1947-48 New York Knicks Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 26-22
Finishing 2nd in the BAA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost first round
Quarterfinals - Lost to Baltimore Bullets 2-1
Coach: Joe Lapchick (26-22)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 165,155, Avg. 6,881 in 24 home dates

1947-48 New York Knicks Roster
1947-48 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1947-48 season with a record of 26 wins and 22 losses, finishing second in the BAA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

New York netted 3,578 points and conceded 3,427. Carl Braun tossed in a team-leading 671 points for the Knicks, while Bud Palmer scored 12 or more per game, too. Carl Braun dished out 61 assists for the squad.

Joe Lapchick coached the team. The 1947-48 New York Knicks lost in the first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	47	854	276			183	119	61	102	671
Bud Palmer	F-C	48	710	224			234	174	45	149	622
Dick Holub	C	48	662	195			180	114	37	159	504
Stan Stutz	G-F	47	501	109			135	113	57	121	331
Tommy Byrnes	F-G	47	410	117			103	65	17	56	299
Lee Knorek	C	48	369	99			120	61	50	171	259
Sid Tanenbaum	G	24	360	90			74	62	37	33	242
Ray Kuka	F	44	273	89			84	50	27	117	228
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	44	192	53			120	74	29	81	180
Leo Gottlieb	G	27	288	59			21	13	12	36	131
Paul Noel	F	29	138	40			30	19	3	41	99
Wat Misaka	G	3	13	3			3	1	0	7	7
Sonny Hertzberg	G	4	14	1			4	3	1	3	5
Totals		460	4784	1355	0	0	1291	868	376	1076	3578

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	47	32.3	65.0	1.3	2.2	14.3
Bud Palmer	F-C	48	31.5	74.4	0.9	3.1	13.0
Dick Holub	C	48	29.5	63.3	0.8	3.3	10.5
Stan Stutz	G-F	47	21.8	83.7	1.2	2.6	7.0
Tommy Byrnes	F-G	47	28.5	63.1	0.4	1.2	6.4
Lee Knorek	C	48	26.8	50.8	1.0	3.6	5.4
Sid Tanenbaum	G	24	25.0	83.8	1.5	1.4	10.1
Ray Kuka	F	44	32.6	59.5	0.6	2.7	5.2
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	44	27.6	61.7	0.7	1.8	4.1
Leo Gottlieb	G	27	20.5	61.9	0.4	1.3	4.9
Paul Noel	F	29	29.0	63.3	0.1	1.4	3.4
Wat Misaka	G	3	23.1	33.3	0.0	2.3	2.3
Sonny Hertzberg	G	4	7.1	75.0	0.3	0.8	1.3
Averages		460	28.3	67.2	0.8	2.3	7.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Bud Palmer	F-C	3	38	16			13	10	0	17	42
Lee Knorek	C	3	34	14			13	10	5	10	38
Sid Tanenbaum	G	3	33	11			11	8	4	8	30
Carl Braun	G-F	3	41	12			10	6	2	6	30
Tommy Byrnes	F-G	3	27	11			12	4	2	7	26
Dick Holub	C	3	36	9			14	8	0	12	26
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	3	16	6			14	10	2	8	22
Stan Stutz	G-F	3	11	3			11	9	1	9	15
Ray Kuka	F	3	10	3			2	2	0	12	8
Paul Noel	F	3	7	0			1	0	0	4	0
Totals		30	253	85	0	0	101	67	16	93	237

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Bud Palmer	F-C	3	42.1	76.9	0.0	5.7	14.0
Lee Knorek	C	3	41.2	76.9	1.7	3.3	12.7
Sid Tanenbaum	G	3	33.3	72.7	1.3	2.7	10.0
Carl Braun	G-F	3	29.3	60.0	0.7	2.0	10.0
Tommy Byrnes	F-G	3	40.7	33.3	0.7	2.3	8.7
Dick Holub	C	3	25.0	57.1	0.0	4.0	8.7
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	3	37.5	71.4	0.7	2.7	7.3
Stan Stutz	G-F	3	27.3	81.8	0.3	3.0	5.0
Ray Kuka	F	3	30.0	100.0	0.0	4.0	2.7
Paul Noel	F	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
Averages		460	33.6	66.3	0.5	3.1	7.9