1969-70 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Record: 60-22, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Holzman (60-22)

Executive: Eddie Donovan, Red Holzman

PTS/G: 115.0 (9th of 14) Opp PTS/G: 105.9 (1st of 14)

SRS: 8.42 (1st of 14) Pace: 114.3 (12th of 14)

Off Rtg: 100.3 (5th of 14) Def Rtg: 92.4 (1st of 14) Net Rtg: +7.9 (1st of 14)

Expected W-L: 62-20 (1st of 14)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

NBA 1970 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-3) versus Baltimore Bullets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers (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	9	Tennessee State
17	Nate Bowman	C	6-10	230	March 19, 1943	us US	3	Wichita State
24	Bill Bradley	SF	6-5	205	July 28, 1943	us US	2	Princeton
22	Dave DeBusschere	PF	6-6	220	October 16, 1940	us US	7	Detroit Mercy
10	Walt Frazier	PG	6-4	200	March 29, 1945	us US	2	Southern Illinois
20	Bill Hosket	PF	6-8	225	December 20, 1946	us US	1	Ohio State
5	Don May	SF	6-4	200	January 3, 1946	us US	1	Dayton
19	Willis Reed	C	6-10	235	June 25, 1942	us US	5	Grambling State University
6	Mike Riordan	SG	6-4	200	July 9, 1945	us US	1	Providence
33	Cazzie Russell	SF	6-5	218	June 7, 1944	us US	3	Michigan
9	Dave Stallworth	SF	6-7	200	December 20, 1941	us US	2	Wichita State
16	John Warren	SG	6-3	180	July 7, 1947	us US	R	St. John's

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Walt Frazier	24	PG	77	77	39.5	7.8	15.0	.518	5.3	7.1	.748	6.0	8.2	2.6	20.9	MVP-4,AS,NBA1
2	Willis Reed	27	C	81	81	38.1	8.7	17.1	.507	4.3	5.7	.756	13.9	2.0	3.5	21.7	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
3	Dick Barnett	33	SG	82	82	33.8	6.0	12.7	.475	2.8	4.0	.714	2.7	3.6	2.7	14.9
4	Dave DeBusschere	29	PF	79	79	33.3	6.2	13.7	.451	2.2	3.2	.688	10.0	2.5	3.1	14.6	AS
5	Bill Bradley	26	SF	67	64	31.3	6.2	13.4	.460	2.2	2.6	.824	3.6	4.0	3.3	14.5
6	Mike Riordan	24	SG	81	5	20.7	3.1	6.8	.464	1.4	2.0	.691	2.4	2.5	2.4	7.7
7	Cazzie Russell	25	SF	78	18	20.0	4.9	9.9	.498	1.6	2.1	.775	3.0	1.7	1.8	11.5
8	Dave Stallworth	28	SF	82	3	16.8	2.9	6.8	.429	2.0	2.7	.716	3.9	1.7	2.4	7.8
9	Nate Bowman	26	C	81	1	9.2	1.2	2.9	.417	0.5	1.0	.519	3.2	0.6	2.3	2.9
10	Bill Hosket	23	PF	36	0	6.5	1.3	2.5	.505	0.7	0.9	.788	1.8	0.5	1.0	3.3
11	Don May	24	SF	37	0	6.4	1.1	2.7	.386	0.5	0.5	.947	1.4	0.5	1.1	2.6
12	John Warren	22	SG	44	0	6.2	1.0	2.5	.407	0.5	0.8	.686	0.9	0.7	1.2	2.5
	Team Totals			82	82	23.9	4.6	9.7	.477	2.2	3.0	.733	4.9	2.6	2.4	11.4

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Walt Frazier	24	PG	19	43.9	6.2	13.0	.478	3.6	4.7	.764	7.8	8.2	2.8	16.0
2	Willis Reed	27	C	18	40.7	9.9	21.0	.471	3.9	5.3	.737	13.8	2.8	3.3	23.7	Finals MVP-1
3	Dick Barnett	33	SG	19	37.6	6.9	14.7	.468	3.1	4.0	.776	2.1	3.4	3.4	16.9
4	Dave DeBusschere	29	PF	19	36.9	6.8	16.3	.421	2.4	3.6	.662	11.6	2.4	3.3	16.1
5	Bill Bradley	26	SF	19	32.4	5.3	12.3	.429	1.8	2.3	.814	3.8	3.2	3.1	12.4
6	Cazzie Russell	25	SF	19	16.1	4.2	8.7	.485	0.9	1.0	.947	2.5	0.8	1.6	9.4
7	Mike Riordan	24	SG	19	15.6	2.8	5.7	.486	1.3	1.8	.714	2.4	1.4	1.7	6.9
8	Dave Stallworth	28	SF	19	14.5	3.2	7.0	.459	0.8	0.8	.938	4.1	1.1	1.8	7.2
9	Nate Bowman	26	C	18	7.1	1.0	2.6	.383	0.4	0.6	.700	2.4	0.3	1.9	2.4
10	Bill Hosket	23	PF	5	5.8	0.8	2.0	.400	0.6	0.8	.750	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.2
11	Don May	24	SF	2	3.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
12	John Warren	22	SG	10	2.2	0.2	0.5	.400	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.2	0.6	0.4
	Team Totals			38	25.1	4.7	10.3	.457	1.9	2.4	.758	5.1	2.4	2.4	11.3

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	27	C	81	81	3089	8.2	16.1	.507	4.1	5.4	.756	13.1	1.9	3.3	20.5	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
2	Walt Frazier	24	PG	77	77	3040	7.1	13.7	.518	4.8	6.5	.748	5.5	7.4	2.4	19.1	MVP-4,AS,NBA1
3	Dick Barnett	33	SG	82	82	2772	6.4	13.5	.475	3.0	4.2	.714	2.9	3.9	2.9	15.8
4	Dave DeBusschere	29	PF	79	79	2627	6.7	14.8	.451	2.4	3.5	.688	10.8	2.7	3.3	15.8	AS
5	Bill Bradley	26	SF	67	64	2098	7.1	15.4	.460	2.5	3.0	.824	4.1	4.6	3.8	16.7
6	Mike Riordan	24	SG	81	5	1677	5.5	11.8	.464	2.4	3.5	.691	4.2	4.3	4.1	13.4
7	Cazzie Russell	25	SF	78	18	1563	8.9	17.8	.498	2.9	3.7	.775	5.4	3.1	3.2	20.6
8	Dave Stallworth	28	SF	82	3	1375	6.3	14.6	.429	4.2	5.9	.716	8.5	3.6	5.1	16.7
9	Nate Bowman	26	C	81	1	744	4.7	11.4	.417	2.0	3.8	.519	12.4	2.2	9.1	11.5
10	John Warren	22	SG	44	0	272	5.8	14.3	.407	3.2	4.6	.686	5.3	4.0	7.0	14.8
11	Don May	24	SF	37	0	238	5.9	15.3	.386	2.7	2.9	.947	7.9	2.6	6.4	14.5
12	Bill Hosket	23	PF	36	0	235	7.0	13.9	.505	4.0	5.1	.788	9.7	2.6	5.5	18.1

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Walt Frazier	24	PG	19	834	5.1	10.7	.478	2.9	3.8	.764	6.4	6.7	2.3	13.1
2	Willis Reed	27	C	18	732	8.8	18.6	.471	3.4	4.7	.737	12.2	2.5	3.0	21.0	Finals MVP-1
3	Dick Barnett	33	SG	19	714	6.6	14.1	.468	3.0	3.8	.776	2.0	3.2	3.2	16.2
4	Dave DeBusschere	29	PF	19	701	6.7	15.9	.421	2.3	3.5	.662	11.3	2.4	3.2	15.7
5	Bill Bradley	26	SF	19	616	5.8	13.6	.429	2.0	2.5	.814	4.2	3.5	3.4	13.7
6	Cazzie Russell	25	SF	19	306	9.4	19.4	.485	2.1	2.2	.947	5.5	1.9	3.6	20.9
7	Mike Riordan	24	SG	19	296	6.4	13.3	.486	3.0	4.3	.714	5.6	3.3	4.0	15.9
8	Dave Stallworth	28	SF	19	275	8.0	17.4	.459	2.0	2.1	.938	10.1	2.6	4.6	17.9
9	Nate Bowman	26	C	18	128	5.1	13.2	.383	2.0	2.8	.700	12.4	1.7	9.6	12.1
10	Bill Hosket	23	PF	5	29	5.0	12.4	.400	3.7	5.0	.750	6.2	2.5	7.4	13.7
11	John Warren	22	SG	10	22	3.3	8.2	.400	0.0	0.0		4.9	3.3	9.8	6.5
12	Don May	24	SF	2	7	10.3	15.4	.667	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	10.3	20.6