1979-1980 New York Knicks: 39-43 .476
Previous Season Home record: 25-16 (4766 points scored, 4646 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4578 points scored, 4792 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Red Holzman 9344 points scored (4th of 22 teams), 9438 points allowed (20th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Bill Cartwright 7'1 245 22 San Francisco Jim Cleamons 6'3 185 30 Ohio State Hollis Copeland 6'6 180 24 Rutgers Larry Demic 6'9 225 22 Arizona Mike Glenn 6'2 175 24 Southern Illinois Geoff Huston 6'2 175 22 Texas Tech Toby Knight 6'9 210 24 Notre Dame Joe Meriweather 6'10 215 26 Southern Illinois Earl Monroe 6'3 185 35 Winston-Salem State Micheal Ray Richardson 6'5 189 24 Montana Marvin Webster 7'1 225 27 Morgan State Ray Williams 6'2 188 25 Minnesota Sly Williams 6'7 210 21 Rhode Island Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Bill Cartwright 82 3150 665 1215 0 0 451 566 194 532 726 165 48 101 222 279 1781 21.7 G Ray Williams 82 2582 687 1384 7 37 333 423 149 263 412 512 167 24 256 295 1714 20.9 F Toby Knight 81 2945 669 1265 0 2 211 261 201 292 493 150 117 86 163 302 1549 19.1 G Micheal Ray Richardson 82 3060 502 1063 27 110 223 338 151 388 539 832 265 35 359 260 1254 15.3 C Joe Meriweather 65 1565 252 477 0 1 78 121 122 228 350 66 37 120 112 239 582 9.0 F Larry Demic 82 1872 230 528 0 0 110 183 195 288 483 64 56 30 168 306 570 7.0 G Mike Glenn 75 800 188 364 2 10 63 73 21 45 66 85 35 7 38 79 441 5.9 F Hollis Copeland 75 1142 182 368 0 2 63 86 70 86 156 80 61 25 84 154 427 5.7 G Earl Monroe 51 633 161 352 0 0 56 64 16 20 36 67 21 3 28 46 378 7.4 F Sly Williams 57 556 104 267 0 4 58 90 65 56 121 36 19 8 49 73 266 4.7 G Geoff Huston 71 923 94 241 3 17 28 38 14 44 58 159 39 5 73 83 219 3.1 C Marvin Webster 20 298 38 79 0 0 12 16 28 52 80 9 3 11 20 39 88 4.4 G Jim Cleamons 22 254 30 69 3 8 12 15 10 9 19 40 13 2 17 13 75 3.4
1979 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 3 Bill Cartwright 963 San Francisco [pick acquired from BOS]
1 9 Larry Demic 206 Arizona [pick acquired from GOL via BOS]
1 21 Sylvester Williams 305 Rhode Island [pick acquired from SEA via BOS]
2 27 Reggie Carter 135 St. John's
2 34 Kim Goetz San Diego State [pick acquired from POR]
3 50 Geoff Huston 496 Texas Tech
4 71 Larry Rogers SE Missouri State
5 94 Johnny Green California-Riverside
6 113 Phil Abney New Mexico
7 134 Marc Coleman Seton Hall
8 152 Billy Tucker Tennessee State
9 172 Brett Wyatt Jersey City State
10 189 Gordon Thomas St. John's
Traded draft picks:
#1 to SEA (James Bailey)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 104-121 0-1 10/13/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 125-118 1-1 10/16/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 126-121 2-1 10/18/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 115-129 2-2 10/19/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 111-106 3-2 10/20/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 111-136 3-3 10/23/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 136-112 4-3 10/26/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 116-127 4-4 10/27/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 94-92 5-4 10/30/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 112-121 5-5 11/01/1979 at Utah Jazz W 134-118 6-5 11/02/1979 at Kansas City Kings W 112-111 7-5 11/06/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 96-98 7-6 11/10/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 119-123 7-7 11/13/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 107-111 7-8 11/15/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 132-136 7-9 11/16/1979 at Houston Rockets L 130-133 7-10 11/17/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 113-109 8-10 11/20/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 130-125 9-10 11/21/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 108-119 9-11 11/24/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 133-113 10-11 11/27/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 116-114 11-11 11/29/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 115-117 11-12 11/30/1979 at Boston Celtics L 97-100 11-13 12/01/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 121-112 12-13 12/04/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 118-114 13-13 12/05/1979 at Washington Bullets W 107-104 14-13 12/08/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 129-145 14-14 12/11/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 122-124 14-15 12/12/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 102-114 14-16 12/14/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 105-118 14-17 12/15/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 96-99 14-18 12/18/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 101-99 15-18 12/20/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 118-128 15-19 12/21/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-121 15-20 12/23/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 111-103 16-20 12/25/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 131-102 17-20 12/27/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 110-125 17-21 12/28/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 120-102 18-21 12/29/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 117-105 19-21 01/01/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 128-120 20-21 01/03/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 138-101 21-21 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/05/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 124-117 22-21 01/08/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 108-111 22-22 01/09/1980 at Boston Celtics L 95-112 22-23 01/11/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 107-109 22-24 01/13/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 112-126 22-25 01/15/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 110-129 22-26 01/18/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 117-124 22-27 01/21/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 114-132 22-28 01/23/1980 at Phoenix Suns W 119-109 23-28 01/25/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 110-105 24-28 01/27/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 98-93 25-28 01/28/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 107-103 26-28 01/31/1980 at Indiana Pacers W 112-102 27-28 02/05/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 105-116 27-29 02/09/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-107 28-29 02/13/1980 at Houston Rockets L 117-122 28-30 02/14/1980 at San Antonio Spurs W 128-124 29-30 02/16/1980 vs Utah Jazz L 102-121 29-31 02/19/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 113-103 30-31 02/20/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 86-131 30-32 02/23/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 127-112 31-32 02/24/1980 at Washington Bullets L 97-112 31-33 02/28/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 133-124 32-33 03/01/1980 vs New Jersey Nets W 115-108 33-33 03/02/1980 at New Jersey Nets L 96-113 33-34 03/05/1980 at Detroit Pistons L 113-120 33-35 03/07/1980 at San Antonio Spurs W 118-112 34-35 03/08/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 110-104 35-35 03/09/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 92-98 35-36 03/11/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 129-109 36-36 03/13/1980 vs Indiana Pacers L 100-107 36-37 03/15/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 120-123 36-38 03/16/1980 at Washington Bullets W 133-124 37-38 03/18/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-110 38-38 03/19/1980 at Houston Rockets L 113-139 38-39 03/22/1980 vs Washington Bullets L 113-122 38-40 03/23/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 108-112 38-41 03/25/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 128-115 39-41 03/26/1980 at Boston Celtics L 121-129 39-42 03/27/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 101-103 39-43 |