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1972-73 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Previous Season

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

Coach: Red Holzman (57-25)

Executive: Red Holzman

PTS/G: 105.0 (11th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 98.2 (1st of 17)

SRS: 6.07 (4th of 17) Pace: 105.9 (16th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.9 (3rd of 17) Def Rtg: 92.5 (4th of 17) Net Rtg: +6.4 (4th of 17)

Expected W-L: 59-23 (4th of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

NBA 1973 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Baltimore Bullets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions

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
12	Dick Barnett	SG	6-4	190	October 2, 1936	us	12	Tennessee State
17	Henry Bibby	PG	6-1	185	November 24, 1949	us	R	UCLA
24	Bill Bradley	SF	6-5	205	July 28, 1943	us	5	Princeton
22	Dave DeBusschere	PF	6-6	220	October 16, 1940	us	10	Detroit Mercy
10	Walt Frazier	PG	6-4	200	March 29, 1945	us	5	Southern Illinois
40	John Gianelli	C	6-10	220	June 10, 1950	us	R	University of the Pacific
18	Phil Jackson	PF	6-8	220	September 17, 1945	us	4	University of North Dakota
32	Jerry Lucas	PF	6-8	230	March 30, 1940	us	9	Ohio State
7	Dean Meminger	SG	6-0	175	May 13, 1948	us	1	Marquette
15, 21	Earl Monroe	SG	6-3	185	November 21, 1944	us	5	Winston-Salem State
23	Luther Rackley	C	6-10	220	June 11, 1946	us	3	Xavier
19	Willis Reed	C	6-10	235	June 25, 1942	us	8	Grambling State University
6	Tom Riker	C	6-10	225	February 28, 1950	us	R	South Carolina
43	Harthorne Wingo	PF	6-6	210	September 9, 1947	us	R	Friendship Junior College

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		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/G
1	Walt Frazier	27	78		40.8	8.7	17.8	.490				8.7	17.8	.490	.490	3.7	4.5	.817			7.3	5.9				2.4	21.1
2	Dave DeBusschere	32	77		36.7	6.9	15.9	.435				6.9	15.9	.435	.435	2.5	3.4	.746			10.2	3.4				2.8	16.3
3	Bill Bradley	29	82		36.6	7.0	15.3	.459				7.0	15.3	.459	.459	2.1	2.4	.871			3.7	4.5				3.3	16.1
4	Earl Monroe	28	75		31.6	6.6	13.5	.488				6.6	13.5	.488	.488	2.3	2.8	.822			3.3	3.8				2.6	15.5
5	Jerry Lucas	32	71		28.2	4.4	8.6	.513				4.4	8.6	.513	.513	1.1	1.4	.800			7.2	4.5				2.2	9.9
6	Willis Reed	30	69		27.2	4.8	10.2	.474				4.8	10.2	.474	.474	1.3	1.8	.742			8.6	1.8				3.0	11.0
7	Dean Meminger	24	80		18.2	2.4	4.6	.515				2.4	4.6	.515	.515	1.0	1.6	.628			2.9	1.7				1.4	5.7
8	Phil Jackson	27	80		17.4	3.1	6.9	.443				3.1	6.9	.443	.443	1.9	2.4	.790			4.3	1.2				2.7	8.1
9	Dick Barnett	36	51		10.1	1.7	4.4	.389				1.7	4.4	.389	.389	0.3	0.6	.533			0.8	1.0				1.0	3.8
10	John Gianelli	22	52		9.9	1.5	3.4	.451				1.5	3.4	.451	.451	0.4	0.6	.697			2.9	0.5				1.4	3.5
11	Henry Bibby	23	55		8.6	1.4	3.7	.380				1.4	3.7	.380	.380	1.3	1.6	.849			1.5	1.2				1.2	4.2
12	Tom Riker	22	14		4.6	0.7	1.7	.417				0.7	1.7	.417	.417	1.1	1.7	.625			1.1	0.1				1.1	2.5
13	Harthorne Wingo	25	13		4.5	0.7	1.7	.409				0.7	1.7	.409	.409	0.2	0.5	.333			1.2	0.1				0.7	1.5
14	Luther Rackley	26	1		2.0	0.0	0.0					0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0				1.0	0.0				2.0	0.0

Per Game Table
Rk		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/G
1	Walt Frazier	27	17		45.0	8.8	17.2	.514				8.8	17.2	.514	.514	4.3	5.5	.777			7.3	6.2				3.1	21.9
2	Dave DeBusschere	32	17		37.2	6.9	15.6	.442				6.9	15.6	.442	.442	1.8	2.4	.775			10.5	3.4				3.4	15.6
3	Bill Bradley	29	17		34.5	5.8	13.0	.448				5.8	13.0	.448	.448	2.4	2.9	.800			3.4	2.6				3.5	14.0
4	Earl Monroe	28	16		31.5	6.9	13.2	.526				6.9	13.2	.526	.526	2.3	3.0	.750			3.2	3.2				2.4	16.1
5	Willis Reed	30	17		28.6	5.7	12.2	.466				5.7	12.2	.466	.466	1.1	1.2	.857			7.6	1.8				3.8	12.5
6	Jerry Lucas	32	17		21.6	3.2	6.6	.482				3.2	6.6	.482	.482	1.2	1.4	.870			5.0	2.3				2.8	7.5
7	Phil Jackson	27	17		19.9	3.5	7.1	.500				3.5	7.1	.500	.500	1.6	2.2	.737			4.2	1.4				3.5	8.7
8	Dean Meminger	24	17		19.0	1.8	3.3	.554				1.8	3.3	.554	.554	1.1	2.0	.559			2.2	2.2				1.7	4.8
9	John Gianelli	22	7		7.9	1.6	2.9	.550				1.6	2.9	.550	.550	0.4	1.0	.429			1.9	0.1				0.9	3.6
10	Henry Bibby	23	6		7.2	1.3	3.0	.444				1.3	3.0	.444	.444	0.7	1.3	.500			0.3	0.5				0.8	3.3
11	Dick Barnett	36	4		4.3	0.8	1.5	.500				0.8	1.5	.500	.500	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.5				1.3	1.5
12	Harthorne Wingo	25	3		4.0	1.7	4.3	.385				1.7	4.3	.385	.385	0.3	0.7	.500			2.3	0.0				0.3	3.7

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		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	Walt Frazier	27	78		3181	681	1389	.490				681	1389	.490	.490	286	350	.817			570	461				186	1648
2	Bill Bradley	29	82		2998	575	1252	.459				575	1252	.459	.459	169	194	.871			301	367				273	1319
3	Dave DeBusschere	32	77		2827	532	1224	.435				532	1224	.435	.435	194	260	.746			787	259				215	1258
4	Earl Monroe	28	75		2370	496	1016	.488				496	1016	.488	.488	171	208	.822			245	288				195	1163
5	Jerry Lucas	32	71		2001	312	608	.513				312	608	.513	.513	80	100	.800			510	317				157	704
6	Willis Reed	30	69		1876	334	705	.474				334	705	.474	.474	92	124	.742			590	126				205	760
7	Dean Meminger	24	80		1453	188	365	.515				188	365	.515	.515	81	129	.628			229	133				109	457
8	Phil Jackson	27	80		1393	245	553	.443				245	553	.443	.443	154	195	.790			344	94				218	644
9	John Gianelli	22	52		516	79	175	.451				79	175	.451	.451	23	33	.697			150	25				72	181
10	Dick Barnett	36	51		514	88	226	.389				88	226	.389	.389	16	30	.533			41	50				52	192
11	Henry Bibby	23	55		475	78	205	.380				78	205	.380	.380	73	86	.849			82	64				67	229
12	Tom Riker	22	14		65	10	24	.417				10	24	.417	.417	15	24	.625			16	2				15	35
13	Harthorne Wingo	25	13		59	9	22	.409				9	22	.409	.409	2	6	.333			16	1				9	20
14	Luther Rackley	26	1		2	0	0					0	0			0	0				1	0				2	0
			82		19730	3627	7764	.467				3627	7764	.467	.467	1356	1739	.780			3882	2187				1775	8610

Totals Table
Rk		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	Walt Frazier	27	17		765	150	292	.514				150	292	.514	.514	73	94	.777			124	106				52	373
2	Dave DeBusschere	32	17		632	117	265	.442				117	265	.442	.442	31	40	.775			179	58				57	265
3	Bill Bradley	29	17		587	99	221	.448				99	221	.448	.448	40	50	.800			57	45				59	238
4	Earl Monroe	28	16		504	111	211	.526				111	211	.526	.526	36	48	.750			51	51				39	258
5	Willis Reed	30	17		486	97	208	.466				97	208	.466	.466	18	21	.857			129	30				65	212
6	Jerry Lucas	32	17		368	54	112	.482				54	112	.482	.482	20	23	.870			85	39				47	128
7	Phil Jackson	27	17		338	60	120	.500				60	120	.500	.500	28	38	.737			72	24				59	148
8	Dean Meminger	24	17		323	31	56	.554				31	56	.554	.554	19	34	.559			37	37				29	81
9	John Gianelli	22	7		55	11	20	.550				11	20	.550	.550	3	7	.429			13	1				6	25
10	Henry Bibby	23	6		43	8	18	.444				8	18	.444	.444	4	8	.500			2	3				5	20
11	Dick Barnett	36	4		17	3	6	.500				3	6	.500	.500	0	0				0	2				5	6
12	Harthorne Wingo	25	3		12	5	13	.385				5	13	.385	.385	1	2	.500			7	0				1	11

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		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	Walt Frazier	27	78	3181	19.7	.534		.252			8.9	20.6						7.3	5.7	13.0	.196
2	Bill Bradley	29	82	2998	13.8	.493		.155			5.0	16.8						2.9	4.1	7.0	.112
3	Dave DeBusschere	32	77	2827	16.0	.470		.212			13.8	12.5						0.9	5.8	6.6	.113
4	Earl Monroe	28	75	2370	16.1	.525		.205			5.1	17.1						4.5	3.3	7.8	.158
5	Jerry Lucas	32	71	2001	17.3	.540		.164			12.6	20.8						3.4	4.4	7.8	.188
6	Willis Reed	30	69	1876	15.4	.500		.176			15.5	9.1						1.9	3.9	5.8	.149
7	Dean Meminger	24	80	1453	12.4	.542		.353			7.8	11.6						2.2	2.2	4.4	.144
8	Phil Jackson	27	80	1393	14.8	.504		.353			12.2	9.1						1.7	2.5	4.2	.146
9	John Gianelli	22	52	516	12.1	.478		.189			14.4	6.3						0.2	1.0	1.2	.110
10	Dick Barnett	36	51	514	8.1	.401		.133			3.9	13.0						-0.8	0.6	-0.2	-0.022
11	Henry Bibby	23	55	475	15.1	.472		.420			8.5	17.8						0.2	0.8	1.0	.106
12	Tom Riker	22	14	65	14.1	.506		1.000			12.2	4.0						0.1	0.1	0.2	.151
13	Harthorne Wingo	25	13	59	8.1	.406		.273			13.4	2.2						-0.1	0.1	0.0	.013
14	Luther Rackley	26	1	2	-6.7						24.7	0.0						0.0	0.0	0.0	.128

Advanced Table
Rk		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	Walt Frazier	27	17	765	19.7	.559		.322			8.6	19.6						2.3	0.8	3.0	.189
2	Dave DeBusschere	32	17	632	16.0	.469		.151			15.0	12.8						0.3	0.7	1.0	.079
3	Bill Bradley	29	17	587	12.0	.490		.226			5.1	10.4						0.6	0.4	1.0	.078
4	Earl Monroe	28	16	504	17.7	.556		.227			5.3	14.8						1.5	0.4	1.9	.177
5	Willis Reed	30	17	486	15.1	.488		.101			14.0	8.8						0.5	0.5	1.0	.096
6	Jerry Lucas	32	17	368	14.7	.524		.205			12.2	14.0						0.6	0.4	1.0	.125
7	Phil Jackson	27	17	338	15.2	.541		.317			11.3	9.8						0.7	0.3	1.1	.152
8	Dean Meminger	24	17	323	11.4	.571		.607			6.1	14.2						0.6	0.3	0.8	.121
9	John Gianelli	22	7	55	15.2	.542		.350			12.5	2.6						0.1	0.0	0.2	.148
10	Henry Bibby	23	6	43	10.9	.465		.444			2.5	9.7						0.0	0.0	0.0	.043
11	Dick Barnett	36	4	17	7.6	.500		.000			0.0	16.2						0.0	0.0	0.0	.078
12	Harthorne Wingo	25	3	12	23.5	.396		.154			30.8	0.0						-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.122

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