1974-1975 New York Knicks: 40-42 .488
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 23-18 (4117 points scored, 4128 allowed) Road record: 17-23 (4028 points scored, 4098 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (91 points scored, 111 allowed) Head Coach: Red Holzman 8236 points scored (14th of 18 teams), 8337 points allowed (8th) NBA Averages: 102.6 points/game (8416.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Barnett 6'4 170 30 Oregon Dennis Bell 6'5 185 23 Drake Henry Bibby 6'1 185 25 UCLA Bill Bradley 6'5 205 31 Princeton Jesse Dark 6'4 210 23 Virginia Commonwealth Mel Davis 6'6 220 24 St. John's Walt Frazier 6'4 200 29 Southern Illinois John Gianelli 6'10 220 24 Pacific Greg Jackson 6'0 180 22 Guilford Phil Jackson 6'8 220 29 North Dakota Earl Monroe 6'3 185 30 Winston-Salem State Howard Porter 6'8 220 26 Villanova Tom Riker 6'10 225 24 South Carolina Dave Stallworth 6'7 200 33 Wichita State Neal Walk 6'10 220 26 Florida Harthorne Wingo 6'6 210 27 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 3204 672 1391 0 0 331 400 90 375 465 474 190 14 0 205 1675 21.5 G Earl Monroe 78 2814 668 1462 0 0 297 359 56 271 327 270 108 29 0 200 1633 20.9 F Bill Bradley 79 2787 452 1036 0 0 144 165 65 186 251 247 74 18 0 283 1048 13.3 F Phil Jackson 78 2285 324 712 0 0 193 253 137 463 600 136 84 53 0 330 841 10.8 C John Gianelli 80 2797 343 726 0 0 135 195 214 475 689 163 38 118 0 263 821 10.3 F Harthorne Wingo 82 1686 233 506 0 0 141 187 163 293 456 84 48 35 0 215 607 7.4 G Henry Bibby 47 876 179 400 0 0 69 96 29 58 87 105 29 3 0 96 427 9.1 F Mel Davis 62 903 154 395 0 0 48 70 70 251 321 54 16 8 0 105 356 5.7 G Jim Barnett 28 538 70 172 0 0 43 50 15 36 51 39 12 0 0 51 183 6.5 G Jesse Dark 47 401 74 157 0 0 22 40 15 22 37 30 3 1 0 48 170 3.6 F Dennis Bell 52 465 68 181 0 0 20 36 48 57 105 25 22 9 0 54 156 3.0 F Tom Riker 51 483 53 147 0 0 46 82 40 67 107 19 15 5 0 64 152 3.0 C Neal Walk 30 274 47 115 0 0 22 25 18 59 77 22 7 3 0 55 116 3.9 F Howard Porter 17 133 13 36 0 0 7 9 13 25 38 2 3 1 0 17 33 1.9 F Dave Stallworth 7 57 5 18 0 0 0 0 6 14 20 2 3 3 0 10 10 1.4 G Greg Jackson 5 27 4 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 8 1.6
1974 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 32 Jesse Dark 47 Virginia Commonwealth
3 50 Rudy Jackson Hutchinson JC
4 68 Roy Ebron 40 SW Louisiana
5 86 Greg Jackson 49 Guilford
6 104 Terry Mikan St. Thomas
7 122 Billy Smith Mercer
8 140 Dennis McDermott St. Francis
9 157 Earl Brown Lafayette
10 174 John O'Connell North Carolina
Traded draft picks:
#1 to CHI (Maurice Lucas)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern First Round
04/08/1975 at Houston Rockets L 84-99
04/10/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 106-96
04/12/1975 at Houston Rockets L 86-118
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 3 124 29 46 13 16 3 17 20 21 11 0 4 71 23.7
G Earl Monroe 3 89 12 45 18 22 1 8 9 6 4 2 6 42 14.0
G Jim Barnett 3 59 13 21 5 5 5 3 8 5 1 1 6 31 10.3
F Phil Jackson 3 78 10 21 7 8 5 20 25 2 4 3 15 27 9.0
F Harthorne Wingo 3 76 10 23 7 10 9 13 22 7 4 0 7 27 9.0
C John Gianelli 3 93 11 24 3 3 5 9 14 2 0 4 10 25 8.3
F Bill Bradley 3 88 9 24 2 2 4 5 9 6 2 0 5 20 6.7
F Mel Davis 3 28 5 12 2 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 12 4.0
C Neal Walk 3 39 5 10 0 0 0 5 5 2 1 2 4 10 3.3
G Jesse Dark 2 11 1 6 5 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 3.5
F Tom Riker 1 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 2.0
F Dennis Bell 3 27 1 8 0 5 0 4 4 0 0 0 6 2 0.7
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/17/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 89-74 1-0 10/19/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 86-99 1-1 10/22/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 110-100 2-1 10/24/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 91-111 2-2 10/26/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 97-86 3-2 10/30/1974 at Washington Bullets L 86-94 3-3 10/31/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 93-90 4-3 11/02/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 90-95 4-4 11/05/1974 at Houston Rockets W 106-93 5-4 11/08/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers W 117-105 6-4 11/09/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 93-97 6-5 11/12/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 103-105 6-6 11/14/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 94-89 7-6 11/16/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 104-94 8-6 11/19/1974 vs Washington Bullets W 86-85 9-6 11/20/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 105-95 10-6 11/21/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 101-95 11-6 11/23/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 72-90 11-7 11/26/1974 vs Detroit Pistons L 88-99 11-8 11/29/1974 at Boston Celtics W 96-86 12-8 11/30/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 118-111 13-8 12/03/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 100-95 14-8 12/06/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 96-88 15-8 12/07/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 120-112 16-8 12/10/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 106-102 17-8 12/13/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 104-108 17-9 12/14/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 102-118 17-10 12/17/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 108-126 17-11 12/19/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 117-113 18-11 12/21/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 91-109 18-12 12/25/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 97-104 18-13 12/26/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 83-84 18-14 12/28/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 101-94 19-14 12/29/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 89-115 19-15 01/02/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 117-113 20-15 01/04/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-102 21-15 01/07/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 92-106 21-16 01/08/1975 at Seattle Supersonics W 113-102 22-16 01/09/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 96-132 22-17 01/11/1975 at Phoenix Suns L 107-113 22-18 01/17/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 90-107 22-19 01/18/1975 at Chicago Bulls W 104-91 23-19 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/21/1975 vs Chicago Bulls L 94-97 23-20 01/23/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 100-89 24-20 01/24/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 99-105 24-21 01/25/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 103-112 24-22 01/28/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 115-111 25-22 01/29/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 92-98 25-23 01/30/1975 at Atlanta Hawks W 117-115 26-23 02/01/1975 vs Houston Rockets L 93-95 26-24 02/02/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 114-118 26-25 02/04/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 109-94 27-25 02/08/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 102-128 27-26 02/09/1975 at Boston Celtics L 88-105 27-27 02/11/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 84-101 27-28 02/15/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 106-108 27-29 02/16/1975 at Washington Bullets L 104-125 27-30 02/18/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-98 28-30 02/19/1975 at Detroit Pistons W 109-94 29-30 02/22/1975 vs Buffalo Braves L 85-92 29-31 02/25/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics L 101-102 29-32 02/26/1975 at Boston Celtics L 103-121 29-33 02/28/1975 at Buffalo Braves W 114-106 30-33 03/01/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 94-100 30-34 03/02/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 87-91 30-35 03/04/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 111-126 30-36 03/08/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 118-100 31-36 03/11/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 103-98 32-36 03/13/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 116-103 33-36 03/14/1975 at Houston Rockets W 103-94 34-36 03/16/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 94-97 34-37 03/18/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers W 109-100 35-37 03/19/1975 at Phoenix Suns W 101-96 36-37 03/22/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 81-90 36-38 03/23/1975 at Boston Celtics L 86-96 36-39 03/26/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers W 128-98 37-39 03/28/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 102-111 37-40 03/30/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 111-99 38-40 04/01/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 99-95 39-40 04/03/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 95-100 39-41 04/04/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 101-109 39-42 04/06/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 105-93 40-42 |