1971-1972 New York Knicks: 48-34 .585
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4448 points scored, 4202 allowed) Road record: 20-19 (4129 points scored, 4172 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (208 points scored, 210 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4448 points scored, 4202 allowed) Road record: 20-19 (4129 points scored, 4172 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (208 points scored, 210 allowed)
Head Coach: Red Holzman 8785 points scored (13th of 17 teams), 8584 points allowed (3rd) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dick Barnett 6'4 190 35 Tennessee State Bill Bradley 6'5 205 28 Princeton Dave DeBusschere 6'6 220 31 Detroit Greg Fillmore 7'1 240 24 Cheyney Walt Frazier 6'4 200 26 Southern Illinois Phil Jackson 6'8 220 26 North Dakota Jerry Lucas 6'8 230 31 Ohio State Eddie Mast 6'9 220 23 Temple Dean Meminger 6'0 175 23 Marquette Eddie Miles 6'4 195 31 Seattle Earl Monroe 6'3 185 27 Winston-Salem State Charlie Paulk 6'8 219 25 Northeastern State Mike Price 6'3 200 23 Illinois Luke Rackley 6'10 220 25 Xavier Willis Reed 6'9 235 29 Grambling State Mike Riordan 6'4 200 26 Providence Dave Stallworth 6'7 200 30 Wichita StateTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Walt Frazier 77 3126 669 1307 0 0 450 557 0 0 513 446 0 0 0 185 1788 23.2 F Jerry Lucas 77 2926 543 1060 0 0 197 249 0 0 1011 318 0 0 0 218 1283 16.7 F Dave DeBusschere 80 3072 520 1218 0 0 193 265 0 0 901 291 0 0 0 219 1233 15.4 F Bill Bradley 78 2780 504 1085 0 0 169 199 0 0 250 315 0 0 0 254 1177 15.1 G Dick Barnett 79 2256 401 918 0 0 162 215 0 0 153 198 0 0 0 229 964 12.2 G Earl Monroe 60 1234 261 598 0 0 162 206 0 0 92 132 0 0 0 130 684 11.4 F Phil Jackson 80 1273 205 466 0 0 167 228 0 0 326 72 0 0 0 224 577 7.2 G Dean Meminger 78 1173 139 293 0 0 79 140 0 0 185 103 0 0 0 137 357 4.6 C Luke Rackley 62 618 92 215 0 0 49 84 0 0 187 18 0 0 0 104 233 3.8 C Willis Reed 11 363 60 137 0 0 27 39 0 0 96 22 0 0 0 30 147 13.4 F Eddie Mast 40 270 39 112 0 0 25 41 0 0 73 10 0 0 0 39 103 2.6 F Dave Stallworth 14 225 33 88 0 0 29 35 0 0 35 25 0 0 0 31 95 6.8 G Eddie Miles 42 198 23 64 0 0 16 18 0 0 16 17 0 0 0 46 62 1.5 F Charlie Paulk 28 151 16 60 0 0 8 12 0 0 49 7 0 0 0 24 40 1.4 G Mike Price 6 40 5 14 0 0 9 11 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 10 19 3.2 C Greg Fillmore 10 67 7 27 0 0 1 3 0 0 15 3 0 0 0 17 15 1.5 F Mike Riordan 4 33 4 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 8 2.0
1971 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 16 Dean Meminger 416 Marquette
2 34 Gregg Northington Alabama State
3 50 Ken Mayfield 13 Tuskegee
4 67 Steve Niles Texas A&M
6 101 Bill Mainor Fordham
7 118 Danny Davis Henderson State
8 135 Leroy Eldridge Cheyney State
9 151 Mike O'Brien St. Leo's
10 167 Andy Toth Cheyney State
11 181 Ken Davis Georgetown
12 194 Carl Greenfield Eastern Kentucky
13 206 Larry Duckworth Henderson State
14 215 Jack O'Connor Grant Falls
Traded draft picks:
#5 to PHO (Bob Kissane)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 03/31/1972 at Baltimore Bullets L 105-108 (OT) 04/02/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 110-88 04/04/1972 at Baltimore Bullets L 103-104 04/06/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 104-98 04/09/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 106-82 04/11/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 107-101 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/13/1972 at Boston Celtics W 116-94 04/16/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 106-105 04/19/1972 at Boston Celtics L 109-115 04/21/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 116-98 04/23/1972 at Boston Celtics W 111-103 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 04/26/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers W 114-92 04/30/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 92-106 05/03/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 96-107 05/05/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 111-116 (OT) 05/07/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 100-114Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Walt Frazier 16 704 148 276 92 125 112 98 48 388 24.2 F Jerry Lucas 16 737 119 238 59 71 173 85 49 297 18.6 F Dave DeBusschere 16 616 109 242 48 64 193 37 51 266 16.6 F Bill Bradley 16 594 106 227 47 56 47 54 66 259 16.2 G Earl Monroe 16 429 76 185 45 57 45 47 41 197 12.3 F Phil Jackson 16 320 57 120 42 57 82 15 51 156 9.8 G Dean Meminger 16 277 24 57 17 27 43 20 37 65 4.1 G Dick Barnett 12 131 23 49 5 12 8 10 19 51 4.2 F Eddie Mast 9 23 4 7 1 5 7 1 4 9 1.0 C Luke Rackley 11 29 2 14 4 4 7 1 7 8 0.7 F Charlie Paulk 7 13 3 10 0 0 5 0 5 6 0.9 G Eddie Miles 9 17 0 6 4 5 8 1 2 4 0.4
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/12/1971 vs Detroit Pistons L 84-91 0-1
10/16/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 104-119 0-2
10/17/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 121-120 1-2
10/19/1971 vs Golden State Warriors W 93-84 2-2
10/22/1971 at Baltimore Bullets W 110-87 3-2
10/23/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks L 89-95 3-3
10/26/1971 vs Boston Celtics W 106-101 4-3
10/27/1971 at Atlanta Hawks L 96-110 4-4
10/28/1971 vs Houston Rockets W 112-94 5-4
10/30/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 101-108 5-5
11/03/1971 at Houston Rockets W 117-98 6-5
11/05/1971 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-101 6-6
11/07/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 96-103 6-7
11/10/1971 at Cincinnati Royals L 85-99 6-8
11/11/1971 vs Golden State Warriors L 103-112 6-9
11/13/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 127-105 7-9
11/16/1971 vs Phoenix Suns W 112-111 8-9
11/20/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 125-114 9-9
11/23/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 125-110 10-9
11/24/1971 at Baltimore Bullets W 114-94 11-9
11/26/1971 at Boston Celtics W 104-89 12-9
11/27/1971 vs Chicago Bulls W 100-99 13-9
11/30/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics L 109-110 13-10
12/03/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 96-122 13-11
12/04/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 130-90 14-11
12/07/1971 vs Boston Celtics L 97-105 14-12
12/11/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 134-102 15-12
12/12/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-92 16-12
12/14/1971 vs Phoenix Suns L 100-110 16-13
12/17/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 115-95 17-13
12/18/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-84 18-13
12/21/1971 at Golden State Warriors W 113-87 19-13
12/22/1971 at Seattle Supersonics W 120-104 20-13
12/23/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 120-117 21-13
12/25/1971 vs Golden State Warriors W 114-89 22-13
12/28/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 119-100 23-13
12/30/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets L 102-110 23-14
01/01/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 104-94 24-14
01/03/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 101-99 25-14
01/04/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 100-121 25-15
01/07/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers L 113-117 25-16
01/08/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 108-113 25-17
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/11/1972 at Chicago Bulls L 91-116 25-18
01/14/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 111-115 25-19
01/16/1972 at Houston Rockets W 109-108 26-19
01/20/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 109-130 26-20
01/21/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers W 104-101 27-20
01/23/1972 at Seattle Supersonics W 101-99 28-20
01/25/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 109-106 29-20
01/28/1972 at Boston Celtics L 116-122 29-21
01/29/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 110-106 30-21
02/01/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 115-106 31-21
02/02/1972 at Cincinnati Royals L 105-116 31-22
02/04/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 103-84 32-22
02/05/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 112-104 33-22
02/06/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 109-107 34-22
02/08/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 102-107 34-23
02/09/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 126-102 35-23
02/11/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks W 113-107 36-23
02/12/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-91 37-23
02/16/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 110-100 38-23
02/17/1972 at Chicago Bulls W 102-99 39-23
02/19/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 100-95 40-23
02/20/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 109-111 40-24
02/22/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 122-105 41-24
02/26/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets L 97-104 41-25
02/27/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 97-95 42-25
02/29/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 111-114 42-26
03/03/1972 at Buffalo Braves L 97-105 42-27
03/04/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 118-115 43-27
03/05/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers L 98-100 43-28
03/07/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 110-101 44-28
03/11/1972 vs Phoenix Suns L 106-110 44-29
03/12/1972 at Boston Celtics L 109-112 44-30
03/14/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 115-107 45-30
03/16/1972 at Houston Rockets W 103-102 46-30
03/17/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 106-111 46-31
03/18/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers L 86-133 46-32
03/22/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 123-99 47-32
03/24/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-131 47-33
03/25/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 98-83 48-33
03/26/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 106-120 48-34
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