1961-62 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 29-51
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Eastern Division
Coach: Eddie Dovovan (29-51)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 265,153, Avg. 8,035 in 33 home dates

1961-62 New York Knicks Roster
1961-62 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 29 wins and 51 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Eastern Division.

New York racked up 9,187 points and surrendered 9,574. Richie Guerin tossed in a team-leading 2,303 points for the Knicks, while Willie Naulls scored 18 or more per game, too. Johnny Green contributed 1,066 boards. Richie Guerin dished out 539 assists for the squad.

Eddie Dovovan coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Richie Guerin	G	78	3348	1897	839			762	625	501	539	299	2303
Willie Naulls	F-C	75	2978	1798	747			455	383	867	192	260	1877
Johnny Green	F-C	80	2789	1164	507			434	261	1066	191	265	1275
Phil Jordon	C-F	76	2195	1028	403			168	96	482	156	258	902
Al Butler	G	54	1969	725	336			176	124	324	201	147	796
Dave Budd	F	79	1370	431	188			231	138	345	86	162	514
Darrall Imhoff	C	76	1481	482	186			139	80	470	82	230	452
Cleveland Buckner	F-C	62	696	367	158			133	83	236	39	114	399
Whitey Martin	G	66	1018	292	95			55	37	158	115	158	227
Sam Stith	G	32	440	162	59			38	23	51	60	55	141
Donnie Butcher	G	47	479	155	48			69	42	79	51	63	138
George Blaney	G	36	363	142	54			17	9	36	45	34	117
Bill Smith	G-F	9	83	33	8			8	7	16	7	6	23
Ed Burton	F	8	28	14	7			4	1	5	1	3	15
Doug Kistler	F	5	13	6	3			4	2	1	0	2	8
Totals		783	19250	8696	3638	0	0	2693	1911	4637	1765	2056	9187

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Richie Guerin	G	78	42.9	44.2	82.0	6.4	6.9	3.8	29.5
Willie Naulls	F-C	75	39.7	41.5	84.2	11.6	2.6	3.5	25.0
Johnny Green	F-C	80	34.9	43.6	60.1	13.3	2.4	3.3	15.9
Phil Jordon	C-F	76	28.9	39.2	57.1	6.3	2.1	3.4	11.9
Al Butler	G	54	36.5	46.3	70.5	6.0	3.7	2.7	14.7
Dave Budd	F	79	17.3	43.6	59.7	4.4	1.1	2.1	6.5
Darrall Imhoff	C	76	19.5	38.6	57.6	6.2	1.1	3.0	5.9
Cleveland Buckner	F-C	62	11.2	43.1	62.4	3.8	0.6	1.8	6.4
Whitey Martin	G	66	15.4	32.5	67.3	2.4	1.7	2.4	3.4
Sam Stith	G	32	13.8	36.4	60.5	1.6	1.9	1.7	4.4
Donnie Butcher	G	47	10.2	31.0	60.9	1.7	1.1	1.3	2.9
George Blaney	G	36	10.1	38.0	52.9	1.0	1.3	0.9	3.3
Bill Smith	G-F	9	9.2	24.2	87.5	1.8	0.8	0.7	2.6
Ed Burton	F	8	3.5	50.0	25.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.9
Doug Kistler	F	5	2.6	50.0	50.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.6
Averages		783	24.6	41.8	71.0	5.9	2.3	2.6	11.7