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	240.6	46.4	97.3	.477	22.2	30.3	.733	48.9	26.0	24.6	115.0

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			5	240.0	47.6	101.4	.457	18.2	24.4	.758	47.4	24.8	20.6	113.4

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