1968-69 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Record: 54-28, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Holzman (54-28)

Executive: Eddie Donovan

PTS/G: 110.8 (11th of 14) Opp PTS/G: 105.1 (1st of 14)

SRS: 5.48 (1st of 14) Pace: 112.4 (14th of 14)

Off Rtg: 98.4 (3rd of 14) Def Rtg: 93.3 (4th of 14) Net Rtg: +5.1 (1st of 14)

Expected W-L: 56-26 (1st of 14)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

NBA 1969 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Baltimore Bullets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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
12	Dick Barnett	SG	6-4	190	October 2, 1936	us US	8	Tennessee State
8	Walt Bellamy	C	6-11	225	July 24, 1939	us US	7	Indiana
17	Nate Bowman	C	6-10	230	March 19, 1943	us US	2	Wichita State
24	Bill Bradley	SF	6-5	205	July 28, 1943	us US	1	Princeton
22	Dave DeBusschere	PF	6-6	220	October 16, 1940	us US	6	Detroit Mercy
10	Walt Frazier	PG	6-4	200	March 29, 1945	us US	1	Southern Illinois
20	Bill Hosket	PF	6-8	225	December 20, 1946	us US	R	Ohio State
18	Phil Jackson	PF	6-8	220	September 17, 1945	us US	1	University of North Dakota
16	Howard Komives	PG	6-1	185	May 9, 1941	us US	4	Bowling Green
5	Don May	SF	6-4	200	January 3, 1946	us US	R	Dayton
19	Willis Reed	C	6-10	235	June 25, 1942	us US	4	Grambling State University
6	Mike Riordan	SF	6-4	200	July 9, 1945	us US	R	Providence
33	Cazzie Russell	SF	6-5	218	June 7, 1944	us US	2	Michigan

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	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Dave DeBusschere	28	PF	47	47	39.4	6.7	15.3	.442	2.9	4.2	.682	11.4	2.7	3.8	16.4	NBA2
2	Willis Reed	26	C	82	82	37.9	8.6	16.5	.521	4.0	5.3	.747	14.5	2.3	3.8	21.1	MVP-2,AS,NBA2
3	Walt Frazier	23	PG	80	55	36.9	6.6	13.2	.505	4.3	5.7	.746	6.2	7.9	3.1	17.5
4	Dick Barnett	32	SG	82	76	36.0	6.9	14.9	.463	3.8	4.9	.774	3.1	3.5	2.9	17.6
5	Cazzie Russell	24	SF	50	46	32.9	7.2	16.1	.450	3.8	4.8	.796	4.2	2.3	2.8	18.3
6	Walt Bellamy	29	C	35	31	32.5	5.8	11.5	.507	3.6	5.8	.619	11.0	2.2	3.5	15.2
7	Bill Bradley	25	SF	82	39	29.4	5.0	11.6	.429	2.5	3.1	.814	4.3	3.7	3.6	12.4
8	Howard Komives	27	PG	32	26	26.1	3.3	9.7	.346	2.3	2.7	.849	3.0	4.3	3.0	9.0
9	Phil Jackson	23	PF	47	4	19.7	2.7	6.3	.429	1.7	2.5	.672	5.2	0.9	3.6	7.1
10	Don May	23	SF	48	2	11.7	1.7	4.6	.363	0.9	1.2	.724	2.4	0.7	1.3	4.3
11	Nate Bowman	25	C	67	1	9.1	1.2	3.4	.363	0.4	0.9	.475	3.3	0.8	2.1	2.9
12	Mike Riordan	23	SF	54	1	7.4	0.9	2.7	.340	0.5	0.8	.667	1.1	0.9	1.7	2.3
13	Bill Hosket	22	PF	50	0	7.0	1.1	2.5	.431	0.5	0.8	.571	1.9	0.4	1.5	2.6
	Team Totals					48.1	43.8	95.3	.459	23.3	31.7	.736	51.8	25.3	26.5	110.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Willis Reed	26	C	10	42.9	10.1	19.8	.510	5.5	7.0	.786	14.1	1.9	4.0	25.7
2	Bill Bradley	25	SF	10	41.9	6.5	14.1	.461	3.0	3.9	.769	7.3	4.0	3.8	16.0
3	Dave DeBusschere	28	PF	10	41.9	6.1	17.4	.351	4.1	5.0	.820	14.8	3.3	4.3	16.3
4	Walt Frazier	23	PG	10	41.5	8.9	17.7	.503	3.4	5.7	.596	7.4	9.1	3.0	21.2
5	Dick Barnett	32	SG	10	40.2	6.5	16.3	.399	3.7	5.4	.685	3.5	2.7	3.2	16.7
6	Mike Riordan	23	SF	10	10.8	2.0	3.9	.513	1.2	1.6	.750	1.7	0.3	2.7	5.2
7	Don May	23	SF	9	9.8	1.0	3.3	.300	0.8	1.0	.778	2.6	0.9	0.8	2.8
8	Cazzie Russell	24	SF	5	7.2	1.0	4.2	.238	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.0	0.2	0.8	2.4
9	Nate Bowman	25	C	10	6.2	0.4	1.5	.267	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.2	0.3	1.6	1.1
10	Bill Hosket	22	PF	4	5.5	0.8	1.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	0.5	0.8	1.5
	Team Totals				48.0	42.2	95.5	.442	22.1	30.2	.732	54.5	22.7	24.0	106.5

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Willis Reed	26	C	82	82	3108	8.2	15.6	.521	3.8	5.0	.747	13.8	2.2	3.6	20.1	MVP-2,AS,NBA2
2	Dick Barnett	32	SG	82	76	2953	6.9	14.9	.463	3.8	4.9	.774	3.1	3.5	2.9	17.6
3	Walt Frazier	23	PG	80	55	2949	6.5	12.8	.505	4.2	5.6	.746	6.1	7.8	3.0	17.1
4	Bill Bradley	25	SF	82	39	2413	6.1	14.1	.429	3.1	3.8	.814	5.2	4.5	4.4	15.2
5	Dave DeBusschere	28	PF	47	47	1851	6.2	13.9	.442	2.6	3.9	.682	10.4	2.5	3.5	15.0	NBA2
6	Cazzie Russell	24	SF	50	46	1645	7.9	17.6	.450	4.2	5.3	.796	4.6	2.5	3.1	20.0
7	Walt Bellamy	29	C	35	31	1136	6.5	12.7	.507	4.0	6.4	.619	12.2	2.4	3.9	16.9
8	Phil Jackson	23	PF	47	4	924	4.9	11.5	.429	3.1	4.6	.672	9.6	1.7	6.5	12.9
9	Howard Komives	27	PG	32	26	836	4.6	13.3	.346	3.1	3.7	.849	4.1	5.9	4.1	12.4
10	Nate Bowman	25	C	67	1	607	4.9	13.4	.363	1.7	3.6	.475	13.0	3.1	8.4	11.4
11	Don May	23	SF	48	2	560	5.2	14.3	.363	2.7	3.7	.724	7.3	2.3	4.1	13.1
12	Mike Riordan	23	SF	54	1	397	4.4	13.1	.340	2.5	3.8	.667	5.2	4.2	8.4	11.4
13	Bill Hosket	22	PF	50	0	351	5.4	12.6	.431	2.5	4.3	.571	9.6	1.9	7.9	13.3

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Willis Reed	26	C	10	429	8.5	16.6	.510	4.6	5.9	.786	11.8	1.6	3.4	21.6
2	Bill Bradley	25	SF	10	419	5.6	12.1	.461	2.6	3.4	.769	6.3	3.4	3.3	13.7
3	Dave DeBusschere	28	PF	10	419	5.2	14.9	.351	3.5	4.3	.820	12.7	2.8	3.7	14.0
4	Walt Frazier	23	PG	10	415	7.7	15.4	.503	2.9	4.9	.596	6.4	7.9	2.6	18.4
5	Dick Barnett	32	SG	10	402	5.8	14.6	.399	3.3	4.8	.685	3.1	2.4	2.9	15.0
6	Mike Riordan	23	SF	10	108	6.7	13.0	.513	4.0	5.3	.750	5.7	1.0	9.0	17.3
7	Don May	23	SF	9	88	3.7	12.3	.300	2.9	3.7	.778	9.4	3.3	2.9	10.2
8	Nate Bowman	25	C	10	62	2.3	8.7	.267	1.7	1.7	1.000	18.6	1.7	9.3	6.4
9	Cazzie Russell	24	SF	5	36	5.0	21.0	.238	2.0	2.0	1.000	5.0	1.0	4.0	12.0
10	Bill Hosket	22	PF	4	22	4.9	9.8	.500	0.0	1.6	.000	11.5	3.3	4.9	9.8