1977-1978 New York Knicks: 43-39 .524
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4713 points scored, 4582 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4587 points scored, 4763 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4713 points scored, 4582 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4587 points scored, 4763 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Willis Reed 9300 points scored (3rd of 22 teams), 9345 points allowed (22th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Butch Beard 6'3 185 30 Louisville Ticky Burden 6'2 185 24 Utah Jim Cleamons 6'3 185 28 Ohio State Glen Gondrezick 6'6 218 22 Nevada - Las Vegas Spencer Haywood 6'8 225 28 Detroit Phil Jackson 6'8 220 32 North Dakota Toby Knight 6'9 210 22 Notre Dame Bob McAdoo 6'9 210 26 North Carolina Jim McMillian 6'5 215 29 Columbia Earl Monroe 6'3 185 33 Winston-Salem State Lonnie Shelton 6'8 240 22 Oregon State Ray Williams 6'2 188 23 MinnesotaTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Bob McAdoo 79 3182 814 1564 0 0 469 645 236 774 1010 298 105 126 346 297 2097 26.5 G Earl Monroe 76 2369 556 1123 0 0 242 291 47 135 182 361 60 19 179 189 1354 17.8 F Lonnie Shelton 82 2319 508 988 0 0 203 276 204 376 580 195 109 112 228 350 1219 14.9 F Spencer Haywood 67 1765 412 852 0 0 96 135 141 301 442 126 37 72 140 188 920 13.7 G Ray Williams 81 1550 305 689 0 0 146 207 85 124 209 363 108 15 242 211 756 9.3 G Butch Beard 79 1979 308 614 0 0 129 160 76 188 264 339 117 3 154 201 745 9.4 F Jim McMillian 81 1977 288 623 0 0 115 134 80 209 289 205 76 17 104 116 691 8.5 G Jim Cleamons 79 2009 215 448 0 0 81 103 69 143 212 283 68 17 113 142 511 6.5 F Toby Knight 80 1169 222 465 0 0 63 97 121 200 321 38 50 28 97 211 507 6.3 F Glen Gondrezick 72 1017 131 339 0 0 83 121 92 158 250 83 56 18 82 181 345 4.8 F Phil Jackson 63 654 55 115 0 0 43 56 29 81 110 46 31 15 47 106 153 2.4 G Ticky Burden 2 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1.0
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 10 Ray Williams 655 Minnesota
2 26 Glen Gondrezick 435 Nevada-Las Vegas [pick acquired from ATL]
2 32 Toby Knight 283 Notre Dame
3 54 Lloyd McMillian Long Beach State
4 76 Steve Hayes 212 Idaho State
5 98 Bill Terry Monmouth
6 120 Jerry Graycraft Milligan
7 140 Tom Weadock St. John's
8 159 Ken Slappy St. Peter's
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern First Round 04/12/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 132-114 04/14/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 109-107 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Semifinals 04/16/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 90-130 04/18/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 100-119 04/20/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 126-137 04/23/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 107-112Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Bob McAdoo 6 238 61 126 21 35 11 47 58 23 7 12 23 19 143 23.8 G Ray Williams 6 140 41 78 23 26 6 9 15 31 6 0 17 25 105 17.5 F Spencer Haywood 6 177 43 85 11 11 19 23 42 12 2 5 10 24 97 16.2 F Lonnie Shelton 6 151 30 56 6 8 18 26 44 17 2 5 14 29 66 11.0 G Earl Monroe 6 145 24 62 11 18 1 4 5 17 6 0 6 15 59 9.8 G Butch Beard 6 160 24 48 6 10 7 14 21 27 10 2 11 22 54 9.0 F Jim McMillian 6 134 24 53 5 6 9 12 21 11 7 0 7 3 53 8.8 G Jim Cleamons 6 127 14 36 6 6 5 8 13 23 3 0 8 13 34 5.7 F Glen Gondrezick 6 70 10 19 5 8 7 10 17 6 5 0 6 12 25 4.2 F Toby Knight 6 48 6 20 4 8 9 10 19 1 1 4 3 9 16 2.7 F Phil Jackson 6 50 4 8 4 6 4 6 10 3 3 0 4 11 12 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/18/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 120-113 1-0
10/22/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 141-115 2-0
10/25/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 112-117 2-1
10/26/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 106-123 2-2
10/29/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 124-117 3-2
11/01/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-113 3-3
11/04/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 95-92 4-3
11/06/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 106-102 5-3
11/08/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 123-117 6-3
11/09/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 113-124 6-4
11/11/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 119-127 6-5
11/12/1977 vs New Jersey Nets W 101-90 7-5
11/15/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 108-105 8-5
11/18/1977 at Washington Bullets L 103-123 8-6
11/19/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 129-127 9-6
11/22/1977 vs Buffalo Braves L 101-102 9-7
11/25/1977 at Boston Celtics L 119-121 9-8
11/26/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 112-106 10-8
11/28/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 104-86 11-8
11/29/1977 at Houston Rockets L 103-120 11-9
12/01/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 116-120 11-10
12/03/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 108-115 11-11
12/06/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 122-119 12-11
12/09/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 103-84 13-11
12/10/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 106-107 13-12
12/13/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 107-106 14-12
12/14/1977 at Indiana Pacers W 101-98 15-12
12/16/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 150-152 15-13
12/17/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 112-103 16-13
12/20/1977 vs Phoenix Suns L 99-110 16-14
12/22/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 100-112 16-15
12/25/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 113-110 17-15
12/29/1977 at New Jersey Nets W 109-101 18-15
12/30/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 118-116 19-15
01/01/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 96-87 20-15
01/03/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 117-120 20-16
01/06/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 99-97 21-16
01/07/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 100-93 22-16
01/10/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 113-126 22-17
01/13/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 96-109 22-18
01/15/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-108 22-19
01/17/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 108-121 22-20
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/19/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 114-134 22-21
01/22/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 143-141 23-21
01/24/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-97 24-21
01/26/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 112-105 25-21
01/27/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 96-105 25-22
01/28/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 108-96 26-22
01/31/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 115-119 26-23
02/02/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 113-123 26-24
02/03/1978 at Houston Rockets L 102-112 26-25
02/09/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 126-117 27-25
02/11/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 133-122 28-25
02/12/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 110-112 28-26
02/14/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 127-136 28-27
02/17/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 128-108 29-27
02/18/1978 vs Buffalo Braves L 112-122 29-28
02/21/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 122-120 30-28
02/25/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 122-115 31-28
02/28/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 138-123 32-28
03/02/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 128-117 33-28
03/04/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 99-91 34-28
03/05/1978 at Boston Celtics L 94-112 34-29
03/07/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 112-101 35-29
03/08/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 125-127 35-30
03/10/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 115-122 35-31
03/11/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 126-117 36-31
03/14/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 117-135 36-32
03/17/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 117-129 36-33
03/18/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 127-141 36-34
03/19/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 118-125 36-35
03/21/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 115-114 37-35
03/23/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 108-120 37-36
03/25/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 123-133 37-37
03/28/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 106-103 38-37
03/30/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 108-123 38-38
03/31/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 117-116 39-38
04/02/1978 at Washington Bullets W 114-109 40-38
04/04/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks L 101-105 40-39
04/06/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 129-125 41-39
04/07/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 125-112 42-39
04/08/1978 at Buffalo Braves W 118-107 43-39
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