via Sports Logos.net

1971-72 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 48-34, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Red Holzman (48-34)

Executive: Red Holzman

PTS/G: 107.1 (13th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 104.7 (3rd of 17)

SRS: 2.28 (6th of 17) Pace: 108.0 (17th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.5 (7th of 17) Def Rtg: 96.3 (6th of 17) Net Rtg: +2.3 (6th of 17)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (6th of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

NBA 1972 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Baltimore Bullets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (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
12	Dick Barnett	SG	6-4	190	October 2, 1936	us	11	Tennessee State
24	Bill Bradley	SF	6-5	205	July 28, 1943	us	4	Princeton
22	Dave DeBusschere	PF	6-6	220	October 16, 1940	us	9	Detroit Mercy
34	Greg Fillmore	C	7-1	240	March 7, 1947	us	1	Cheyney (PA)
10	Walt Frazier	PG	6-4	200	March 29, 1945	us	4	Southern Illinois
18	Phil Jackson	PF	6-8	220	September 17, 1945	us	3	University of North Dakota
32	Jerry Lucas	C	6-8	230	March 30, 1940	us	8	Ohio State
26	Eddie Mast	PF	6-9	220	October 3, 1948	us	1	Temple
7	Dean Meminger	SG	6-0	175	May 13, 1948	us	R	Marquette
42	Eddie Miles	SG	6-4	195	July 5, 1940	us	8	Seattle University
15, 33	Earl Monroe	SG	6-3	185	November 21, 1944	us	4	Winston-Salem State
16	Charlie Paulk	PF	6-8	219	June 14, 1946	us	2	Northeastern State University
5	Mike Price	SG	6-3	200	September 11, 1948	us	1	Illinois
23, 43	Luther Rackley	C	6-10	220	June 11, 1946	us	2	Xavier
19	Willis Reed	C	6-10	235	June 25, 1942	us	7	Grambling State University
6	Mike Riordan	SF	6-4	200	July 9, 1945	us	3	Providence
9	Dave Stallworth	SF	6-7	200	December 20, 1941	us	4	Wichita State

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	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	Walt Frazier	26	77		40.6	8.7	17.0	.512				8.7	17.0	.512	.512	5.8	7.2	.808			6.7	5.8				2.4	23.2
2	Dave DeBusschere	31	80		38.4	6.5	15.2	.427				6.5	15.2	.427	.427	2.4	3.3	.728			11.3	3.6				2.7	15.4
3	Jerry Lucas	31	77		38.0	7.1	13.8	.512				7.1	13.8	.512	.512	2.6	3.2	.791			13.1	4.1				2.8	16.7
4	Bill Bradley	28	78		35.6	6.5	13.9	.465				6.5	13.9	.465	.465	2.2	2.6	.849			3.2	4.0				3.3	15.1
5	Willis Reed	29	11		33.0	5.5	12.5	.438				5.5	12.5	.438	.438	2.5	3.5	.692			8.7	2.0				2.7	13.4
6	Dick Barnett	35	79		28.6	5.1	11.6	.437				5.1	11.6	.437	.437	2.1	2.7	.753			1.9	2.5				2.9	12.2
7	Earl Monroe	27	60		20.6	4.4	10.0	.436				4.4	10.0	.436	.436	2.7	3.4	.786			1.5	2.2				2.2	11.4
8	Dave Stallworth	30	14		16.1	2.4	6.3	.375				2.4	6.3	.375	.375	2.1	2.5	.829			2.5	1.8				2.2	6.8
9	Phil Jackson	26	80		15.9	2.6	5.8	.440				2.6	5.8	.440	.440	2.1	2.9	.732			4.1	0.9				2.8	7.2
10	Dean Meminger	23	78		15.0	1.8	3.8	.474				1.8	3.8	.474	.474	1.0	1.8	.564			2.4	1.3				1.8	4.6
11	Luther Rackley	25	62		10.0	1.5	3.5	.428				1.5	3.5	.428	.428	0.8	1.4	.583			3.0	0.3				1.7	3.8
12	Mike Riordan	26	4		8.3	1.0	2.8	.364				1.0	2.8	.364	.364	0.0	0.3	.000			0.3	0.5				0.5	2.0
13	Eddie Mast	23	40		6.8	1.0	2.8	.348				1.0	2.8	.348	.348	0.6	1.0	.610			1.8	0.3				1.0	2.6
14	Mike Price	23	6		6.7	0.8	2.3	.357				0.8	2.3	.357	.357	1.5	1.8	.818			1.0	1.0				1.7	3.2
15	Greg Fillmore	24	10		6.7	0.7	2.7	.259				0.7	2.7	.259	.259	0.1	0.3	.333			1.5	0.3				1.7	1.5
16	Charlie Paulk	25	28		5.4	0.6	2.1	.267				0.6	2.1	.267	.267	0.3	0.4	.667			1.8	0.3				0.9	1.4
17	Eddie Miles	31	42		4.7	0.5	1.5	.359				0.5	1.5	.359	.359	0.4	0.4	.889			0.4	0.4				1.1	1.5

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	Jerry Lucas	31	16		46.1	7.4	14.9	.500				7.4	14.9	.500	.500	3.7	4.4	.831			10.8	5.3				3.1	18.6
2	Walt Frazier	26	16		44.0	9.3	17.3	.536				9.3	17.3	.536	.536	5.8	7.8	.736			7.0	6.1				3.0	24.3
3	Dave DeBusschere	31	16		38.5	6.8	15.1	.450				6.8	15.1	.450	.450	3.0	4.0	.750			12.1	2.3				3.2	16.6
4	Bill Bradley	28	16		37.1	6.6	14.2	.467				6.6	14.2	.467	.467	2.9	3.5	.839			2.9	3.4				4.1	16.2
5	Earl Monroe	27	16		26.8	4.8	11.6	.411				4.8	11.6	.411	.411	2.8	3.6	.789			2.8	2.9				2.6	12.3
6	Phil Jackson	26	16		20.0	3.6	7.5	.475				3.6	7.5	.475	.475	2.6	3.6	.737			5.1	0.9				3.2	9.8
7	Dean Meminger	23	16		17.3	1.5	3.6	.421				1.5	3.6	.421	.421	1.1	1.7	.630			2.7	1.3				2.3	4.1
8	Dick Barnett	35	12		10.9	1.9	4.1	.469				1.9	4.1	.469	.469	0.4	1.0	.417			0.7	0.8				1.6	4.3
9	Eddie Mast	23	9		2.6	0.4	0.8	.571				0.4	0.8	.571	.571	0.1	0.6	.200			0.8	0.1				0.4	1.0
10	Luther Rackley	25	11		2.6	0.2	1.3	.143				0.2	1.3	.143	.143	0.4	0.4	1.000			0.6	0.1				0.6	0.7
11	Eddie Miles	31	9		1.9	0.0	0.7	.000				0.0	0.7	.000	.000	0.4	0.6	.800			0.9	0.1				0.2	0.4
12	Charlie Paulk	25	7		1.9	0.4	1.4	.300				0.4	1.4	.300	.300	0.0	0.0				0.7	0.0				0.7	0.9

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	Walt Frazier	26	77		3126	669	1307	.512				669	1307	.512	.512	450	557	.808			513	446				185	1788
2	Dave DeBusschere	31	80		3072	520	1218	.427				520	1218	.427	.427	193	265	.728			901	291				219	1233
3	Jerry Lucas	31	77		2926	543	1060	.512				543	1060	.512	.512	197	249	.791			1011	318				218	1283
4	Bill Bradley	28	78		2780	504	1085	.465				504	1085	.465	.465	169	199	.849			250	315				254	1177
5	Dick Barnett	35	79		2256	401	918	.437				401	918	.437	.437	162	215	.753			153	198				229	964
6	Phil Jackson	26	80		1273	205	466	.440				205	466	.440	.440	167	228	.732			326	72				224	577
7	Earl Monroe	27	60		1234	261	598	.436				261	598	.436	.436	162	206	.786			92	132				130	684
8	Dean Meminger	23	78		1173	139	293	.474				139	293	.474	.474	79	140	.564			185	103				137	357
9	Luther Rackley	25	62		618	92	215	.428				92	215	.428	.428	49	84	.583			187	18				104	233
10	Willis Reed	29	11		363	60	137	.438				60	137	.438	.438	27	39	.692			96	22				30	147
11	Eddie Mast	23	40		270	39	112	.348				39	112	.348	.348	25	41	.610			73	10				39	103
12	Dave Stallworth	30	14		225	33	88	.375				33	88	.375	.375	29	35	.829			35	25				31	95
13	Eddie Miles	31	42		198	23	64	.359				23	64	.359	.359	16	18	.889			16	17				46	62
14	Charlie Paulk	25	28		151	16	60	.267				16	60	.267	.267	8	12	.667			49	7				24	40
15	Greg Fillmore	24	10		67	7	27	.259				7	27	.259	.259	1	3	.333			15	3				17	15
16	Mike Price	23	6		40	5	14	.357				5	14	.357	.357	9	11	.818			6	6				10	19
17	Mike Riordan	26	4		33	4	11	.364				4	11	.364	.364	0	1	.000			1	2				2	8
			82		19805	3521	7673	.459				3521	7673	.459	.459	1743	2303	.757			3909	1985				1899	8785

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	Jerry Lucas	31	16		737	119	238	.500				119	238	.500	.500	59	71	.831			173	85				49	297
2	Walt Frazier	26	16		704	148	276	.536				148	276	.536	.536	92	125	.736			112	98				48	388
3	Dave DeBusschere	31	16		616	109	242	.450				109	242	.450	.450	48	64	.750			193	37				51	266
4	Bill Bradley	28	16		594	106	227	.467				106	227	.467	.467	47	56	.839			47	54				66	259
5	Earl Monroe	27	16		429	76	185	.411				76	185	.411	.411	45	57	.789			45	47				41	197
6	Phil Jackson	26	16		320	57	120	.475				57	120	.475	.475	42	57	.737			82	15				51	156
7	Dean Meminger	23	16		277	24	57	.421				24	57	.421	.421	17	27	.630			43	20				37	65
8	Dick Barnett	35	12		131	23	49	.469				23	49	.469	.469	5	12	.417			8	10				19	51
9	Luther Rackley	25	11		29	2	14	.143				2	14	.143	.143	4	4	1.000			7	1				7	8
10	Eddie Mast	23	9		23	4	7	.571				4	7	.571	.571	1	5	.200			7	1				4	9
11	Eddie Miles	31	9		17	0	6	.000				0	6	.000	.000	4	5	.800			8	1				2	4
12	Charlie Paulk	25	7		13	3	10	.300				3	10	.300	.300	0	0				5	0				5	6

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	Walt Frazier	26	77	3126	21.6	.576		.426			8.0	21.1						10.3	4.2	14.5	.223
2	Dave DeBusschere	31	80	3072	15.0	.462		.218			14.4	13.2						-0.2	4.9	4.8	.075
3	Jerry Lucas	31	77	2926	19.5	.548		.235			16.9	15.5						5.8	5.4	11.2	.184
4	Bill Bradley	28	78	2780	12.9	.502		.183			4.4	16.0						2.7	2.8	5.4	.094
5	Dick Barnett	35	79	2256	10.9	.476		.234			3.3	12.3						0.7	1.9	2.6	.055
6	Phil Jackson	26	80	1273	13.7	.509		.489			12.6	7.8						1.5	1.7	3.2	.121
7	Earl Monroe	27	60	1234	14.9	.497		.344			3.7	15.8						1.3	1.1	2.4	.095
8	Dean Meminger	23	78	1173	10.3	.503		.478			7.7	11.4						0.8	1.3	2.2	.089
9	Luther Rackley	25	62	618	10.9	.462		.391			14.8	3.9						-0.1	0.9	0.8	.064
10	Willis Reed	29	11	363	13.7	.477		.285			13.0	8.4						0.1	0.5	0.6	.081
11	Eddie Mast	23	40	270	8.8	.396		.366			13.3	5.0						-0.5	0.4	-0.2	-0.030
12	Dave Stallworth	30	14	225	12.1	.459		.398			7.6	15.0						0.0	0.3	0.2	.053
13	Eddie Miles	31	42	198	5.2	.431		.281			4.0	11.1						-0.1	0.2	0.0	.009
14	Charlie Paulk	25	28	151	5.2	.306		.200			15.9	5.9						-0.6	0.2	-0.4	-0.119
15	Greg Fillmore	24	10	67	-0.5	.265		.111			11.0	5.7						-0.3	0.1	-0.3	-0.181
16	Mike Price	23	6	40	13.6	.504		.786			7.4	19.6						0.0	0.1	0.1	.121
17	Mike Riordan	26	4	33	3.2	.350		.091			1.5	7.9						-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.083

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	Jerry Lucas	31	16	737	17.5	.552		.298			12.1	16.5						1.5	0.9	2.4	.159
2	Walt Frazier	26	16	704	21.5	.586		.453			8.2	21.3						2.6	0.8	3.3	.227
3	Dave DeBusschere	31	16	616	16.1	.492		.264			16.1	8.8						0.5	0.8	1.3	.104
4	Bill Bradley	28	16	594	12.7	.515		.247			4.1	13.3						0.8	0.4	1.3	.104
5	Earl Monroe	27	16	429	13.2	.469		.308			5.4	16.0						0.1	0.4	0.5	.057
6	Phil Jackson	26	16	320	15.7	.538		.475			13.2	6.8						0.7	0.4	1.0	.154
7	Dean Meminger	23	16	277	7.6	.472		.474			8.0	9.3						0.1	0.2	0.3	.054
8	Dick Barnett	35	12	131	8.7	.470		.245			3.1	11.1						0.0	0.1	0.1	.044
9	Luther Rackley	25	11	29	-1.2	.254		.286			12.4	4.3						-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.270
10	Eddie Mast	23	9	23	12.2	.489		.714			15.6	6.3						0.0	0.0	0.0	.092
11	Eddie Miles	31	9	17	6.2	.244		.833			24.2	6.8						-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.210
12	Charlie Paulk	25	7	13	0.4	.300		.000			19.8	0.0						-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.293

Players on League Leaderboards

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.

More 1971-72 Knicks Pages

Knicks Franchise Index