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1960-61 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Record: 21-58, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Carl Braun (21-58)

Executive: Vince Boryla

PTS/G: 113.7 (8th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 120.1 (6th of 8)

SRS: -5.43 (8th of 8) Pace: 122.9 (7th of 8)

Off Rtg: 91.9 (4th of 8) Def Rtg: 97.1 (7th of 8) Net Rtg: -5.2 (8th of 8)

Expected W-L: 25-54 (8th of 8)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III)

Recent Game Results

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

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
15	Whitey Bell	PG	6-0	180	September 13, 1932	us US	1	NC State
4	Carl Braun	PG	6-5	180	September 25, 1927	us US	11	Colgate
10	Dave Budd	SF	6-6	205	October 28, 1938	us US	R	Wake Forest
8	Mike Farmer	SF	6-7	210	September 26, 1936	us US	2	San Francisco
17	Dick Garmaker	PG	6-3	200	October 29, 1932	us US	5	Hibbing Community College, Minnesota
5	Jack George	PG	6-2	190	November 13, 1928	us US	7	La Salle
11	Johnny Green	PF	6-5	200	December 8, 1933	us US	1	Michigan State
9	Richie Guerin	SG	6-4	195	May 29, 1932	us US	4	Iona College
18	Darrall Imhoff	C	6-10	220	October 11, 1938	us US	R	California
8	Phil Jordon	C	6-10	205	September 12, 1933	us US	4	Whitworth
7	Bob McNeill	PG	6-1	170	October 22, 1938	us US	R	Saint Joseph's
6	Willie Naulls	SF	6-6	225	October 7, 1934	us US	4	UCLA
19	Jim Palmer	C	6-8	224	June 8, 1933	us US	2	Dayton
3	Phil Rollins	SG	6-2	185	January 19, 1934	us US	2	Louisville
12	Kenny Sears	SF	6-9	198	August 17, 1933	us US	5	Santa Clara
14	Charlie Tyra	PF	6-8	230	August 16, 1935	us US	3	Louisville

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

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Richie Guerin	28	SG	79	38.3	7.7	19.6	.396	6.3	7.9	.792	7.9	6.4	3.9	21.8	MVP-15,AS
2	Willie Naulls	26	SF	79	37.7	9.3	21.8	.428	4.7	5.8	.816	13.4	2.4	3.4	23.4	MVP-16,AS
3	Dick Garmaker	28	PG	71	31.5	5.8	13.3	.440	3.9	5.0	.768	3.9	3.1	3.4	15.6
4	Phil Jordon	27	C	31	29.8	5.1	13.6	.374	2.9	4.1	.701	8.1	2.4	4.0	13.1
5	Kenny Sears	27	SF	52	26.8	4.6	10.9	.424	5.2	6.3	.825	5.6	2.0	3.2	14.4	MVP-16
6	Charlie Tyra	25	PF	59	23.8	3.4	9.3	.362	2.0	2.9	.694	6.7	1.4	2.8	8.8
7	Johnny Green	27	PF	78	22.9	4.2	9.7	.430	1.9	3.6	.522	10.7	1.2	2.5	10.2
8	Bob McNeill	22	PG	75	18.5	2.2	5.7	.389	1.4	1.7	.833	1.6	3.2	2.0	5.8
9	Dave Budd	22	SF	61	17.6	2.6	5.9	.432	1.4	2.2	.649	4.9	0.7	2.8	6.5
10	Jack George	32	PG	16	16.8	1.9	5.8	.333	1.3	1.9	.667	2.0	2.4	2.3	5.1
11	Phil Rollins	27	SG	40	16.5	2.3	6.0	.373	1.3	1.9	.688	2.1	2.5	2.4	5.8
12	Darrall Imhoff	22	C	62	16.0	2.0	5.0	.394	0.8	1.5	.510	4.8	0.8	2.3	4.7
13	Carl Braun	33	PG	15	14.5	2.5	5.3	.468	0.7	0.9	.786	2.1	3.2	1.9	5.7
14	Jim Palmer	27	C	55	12.5	2.3	5.6	.403	0.8	1.2	.677	3.3	0.5	2.3	5.3
15	Whitey Bell	28	PG	5	9.0	1.4	3.6	.389	0.2	0.6	.333	1.4	0.2	1.4	3.0
16	Mike Farmer	24	SF	2	3.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
	Team Totals			79	24.5	4.4	10.7	.410	2.7	3.7	.739	6.1	2.3	2.9	11.5

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Richie Guerin	28	SG	79	3023	7.3	18.4	.396	5.9	7.5	.792	7.5	6.0	3.7	20.5	MVP-15,AS
2	Willie Naulls	26	SF	79	2976	8.9	20.8	.428	4.5	5.5	.816	12.8	2.3	3.2	22.3	MVP-16,AS
3	Dick Garmaker	28	PG	71	2238	6.7	15.2	.440	4.4	5.8	.768	4.5	3.5	3.9	17.8
4	Johnny Green	27	PF	78	1784	6.6	15.3	.430	2.9	5.6	.522	16.9	2.0	3.9	16.1
5	Charlie Tyra	25	PF	59	1404	5.1	14.1	.362	3.1	4.4	.694	10.1	2.1	4.2	13.3
6	Kenny Sears	27	SF	52	1396	6.2	14.6	.424	6.9	8.4	.825	7.6	2.6	4.3	19.3	MVP-16
7	Bob McNeill	22	PG	75	1387	4.3	11.1	.389	2.7	3.3	.833	3.2	6.2	3.8	11.3
8	Dave Budd	22	SF	61	1075	5.2	12.1	.432	2.9	4.5	.649	9.9	1.5	5.7	13.4
9	Darrall Imhoff	22	C	62	994	4.4	11.2	.394	1.8	3.5	.510	10.7	1.8	5.2	10.6
10	Phil Jordon	27	C	31	924	6.2	16.4	.374	3.5	4.9	.701	9.7	2.9	4.8	15.8
11	Jim Palmer	27	C	55	688	6.5	16.2	.403	2.3	3.4	.677	9.4	1.6	6.7	15.4
12	Phil Rollins	27	SG	40	659	4.9	13.2	.373	2.9	4.2	.688	4.6	5.5	5.1	12.7
13	Jack George	32	PG	16	268	4.2	12.5	.333	2.7	4.0	.667	4.3	5.2	5.0	11.0
14	Carl Braun	33	PG	15	218	6.1	13.0	.468	1.8	2.3	.786	5.1	7.9	4.8	14.0
15	Whitey Bell	28	PG	5	45	5.6	14.4	.389	0.8	2.4	.333	5.6	0.8	5.6	12.0
16	Mike Farmer	24	SF	2	6	0.0	6.0	.000	0.0	0.0		12.0	0.0	12.0	0.0