1972-73 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 57-25
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 12-5 Won NBA championship
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Baltimore Bullets 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Boston Celtics 4-3
Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Coach: Red Holzman (57-25)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 790,031, Avg. 19,269 in 41 home dates

1972-73 New York Knicks Roster
1972-73 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-5.

The Knicks topped the league with just 8,053 points allowed. New York scored 8,610 points. Walt Frazier tossed in a team-leading 1,648 points for the squad, and Dave DeBusschere racked up 787 boards. Walt Frazier doled out 461 assists for the team.

Red Holzman coached the team. The 1972-73 New York Knicks won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Walt Frazier	G	78	78	3181	1389	681			350	286	570	461	186	1648
Bill Bradley	F-G	82	82	2998	1252	575			194	169	301	367	273	1319
Dave DeBusschere	F-G	77	77	2827	1224	532			260	194	787	259	215	1258
Earl Monroe	G	75	74	2370	1016	496			208	171	245	288	195	1163
Willis Reed	C-F	69	44	1876	705	334			124	92	590	126	205	760
Jerry Lucas	F-C	71	38	2001	608	312			100	80	510	317	157	704
Phil Jackson	F-C	80	4	1393	553	245			195	154	344	94	218	644
Dean Meminger	G	80	8	1453	365	188			129	81	229	133	109	457
Henry Bibby	G	55	0	475	205	78			86	73	82	64	67	229
Dick Barnett	G-F	51	4	514	226	88			30	16	41	50	52	192
John Gianelli	C-F	52	1	516	175	79			33	23	150	25	72	181
Tom Riker	C-F	14	0	65	24	10			24	15	16	2	15	35
Harthorne Wingo	F	13	0	59	22	9			6	2	16	1	9	20
Luke Rackley	C	1	0	2	0	0			0	0	1	0	2	0
Totals		798	410	19730	7764	3627	0	0	1739	1356	3882	2187	1775	8610

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Walt Frazier	G	78	78	40.8	49.0	81.7	7.3	5.9	2.4	21.1
Bill Bradley	F-G	82	82	36.6	45.9	87.1	3.7	4.5	3.3	16.1
Dave DeBusschere	F-G	77	77	36.7	43.5	74.6	10.2	3.4	2.8	16.3
Earl Monroe	G	75	74	31.6	48.8	82.2	3.3	3.8	2.6	15.5
Willis Reed	C-F	69	44	27.2	47.4	74.2	8.6	1.8	3.0	11.0
Jerry Lucas	F-C	71	38	28.2	51.3	80.0	7.2	4.5	2.2	9.9
Phil Jackson	F-C	80	4	17.4	44.3	79.0	4.3	1.2	2.7	8.1
Dean Meminger	G	80	8	18.2	51.5	62.8	2.9	1.7	1.4	5.7
Henry Bibby	G	55	0	8.6	38.0	84.9	1.5	1.2	1.2	4.2
Dick Barnett	G-F	51	4	10.1	38.9	53.3	0.8	1.0	1.0	3.8
John Gianelli	C-F	52	1	9.9	45.1	69.7	2.9	0.5	1.4	3.5
Tom Riker	C-F	14	0	4.6	41.7	62.5	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.5
Harthorne Wingo	F	13	0	4.5	40.9	33.3	1.2	0.1	0.7	1.5
Luke Rackley	C	1	0	2.0			1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		798	410	24.7	46.7	78.0	4.9	2.7	2.2	10.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Walt Frazier	G	17	765	292	150			94	73	124	106	52	373
Dave DeBusschere	F-G	17	632	265	117			40	31	179	58	57	265
Earl Monroe	G	16	504	211	111			48	36	51	51	39	258
Bill Bradley	F-G	17	587	221	99			50	40	57	45	59	238
Willis Reed	C-F	17	486	208	97			21	18	129	30	65	212
Phil Jackson	F-C	17	338	120	60			38	28	72	24	59	148
Jerry Lucas	F-C	17	368	112	54			23	20	85	39	47	128
Dean Meminger	G	17	323	56	31			34	19	37	37	29	81
John Gianelli	C-F	7	55	20	11			7	3	13	1	6	25
Henry Bibby	G	6	43	18	8			8	4	2	3	5	20
Harthorne Wingo	F	3	12	13	5			2	1	7	0	1	11
Dick Barnett	G-F	4	17	6	3			0	0	0	2	5	6
Totals		155	4130	1542	746	0	0	365	273	756	396	424	1765

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Walt Frazier	G	17	45.0	51.4	77.7	7.3	6.2	3.1	21.9
Dave DeBusschere	F-G	17	37.2	44.2	77.5	10.5	3.4	3.4	15.6
Earl Monroe	G	16	31.5	52.6	75.0	3.2	3.2	2.4	16.1
Bill Bradley	F-G	17	34.5	44.8	80.0	3.4	2.6	3.5	14.0
Willis Reed	C-F	17	28.6	46.6	85.7	7.6	1.8	3.8	12.5
Phil Jackson	F-C	17	19.9	50.0	73.7	4.2	1.4	3.5	8.7
Jerry Lucas	F-C	17	21.6	48.2	87.0	5.0	2.3	2.8	7.5
Dean Meminger	G	17	19.0	55.4	55.9	2.2	2.2	1.7	4.8
John Gianelli	C-F	7	7.9	55.0	42.9	1.9	0.1	0.9	3.6
Henry Bibby	G	6	7.2	44.4	50.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	3.3
Harthorne Wingo	F	3	4.0	38.5	50.0	2.3	0.0	0.3	3.7
Dick Barnett	G-F	4	4.3	50.0		0.0	0.5	1.3	1.5
Averages		798	26.6	48.4	74.8	4.9	2.6	2.7	11.4