1997-98 New York Knicks Referee Summary

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Record: 43-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jeff Van Gundy (43-39)

Executive: Ernie Grunfeld

PTS/G: 91.6 (25th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 89.1 (2nd of 29)

SRS: 2.74 (11th of 29) Pace: 88.2 (25th of 29)

Off Rtg: 103.0 (20th of 29) Def Rtg: 100.3 (4th of 29) Net Rtg: +2.8 (11th of 29)

Expected W-L: 49-33 (11th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1000, Over-Under 53.5

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) Attendance: 810,283 (5th of 29)

NBA 1998 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Miami Heat (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Indiana Pacers (Series Stats)

56 Referees

Statistics are per 48 minutes

56 Referees Table
		Summary					Team per 48					Opponent per 48					Diff per 48
Rk	Referee	G	W	L	W/L%	Pace	PTS	FTA	PF	S.Foul	O.Foul	PTS	FTA	PF	S.Foul	O.Foul	PTS	FTA	PF	S.Foul	O.Foul
1	Ted Bernhardt	7	6	1	.857	88.4	95.7	28.0	26.1	10.6	2.1	87.3	28.3	26.0	8.0	2.4	8.4	-0.3	0.1	2.6	-0.3
2	Bob Delaney	6	4	2	.667	87.6	88.3	22.8	26.0	9.3	2.0	84.2	28.8	23.3	7.5	3.5	4.1	-6.0	2.7	1.8	-1.5
3	Leroy Richardson	5	3	2	.600	87.0	92.6	25.8	27.4	10.4	1.8	87.6	29.6	24.6	8.2	2.8	5.0	-3.8	2.8	2.2	-1.0
4	Gary Benson	3	0	3	.000	87.6	84.3	19.3	25.3	9.7	1.3	91.7	28.0	16.7	8.3	0.3	-7.4	-8.7	8.6	1.4	1.0
5	Steve Javie	7	2	5	.286	90.7	95.6	23.7	25.1	9.0	2.0	95.7	28.6	22.0	8.4	1.7	-0.1	-4.9	3.1	0.6	0.3
6	Ron Olesiak	4	0	4	.000	87.8	90.8	16.8	26.0	10.0	2.0	98.0	33.0	18.5	7.0	1.8	-7.2	-16.2	7.5	3.0	0.2
7	Jim Kinsey	3	3	0	1.000	90.0	96.3	23.0	21.0	5.3	1.3	75.7	18.7	19.7	9.7	1.0	20.6	4.3	1.3	-4.4	0.3
8	Monty McCutchen	5	1	4	.200	87.4	87.4	22.7	28.0	10.2	1.3	87.6	33.2	21.5	8.4	1.3	-0.2	-10.5	6.5	1.8	0.0
9	Bennett Salvatore	4	3	1	.750	88.6	103.3	31.7	24.6	9.7	1.0	93.1	30.2	25.3	11.0	1.9	10.2	1.5	-0.7	-1.3	-0.9
10	Bennie Adams	5	3	2	.600	88.8	93.6	17.6	26.6	10.6	1.4	83.8	32.2	20.0	6.4	2.8	9.8	-14.6	6.6	4.2	-1.4
11	Hugh Evans	7	3	4	.429	86.5	90.3	22.0	25.7	8.8	1.1	85.3	28.4	22.0	8.3	1.8	5.0	-6.4	3.7	0.5	-0.7
12	Tom Washington	4	4	0	1.000	85.4	103.8	20.0	25.3	10.8	1.0	89.0	30.0	20.5	7.0	1.3	14.8	-10.0	4.8	3.8	-0.3
13	Scott Foster	5	3	2	.600	85.0	90.0	19.8	21.0	11.0	1.0	86.0	27.2	18.6	7.0	1.6	4.0	-7.4	2.4	4.0	-0.6
14	Jack Nies	5	1	4	.200	90.0	95.0	26.0	25.6	12.8	1.4	97.8	33.2	21.8	10.2	1.8	-2.8	-7.2	3.8	2.6	-0.4
15	Tommy Nunez Sr.	6	0	6	.000	89.0	93.6	25.6	27.2	11.9	2.1	98.4	34.0	22.4	11.4	1.6	-4.8	-8.4	4.8	0.5	0.5
16	Sean Corbin	4	1	3	.250	88.2	82.3	14.5	22.0	7.0	2.8	87.8	23.5	17.8	5.8	3.8	-5.5	-9.0	4.2	1.2	-1.0
17	David Jones	6	1	5	.167	87.5	88.1	22.8	22.8	8.2	1.5	92.7	24.2	19.0	8.5	1.6	-4.6	-1.4	3.8	-0.3	-0.1
18	Bill Oakes	5	2	3	.400	86.3	92.6	22.2	22.2	9.2	1.8	89.4	26.0	20.8	8.6	1.6	3.2	-3.8	1.4	0.6	0.2
19	Michael Smith	6	1	5	.167	87.6	87.5	23.2	23.2	11.0	1.8	94.5	26.8	20.5	10.0	1.0	-7.0	-3.6	2.7	1.0	0.8
20	Don Vaden	1	1	0	1.000	89.0	93.0	22.0	21.0	11.0	3.0	90.0	20.0	20.0	8.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	2.0
21	Kevin Fehr	4	3	1	.750	88.8	87.0	22.7	20.7	9.0	0.7	80.9	25.1	21.7	9.3	2.4	6.1	-2.4	-1.0	-0.3	-1.7
22	Bill Spooner	4	2	2	.500	90.2	98.5	24.3	24.3	11.0	2.0	93.8	30.3	20.5	10.5	1.5	4.7	-6.0	3.8	0.5	0.5
23	Jim Clark	5	3	2	.600	88.8	90.4	22.8	24.6	9.2	2.4	84.6	24.4	22.2	8.6	1.6	5.8	-1.6	2.4	0.6	0.8
24	Woody Mayfield	3	2	1	.667	93.1	103.3	31.7	26.0	10.0	2.0	93.3	27.3	26.7	10.3	2.3	10.0	4.4	-0.7	-0.3	-0.3
25	Ed Middleton	3	1	2	.333	84.0	84.7	21.0	26.3	10.7	0.0	88.0	34.3	21.7	7.7	1.3	-3.3	-13.3	4.6	3.0	-1.3
26	Bernie Fryer	5	4	1	.800	87.4	90.8	20.0	20.8	9.0	0.8	83.0	23.8	19.6	8.2	1.8	7.8	-3.8	1.2	0.8	-1.0
27	Scott Wall	6	3	3	.500	87.2	85.7	18.3	22.2	9.7	1.3	83.3	25.5	18.8	6.5	1.7	2.4	-7.2	3.4	3.2	-0.4
28	Greg Willard	6	4	2	.667	86.7	89.3	17.8	21.8	11.0	0.8	86.5	26.5	20.3	6.8	1.5	2.8	-8.7	1.5	4.2	-0.7
29	Joe DeRosa	5	4	1	.800	86.8	89.2	12.6	20.0	8.2	0.6	82.0	22.4	14.4	5.8	1.0	7.2	-9.8	5.6	2.4	-0.4
30	Ron Garretson	6	4	2	.667	86.2	88.8	14.8	24.7	10.2	0.8	82.7	28.7	18.2	5.5	1.7	6.1	-13.9	6.5	4.7	-0.9
31	Dan Crawford	3	1	2	.333	86.4	88.7	20.7	25.3	13.3	0.0	89.7	35.0	19.7	6.3	1.0	-1.0	-14.3	5.6	7.0	-1.0
32	Leon Wood	4	2	2	.500	87.3	85.8	17.5	23.0	11.8	0.0	86.3	30.0	17.0	6.0	1.0	-0.5	-12.5	6.0	5.8	-1.0
33	Joe Borgia	4	1	3	.250	86.9	81.0	22.3	24.8	9.3	2.0	90.3	27.3	19.8	8.8	1.8	-9.3	-5.0	5.0	0.5	0.2
34	Nolan Fine	5	3	2	.600	90.9	93.0	23.8	23.6	10.6	1.6	91.2	28.6	21.4	9.4	1.6	1.8	-4.8	2.2	1.2	0.0
35	Joe Forte	4	2	2	.500	89.9	90.0	28.3	25.0	12.8	1.8	90.8	32.3	22.3	10.8	1.3	-0.8	-4.0	2.7	2.0	0.5
36	Bruce Alexander	5	4	1	.800	91.6	98.4	27.0	20.0	10.0	0.8	88.6	22.6	22.2	11.2	1.2	9.8	4.4	-2.2	-1.2	-0.4
37	Tim Donaghy	4	4	0	1.000	88.4	94.5	20.0	21.0	9.8	1.0	82.5	23.5	19.3	7.8	0.5	12.0	-3.5	1.7	2.0	0.5
38	Derrick Stafford	5	3	2	.600	88.8	90.0	24.4	23.6	11.6	1.2	88.4	29.0	20.4	9.0	1.0	1.6	-4.6	3.2	2.6	0.2
39	Terry Durham	2	1	1	.500	87.0	83.2	20.9	26.6	9.5	1.0	79.4	27.1	21.9	6.2	2.9	3.8	-6.2	4.7	3.3	-1.9
40	Hue Hollins	7	5	2	.714	85.9	90.7	18.4	20.3	10.9	1.1	85.7	25.1	19.7	8.0	1.9	5.0	-6.7	0.6	2.9	-0.8
41	Tommie Wood	2	0	2	.000	85.1	83.5	23.0	23.0	11.0	2.0	92.0	27.5	24.0	9.0	2.5	-8.5	-4.5	-1.0	2.0	-0.5
42	Joe Crawford	7	3	4	.429	88.5	88.1	21.0	21.4	11.6	0.6	92.6	26.7	19.7	8.4	1.3	-4.5	-5.7	1.7	3.2	-0.7
43	James Capers Jr.	4	3	1	.750	87.4	88.9	23.1	25.8	11.0	0.7	85.3	31.7	19.2	11.2	1.0	3.6	-8.6	6.6	-0.2	-0.3
44	Mark Wunderlich	5	3	2	.600	86.9	89.1	20.2	20.0	8.4	0.8	83.5	21.9	19.2	8.6	1.6	5.6	-1.7	0.8	-0.2	-0.8
45	Ken Mauer	4	0	4	.000	87.6	84.3	24.6	23.4	12.2	0.7	95.5	32.6	20.5	10.7	0.7	-11.2	-8.0	2.9	1.5	0.0
46	Blane Reichelt	4	3	1	.750	84.4	89.8	21.0	24.3	11.5	1.8	85.3	30.3	19.8	9.0	1.8	4.5	-9.3	4.5	2.5	0.0
47	Eddie F. Rush	3	2	1	.667	82.4	83.7	17.3	23.0	11.7	0.3	84.0	30.0	15.7	9.0	0.3	-0.3	-12.7	7.3	2.7	0.0
48	Dick Bavetta	5	2	3	.400	87.4	87.4	23.7	21.7	8.8	1.0	89.3	22.7	20.2	8.4	1.0	-1.9	1.0	1.5	0.4	0.0
49	Rashan Michel	3	2	1	.667	81.7	87.0	20.7	19.3	8.7	1.7	82.3	22.3	21.7	7.3	3.0	4.7	-1.6	-2.4	1.4	-1.3
50	Luis Grillo	2	1	1	.500	87.2	99.5	28.5	28.0	13.0	1.0	96.0	42.0	24.0	7.5	3.5	3.5	-13.5	4.0	5.5	-2.5
51	Ronnie Nunn	3	1	2	.333	85.9	80.9	16.8	23.5	10.0	1.6	85.0	28.3	16.8	7.7	2.9	-4.1	-11.5	6.7	2.3	-1.3
52	Mike Callahan	4	2	2	.500	86.1	96.3	20.8	19.8	12.0	0.3	90.8	27.0	20.3	10.5	2.3	5.5	-6.2	-0.5	1.5	-2.0
53	Derek Richardson	4	4	0	1.000	90.5	101.3	24.8	20.8	13.0	0.3	87.0	29.8	23.0	10.5	1.8	14.3	-5.0	-2.2	2.5	-1.5
54	Rodney Mott	4	3	1	.750	84.1	96.3	20.8	23.5	10.3	0.8	97.5	27.0	19.8	7.0	1.8	-1.2	-6.2	3.7	3.3	-1.0
55	Violet Palmer	2	1	1	.500	86.5	93.6	23.8	18.5	9.0	0.5	91.7	25.7	20.9	7.1	1.4	1.9	-1.9	-2.4	1.9	-0.9
56	Dee Kantner	2	1	1	.500	85.8	88.9	24.2	26.1	12.4	1.9	85.1	28.0	21.4	8.6	1.9	3.8	-3.8	4.7	3.8	0.0

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