1978-79 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 31-51
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Willis Reed (6-8)
Coach: Red Holzman (25-43)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 545,715, Avg. 13,310 in 41 home dates

1978-79 New York Knicks Roster
1978-79 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 31 wins and 51 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Knicks scored 8,830 points and conceded 9,107. Ray Williams tossed in a team-leading 1,401 points for New York, and Marvin Webster accounted for 655 boards. Ray Williams dished out 504 assists for the squad.

On defense, Ray Williams added 128 steals.

Willis Reed and Red Holzman coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Ray Williams	G	81	53	2370	1257	575			313	251	104	187	291	504	128	19	285	274	1401
Toby Knight	F	82	70	2667	1174	609			206	145	201	347	548	124	61	60	163	309	1363
Bob McAdoo	C-F	40	32	1594	793	429			335	218	94	285	379	128	62	47	153	134	1076
Earl Monroe	G	64	24	1393	699	329			154	129	26	48	74	189	48	6	98	123	787
Jim Cleamons	G	79	71	2390	657	311			171	130	65	160	225	376	73	11	142	147	752
Marvin Webster	C	60	55	2027	558	264			262	150	198	457	655	172	24	112	170	183	678
Spencer Haywood	F-C	34	18	1023	509	249			146	107	66	140	206	56	10	29	87	108	605
Mike Glenn	G	75	11	1171	486	263			63	57	28	54	82	136	37	6	64	113	583
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	72	5	1218	483	200			128	69	78	155	233	213	100	18	141	188	469
Joe Meriweather	C-F	41	26	1053	313	158			109	75	81	144	225	48	23	53	85	178	391
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	75	40	1602	326	161			97	55	147	277	424	106	98	18	95	226	377
John Rudd	F	58	3	723	133	59			93	66	69	98	167	35	17	8	59	95	184
Tom Barker	C-F	22	0	329	102	44			20	14	31	52	83	9	6	7	20	45	102
Greg Bunch	F	12	0	97	26	9			12	10	9	8	17	4	3	3	5	10	28
Butch Beard	G	7	2	85	26	11			0	0	1	9	10	19	7	0	10	13	22
Ron Behagen	F-C	5	0	38	12	5			2	2	2	9	11	2	2	0	4	8	12
Totals		807	410	19780	7554	3676	0	0	2111	1478	1200	2430	3630	2121	699	397	1581	2154	8830

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Ray Williams	G	81	53	29.3	45.7	80.2	1.3	2.3	3.6	6.2	1.6	0.2	3.5	3.4	17.3
Toby Knight	F	82	70	32.5	51.9	70.4	2.5	4.2	6.7	1.5	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.8	16.6
Bob McAdoo	C-F	40	32	39.9	54.1	65.1	2.4	7.1	9.5	3.2	1.6	1.2	3.8	3.4	26.9
Earl Monroe	G	64	24	21.8	47.1	83.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.0	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.9	12.3
Jim Cleamons	G	79	71	30.3	47.3	76.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.9	0.1	1.8	1.9	9.5
Marvin Webster	C	60	55	33.8	47.3	57.3	3.3	7.6	10.9	2.9	0.4	1.9	2.8	3.1	11.3
Spencer Haywood	F-C	34	18	30.1	48.9	73.3	1.9	4.1	6.1	1.6	0.3	0.9	2.6	3.2	17.8
Mike Glenn	G	75	11	15.6	54.1	90.5	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.5	7.8
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	72	5	16.9	41.4	53.9	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.0	1.4	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.5
Joe Meriweather	C-F	41	26	25.7	50.5	68.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	1.2	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.3	9.5
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	75	40	21.4	49.4	56.7	2.0	3.7	5.7	1.4	1.3	0.2	1.3	3.0	5.0
John Rudd	F	58	3	12.5	44.4	71.0	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.2
Tom Barker	C-F	22	0	15.0	43.1	70.0	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.9	2.0	4.6
Greg Bunch	F	12	0	8.1	34.6	83.3	0.8	0.7	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.3
Butch Beard	G	7	2	12.1	42.3		0.1	1.3	1.4	2.7	1.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	3.1
Ron Behagen	F-C	5	0	7.6	41.7	100.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.6	2.4
Averages		807	410	24.5	48.7	70.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.6	0.9	0.5	2.0	2.7	10.9