1972-1973 New York Knicks: 57-25 .695
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 35-6 (4385 points scored, 3924 allowed) Road record: 21-18 (4004 points scored, 3921 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (221 points scored, 208 allowed) Head Coach: Red Holzman 8610 points scored (11th of 17 teams), 8053 points allowed (1st) NBA Averages: 107.6 points/game (8823.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dick Barnett 6'4 190 36 Tennessee State Henry Bibby 6'1 185 23 UCLA Bill Bradley 6'5 205 29 Princeton Dave DeBusschere 6'6 220 32 Detroit Walt Frazier 6'4 200 27 Southern Illinois John Gianelli 6'10 220 22 Pacific Phil Jackson 6'8 220 27 North Dakota Jerry Lucas 6'8 230 32 Ohio State Dean Meminger 6'0 175 24 Marquette Earl Monroe 6'3 185 28 Winston-Salem State Luke Rackley 6'10 220 26 Xavier Willis Reed 6'9 235 30 Grambling State Tom Riker 6'10 225 22 South Carolina Harthorne Wingo 6'6 210 25 Friendship JC Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Walt Frazier 78 3181 681 1389 0 0 286 350 0 0 570 461 0 0 0 186 1648 21.1 F Bill Bradley 82 2998 575 1252 0 0 169 194 0 0 301 367 0 0 0 273 1319 16.1 F Dave DeBusschere 77 2827 532 1224 0 0 194 260 0 0 787 259 0 0 0 215 1258 16.3 G Earl Monroe 75 2370 496 1016 0 0 171 208 0 0 245 288 0 0 0 195 1163 15.5 C Willis Reed 69 1876 334 705 0 0 92 124 0 0 590 126 0 0 0 205 760 11.0 F Jerry Lucas 71 2001 312 608 0 0 80 100 0 0 510 317 0 0 0 157 704 9.9 F Phil Jackson 80 1393 245 553 0 0 154 195 0 0 344 94 0 0 0 218 644 8.1 G Dean Meminger 80 1453 188 365 0 0 81 129 0 0 229 133 0 0 0 109 457 5.7 G Henry Bibby 55 475 78 205 0 0 73 86 0 0 82 64 0 0 0 67 229 4.2 G Dick Barnett 51 514 88 226 0 0 16 30 0 0 41 50 0 0 0 52 192 3.8 C John Gianelli 52 516 79 175 0 0 23 33 0 0 150 25 0 0 0 72 181 3.5 F Tom Riker 14 65 10 24 0 0 15 24 0 0 16 2 0 0 0 15 35 2.5 F Harthorne Wingo 13 59 9 22 0 0 2 6 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 9 20 1.5 C Luke Rackley 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
1972 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 8 Tom Riker 82 South Carolina
3 41 Ansley Truitt 16 California
4 58 Henry Bibby 675 UCLA
5 74 Bob Ford 9 Purdue
6 91 Greg Cleuss St. John's
7 108 Tracy Tripucka Lafayette
8 124 Tom Corde Ohio
9 139 Tom Sullivan Fordham
10 152 Richie Garner Manhattan
11 163 Chic Downing Benedictine
Traded draft picks:
#2 to CLE (Steve Hawes)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
03/30/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets W 95-83
04/01/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets W 123-103
04/04/1973 at Baltimore Bullets W 103-96
04/06/1973 at Baltimore Bullets L 89-97
04/08/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets W 109-99
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Eastern Finals
04/15/1973 at Boston Celtics L 108-134
04/18/1973 vs Boston Celtics W 129-96
04/20/1973 at Boston Celtics W 98-91
04/22/1973 vs Boston Celtics W 117-110 (2OT)
04/25/1973 at Boston Celtics L 97-98
04/27/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 100-110
04/29/1973 at Boston Celtics W 94-78
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Finals
05/01/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 112-115
05/03/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers W 99-95
05/06/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 87-83
05/08/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 103-98
05/10/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers W 102-93
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Walt Frazier 17 765 150 292 73 94 124 106 52 373 21.9
F Dave DeBusschere 17 632 117 265 31 40 179 58 57 265 15.6
G Earl Monroe 16 504 111 211 36 48 51 51 39 258 16.1
F Bill Bradley 17 587 99 221 40 50 57 45 59 238 14.0
C Willis Reed 17 486 97 208 18 21 129 30 65 212 12.5
F Phil Jackson 17 338 60 120 28 38 72 24 59 148 8.7
F Jerry Lucas 17 368 54 112 20 23 85 39 47 128 7.5
G Dean Meminger 17 323 31 56 19 34 37 37 29 81 4.8
C John Gianelli 7 55 11 20 3 7 13 1 6 25 3.6
G Henry Bibby 6 43 8 18 4 8 2 3 5 20 3.3
F Harthorne Wingo 3 12 5 13 1 2 7 0 1 11 3.7
G Dick Barnett 4 17 3 6 0 0 0 2 5 6 1.5
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/10/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-89 1-0 10/14/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 125-100 2-0 10/15/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 101-109 2-1 10/17/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 103-95 3-1 10/20/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 92-89 4-1 10/21/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 111-88 5-1 10/24/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-90 6-1 10/27/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 92-88 7-1 10/28/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 94-90 8-1 11/01/1972 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 122-85 9-1 11/03/1972 at Seattle Supersonics W 105-80 10-1 11/04/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 104-127 10-2 11/06/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 111-95 11-2 11/09/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 101-99 12-2 11/10/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 125-106 13-2 11/11/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 102-103 13-3 11/14/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 103-97 14-3 11/16/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 119-100 15-3 11/18/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 87-86 16-3 11/21/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 108-80 17-3 11/24/1972 at Boston Celtics L 97-114 17-4 11/25/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 97-94 18-4 11/28/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 107-84 19-4 11/29/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 139-91 20-4 12/01/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 74-100 20-5 12/02/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 119-94 21-5 12/05/1972 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 125-103 22-5 12/08/1972 at Buffalo Braves L 89-91 22-6 12/09/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 120-109 23-6 12/12/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 114-93 24-6 12/13/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 120-121 24-7 12/15/1972 at Chicago Bulls L 86-90 24-8 12/16/1972 vs Chicago Bulls W 97-83 25-8 12/19/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 84-117 25-9 12/20/1972 at Houston Rockets W 124-102 26-9 12/22/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 98-87 27-9 12/25/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 113-110 28-9 12/26/1972 at Boston Celtics L 106-115 28-10 12/28/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 107-86 29-10 12/29/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 99-94 30-10 12/30/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 100-98 31-10 01/02/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 102-92 32-10 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/05/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 129-106 33-10 01/06/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 116-106 34-10 01/09/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 116-115 35-10 01/11/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 122-107 36-10 01/12/1973 at Houston Rockets W 104-103 37-10 01/14/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 86-84 38-10 01/16/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 102-101 39-10 01/19/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 88-95 39-11 01/21/1973 at Houston Rockets L 103-107 39-12 01/25/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 99-92 40-12 01/27/1973 vs Boston Celtics W 111-108 41-12 01/28/1973 at Boston Celtics W 96-93 42-12 01/29/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 97-84 43-12 01/31/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 91-94 43-13 02/02/1973 at Baltimore Bullets L 77-89 43-14 02/03/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 95-90 44-14 02/04/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 114-97 45-14 02/06/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 90-95 45-15 02/10/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 107-93 46-15 02/14/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 98-100 46-16 02/16/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 102-98 47-16 02/17/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 107-89 48-16 02/18/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers L 98-114 48-17 02/20/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-106 49-17 02/23/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 83-84 49-18 02/24/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 125-97 50-18 02/27/1973 vs Boston Celtics W 123-91 51-18 03/01/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 100-114 51-19 03/03/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets L 75-97 51-20 03/04/1973 at Baltimore Bullets L 97-106 51-21 03/06/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 106-94 52-21 03/07/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 120-94 53-21 03/10/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 125-102 54-21 03/11/1973 at Boston Celtics L 107-122 54-22 03/13/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 115-111 55-22 03/16/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers W 109-98 56-22 03/17/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 117-108 57-22 03/18/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers L 96-99 57-23 03/21/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 93-98 57-24 03/24/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 103-108 57-25 |