1947-48 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

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Record: 26-22, Finished 2nd in BAA Eastern Division

Coach: Joe Lapchick (26-22)

PTS/G: 74.5 (2nd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 71.4 (4th of 8)

SRS: 2.29 (4th of 8) Pace:

Off Rtg: Def Rtg: Net Rtg:

Expected W-L: 31-17 (2nd of 8)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III)

BAA 1948 Playoffs:
Lost BAA Quarterfinals (1-2) versus Baltimore Bullets (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	Carl Braun	G-F	6-5	180	September 25, 1927	us	R	Colgate
14	Tommy Byrnes	F-G	6-3	175	February 19, 1923	us	1	Seton Hall
9	Leo Gottlieb	G	5-11	180	November 28, 1920	us	1
8	Sonny Hertzberg	G	5-10	175	July 29, 1922	us	1	City College of New York
11	Dick Holub	C	6-6	205	October 29, 1921	us	R	Long Island University
19	Lee Knorek	C	6-7	215	July 15, 1921	us	1	Detroit Mercy
12	Ray Kuka	F	6-3	200	February 17, 1922	us	R	Notre Dame
15	Wat Misaka	G	5-7	150	December 21, 1923	us	R	Weber State, Utah
5	Paul Noel	F	6-4	185	August 17, 1924	us	R	Kentucky
16	Bud Palmer	F-C	6-4	180	September 14, 1921	us	1	Princeton
7	Stan Stutz	G-F	5-10	170	April 14, 1920	us	1	Rhode Island
6	Sid Tanenbaum	G	6-0	160	October 8, 1925	us	R	NYU
17	Butch van Breda Kolff	G-F	6-3	185	October 28, 1922	us	1	NYU

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Carl Braun	20	47	5.9	18.2	.323	5.9	18.2	.323	.323	2.5	3.9	.650	1.3	2.2	14.3
2	Tommy Byrnes	24	47	2.5	8.7	.285	2.5	8.7	.285	.285	1.4	2.2	.631	0.4	1.2	6.4
3	Leo Gottlieb	27	27	2.2	8.4	.259	2.2	8.4	.259	.259	0.5	0.8	.619	0.4	1.3	4.9
4	Sonny Hertzberg	25	4	0.3	3.5	.071	0.3	3.5	.071	.071	0.8	1.0	.750	0.3	0.8	1.3
5	Dick Holub	26	48	4.1	13.8	.295	4.1	13.8	.295	.295	2.4	3.8	.633	0.8	3.3	10.5
6	Lee Knorek	26	48	2.1	7.7	.268	2.1	7.7	.268	.268	1.3	2.5	.508	1.0	3.6	5.4
7	Ray Kuka	25	44	2.0	6.2	.326	2.0	6.2	.326	.326	1.1	1.9	.595	0.6	2.7	5.2
8	Wat Misaka	24	3	1.0	4.3	.231	1.0	4.3	.231	.231	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	2.3	2.3
9	Paul Noel	23	29	1.4	4.8	.290	1.4	4.8	.290	.290	0.7	1.0	.633	0.1	1.4	3.4
10	Bud Palmer	26	48	4.7	14.8	.315	4.7	14.8	.315	.315	3.6	4.9	.744	0.9	3.1	13.0
11	Stan Stutz	27	47	2.3	10.7	.218	2.3	10.7	.218	.218	2.4	2.9	.837	1.2	2.6	7.0
12	Sid Tanenbaum	22	24	3.8	15.0	.250	3.8	15.0	.250	.250	2.6	3.1	.838	1.5	1.4	10.1
13	Butch van Breda Kolff	25	44	1.2	4.4	.276	1.2	4.4	.276	.276	1.7	2.7	.617	0.7	1.8	4.1

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Carl Braun	20	3	4.0	13.7	.293	4.0	13.7	.293	.293	2.0	3.3	.600	0.7	2.0	10.0
2	Tommy Byrnes	24	3	3.7	9.0	.407	3.7	9.0	.407	.407	1.3	4.0	.333	0.7	2.3	8.7
3	Dick Holub	26	3	3.0	12.0	.250	3.0	12.0	.250	.250	2.7	4.7	.571	0.0	4.0	8.7
4	Lee Knorek	26	3	4.7	11.3	.412	4.7	11.3	.412	.412	3.3	4.3	.769	1.7	3.3	12.7
5	Ray Kuka	25	3	1.0	3.3	.300	1.0	3.3	.300	.300	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.0	4.0	2.7
6	Paul Noel	23	3	0.0	2.3	.000	0.0	2.3	.000	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	1.3	0.0
7	Bud Palmer	26	3	5.3	12.7	.421	5.3	12.7	.421	.421	3.3	4.3	.769	0.0	5.7	14.0
8	Stan Stutz	27	3	1.0	3.7	.273	1.0	3.7	.273	.273	3.0	3.7	.818	0.3	3.0	5.0
9	Sid Tanenbaum	22	3	3.7	11.0	.333	3.7	11.0	.333	.333	2.7	3.7	.727	1.3	2.7	10.0
10	Butch van Breda Kolff	25	3	2.0	5.3	.375	2.0	5.3	.375	.375	3.3	4.7	.714	0.7	2.7	7.3

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Carl Braun	20	47	276	854	.323	276	854	.323	.323	119	183	.650	61	102	671
2	Tommy Byrnes	24	47	117	410	.285	117	410	.285	.285	65	103	.631	17	56	299
3	Leo Gottlieb	27	27	59	228	.259	59	228	.259	.259	13	21	.619	12	36	131
4	Sonny Hertzberg	25	4	1	14	.071	1	14	.071	.071	3	4	.750	1	3	5
5	Dick Holub	26	48	195	662	.295	195	662	.295	.295	114	180	.633	37	159	504
6	Lee Knorek	26	48	99	369	.268	99	369	.268	.268	61	120	.508	50	171	259
7	Ray Kuka	25	44	89	273	.326	89	273	.326	.326	50	84	.595	27	117	228
8	Wat Misaka	24	3	3	13	.231	3	13	.231	.231	1	3	.333	0	7	7
9	Paul Noel	23	29	40	138	.290	40	138	.290	.290	19	30	.633	3	41	99
10	Bud Palmer	26	48	224	710	.315	224	710	.315	.315	174	234	.744	45	149	622
11	Stan Stutz	27	47	109	501	.218	109	501	.218	.218	113	135	.837	57	121	331
12	Sid Tanenbaum	22	24	90	360	.250	90	360	.250	.250	62	74	.838	37	33	242
13	Butch van Breda Kolff	25	44	53	192	.276	53	192	.276	.276	74	120	.617	29	81	180
			48	1355	4724	.287	1355	4724	.287	.287	868	1291	.672	376	1076	3578

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Carl Braun	20	3	12	41	.293	12	41	.293	.293	6	10	.600	2	6	30
2	Tommy Byrnes	24	3	11	27	.407	11	27	.407	.407	4	12	.333	2	7	26
3	Dick Holub	26	3	9	36	.250	9	36	.250	.250	8	14	.571	0	12	26
4	Lee Knorek	26	3	14	34	.412	14	34	.412	.412	10	13	.769	5	10	38
5	Ray Kuka	25	3	3	10	.300	3	10	.300	.300	2	2	1.000	0	12	8
6	Paul Noel	23	3	0	7	.000	0	7	.000	.000	0	1	.000	0	4	0
7	Bud Palmer	26	3	16	38	.421	16	38	.421	.421	10	13	.769	0	17	42
8	Stan Stutz	27	3	3	11	.273	3	11	.273	.273	9	11	.818	1	9	15
9	Sid Tanenbaum	22	3	11	33	.333	11	33	.333	.333	8	11	.727	4	8	30
10	Butch van Breda Kolff	25	3	6	16	.375	6	16	.375	.375	10	14	.714	2	8	22

Advanced

Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	TS%	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS
1	Carl Braun	20	47	.359	.214	3.8	2.4	6.2
2	Tommy Byrnes	24	47	.328	.251	0.6	1.1	1.7
3	Leo Gottlieb	27	27	.276	.092	-0.7	0.7	-0.1
4	Sonny Hertzberg	25	4	.159	.286	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
5	Dick Holub	26	48	.340	.272	1.8	2.4	4.2
6	Lee Knorek	26	48	.307	.325	0.1	2.4	2.5
7	Ray Kuka	25	44	.368	.308	1.6	1.6	3.1
8	Wat Misaka	24	3	.244	.231	-0.1	0.1	0.0
9	Paul Noel	23	29	.327	.217	0.2	0.5	0.7
10	Bud Palmer	26	48	.383	.330	4.9	2.5	7.4
11	Stan Stutz	27	47	.295	.269	-0.5	2.2	1.7
12	Sid Tanenbaum	22	24	.308	.206	0.0	1.1	1.1
13	Butch van Breda Kolff	25	44	.368	.625	1.3	1.2	2.5

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	TS%	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS
1	Carl Braun	20	3	.330	.244	0.1	-0.1	0.0
2	Tommy Byrnes	24	3	.403	.444	0.2	-0.1	0.2
3	Dick Holub	26	3	.308	.389	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
4	Lee Knorek	26	3	.478	.382	0.5	-0.1	0.4
5	Ray Kuka	25	3	.368	.200	0.0	-0.1	0.0
6	Paul Noel	23	3	.000	.143	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
7	Bud Palmer	26	3	.480	.342	0.5	-0.1	0.5
8	Stan Stutz	27	3	.473	1.000	0.2	-0.1	0.1
9	Sid Tanenbaum	22	3	.396	.333	0.3	-0.1	0.2
10	Butch van Breda Kolff	25	3	.496	.875	0.3	-0.1	0.3

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