1976-1977 New York Knicks: 40-42 .488
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 26-15 (4530 points scored, 4318 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4375 points scored, 4588 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Red Holzman 8905 points scored (7th of 22 teams), 8906 points allowed (18th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Butch Beard 6'3 185 29 Louisville Bill Bradley 6'5 205 33 Princeton Ticky Burden 6'2 185 23 Utah Mel Davis 6'6 220 26 St. John's Walt Frazier 6'4 200 31 Southern Illinois John Gianelli 6'10 220 26 Pacific Spencer Haywood 6'8 225 27 Detroit Phil Jackson 6'8 220 31 North Dakota Mo Layton 6'1 180 28 Southern California Bob McAdoo 6'9 210 25 North Carolina Tom McMillen 6'11 215 24 Maryland Jim McMillian 6'5 215 28 Columbia Dean Meminger 6'0 175 28 Marquette Earl Monroe 6'3 185 32 Winston-Salem State Lonnie Shelton 6'8 240 21 Oregon State Neal Walk 6'10 220 28 Florida Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Earl Monroe 77 2656 613 1185 0 0 307 366 45 178 223 366 91 23 0 197 1533 19.9 C Bob McAdoo 52 2031 558 1045 0 0 271 358 133 529 662 140 61 65 0 188 1387 26.7 G Walt Frazier 76 2687 532 1089 0 0 259 336 52 241 293 403 132 9 0 194 1323 17.4 F Lonnie Shelton 82 2104 398 836 0 0 159 225 220 413 633 149 125 98 0 363 955 11.6 F Jim McMillian 67 2158 298 642 0 0 67 86 66 241 307 139 63 5 0 103 663 9.9 F Tom McMillen 56 1222 229 471 0 0 70 87 85 232 317 51 10 4 0 134 528 9.4 F Spencer Haywood 31 1021 202 449 0 0 109 131 77 203 280 50 14 29 0 72 513 16.5 G Butch Beard 70 1082 148 293 0 0 75 109 50 113 163 144 57 5 0 137 371 5.3 G Ticky Burden 61 608 148 352 0 0 51 85 26 40 66 62 47 1 0 88 347 5.7 G Mo Layton 56 765 134 277 0 0 58 73 0 47 47 154 21 6 0 87 326 5.8 F Bill Bradley 67 1027 127 274 0 0 34 42 27 76 103 128 25 8 0 122 288 4.3 F Phil Jackson 76 1033 102 232 0 0 51 71 75 154 229 85 33 18 0 184 255 3.4 C John Gianelli 19 630 86 182 0 0 35 48 60 118 178 26 14 28 0 54 207 10.9 F Mel Davis 22 342 41 110 0 0 22 31 30 70 100 24 9 1 0 45 104 4.7 C Neal Walk 11 135 28 57 0 0 6 7 5 22 27 6 4 3 0 22 62 5.6 G Dean Meminger 32 254 15 36 0 0 13 23 12 14 26 29 8 1 0 17 43 1.3
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 25 Lonnie Shelton 673 Oregon State
3 41 John McGill Alcorn State
4 57 Rick Bullock Texas Tech
5 76 Beaver Smith St. John's
6 93 Joe Jones Grambling
7 110 Boyd Batts Nevada-Las Vegas
8 130 Rick McCutcheon Arizona State
9 147 Archie Talley Salem (WV)
10 163 Eugene Shy Florida
Traded draft picks:
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/21/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 102-97 1-0 10/23/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 117-98 2-0 10/26/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 118-104 3-0 10/28/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 90-114 3-1 10/30/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz L 112-115 3-2 11/01/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 101-105 3-3 11/03/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 110-119 3-4 11/05/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers W 126-121 4-4 11/06/1976 at Golden State Warriors W 112-111 5-4 11/07/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 93-119 5-5 11/09/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 106-97 6-5 11/12/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 97-111 6-6 11/13/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 110-97 7-6 11/16/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 100-97 8-6 11/17/1976 at Washington Bullets L 97-111 8-7 11/20/1976 vs Denver Nuggets W 120-115 9-7 11/23/1976 vs Kansas City Kings L 98-100 9-8 11/26/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 103-114 9-9 11/27/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 109-123 9-10 11/30/1976 vs New York Nets L 103-104 9-11 12/03/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 112-135 9-12 12/04/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 103-96 10-12 12/07/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 94-111 10-13 12/08/1976 at New York Nets W 105-95 11-13 12/11/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 112-96 12-13 12/14/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 98-111 12-14 12/17/1976 at Boston Celtics W 123-109 13-14 12/18/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-113 14-14 12/21/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 133-103 15-14 12/25/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 104-105 15-15 12/26/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 103-98 16-15 12/28/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 111-99 17-15 01/01/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 121-110 18-15 01/04/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 110-120 18-16 01/05/1977 at Houston Rockets L 107-108 18-17 01/07/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 88-108 18-18 01/08/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 102-95 19-18 01/11/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 111-131 19-19 01/14/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 107-127 19-20 01/16/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 111-97 20-20 01/19/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 90-97 20-21 01/21/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 94-108 20-22 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/23/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 102-111 20-23 01/25/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 108-91 21-23 01/27/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 111-113 21-24 01/29/1977 vs Kansas City Kings L 105-112 21-25 02/01/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 108-107 22-25 02/03/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 108-90 23-25 02/05/1977 at Houston Rockets L 103-105 23-26 02/06/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 96-119 23-27 02/08/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 125-107 24-27 02/09/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 109-110 24-28 02/11/1977 at Boston Celtics L 111-119 24-29 02/16/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 123-103 25-29 02/18/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 123-124 25-30 02/19/1977 vs New York Nets L 85-86 25-31 02/20/1977 at New York Nets W 100-80 26-31 02/22/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 119-102 27-31 02/24/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 98-101 27-32 02/25/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 107-124 27-33 02/26/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 129-115 28-33 03/01/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 127-132 28-34 03/05/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 114-117 28-35 03/06/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers W 110-102 29-35 03/08/1977 vs Denver Nuggets L 108-114 29-36 03/10/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 108-104 30-36 03/12/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics L 88-91 30-37 03/16/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 91-124 30-38 03/17/1977 at Denver Nuggets W 115-107 31-38 03/19/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 107-101 32-38 03/22/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 125-115 33-38 03/25/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 87-105 33-39 03/26/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 92-98 33-40 03/27/1977 at Washington Bullets W 109-95 34-40 03/29/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 126-132 34-41 03/31/1977 at Indiana Pacers W 135-131 35-41 04/01/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 116-109 36-41 04/03/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 130-111 37-41 04/05/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 121-113 38-41 04/07/1977 vs Indiana Pacers L 100-114 38-42 04/08/1977 at Buffalo Braves W 104-102 39-42 04/10/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 144-126 40-42 |