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1977-78 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 43-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Willis Reed (43-39)

Executive: Eddie Donovan

PTS/G: 113.4 (3rd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 114.0 (22nd of 22)

SRS: -0.53 (12th of 22) Pace: 109.7 (3rd of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.7 (9th of 22) Def Rtg: 102.2 (18th of 22) Net Rtg: -0.5 (12th of 22)

Expected W-L: 40-42 (12th of 22)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (0-4) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
9	Butch Beard	PG	6-3	185	May 4, 1947	us US	7	Louisville
14	Ticky Burden	SG	6-2	185	February 28, 1953	us US	2	Utah
35	Jim Cleamons	PG	6-3	185	September 13, 1949	us US	6	Ohio State
44	Glen Gondrezick	SF	6-6	218	August 30, 1955	us US	R	UNLV
42	Spencer Haywood	PF	6-8	225	April 22, 1949	us US	8	Trinidad State Junior College, Detroit Mercy
18	Phil Jackson	PF	6-8	220	September 17, 1945	us US	9	University of North Dakota
43	Toby Knight	SF	6-9	210	May 3, 1955	us US	R	Notre Dame
11	Bob McAdoo	C	6-9	210	September 25, 1951	us US	5	Vincennes University, UNC
5	Jim McMillian	SF	6-5	215	March 11, 1948	us US	7	Columbia University
15	Earl Monroe	SG	6-3	185	November 21, 1944	us US	10	Winston-Salem State
8	Lonnie Shelton	PF	6-8	240	October 19, 1955	us US	1	Oregon State
13	Ray Williams	PG	6-3	188	October 14, 1954	us US	R	Minnesota

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

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Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	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	Bob McAdoo	26	79	78	40.3	10.3	19.8	.520				10.3	19.8	.520	.520	5.9	8.2	.727	3.0	9.8	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	4.4	3.8	26.5
2	Earl Monroe	33	76	73	31.2	7.3	14.8	.495				7.3	14.8	.495	.495	3.2	3.8	.832	0.6	1.8	2.4	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	17.8
3	Lonnie Shelton	22	82	45	28.3	6.2	12.0	.514				6.2	12.0	.514	.514	2.5	3.4	.736	2.5	4.6	7.1	2.4	1.3	1.4	2.8	4.3	14.9
4	Spencer Haywood	28	67	57	26.3	6.1	12.7	.484				6.1	12.7	.484	.484	1.4	2.0	.711	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	13.7
5	Jim Cleamons	28	79	44	25.4	2.7	5.7	.480				2.7	5.7	.480	.480	1.0	1.3	.786	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.8	6.5
6	Butch Beard	30	79	37	25.1	3.9	7.8	.502				3.9	7.8	.502	.502	1.6	2.0	.806	1.0	2.4	3.3	4.3	1.5	0.0	1.9	2.5	9.4
7	Jim McMillian	29	81	63	24.4	3.6	7.7	.462				3.6	7.7	.462	.462	1.4	1.7	.858	1.0	2.6	3.6	2.5	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.4	8.5
8	Ray Williams	23	81	10	19.1	3.8	8.5	.443				3.8	8.5	.443	.443	1.8	2.6	.705	1.0	1.5	2.6	4.5	1.3	0.2	3.0	2.6	9.3
9	Toby Knight	22	80	3	14.6	2.8	5.8	.477				2.8	5.8	.477	.477	0.8	1.2	.649	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.6	6.3
10	Glen Gondrezick	22	72	0	14.1	1.8	4.7	.386				1.8	4.7	.386	.386	1.2	1.7	.686	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.5	4.8
11	Phil Jackson	32	63	0	10.4	0.9	1.8	.478				0.9	1.8	.478	.478	0.7	0.9	.768	0.5	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.7	2.4
12	Ticky Burden	24	2	0	7.5	0.5	1.0	.500				0.5	1.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	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	Bob McAdoo	26	6	6	39.7	10.2	21.0	.484				10.2	21.0	.484	.484	3.5	5.8	.600	1.8	7.8	9.7	3.8	1.2	2.0	3.8	3.2	23.8
2	Spencer Haywood	28	6	2	29.5	7.2	14.2	.506				7.2	14.2	.506	.506	1.8	1.8	1.000	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	16.2
3	Butch Beard	30	6	6	26.7	4.0	8.0	.500				4.0	8.0	.500	.500	1.0	1.7	.600	1.2	2.3	3.5	4.5	1.7	0.3	1.8	3.7	9.0
4	Lonnie Shelton	22	6	4	25.2	5.0	9.3	.536				5.0	9.3	.536	.536	1.0	1.3	.750	3.0	4.3	7.3	2.8	0.3	0.8	2.3	4.8	11.0
5	Earl Monroe	33	6	6	24.2	4.0	10.3	.387				4.0	10.3	.387	.387	1.8	3.0	.611	0.2	0.7	0.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	9.8
6	Ray Williams	23	6	0	23.3	6.8	13.0	.526				6.8	13.0	.526	.526	3.8	4.3	.885	1.0	1.5	2.5	5.2	1.0	0.0	2.8	4.2	17.5
7	Jim McMillian	29	6	6	22.3	4.0	8.8	.453				4.0	8.8	.453	.453	0.8	1.0	.833	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.8	1.2	0.0	1.2	0.5	8.8
8	Jim Cleamons	28	6	0	21.2	2.3	6.0	.389				2.3	6.0	.389	.389	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.8	1.3	2.2	3.8	0.5	0.0	1.3	2.2	5.7
9	Glen Gondrezick	22	6	0	11.7	1.7	3.2	.526				1.7	3.2	.526	.526	0.8	1.3	.625	1.2	1.7	2.8	1.0	0.8	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.2
10	Phil Jackson	32	6	0	8.3	0.7	1.3	.500				0.7	1.3	.500	.500	0.7	1.0	.667	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.0
11	Toby Knight	22	6	0	8.0	1.0	3.3	.300				1.0	3.3	.300	.300	0.7	1.3	.500	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.7

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	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	Bob McAdoo	26	79	78	3182	814	1564	.520				814	1564	.520	.520	469	645	.727	236	774	1010	298	105	126	346	297	2097
2	Earl Monroe	33	76	73	2369	556	1123	.495				556	1123	.495	.495	242	291	.832	47	135	182	361	60	19	179	189	1354
3	Lonnie Shelton	22	82	45	2319	508	988	.514				508	988	.514	.514	203	276	.736	204	376	580	195	109	112	228	350	1219
4	Jim Cleamons	28	79	44	2009	215	448	.480				215	448	.480	.480	81	103	.786	69	143	212	283	68	17	113	142	511
5	Butch Beard	30	79	37	1979	308	614	.502				308	614	.502	.502	129	160	.806	76	188	264	339	117	3	154	201	745
6	Jim McMillian	29	81	63	1977	288	623	.462				288	623	.462	.462	115	134	.858	80	209	289	205	76	17	104	116	691
7	Spencer Haywood	28	67	57	1765	412	852	.484				412	852	.484	.484	96	135	.711	141	301	442	126	37	72	140	188	920
8	Ray Williams	23	81	10	1550	305	689	.443				305	689	.443	.443	146	207	.705	85	124	209	363	108	15	242	211	756
9	Toby Knight	22	80	3	1169	222	465	.477				222	465	.477	.477	63	97	.649	121	200	321	38	50	28	97	211	507
10	Glen Gondrezick	22	72	0	1017	131	339	.386				131	339	.386	.386	83	121	.686	92	158	250	83	56	18	82	181	345
11	Phil Jackson	32	63	0	654	55	115	.478				55	115	.478	.478	43	56	.768	29	81	110	46	31	15	47	106	153
12	Ticky Burden	24	2	0	15	1	2	.500				1	2	.500	.500	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
			82		20005	3815	7822	.488				3815	7822	.488	.488	1670	2225	.751	1180	2689	3869	2338	818	442	1764	2193	9300

Totals Table
Rk	Player	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	Bob McAdoo	26	6	6	238	61	126	.484				61	126	.484	.484	21	35	.600	11	47	58	23	7	12	23	19	143
2	Spencer Haywood	28	6	2	177	43	85	.506				43	85	.506	.506	11	11	1.000	19	23	42	12	2	5	10	24	97
3	Butch Beard	30	6	6	160	24	48	.500				24	48	.500	.500	6	10	.600	7	14	21	27	10	2	11	22	54
4	Lonnie Shelton	22	6	4	151	30	56	.536				30	56	.536	.536	6	8	.750	18	26	44	17	2	5	14	29	66
5	Earl Monroe	33	6	6	145	24	62	.387				24	62	.387	.387	11	18	.611	1	4	5	17	6	0	6	15	59
6	Ray Williams	23	6	0	140	41	78	.526				41	78	.526	.526	23	26	.885	6	9	15	31	6	0	17	25	105
7	Jim McMillian	29	6	6	134	24	53	.453				24	53	.453	.453	5	6	.833	9	12	21	11	7	0	7	3	53
8	Jim Cleamons	28	6	0	127	14	36	.389				14	36	.389	.389	6	6	1.000	5	8	13	23	3	0	8	13	34
9	Glen Gondrezick	22	6	0	70	10	19	.526				10	19	.526	.526	5	8	.625	7	10	17	6	5	0	6	12	25
10	Phil Jackson	32	6	0	50	4	8	.500				4	8	.500	.500	4	6	.667	4	6	10	3	3	0	4	11	12
11	Toby Knight	22	6	0	48	6	20	.300				6	20	.300	.300	4	8	.500	9	10	19	1	1	4	3	9	16

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	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	Bob McAdoo	26	79	3182	22.0	.567		.412	7.8	24.7	16.4	13.4	1.4	2.0	15.8	26.1		6.9	4.0	10.9	.165		2.9	0.1	3.0	4.0
2	Earl Monroe	33	76	2369	16.9	.541		.259	2.1	5.8	4.0	21.2	1.1	0.4	12.5	22.9		5.0	0.7	5.8	.117		1.6	-1.7	-0.1	1.1
3	Lonnie Shelton	22	82	2319	17.4	.549		.279	9.3	16.5	12.9	11.4	2.1	2.5	17.0	21.8		3.2	2.7	5.9	.122		0.4	0.5	0.9	1.7
4	Jim Cleamons	28	79	2009	10.4	.518		.230	3.6	7.2	5.5	16.6	1.5	0.4	18.6	11.4		1.8	0.9	2.7	.065		-0.7	-0.2	-0.9	0.6
5	Butch Beard	30	79	1979	14.6	.544		.261	4.0	9.6	6.9	21.5	2.6	0.1	18.4	16.0		2.8	1.6	4.4	.107		-0.1	0.5	0.4	1.2
6	Jim McMillian	29	81	1977	12.5	.507		.215	4.3	10.7	7.6	12.8	1.7	0.4	13.2	15.1		2.1	1.3	3.4	.083		-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	0.8
7	Spencer Haywood	28	67	1765	15.7	.505		.158	8.4	17.3	12.9	9.9	0.9	2.1	13.3	22.6		1.5	1.5	3.1	.083		0.1	-1.0	-0.9	0.5
8	Ray Williams	23	81	1550	14.5	.485		.300	5.8	8.1	7.0	30.9	3.0	0.5	23.7	25.0		-0.4	1.4	1.0	.031		-0.7	-0.7	-1.3	0.3
9	Toby Knight	22	80	1169	12.2	.499		.209	10.9	17.4	14.2	4.3	1.9	1.2	16.0	19.6		0.4	1.2	1.6	.066		-2.6	-1.0	-3.6	-0.5
10	Glen Gondrezick	22	72	1017	10.1	.440		.357	9.5	15.8	12.7	9.9	2.4	0.9	17.3	17.7		-0.2	1.1	0.9	.044		-3.1	0.1	-2.9	-0.2
11	Phil Jackson	32	63	654	8.1	.548		.487	4.7	12.6	8.7	8.1	2.1	1.2	25.2	10.8		0.2	0.6	0.8	.058		-2.8	1.0	-1.8	0.0
12	Ticky Burden	24	2	15	6.9	.500		.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	2.9	0.0	0.0	5.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.067		-4.1	0.1	-4.0	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	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	Bob McAdoo	26	6	238	17.6	.506		.278	4.3	21.7	12.4	13.4	1.3	2.6	14.0	26.0		0.1	0.1	0.2	.045		0.3	0.6	0.9	0.2
2	Spencer Haywood	28	6	177	17.0	.540		.129	10.1	14.3	12.0	9.3	0.5	1.5	10.0	21.2		0.4	0.0	0.4	.100		0.8	-1.2	-0.4	0.1
3	Butch Beard	30	6	160	13.2	.515		.208	4.1	9.6	6.7	20.4	2.7	0.6	17.4	14.9		0.1	0.1	0.2	.056		-1.7	1.7	-0.1	0.1
4	Lonnie Shelton	22	6	151	14.8	.554		.143	11.2	18.9	14.8	14.5	0.6	1.7	19.0	18.3		0.2	0.0	0.2	.068		-1.1	0.1	-1.0	0.0
5	Earl Monroe	33	6	145	9.1	.422		.290	0.6	3.0	1.7	14.5	1.8	0.0	7.9	19.7		0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.018		-3.7	-0.9	-4.7	-0.1
6	Ray Williams	23	6	140	22.3	.587		.333	4.0	7.1	5.4	32.4	1.9	0.0	16.0	28.6		0.4	0.0	0.4	.145		3.0	-0.2	2.8	0.2
7	Jim McMillian	29	6	134	13.4	.476		.113	6.3	9.8	7.9	10.3	2.3	0.0	11.2	17.6		0.1	0.0	0.1	.034		-0.2	-0.3	-0.5	0.1
8	Jim Cleamons	28	6	127	9.0	.440		.167	3.7	6.9	5.2	20.9	1.0	0.0	17.2	13.8		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.001		-2.6	-0.9	-3.4	0.0
9	Glen Gondrezick	22	6	70	13.2	.555		.421	9.4	15.7	12.3	10.3	3.1	0.0	21.0	15.3		0.1	0.0	0.1	.067		-1.9	1.2	-0.8	0.0
10	Phil Jackson	32	6	50	7.8	.564		.750	7.5	13.2	10.1	6.7	2.6	0.0	27.3	11.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.031		-4.8	0.9	-3.9	0.0
11	Toby Knight	22	6	48	9.6	.340		.400	17.6	22.9	20.1	2.4	0.9	4.3	11.3	20.8		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.042		-4.9	-1.9	-6.8	-0.1

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