1948-49 New York Knicks Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 32-28
Finishing 2nd in the BAA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-3 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Baltimore Bullets 2-1
Division Finals - Lost to Washington Capitols 2-1
Coach: Joe Lapchick (32-28)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 211,284, Avg. 7,286 in 29 home dates

1948-49 New York Knicks Roster
1948-49 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 32 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the BAA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-3.

The Knicks scored 4,752 points and surrendered 4,663. Carl Braun tossed in a team-leading 810 points for New York, while Carl Braun dished out 173 assists for the squad.

Joe Lapchick coached the team. The 1948-49 New York Knicks lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	57	906	299			279	212	173	144	810
Bud Palmer	F-C	58	685	240			307	234	108	206	714
Lee Knorek	C	60	457	156			183	131	135	258	443
Harry Gallatin	F-C	52	479	157			169	120	63	127	434
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	59	401	127			240	161	143	148	415
Tex Ritter	G-F	55	353	123			146	91	57	71	337
Ray Lumpp	G	24	311	117			112	90	34	74	324
Irv Rothenberg	C	53	367	101			174	112	68	174	314
Sid Tanenbaum	G	32	339	96			77	65	71	53	257
Tommy Byrnes	F-G	35	270	77			81	46	54	53	200
Paul Noel	F	47	277	70			60	37	33	84	177
Mel McGaha	G	51	195	62			88	52	51	104	176
Joe Colone	F	15	113	35			19	13	9	25	83
Gene James	F	11	48	18			12	6	5	20	42
Ray Kuka	F	8	36	10			9	5	11	16	25
Dick Shrider	G	4	0	0			3	1	2	2	1
Totals		621	5237	1688	0	0	1959	1376	1017	1559	4752

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	57	33.0	76.0	3.0	2.5	14.2
Bud Palmer	F-C	58	35.0	76.2	1.9	3.6	12.3
Lee Knorek	C	60	34.1	71.6	2.3	4.3	7.4
Harry Gallatin	F-C	52	32.8	71.0	1.2	2.4	8.3
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	59	31.7	67.1	2.4	2.5	7.0
Tex Ritter	G-F	55	34.8	62.3	1.0	1.3	6.1
Ray Lumpp	G	24	37.6	80.4	1.4	3.1	13.5
Irv Rothenberg	C	53	27.5	64.4	1.3	3.3	5.9
Sid Tanenbaum	G	32	28.3	84.4	2.2	1.7	8.0
Tommy Byrnes	F-G	35	28.5	56.8	1.5	1.5	5.7
Paul Noel	F	47	25.3	61.7	0.7	1.8	3.8
Mel McGaha	G	51	31.8	59.1	1.0	2.0	3.5
Joe Colone	F	15	31.0	68.4	0.6	1.7	5.5
Gene James	F	11	37.5	50.0	0.5	1.8	3.8
Ray Kuka	F	8	27.8	55.6	1.4	2.0	3.1
Dick Shrider	G	4		33.3	0.5	0.5	0.3
Averages		621	32.2	70.2	1.6	2.5	7.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	6	102	33			62	50	19	22	116
Bud Palmer	F-C	6	64	27			35	27	10	31	81
Harry Gallatin	F-C	6	56	20			39	32	10	31	72
Ray Lumpp	G	6	73	21			35	27	11	26	69
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	6	40	15			23	19	7	14	49
Lee Knorek	C	6	37	15			16	9	10	25	39
Tex Ritter	G-F	5	33	10			20	11	2	15	31
Joe Colone	F	4	30	7			6	3	3	13	17
Paul Noel	F	3	12	5			5	4	2	12	14
Irv Rothenberg	C	6	19	4			10	2	2	12	10
Gene James	F	3	6	0			4	2	2	6	2
Mel McGaha	G	2	3	0			2	1	2	6	1
Totals		59	475	157	0	0	257	187	80	213	501

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	6	32.4	80.6	3.2	3.7	19.3
Bud Palmer	F-C	6	42.2	77.1	1.7	5.2	13.5
Harry Gallatin	F-C	6	35.7	82.1	1.7	5.2	12.0
Ray Lumpp	G	6	28.8	77.1	1.8	4.3	11.5
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	6	37.5	82.6	1.2	2.3	8.2
Lee Knorek	C	6	40.5	56.3	1.7	4.2	6.5
Tex Ritter	G-F	5	30.3	55.0	0.4	3.0	6.2
Joe Colone	F	4	23.3	50.0	0.8	3.3	4.3
Paul Noel	F	3	41.7	80.0	0.7	4.0	4.7
Irv Rothenberg	C	6	21.1	20.0	0.3	2.0	1.7
Gene James	F	3	0.0	50.0	0.7	2.0	0.7
Mel McGaha	G	2	0.0	50.0	1.0	3.0	0.5
Averages		621	33.1	72.8	1.4	3.6	8.5