1973-1974 New York Knicks: 49-33 .598
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 28-13 (4185 points scored, 3937 allowed) Road record: 21-19 (4024 points scored, 4024 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (97 points scored, 119 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 28-13 (4185 points scored, 3937 allowed) Road record: 21-19 (4024 points scored, 4024 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (97 points scored, 119 allowed)
Head Coach: Red Holzman 8306 points scored (15th of 17 teams), 8080 points allowed (1st) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dick Barnett 6'4 190 37 Tennessee State Dennis Bell 6'5 185 22 Drake Henry Bibby 6'1 185 24 UCLA Bill Bradley 6'5 205 30 Princeton Mel Davis 6'6 220 23 St. John's Dave DeBusschere 6'6 220 33 Detroit Walt Frazier 6'4 200 28 Southern Illinois Dick Garrett 6'3 185 26 Southern Illinois John Gianelli 6'10 220 23 Pacific Phil Jackson 6'8 220 28 North Dakota Jerry Lucas 6'8 230 33 Ohio State Allie McGuire 6'3 175 22 Marquette Dean Meminger 6'0 175 25 Marquette Earl Monroe 6'3 185 29 Winston-Salem State Willis Reed 6'9 235 31 Grambling State Tom Riker 6'10 225 23 South Carolina Harthorne Wingo 6'6 210 26 Friendship JCTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Walt Frazier 80 3338 674 1429 0 0 295 352 120 416 536 551 161 15 0 212 1643 20.5 F Dave DeBusschere 71 2699 559 1212 0 0 164 217 134 623 757 253 67 39 0 222 1282 18.1 F Bill Bradley 82 2813 502 1112 0 0 146 167 59 194 253 242 42 21 0 278 1150 14.0 F Phil Jackson 82 2050 361 757 0 0 191 246 123 355 478 134 42 67 0 277 913 11.1 G Dean Meminger 78 2079 274 539 0 0 103 160 125 156 281 162 62 8 0 161 651 8.3 G Earl Monroe 41 1194 240 513 0 0 93 113 22 99 121 110 34 19 0 97 573 14.0 C John Gianelli 70 1423 208 434 0 0 92 121 110 233 343 77 23 42 0 159 508 7.3 G Henry Bibby 66 986 210 465 0 0 73 88 48 85 133 91 65 2 0 123 493 7.5 F Jerry Lucas 73 1627 194 420 0 0 67 96 62 312 374 230 28 24 0 134 455 6.2 F Harthorne Wingo 60 536 82 172 0 0 48 76 72 94 166 25 7 14 0 85 212 3.5 C Willis Reed 19 500 84 184 0 0 42 53 47 94 141 30 12 21 0 49 210 11.1 F Mel Davis 30 167 33 95 0 0 12 16 17 37 54 8 3 4 0 36 78 2.6 G Dick Garrett 25 239 32 91 0 0 10 13 10 16 26 14 7 1 0 41 74 3.0 F Tom Riker 17 57 13 29 0 0 12 17 9 6 15 3 0 0 0 6 38 2.2 G Dick Barnett 5 58 10 26 0 0 2 3 1 3 4 6 1 0 0 2 22 4.4 G Allie McGuire 2 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 2.0 F Dennis Bell 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 14 Mel Davis 190 St. John's
2 28 Pat McFarland St. Joseph's [pick acquired from ATL]
3 49 Allie McGuire 2 Marquette
4 66 George Karl 33 231 North Carolina
5 83 Dennis Bell 63 Drake
6 100 Lawrence Lilly Alabama State
7 117 Mike Moore Manhattan
8 134 Steve Rowell Rhode Island
9 149 Joe Wise Bridgewater State
10 163 Ed Fields C.W. Post
11 173 Charles Edge 35 155 LeMoyne-Owen
Traded draft picks:
#2 to PHI via CHI (Caldwell Jones)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 03/29/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 102-91 03/31/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 87-99 04/02/1974 vs Capitol Bullets L 79-88 04/05/1974 at Capitol Bullets W 101-93 (OT) 04/07/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 106-105 04/10/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 92-109 04/12/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 91-81 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/14/1974 at Boston Celtics L 88-113 04/16/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 99-111 04/19/1974 at Boston Celtics W 103-100 04/21/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 91-98 04/24/1974 at Boston Celtics L 94-105Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Walt Frazier 12 491 113 225 44 49 21 74 95 48 21 4 41 270 22.5 G Earl Monroe 12 407 81 165 47 55 8 40 48 25 8 9 26 209 17.4 F Bill Bradley 12 425 63 159 25 29 8 20 28 13 7 3 39 151 12.6 F Dave DeBusschere 12 404 63 166 18 29 25 74 99 38 7 4 36 144 12.0 F Phil Jackson 12 297 54 116 27 30 15 42 57 15 10 5 40 135 11.2 C John Gianelli 12 338 35 86 18 25 39 49 88 23 4 6 41 88 7.3 G Henry Bibby 10 89 16 45 10 12 5 5 10 11 3 0 15 42 4.2 C Willis Reed 11 132 17 45 3 5 4 18 22 4 2 0 26 37 3.4 G Dean Meminger 12 179 11 32 1 5 9 15 24 25 4 0 19 23 1.9 F Mel Davis 4 12 6 12 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1 12 3.0 F Harthorne Wingo 5 16 6 11 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 12 2.4 F Jerry Lucas 11 115 5 21 0 0 6 16 22 9 4 0 9 10 0.9
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/09/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 101-100 1-0
10/13/1973 vs Houston Rockets L 85-86 1-1
10/16/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 117-91 2-1
10/19/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 92-90 3-1
10/20/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 69-85 3-2
10/23/1973 vs Capitol Bullets L 84-101 3-3
10/26/1973 at Boston Celtics L 101-113 3-4
10/27/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 96-90 4-4
10/31/1973 at Houston Rockets W 102-91 5-4
11/02/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers W 106-91 6-4
11/03/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers L 100-107 6-5
11/04/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 111-106 7-5
11/08/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 84-94 7-6
11/09/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers L 91-94 7-7
11/10/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 100-90 8-7
11/13/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 104-102 9-7
11/15/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 97-86 10-7
11/17/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 100-93 11-7
11/20/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 105-89 12-7
11/22/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 91-107 12-8
11/24/1973 vs Golden State Warriors L 99-107 12-9
11/25/1973 at Capitol Bullets L 81-109 12-10
11/28/1973 vs Houston Rockets L 106-114 12-11
11/30/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 97-115 12-12
12/01/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 119-99 13-12
12/04/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 113-100 14-12
12/05/1973 at Boston Celtics L 97-119 14-13
12/07/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 113-108 15-13
12/08/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 117-100 16-13
12/11/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 105-97 17-13
12/15/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 116-107 18-13
12/17/1973 at Houston Rockets W 109-97 19-13
12/19/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 105-107 19-14
12/21/1973 at Buffalo Braves L 115-117 19-15
12/22/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 99-88 20-15
12/25/1973 vs Capitol Bullets L 100-102 20-16
12/26/1973 at Detroit Pistons W 96-91 21-16
12/29/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 112-92 22-16
12/30/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 102-85 23-16
01/01/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 99-89 24-16
01/02/1974 at Capitol Bullets W 92-81 25-16
01/04/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 75-78 25-17
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/05/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 110-111 25-18
01/08/1974 at Chicago Bulls W 108-80 26-18
01/11/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 107-98 27-18
01/12/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 96-80 28-18
01/18/1974 at Houston Rockets L 90-96 28-19
01/19/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 89-112 28-20
01/22/1974 vs Houston Rockets L 93-108 28-21
01/26/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 122-98 29-21
01/27/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 111-89 30-21
01/29/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 104-83 31-21
01/30/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 108-88 32-21
02/01/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 91-96 32-22
02/02/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-87 33-22
02/05/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 106-90 34-22
02/08/1974 at Boston Celtics L 97-125 34-23
02/09/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 100-103 34-24
02/12/1974 at Buffalo Braves W 100-93 35-24
02/13/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 89-80 36-24
02/16/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 117-107 37-24
02/17/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 86-97 37-25
02/19/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 119-116 38-25
02/21/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 97-119 38-26
02/22/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 117-110 39-26
02/23/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 98-90 40-26
02/26/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 85-71 41-26
03/01/1974 at Capitol Bullets W 112-103 42-26
03/02/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 88-104 42-27
03/03/1974 at Boston Celtics W 108-102 43-27
03/05/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 111-106 44-27
03/06/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 96-94 45-27
03/09/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 88-75 46-27
03/10/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 108-109 46-28
03/12/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 102-109 46-29
03/14/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 107-95 47-29
03/15/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 105-107 47-30
03/17/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 114-126 47-31
03/20/1974 at Phoenix Suns W 106-104 48-31
03/23/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 106-107 48-32
03/24/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 92-114 48-33
03/26/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 117-90 49-33
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