1958-59 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-32
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 0-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Syracuse Nationals 2-0
Coach: Andrew Levane (40-32)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 326,674, Avg. 10,889 in 30 home dates

1958-59 New York Knicks Roster
1958-59 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1958-59 season with a record of 40 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

New York scored 7,943 points and yielded 7,925. Kenny Sears tossed in a team-leading 1,488 points for the Knicks, and Richie Guerin contributed 18 or more per game, too. Willie Naulls accounted for 723 boards. Richie Guerin dished out 364 assists for the squad.

Andrew Levane coached the team. The 1958-59 New York Knicks lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Kenny Sears	F	71	2498	1002	491			588	506	658	136	237	1488
Richie Guerin	G	71	2558	1046	443			505	405	518	364	255	1291
Willie Naulls	F-C	68	2061	1072	405			311	258	723	102	233	1068
Carl Braun	G-F	72	1959	684	287			218	180	251	349	178	754
Ray Felix	C	72	1588	700	260			321	229	569	49	275	749
Frank Selvy	G-F	68	1448	605	233			262	201	248	96	113	667
Charlie Tyra	C-F	69	1586	606	240			190	129	485	33	180	609
Mike Farmer	F	72	1545	498	176			99	83	315	66	152	435
Ron Sobie	G	50	857	400	144			133	112	154	78	84	400
Guy Sparrow	F	44	607	308	96			98	57	187	45	115	249
Jack George	G	25	494	173	62			51	42	82	55	51	166
Pete Brennan	F	16	136	43	13			25	14	31	6	15	40
Jerry Bird	F	11	45	32	12			1	1	12	4	7	25
Brendan McCann	G	1	7	3	0			0	0	1	1	1	0
Totals		710	17389	7172	2862	0	0	2802	2217	4234	1384	1896	7941

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Kenny Sears	F	71	35.2	49.0	86.1	9.3	1.9	3.3	21.0
Richie Guerin	G	71	36.0	42.4	80.2	7.3	5.1	3.6	18.2
Willie Naulls	F-C	68	30.3	37.8	83.0	10.6	1.5	3.4	15.7
Carl Braun	G-F	72	27.2	42.0	82.6	3.5	4.8	2.5	10.5
Ray Felix	C	72	22.1	37.1	71.3	7.9	0.7	3.8	10.4
Frank Selvy	G-F	68	21.3	38.5	76.7	3.6	1.4	1.7	9.8
Charlie Tyra	C-F	69	23.0	39.6	67.9	7.0	0.5	2.6	8.8
Mike Farmer	F	72	21.5	35.3	83.8	4.4	0.9	2.1	6.0
Ron Sobie	G	50	17.1	36.0	84.2	3.1	1.6	1.7	8.0
Guy Sparrow	F	44	13.8	31.2	58.2	4.3	1.0	2.6	5.7
Jack George	G	25	19.8	35.8	82.4	3.3	2.2	2.0	6.6
Pete Brennan	F	16	8.5	30.2	56.0	1.9	0.4	0.9	2.5
Jerry Bird	F	11	4.1	37.5	100.0	1.1	0.4	0.6	2.3
Brendan McCann	G	1	7.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		710	24.5	39.9	79.1	6.0	1.9	2.7	11.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Willie Naulls	F-C	2	63	42	14			8	6	21	3	11	34
Kenny Sears	F	2	64	27	10			15	13	17	6	6	33
Carl Braun	G-F	2	62	32	12			9	8	4	10	4	32
Charlie Tyra	C-F	2	55	28	12			9	6	31	1	5	30
Richie Guerin	G	2	77	35	9			14	12	18	15	11	30
Frank Selvy	G-F	2	43	20	10			11	9	4	3	6	29
Ray Felix	C	2	45	28	12			4	2	23	2	12	26
Mike Farmer	F	2	34	17	5			5	2	10	0	7	12
Jack George	G	2	31	12	4			0	0	4	3	4	8
Pete Brennan	F	2	6	7	2			1	0	5	0	4	4
Totals		20	480	248	90	0	0	76	58	137	43	70	238

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Willie Naulls	F-C	2	31.5	33.3	75.0	10.5	1.5	5.5	17.0
Kenny Sears	F	2	32.0	37.0	86.7	8.5	3.0	3.0	16.5
Carl Braun	G-F	2	31.0	37.5	88.9	2.0	5.0	2.0	16.0
Charlie Tyra	C-F	2	27.5	42.9	66.7	15.5	0.5	2.5	15.0
Richie Guerin	G	2	38.5	25.7	85.7	9.0	7.5	5.5	15.0
Frank Selvy	G-F	2	21.5	50.0	81.8	2.0	1.5	3.0	14.5
Ray Felix	C	2	22.5	42.9	50.0	11.5	1.0	6.0	13.0
Mike Farmer	F	2	17.0	29.4	40.0	5.0	0.0	3.5	6.0
Jack George	G	2	15.5	33.3		2.0	1.5	2.0	4.0
Pete Brennan	F	2	3.0	28.6	0.0	2.5	0.0	2.0	2.0
Averages		710	24.0	36.3	76.3	6.9	2.2	3.5	11.9