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1998-99 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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27-23, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 86.4 points per game, Allowed 85.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 27-23)
Coached by Jeff Van Gundy (27-23)

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

SRS: 1.45 (13th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 86.9 (24th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 98.6 (26th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 97.5 (4th 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

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1998-99 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

Roster

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

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	50	12100	1610	3704	.435	208	589	.353	892	1218	.732	551	1510	2061	963	395	262	804	1140	4320	86.4
Opponent	50	12100	1528	3790	.403	234	662	.353	979	1335	.733	616	1426	2042	923	425	215	766	1035	4269	85.4

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	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

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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	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

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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	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

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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	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	2.7	2.1	4.8
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	3.4
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
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	2.8	3.0
5	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
6	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	1.6	2.9
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	1.1	1.7	2.8
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	2.2	2.4
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
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
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
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
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
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

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	Latrell Sprewell	28	20	743	145	346	4	25	113	133	24	96	43	19	6	58	40	407	.419	.160	.850	37.2	20.4	4.8	2.2
2	Allan Houston	27	20	783	135	305	9	36	91	103	6	54	51	8	1	50	40	370	.443	.250	.883	39.2	18.5	2.7	2.6
3	Larry Johnson	29	20	683	87	204	24	82	31	46	22	97	31	21	1	33	64	229	.426	.293	.674	34.2	11.5	4.9	1.6
4	Marcus Camby	24	20	509	81	143	0	1	45	73	51	153	6	24	38	15	76	207	.566	.000	.616	25.5	10.4	7.7	0.3
5	Patrick Ewing	36	11	347	58	135	0	0	28	36	14	96	6	7	8	10	35	144	.430		.778	31.5	13.1	8.7	0.5
6	Kurt Thomas	26	20	419	45	118	0	0	16	23	38	110	7	15	12	19	76	106	.381		.696	21.0	5.3	5.5	0.4
7	Chris Childs	31	20	494	33	93	9	28	19	26	8	47	73	13	1	30	64	94	.355	.321	.731	24.7	4.7	2.4	3.7
8	Charlie Ward	28	20	494	34	93	18	56	6	8	12	46	75	35	3	24	45	92	.366	.321	.750	24.7	4.6	2.3	3.8
9	Chris Dudley	33	18	294	16	38	0	0	11	28	27	82	5	9	8	9	63	43	.421		.393	16.3	2.4	4.6	0.3
10	Rick Brunson	26	9	18	2	5	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	4	3	6	.400		1.000	2.0	0.7	0.1	0.2
11	Herb Williams	40	8	16	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	.200			2.0	0.3	0.4	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	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
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
3	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	1.3
4	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	2.9
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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

Salaries

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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	Dennis Scott	$1,725,000
9	Buck Williams	$1,670,000
10	Charlie Ward	$1,221,000
11	Herb Williams	$1,000,000
12	David Wingate	$1,000,000
13	Chris Dudley	*$1,000,000
14	Mirsad Turkcan	$739,400
15	Ben Davis	$425,000
16	Rick Brunson	$350,000

Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)

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