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1998-99 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 27-23, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jeff Van Gundy (27-23)

Executive: Dave Checketts, Ernie Grunfeld

PTS/G: 86.4 (27th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 85.4 (4th of 29)

SRS: 1.45 (13th of 29) Pace: 86.9 (24th of 29)

Off Rtg: 98.6 (26th of 29) Def Rtg: 97.5 (4th of 29) Net Rtg: +1.2 (14th of 29)

Expected W-L: 27-23 (14th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +500

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

NBA 1999 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Miami Heat (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Indiana Pacers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)

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
9	Rick Brunson	PG	6-4	190	June 14, 1972	us	1	Temple
23	Marcus Camby	C	6-11	220	March 22, 1974	us	2	UMass
1	Chris Childs	PG	6-3	195	November 20, 1967	us	4	Boise State
4	Ben Davis	PF	6-9	240	December 26, 1972	us	2	Kansas, Arizona
14	Chris Dudley	C	6-11	235	February 22, 1965	us	11	Yale
33	Patrick Ewing	C	7-0	240	August 5, 1962	jm	13	Georgetown
20	Allan Houston	SG	6-6	200	April 20, 1971	us	5	Tennessee
2	Larry Johnson	PF	6-7	250	March 14, 1969	us	7	Odessa College, UNLV
3	Dennis Scott	SF	6-8	229	September 5, 1968	us	8	Georgia Tech
8	Latrell Sprewell	SF	6-5	190	September 8, 1970	us	6	Alabama
40	Kurt Thomas	PF	6-9	230	October 4, 1972	us	3	TCU
21	Charlie Ward	PG	6-2	190	October 12, 1970	us	4	Florida State
32	Herb Williams	C	6-10	242	February 16, 1958	us	17	Ohio State
26	David Wingate	SG	6-5	185	December 15, 1963	us	12	Georgetown

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	Allan Houston	27	50	50	36.3	5.9	14.1	.418	1.1	2.8	.407	4.7	11.3	.421	.459	3.4	3.9	.862	0.4	2.6	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.3	16.3
2	Patrick Ewing	36	38	38	34.2	6.5	14.9	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	6.5	14.9	.436	.435	4.3	6.1	.706	1.9	8.0	9.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.6	2.8	17.3
3	Larry Johnson	29	49	48	33.4	4.3	9.3	.459	0.7	1.9	.359	3.6	7.5	.484	.495	2.7	3.3	.817	1.9	3.9	5.8	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.0	12.0
4	Latrell Sprewell	28	37	4	33.3	5.8	14.0	.415	0.6	2.1	.273	5.2	11.9	.440	.435	4.2	5.2	.812	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.8	16.4
5	Charlie Ward	28	50	50	31.1	2.7	6.7	.404	1.1	3.0	.356	1.6	3.7	.443	.484	1.1	1.6	.705	0.5	3.0	3.4	5.4	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.1	7.6
6	Chris Childs	31	48	0	27.0	2.4	5.6	.427	0.8	2.0	.383	1.6	3.6	.451	.494	1.3	1.6	.821	0.4	2.4	2.8	4.0	0.9	0.0	1.8	3.3	6.8
7	Kurt Thomas	26	50	44	23.6	3.4	7.4	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	7.3	.463	.462	1.3	2.2	.611	1.6	4.1	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	3.2	8.1
8	Marcus Camby	24	46	0	20.5	3.0	5.7	.521	0.0	0.0		3.0	5.7	.521	.521	1.2	2.2	.553	2.2	3.3	5.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.8	7.2
9	Chris Dudley	33	46	16	14.9	1.0	2.4	.440	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.4	.440	.440	0.4	0.9	.475	1.7	2.5	4.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	2.5
10	Dennis Scott	30	15	0	13.7	1.1	3.7	.304	0.5	1.9	.276	0.6	1.8	.333	.375	0.1	0.3	.250	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.1	2.9
11	Herb Williams	40	6	0	5.7	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.3	.500	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.7
12	Rick Brunson	26	17	0	5.6	0.4	1.2	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.4	0.9	.375	.286	0.3	1.1	.278	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.5	1.0
13	David Wingate	35	20	0	4.6	0.4	0.8	.438	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.8	.438	.438	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.7
14	Ben Davis	26	8	0	2.6	0.9	2.1	.412	0.0	0.0		0.9	2.1	.412	.412	0.4	0.8	.500	1.1	0.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	2.1

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	Allan Houston	27	20	20	39.2	6.8	15.3	.443	0.5	1.8	.250	6.3	13.5	.468	.457	4.6	5.2	.883	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.6	0.4	0.1	2.5	2.0	18.5
2	Latrell Sprewell	28	20	8	37.2	7.3	17.3	.419	0.2	1.3	.160	7.1	16.1	.439	.425	5.7	6.7	.850	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	2.9	2.0	20.4
3	Larry Johnson	29	20	20	34.2	4.4	10.2	.426	1.2	4.1	.293	3.2	6.1	.516	.485	1.6	2.3	.674	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.6	1.1	0.1	1.7	3.2	11.5
4	Patrick Ewing	36	11	11	31.5	5.3	12.3	.430	0.0	0.0		5.3	12.3	.430	.430	2.5	3.3	.778	1.3	7.5	8.7	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	3.2	13.1
5	Marcus Camby	24	20	3	25.5	4.1	7.2	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	7.1	.570	.566	2.3	3.7	.616	2.6	5.1	7.7	0.3	1.2	1.9	0.8	3.8	10.4
6	Chris Childs	31	20	0	24.7	1.7	4.7	.355	0.5	1.4	.321	1.2	3.3	.369	.403	1.0	1.3	.731	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	3.2	4.7
7	Charlie Ward	28	20	20	24.7	1.7	4.7	.366	0.9	2.8	.321	0.8	1.9	.432	.462	0.3	0.4	.750	0.6	1.7	2.3	3.8	1.8	0.2	1.2	2.3	4.6
8	Kurt Thomas	26	20	12	21.0	2.3	5.9	.381	0.0	0.0		2.3	5.9	.381	.381	0.8	1.2	.696	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.0	3.8	5.3
9	Chris Dudley	33	18	6	16.3	0.9	2.1	.421	0.0	0.0		0.9	2.1	.421	.421	0.6	1.6	.393	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	3.5	2.4
10	Rick Brunson	26	9	0	2.0	0.2	0.6	.400	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.6	.400	.400	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.7
11	Herb Williams	40	8	0	2.0	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.6	.200	.200	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3

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	Allan Houston	27	50	50	1815	294	703	.418	57	140	.407	237	563	.421	.459	168	195	.862	20	132	152	137	35	9	130	115	813
2	Larry Johnson	29	49	48	1639	210	458	.459	33	92	.359	177	366	.484	.495	134	164	.817	91	193	284	119	34	10	89	147	587
3	Charlie Ward	28	50	50	1556	135	334	.404	53	149	.356	82	185	.443	.484	55	78	.705	23	149	172	271	103	8	131	105	378
4	Patrick Ewing	36	38	38	1300	247	568	.435	0	2	.000	247	566	.436	.435	163	231	.706	74	303	377	43	30	100	99	105	657
5	Chris Childs	31	48	0	1297	114	267	.427	36	94	.383	78	173	.451	.494	64	78	.821	18	115	133	193	44	1	85	156	328
6	Latrell Sprewell	28	37	4	1233	215	518	.415	21	77	.273	194	441	.440	.435	155	191	.812	41	115	156	91	46	2	79	65	606
7	Kurt Thomas	26	50	44	1182	170	368	.462	0	1	.000	170	367	.463	.462	66	108	.611	82	204	286	55	45	17	73	159	406
8	Marcus Camby	24	46	0	945	136	261	.521	0	0		136	261	.521	.521	57	103	.553	102	151	253	12	29	74	39	131	329
9	Chris Dudley	33	46	16	685	48	109	.440	0	0		48	109	.440	.440	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	9	27	.333	.375	1	4	.250	3	17	20	8	3	1	5	17	43
11	Rick Brunson	26	17	0	95	6	21	.286	0	5	.000	6	16	.375	.286	5	18	.278	3	7	10	19	9	0	12	8	17
12	David Wingate	35	20	0	92	7	16	.438	0	0		7	16	.438	.438	0	0		3	5	8	5	4	0	6	10	14
13	Herb Williams	40	6	0	34	4	8	.500	0	0		4	8	.500	.500	2	2	1.000	3	3	6	0	0	2	2	2	10
14	Ben Davis	26	8	0	21	7	17	.412	0	0		7	17	.412	.412	3	6	.500	9	2	11	3	0	0	1	4	17
			50		12100	1610	3704	.435	208	589	.353	1402	3115	.450	.463	892	1218	.732	551	1510	2061	963	395	262	804	1140	4320

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	Allan Houston	27	20	20	783	135	305	.443	9	36	.250	126	269	.468	.457	91	103	.883	6	48	54	51	8	1	50	40	370
2	Latrell Sprewell	28	20	8	743	145	346	.419	4	25	.160	141	321	.439	.425	113	133	.850	24	72	96	43	19	6	58	40	407
3	Larry Johnson	29	20	20	683	87	204	.426	24	82	.293	63	122	.516	.485	31	46	.674	22	75	97	31	21	1	33	64	229
4	Marcus Camby	24	20	3	509	81	143	.566	0	1	.000	81	142	.570	.566	45	73	.616	51	102	153	6	24	38	15	76	207
5	Chris Childs	31	20	0	494	33	93	.355	9	28	.321	24	65	.369	.403	19	26	.731	8	39	47	73	13	1	30	64	94
6	Charlie Ward	28	20	20	494	34	93	.366	18	56	.321	16	37	.432	.462	6	8	.750	12	34	46	75	35	3	24	45	92
7	Kurt Thomas	26	20	12	419	45	118	.381	0	0		45	118	.381	.381	16	23	.696	38	72	110	7	15	12	19	76	106
8	Patrick Ewing	36	11	11	347	58	135	.430	0	0		58	135	.430	.430	28	36	.778	14	82	96	6	7	8	10	35	144
9	Chris Dudley	33	18	6	294	16	38	.421	0	0		16	38	.421	.421	11	28	.393	27	55	82	5	9	8	9	63	43
10	Rick Brunson	26	9	0	18	2	5	.400	0	0		2	5	.400	.400	2	2	1.000	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	6
11	Herb Williams	40	8	0	16	1	5	.200	0	0		1	5	.200	.200	0	0		0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2

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	Allan Houston	27	50	1815	13.1	.515	.199	.277	1.3	8.3	4.9	15.0	1.1	0.4	14.1	24.3		1.1	1.8	2.9	.078		0.0	-0.7	-0.7	0.6
2	Larry Johnson	29	49	1639	14.6	.554	.201	.358	6.8	13.4	10.2	13.5	1.1	0.5	14.4	18.1		2.8	2.1	4.9	.144		0.9	0.3	1.2	1.3
3	Charlie Ward	28	50	1556	13.2	.513	.446	.234	1.8	10.9	6.5	30.1	3.7	0.4	26.2	15.4		0.2	2.9	3.1	.094		-0.8	2.6	1.7	1.5
4	Patrick Ewing	36	38	1300	19.4	.491	.004	.407	7.0	26.5	17.1	7.0	1.3	6.0	12.9	28.4		0.2	3.1	3.3	.123		0.1	1.8	1.9	1.3
5	Chris Childs	31	48	1297	11.1	.544	.352	.292	1.7	10.1	6.0	25.8	1.9	0.1	22.0	14.3		1.2	1.7	2.9	.106		-1.8	1.3	-0.5	0.5
6	Latrell Sprewell	28	37	1233	16.7	.503	.149	.369	4.1	10.6	7.5	15.0	2.1	0.1	11.6	26.5		1.3	1.7	3.0	.117		1.1	0.2	1.3	1.1
7	Kurt Thomas	26	50	1182	13.1	.489	.003	.293	8.5	19.6	14.3	8.9	2.1	1.1	14.9	19.8		0.2	2.3	2.5	.100		-2.1	1.2	-0.8	0.4
8	Marcus Camby	24	46	945	17.6	.537	.000	.395	13.2	18.2	15.8	2.4	1.7	6.1	11.3	17.5		1.4	2.0	3.5	.176		-0.4	1.8	1.4	0.8
9	Chris Dudley	33	46	685	9.6	.454	.000	.367	14.1	18.9	16.6	1.7	1.0	4.3	15.9	10.5		0.2	1.3	1.5	.108		-3.4	1.2	-2.3	0.0
10	Dennis Scott	30	15	206	3.9	.372	.518	.071	1.8	9.4	5.7	6.7	0.8	0.4	8.0	14.6		-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.006		-3.8	-0.5	-4.3	-0.1
11	Rick Brunson	26	17	95	6.2	.294	.238	.857	3.9	8.4	6.2	33.2	5.2	0.0	29.3	20.7		-0.4	0.2	-0.2	-0.105		-5.8	2.5	-3.3	0.0
12	David Wingate	35	20	92	4.2	.438	.000	.000	4.0	6.2	5.1	9.2	2.4	0.0	27.3	11.5		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.001		-5.7	0.9	-4.9	-0.1
13	Herb Williams	40	6	34	12.2	.563	.000	.250	10.8	10.0	10.4	0.0	0.0	4.6	18.4	15.4		0.0	0.0	0.1	.094		-0.6	-1.0	-1.5	0.0
14	Ben Davis	26	8	21	34.4	.433	.000	.353	52.5	10.8	30.9	43.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	47.2		0.1	0.0	0.1	.238		11.9	-5.5	6.4	0.0

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	Allan Houston	27	20	783	15.6	.528	.118	.338	0.9	7.6	4.2	13.3	0.6	0.1	12.5	25.2		1.0	0.6	1.6	.098		1.0	-0.3	0.6	0.5
2	Latrell Sprewell	28	20	743	18.7	.503	.072	.384	3.9	12.0	7.9	12.4	1.4	0.7	12.5	30.7		0.7	0.9	1.6	.102		1.8	0.5	2.2	0.8
3	Larry Johnson	29	20	683	12.5	.511	.402	.225	3.9	13.6	8.7	8.5	1.7	0.1	12.8	18.6		0.4	0.9	1.4	.096		0.3	0.9	1.2	0.5
4	Marcus Camby	24	20	509	24.8	.591	.007	.510	12.2	24.8	18.5	2.3	2.7	6.3	7.9	18.4		1.6	1.3	3.0	.280		2.5	4.4	6.9	1.2
5	Chris Childs	31	20	494	8.2	.450	.301	.280	2.0	9.8	5.8	24.8	1.5	0.2	22.3	13.4		-0.1	0.6	0.5	.048		-3.0	1.3	-1.7	0.0
6	Charlie Ward	28	20	494	13.1	.477	.602	.086	3.0	8.5	5.7	25.5	4.0	0.5	19.9	12.0		0.3	0.9	1.2	.115		-0.3	4.0	3.8	0.7
7	Kurt Thomas	26	20	419	10.1	.414	.000	.195	11.1	21.2	16.1	3.0	2.0	2.4	12.9	17.3		-0.2	0.8	0.6	.068		-3.7	1.3	-2.4	0.0
8	Patrick Ewing	36	11	347	17.0	.477	.000	.267	4.9	29.2	17.0	3.5	1.1	1.9	6.2	22.9		0.3	0.7	1.0	.136		0.5	0.9	1.4	0.3
9	Chris Dudley	33	18	294	8.0	.427	.000	.737	11.2	23.1	17.1	2.8	1.7	2.3	15.2	9.9		0.0	0.6	0.6	.101		-4.0	2.3	-1.6	0.0
10	Rick Brunson	26	9	18	0.9	.510	.000	.400	6.8	0.0	3.4	20.1	0.0	0.0	40.5	27.1		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.173		-8.0	-4.3	-12.3	0.0
11	Herb Williams	40	8	16	-4.8	.200	.000	.000	0.0	23.2	11.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.130		-10.5	-2.1	-12.7	0.0

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