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1997-98 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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43-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jeff Van Gundy (43-39)

Points Per Game: 91.6 (25th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 89.1 (2nd of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 49-33 (11th of 29)

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

SRS: 2.74 (11th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 88.2 (24th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 103.0 (20th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.2 (4th of 29)

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

1997-98 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
13 Anthony Bowie G-F 6-6 190 November 9, 1963 7 University of Oklahoma
1 Chris Childs G 6-3 195 November 20, 1967 3 Boise State University
35 Terry Cummings F 6-9 220 March 15, 1961 15 DePaul University
4 Ben Davis F 6-9 240 December 26, 1972 1 University of Arizona
14 Chris Dudley C 6-11 235 February 22, 1965 10 Yale University
33 Patrick Ewing C-F 7-0 240 August 5, 1962 12 Georgetown University
20 Allan Houston G 6-6 200 April 20, 1971 4 University of Tennessee
2 Larry Johnson F 6-6 250 March 14, 1969 6 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
42 Chris Mills F 6-6 215 January 25, 1970 4 University of Arizona
8 Pete Myers G-F 6-6 180 September 15, 1963 8 University of Arkansas at Little Rock
34 Charles Oakley F-C 6-8 225 December 18, 1963 12 Virginia Union University
3 John Starks G 6-3 180 August 10, 1965 8 Oklahoma State University
7 Brooks Thompson G 6-4 193 July 19, 1970 3 Oklahoma State University
21 Charlie Ward G 6-2 190 October 12, 1970 3 Florida State University
52 Buck Williams F-C 6-8 215 March 8, 1960 16 University of Maryland
32 Herb Williams C-F 6-10 242 February 16, 1958 16 Ohio State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19830 2864 6413 .447 382 1139 .335 1399 1812 .772 978 2434 3412 1787 634 278 1247 1947 7509 91.6
Opponent 82 19830 2624 6131 .428 331 1045 .317 1728 2304 .750 854 2341 3195 1585 653 313 1234 1705 7307 89.1

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Allan Houston 26 82 82 2848 571 1277 .447 82 213 .385 285 335 .851 43 231 274 212 63 24 200 207 1509
2 Larry Johnson 28 70 70 2412 429 884 .485 15 63 .238 214 283 .756 175 226 401 150 40 13 127 193 1087
3 John Starks 32 82 10 2188 372 947 .393 130 398 .327 185 235 .787 48 182 230 219 78 5 143 205 1059
4 Chris Mills 28 80 29 2183 292 675 .433 40 137 .292 152 189 .804 120 288 408 133 45 30 107 218 776
5 Charles Oakley 34 79 79 2734 307 698 .440 0 6 .000 97 114 .851 218 506 724 201 123 22 126 280 711
6 Charlie Ward 27 82 82 2317 235 516 .455 81 215 .377 91 113 .805 32 242 274 466 144 37 175 195 642
7 Patrick Ewing 35 26 26 848 203 403 .504 0 2 .000 134 186 .720 59 206 265 28 16 58 77 74 540
8 Chris Childs 30 68 0 1599 149 354 .421 27 87 .310 104 126 .825 29 133 162 268 56 6 103 179 429
9 Terry Cummings 36 30 1 529 103 216 .477 0 0 28 40 .700 42 93 135 26 16 5 34 79 234
10 Buck Williams 37 41 6 738 75 149 .503 0 0 52 71 .732 78 105 183 21 17 15 38 93 202
11 Chris Dudley 32 51 22 858 58 143 .406 0 0 41 92 .446 108 167 275 21 13 51 44 139 157
12 Anthony Bowie 34 27 3 224 32 59 .542 3 4 .750 8 9 .889 9 17 26 11 6 2 7 25 75
13 Herb Williams 39 27 0 178 18 43 .419 0 0 1 8 .125 6 23 29 4 6 9 5 34 37
14 Brooks Thompson 27 17 0 121 13 29 .448 4 14 .286 3 5 .600 0 10 10 24 6 1 11 16 33
15 Pete Myers 34 9 0 40 5 10 .500 0 0 4 6 .667 5 5 10 3 4 0 4 7 14
16 Ben Davis 25 7 0 13 2 10 .200 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 3 4

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Patrick Ewing 35 26 26 32.6 7.8 15.5 .504 0.0 0.1 .000 5.2 7.2 .720 2.3 7.9 10.2 1.1 0.6 2.2 3.0 2.8 20.8
2 Allan Houston 26 82 82 34.7 7.0 15.6 .447 1.0 2.6 .385 3.5 4.1 .851 0.5 2.8 3.3 2.6 0.8 0.3 2.4 2.5 18.4
3 Larry Johnson 28 70 70 34.5 6.1 12.6 .485 0.2 0.9 .238 3.1 4.0 .756 2.5 3.2 5.7 2.1 0.6 0.2 1.8 2.8 15.5
4 John Starks 32 82 10 26.7 4.5 11.5 .393 1.6 4.9 .327 2.3 2.9 .787 0.6 2.2 2.8 2.7 1.0 0.1 1.7 2.5 12.9
5 Chris Mills 28 80 29 27.3 3.7 8.4 .433 0.5 1.7 .292 1.9 2.4 .804 1.5 3.6 5.1 1.7 0.6 0.4 1.3 2.7 9.7
6 Charles Oakley 34 79 79 34.6 3.9 8.8 .440 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.4 .851 2.8 6.4 9.2 2.5 1.6 0.3 1.6 3.5 9.0
7 Terry Cummings 36 30 1 17.6 3.4 7.2 .477 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .700 1.4 3.1 4.5 0.9 0.5 0.2 1.1 2.6 7.8
8 Charlie Ward 27 82 82 28.3 2.9 6.3 .455 1.0 2.6 .377 1.1 1.4 .805 0.4 3.0 3.3 5.7 1.8 0.5 2.1 2.4 7.8
9 Chris Childs 30 68 0 23.5 2.2 5.2 .421 0.4 1.3 .310 1.5 1.9 .825 0.4 2.0 2.4 3.9 0.8 0.1 1.5 2.6 6.3
10 Buck Williams 37 41 6 18.0 1.8 3.6 .503 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.7 .732 1.9 2.6 4.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.9 2.3 4.9
11 Chris Dudley 32 51 22 16.8 1.1 2.8 .406 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.8 .446 2.1 3.3 5.4 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.9 2.7 3.1
12 Anthony Bowie 34 27 3 8.3 1.2 2.2 .542 0.1 0.1 .750 0.3 0.3 .889 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.9 2.8
13 Brooks Thompson 27 17 0 7.1 0.8 1.7 .448 0.2 0.8 .286 0.2 0.3 .600 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.9 1.9
14 Pete Myers 34 9 0 4.4 0.6 1.1 .500 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .667 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.6
15 Herb Williams 39 27 0 6.6 0.7 1.6 .419 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 .125 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.3 1.4
16 Ben Davis 25 7 0 1.9 0.3 1.4 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Patrick Ewing 35 26 26 848 8.6 17.1 .504 0.0 0.1 .000 5.7 7.9 .720 2.5 8.7 11.3 1.2 0.7 2.5 3.3 3.1 22.9
2 Allan Houston 26 82 82 2848 7.2 16.1 .447 1.0 2.7 .385 3.6 4.2 .851 0.5 2.9 3.5 2.7 0.8 0.3 2.5 2.6 19.1
3 John Starks 32 82 10 2188 6.1 15.6 .393 2.1 6.5 .327 3.0 3.9 .787 0.8 3.0 3.8 3.6 1.3 0.1 2.4 3.4 17.4
4 Larry Johnson 28 70 70 2412 6.4 13.2 .485 0.2 0.9 .238 3.2 4.2 .756 2.6 3.4 6.0 2.2 0.6 0.2 1.9 2.9 16.2
5 Terry Cummings 36 30 1 529 7.0 14.7 .477 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.7 .700 2.9 6.3 9.2 1.8 1.1 0.3 2.3 5.4 15.9
6 Chris Mills 28 80 29 2183 4.8 11.1 .433 0.7 2.3 .292 2.5 3.1 .804 2.0 4.7 6.7 2.2 0.7 0.5 1.8 3.6 12.8
7 Pete Myers 34 9 0 40 4.5 9.0 .500 0.0 0.0 3.6 5.4 .667 4.5 4.5 9.0 2.7 3.6 0.0 3.6 6.3 12.6
8 Anthony Bowie 34 27 3 224 5.1 9.5 .542 0.5 0.6 .750 1.3 1.4 .889 1.4 2.7 4.2 1.8 1.0 0.3 1.1 4.0 12.1
9 Ben Davis 25 7 0 13 5.5 27.7 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.6 0.0 16.6 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 8.3 11.1
10 Charlie Ward 27 82 82 2317 3.7 8.0 .455 1.3 3.3 .377 1.4 1.8 .805 0.5 3.8 4.3 7.2 2.2 0.6 2.7 3.0 10.0
11 Buck Williams 37 41 6 738 3.7 7.3 .503 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.5 .732 3.8 5.1 8.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.9 4.5 9.9
12 Brooks Thompson 27 17 0 121 3.9 8.6 .448 1.2 4.2 .286 0.9 1.5 .600 0.0 3.0 3.0 7.1 1.8 0.3 3.3 4.8 9.8
13 Chris Childs 30 68 0 1599 3.4 8.0 .421 0.6 2.0 .310 2.3 2.8 .825 0.7 3.0 3.6 6.0 1.3 0.1 2.3 4.0 9.7
14 Charles Oakley 34 79 79 2734 4.0 9.2 .440 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.5 .851 2.9 6.7 9.5 2.6 1.6 0.3 1.7 3.7 9.4
15 Herb Williams 39 27 0 178 3.6 8.7 .419 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.6 .125 1.2 4.7 5.9 0.8 1.2 1.8 1.0 6.9 7.5
16 Chris Dudley 32 51 22 858 2.4 6.0 .406 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.9 .446 4.5 7.0 11.5 0.9 0.5 2.1 1.8 5.8 6.6

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Charlie Ward 27 82 2317 15.6 .567 .534 1.7 12.6 7.1 32.4 3.4 1.2 23.6 15.0 108 98 2.6 4.5 7.1 0.148
2 Charles Oakley 34 79 2734 13.1 .475 .440 9.5 22.3 15.9 12.1 2.4 0.6 14.4 15.0 102 97 1.4 5.6 7.0 0.123
3 Larry Johnson 28 70 2412 15.8 .539 .494 8.7 11.3 10.0 11.4 0.9 0.4 11.2 22.1 109 104 4.0 2.9 6.9 0.137
4 Allan Houston 26 82 2848 15.1 .530 .479 1.8 9.8 5.8 14.3 1.2 0.7 12.3 26.7 102 103 2.5 3.5 6.1 0.102
5 Chris Mills 28 80 2183 12.7 .512 .462 6.6 15.9 11.2 10.4 1.1 1.1 12.4 18.6 104 101 1.9 3.3 5.1 0.113
6 John Starks 32 82 2188 14.3 .504 .461 2.6 10.0 6.3 18.1 1.9 0.2 12.0 25.6 101 102 1.5 3.1 4.6 0.101
7 Chris Childs 30 68 1599 11.6 .524 .459 2.2 10.0 6.1 26.6 1.9 0.3 20.1 15.0 105 102 1.4 2.3 3.7 0.110
8 Patrick Ewing 35 26 848 23.3 .557 .504 8.3 29.3 18.8 6.8 1.0 5.3 13.7 31.1 103 94 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.168
9 Buck Williams 37 41 738 12.3 .560 .503 12.6 17.2 14.9 4.6 1.3 1.6 17.4 13.9 110 100 0.9 1.2 2.1 0.135
10 Chris Dudley 32 51 858 9.5 .428 .406 15.0 23.5 19.2 3.7 0.8 4.6 19.3 12.4 93 97 -0.3 1.8 1.5 0.084
11 Terry Cummings 36 30 529 14.6 .501 .477 9.5 21.2 15.3 9.3 1.6 0.7 12.7 23.7 99 99 0.1 1.0 1.1 0.101
12 Anthony Bowie 34 27 224 12.9 .596 .568 4.8 9.2 7.0 8.5 1.5 0.7 10.0 14.6 117 103 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.148
13 Brooks Thompson 27 17 121 11.2 .529 .517 0.0 10.0 5.0 32.3 2.7 0.6 26.1 16.4 97 100 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.084
14 Herb Williams 39 27 178 6.1 .398 .419 4.0 15.6 9.8 3.6 1.8 3.9 9.7 13.6 83 98 -0.2 0.3 0.2 0.041
15 Pete Myers 34 9 40 16.3 .554 .500 14.9 15.1 15.0 12.6 5.4 0.0 24.0 19.5 101 93 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.149
16 Ben Davis 25 7 13 7.7 .200 .200 55.2 0.0 27.7 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 36.1 78 100 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.127

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Allan Houston 26 10 403 76 175 9 23 50 58 6 38 28 5 1 32 27 211 .434 .391 .862 40.3 21.1 3.8 2.8
2 John Starks 32 10 314 59 125 25 59 21 24 4 40 23 16 1 11 35 164 .472 .424 .875 31.4 16.4 4.0 2.3
3 Larry Johnson 28 8 310 52 107 2 10 37 50 25 53 13 10 3 25 30 143 .486 .200 .740 38.8 17.9 6.6 1.6
4 Charles Oakley 34 10 342 29 71 0 0 23 25 21 85 14 11 2 13 38 81 .408 .920 34.2 8.1 8.5 1.4
5 Charlie Ward 27 10 261 23 55 9 21 11 16 3 28 60 20 2 17 24 66 .418 .429 .688 26.1 6.6 2.8 6.0
6 Chris Childs 30 10 254 24 58 4 13 11 15 5 25 33 6 0 23 29 63 .414 .308 .733 25.4 6.3 2.5 3.3
7 Patrick Ewing 35 4 132 20 56 0 0 16 27 9 32 5 3 5 10 16 56 .357 .593 33.0 14.0 8.0 1.3
8 Chris Mills 28 9 168 15 35 4 10 10 12 8 27 5 8 2 6 21 44 .429 .400 .833 18.7 4.9 3.0 0.6
9 Terry Cummings 36 8 120 15 34 0 0 2 8 11 35 5 4 2 7 23 32 .441 .250 15.0 4.0 4.4 0.6
10 Buck Williams 37 3 45 4 9 0 0 6 8 7 16 1 0 1 3 5 14 .444 .750 15.0 4.7 5.3 0.3
11 Chris Dudley 32 6 53 3 9 0 0 2 4 6 18 0 2 1 2 16 8 .333 .500 8.8 1.3 3.0 0.0
12 Anthony Bowie 34 7 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 4 .500 3.3 0.6 0.0 0.1

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 John Starks 32 10 314 20.5 .605 .572 1.6 14.7 8.0 15.4 2.8 0.3 7.5 22.5 120 102 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.208
2 Charlie Ward 27 10 261 16.6 .532 .500 1.4 12.3 6.8 39.9 4.2 0.7 21.5 14.6 109 100 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.144
3 Charles Oakley 34 10 342 11.1 .494 .408 7.6 23.9 15.7 7.1 1.8 0.5 13.7 13.4 104 102 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.095
4 Larry Johnson 28 8 310 16.0 .554 .495 10.0 11.6 10.8 8.5 1.8 0.9 16.2 23.9 104 105 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.098
5 Allan Houston 26 10 403 14.0 .526 .460 1.8 10.2 5.9 14.6 0.7 0.2 13.8 27.8 100 108 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.055
6 Chris Mills 28 9 168 11.3 .546 .486 5.9 14.5 10.1 5.2 2.6 1.1 13.0 13.3 108 102 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.112
7 Buck Williams 37 3 45 15.0 .559 .444 19.3 25.6 22.4 3.9 0.0 2.0 19.3 16.6 111 105 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.131
8 Chris Dudley 32 6 53 5.7 .372 .333 14.0 29.0 21.4 0.0 2.1 1.7 15.7 11.6 87 99 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.053
9 Terry Cummings 36 8 120 9.4 .426 .441 11.4 25.6 18.4 7.7 1.8 1.5 15.7 17.9 87 101 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.025
10 Chris Childs 30 10 254 7.1 .488 .448 2.4 10.1 6.2 22.8 1.3 0.0 26.3 16.6 88 107 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.005
11 Anthony Bowie 34 7 23 3.1 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5 2.4 0.0 20.0 10.5 86 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.007
12 Patrick Ewing 35 4 132 10.7 .412 .357 8.5 22.3 15.3 7.4 1.3 3.4 12.8 28.4 84 102 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.033

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Patrick Ewing $20,500,000
2 Larry Johnson $8,460,714
3 Allan Houston $6,000,000
4 John Starks $5,112,500
5 Chris Childs $3,120,000
6 Chris Mills $3,000,000
7 Charles Oakley $2,850,000
8 Buck Williams $1,431,000
9 Chris Dudley $1,135,000
10 Charlie Ward $1,054,500
11 Herb Williams $766,667
12 Ron Grandison $272,250
13 Pete Myers $272,250