .278 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.5 1.0
14 David Wingate 35 20 0 4.6 0.4 0.8 .438 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.7

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 Ben Davis 26 8 0 21 12.0 29.1 .412 0.0 0.0 5.1 10.3 .500 15.4 3.4 18.9 5.1 0.0 0.0 1.7 6.9 29.1
2 Patrick Ewing 36 38 38 1300 6.8 15.7 .435 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 6.4 .706 2.0 8.4 10.4 1.2 0.8 2.8 2.7 2.9 18.2
3 Latrell Sprewell 28 37 4 1233 6.3 15.1 .415 0.6 2.2 .273 4.5 5.6 .812 1.2 3.4 4.6 2.7 1.3 0.1 2.3 1.9 17.7
4 Allan Houston 27 50 50 1815 5.8 13.9 .418 1.1 2.8 .407 3.3 3.9 .862 0.4 2.6 3.0 2.7 0.7 0.2 2.6 2.3 16.1
5 Larry Johnson 29 49 48 1639 4.6 10.1 .459 0.7 2.0 .359 2.9 3.6 .817 2.0 4.2 6.2 2.6 0.7 0.2 2.0 3.2 12.9
6 Marcus Camby 24 46 0 945 5.2 9.9 .521 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.9 .553 3.9 5.8 9.6 0.5 1.1 2.8 1.5 5.0 12.5
7 Kurt Thomas 26 50 44 1182 5.2 11.2 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.3 .611 2.5 6.2 8.7 1.7 1.4 0.5 2.2 4.8 12.4
8 Herb Williams 40 6 0 34 4.2 8.5 .500 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.000 3.2 3.2 6.4 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 10.6
9 Chris Childs 31 48 0 1297 3.2 7.4 .427 1.0 2.6 .383 1.8 2.2 .821 0.5 3.2 3.7 5.4 1.2 0.0 2.4 4.3 9.1
10 Charlie Ward 28 50 50 1556 3.1 7.7 .404 1.2 3.4 .356 1.3 1.8 .705 0.5 3.4 4.0 6.3 2.4 0.2 3.0 2.4 8.7
11 Dennis Scott 30 15 0 206 3.0 9.8 .304 1.4 5.1 .276 0.2 0.7 .250 0.5 3.0 3.5 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.9 3.0 7.5
12 Rick Brunson 26 17 0 95 2.3 8.0 .286 0.0 1.9 .000 1.9 6.8 .278 1.1 2.7 3.8 7.2 3.4 0.0 4.5 3.0 6.4
13 Chris Dudley 33 46 16 685 2.5 5.7 .440 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.1 .475 4.2 6.0 10.1 0.4 0.7 2.0 1.3 6.1 6.0
14 David Wingate 35 20 0 92 2.7 6.3 .438 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.0 3.1 2.0 1.6 0.0 2.3 3.9 5.5

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 Larry Johnson 29 49 1639 14.6 .554 .495 6.8 13.4 10.2 13.5 1.1 0.5 14.4 18.1 109 100 2.8 2.1 4.9 .144
2 Marcus Camby 24 46 945 17.6 .537 .521 13.2 18.2 15.8 2.4 1.7 6.1 11.3 17.5 108 93 1.4 2.0 3.5 .176
3 Patrick Ewing 36 38 1300 19.4 .491 .435 7.0 26.5 17.1 7.0 1.3 6.0 12.9 28.4 95 91 0.2 3.1 3.3 .123
4 Charlie Ward 28 50 1556 13.2 .513 .484 1.8 10.9 6.5 30.1 3.7 0.4 26.2 15.4 95 96 0.2 2.9 3.1 .094
5 Latrell Sprewell 28 37 1233 16.7 .503 .435 4.1 10.6 7.5 15.0 2.1 0.1 11.6 26.5 101 100 1.3 1.7 3.0 .117
6 Allan Houston 27 50 1815 13.1 .515 .459 1.3 8.3 4.9 15.0 1.1 0.4 14.1 24.3 98 102 1.1 1.8 2.9 .078
7 Chris Childs 31 48 1297 11.1 .544 .494 1.7 10.1 6.0 25.8 1.9 0.1 22.0 14.3 103 100 1.2 1.7 2.9 .106
8 Kurt Thomas 26 50 1182 13.1 .489 .462 8.5 19.6 14.3 8.9 2.1 1.1 14.9 19.8 95 95 0.2 2.3 2.5 .100
9 Chris Dudley 33 46 685 9.6 .454 .440 14.1 18.9 16.6 1.7 1.0 4.3 15.9 10.5 99 95 0.2 1.3 1.5 .108
10 Herb Williams 40 6 34 12.2 .563 .500 10.8 10.0 10.4 0.0 0.0 4.6 18.4 15.4 102 101 0.0 0.0 0.1 .094
11 Ben Davis 26 8 21 34.4 .433 .412 52.5 10.8 30.9 43.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 47.2 107 103 0.1 0.0 0.1 .238
12 David Wingate 35 20 92 4.2 .438 .438 4.0 6.2 5.1 9.2 2.4 0.0 27.3 11.5 77 100 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.001
13 Dennis Scott 30 15 206 3.9 .372 .375 1.8 9.4 5.7 6.7 0.8 0.4 8.0 14.6 81 102 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.006
14 Rick Brunson 26 17 95 6.2 .294 .286 3.9 8.4 6.2 33.2 5.2 0.0 29.3 20.7 65 94 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.105

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 Latrell Sprewell 28 20 8 743 145 346 .419 4 25 .160 113 133 .850 24 72 96 43 19 6 58 40 407
2 Allan Houston 27 20 20 783 135 305 .443 9 36 .250 91 103 .883 6 48 54 51 8 1 50 40 370
3 Larry Johnson 29 20 20 683 87 204 .426 24 82 .293 31 46 .674 22 75 97 31 21 1 33 64 229
4 Marcus Camby 24 20 3 509 81 143 .566 0 1 .000 45 73 .616 51 102 153 6 24 38 15 76 207
5 Patrick Ewing 36 11 11 347 58 135 .430 0 0 28 36 .778 14 82 96 6 7 8 10 35 144
6 Kurt Thomas 26 20 12 419 45 118 .381 0 0 16 23 .696 38 72 110 7 15 12 19 76 106
7 Chris Childs 31 20 0 494 33 93 .355 9 28 .321 19 26 .731 8 39 47 73 13 1 30 64 94
8 Charlie Ward 28 20 20 494 34 93 .366 18 56 .321 6 8 .750 12 34 46 75 35 3 24 45 92
9 Chris Dudley 33 18 6 294 16 38 .421 0 0 11 28 .393 27 55 82 5 9 8 9 63 43
10 Rick Brunson 26 9 0 18 2 5 .400 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 6
11 Herb Williams 40 8 0 16 1 5 .200 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2

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 Latrell Sprewell 28 20 8 37.2 7.3 17.3 .419 0.2 1.3 .160 5.7 6.7 .850 1.2 3.6 4.8 2.2 1.0 0.3 2.9 2.0 20.4
2 Allan Houston 27 20 20 39.2 6.8 15.3 .443 0.5 1.8 .250 4.6 5.2 .883 0.3 2.4 2.7 2.6 0.4 0.1 2.5 2.0 18.5
3 Patrick Ewing 36 11 11 31.5 5.3 12.3 .430 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.3 .778 1.3 7.5 8.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 3.2 13.1
4 Larry Johnson 29 20 20 34.2 4.4 10.2 .426 1.2 4.1 .293 1.6 2.3 .674 1.1 3.8 4.9 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.7 3.2 11.5
5 Marcus Camby 24 20 3 25.5 4.1 7.2 .566 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.7 .616 2.6 5.1 7.7 0.3 1.2 1.9 0.8 3.8 10.4
6 Kurt Thomas 26 20 12 21.0 2.3 5.9 .381 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.2 .696 1.9 3.6 5.5 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.0 3.8 5.3
7 Chris Childs 31 20 0 24.7 1.7 4.7 .355 0.5 1.4 .321 1.0 1.3 .731 0.4 2.0 2.4 3.7 0.7 0.1 1.5 3.2 4.7
8 Charlie Ward 28 20 20 24.7 1.7 4.7 .366 0.9 2.8 .321 0.3 0.4 .750 0.6 1.7 2.3 3.8 1.8 0.2 1.2 2.3 4.6
9 Chris Dudley 33 18 6 16.3 0.9 2.1 .421 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.6 .393 1.5 3.1 4.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 3.5 2.4
10 Rick Brunson 26 9 0 2.0 0.2 0.6 .400 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.7
11 Herb Williams 40 8 0 2.0 0.1 0.6 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.3

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 Latrell Sprewell 28 20 8 743 7.0 16.8 .419 0.2 1.2 .160 5.5 6.4 .850 1.2 3.5 4.7 2.1 0.9 0.3 2.8 1.9 19.7
2 Allan Houston 27 20 20 783 6.2 14.0 .443 0.4 1.7 .250 4.2 4.7 .883 0.3 2.2 2.5 2.3 0.4 0.0 2.3 1.8 17.0
3 Patrick Ewing 36 11 11 347 6.0 14.0 .430 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.7 .778 1.5 8.5 10.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 3.6 14.9
4 Marcus Camby 24 20 3 509 5.7 10.1 .566 0.0 0.1 .000 3.2 5.2 .616 3.6 7.2 10.8 0.4 1.7 2.7 1.1 5.4 14.6
5 Larry Johnson 29 20 20 683 4.6 10.8 .426 1.3 4.3 .293 1.6 2.4 .674 1.2 4.0 5.1 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.7 3.4 12.1
6 Rick Brunson 26 9 0 18 4.0 10.0 .400 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.000 2.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 6.0 12.0
7 Kurt Thomas 26 20 12 419 3.9 10.1 .381 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.0 .696 3.3 6.2 9.5 0.6 1.3 1.0 1.6 6.5 9.1
8 Chris Childs 31 20 0 494 2.4 6.8 .355 0.7 2.0 .321 1.4 1.9 .731 0.6 2.8 3.4 5.3 0.9 0.1 2.2 4.7 6.9
9 Charlie Ward 28 20 20 494 2.5 6.8 .366 1.3 4.1 .321 0.4 0.6 .750 0.9 2.5 3.4 5.5 2.6 0.2 1.7 3.3 6.7
10 Chris Dudley 33 18 6 294 2.0 4.7 .421 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.4 .393 3.3 6.7 10.0 0.6 1.1 1.0 1.1 7.7 5.3
11 Herb Williams 40 8 0 16 2.3 11.3 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 4.5

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 Marcus Camby 24 20 509 24.8 .591 .566 12.2 24.8 18.5 2.3 2.7 6.3 7.9 18.4 121 90 1.6 1.3 3.0 .280
2 Allan Houston 27 20 783 15.6 .528 .457 0.9 7.6 4.2 13.3 0.6 0.1 12.5 25.2 102 104 1.0 0.6 1.6 .098
3 Latrell Sprewell 28 20 743 18.7 .503 .425 3.9 12.0 7.9 12.4 1.4 0.7 12.5 30.7 98 100 0.7 0.9 1.6 .102
4 Larry Johnson 29 20 683 12.5 .511 .485 3.9 13.6 8.7 8.5 1.7 0.1 12.8 18.6 99 99 0.4 0.9 1.4 .096
5 Charlie Ward 28 20 494 13.1 .477 .462 3.0 8.5 5.7 25.5 4.0 0.5 19.9 12.0 101 96 0.3 0.9 1.2 .115
6 Patrick Ewing 36 11 347 17.0 .477 .430 4.9 29.2 17.0 3.5 1.1 1.9 6.2 22.9 100 94 0.3 0.7 1.0 .136
7 Kurt Thomas 26 20 419 10.1 .414 .381 11.1 21.2 16.1 3.0 2.0 2.4 12.9 17.3 89 95 -0.2 0.8 0.6 .068
8 Chris Dudley 33 18 294 8.0 .427 .421 11.2 23.1 17.1 2.8 1.7 2.3 15.2 9.9 96 95 0.0 0.6 0.6 .101
9 Chris Childs 31 20 494 8.2 .450 .403 2.0 9.8 5.8 24.8 1.5 0.2 22.3 13.4 92 101 -0.1 0.6 0.5 .048
10 Herb Williams 40 8 16 -4.8 .200 .200 0.0 23.2 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.4 47 100 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.130
11 Rick Brunson 26 9 18 0.9 .510 .400 6.8 0.0 3.4 20.1 0.0 0.0 40.5 27.1 73 107 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.173

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Patrick Ewing $18,500,000
2 Larry Johnson $10,186,000
3 Latrell Sprewell $8,300,000
4 Allan Houston $7,000,000
5 Chris Childs $3,640,000
6 Marcus Camby $3,164,000
7 Kurt Thomas $1,750,000
8 Buck Williams $1,670,000
9 Charlie Ward $1,221,000
10 Herb Williams $1,000,000
11 David Wingate $1,000,000
12 Dennis Scott $1,000,000
13 Mirsad Turkcan $739,400
14 Ben Davis $425,000
15 Rick Brunson $350,000