1979-80 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 39-43
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Red Holzman (39-43)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 508,597, Avg. 12,405 in 41 home dates

1979-80 New York Knicks Roster
1979-80 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 39 wins and 43 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Knicks tossed in 9,344 points and conceded 9,438. Bill Cartwright scored a team-leading 1,781 points for New York, while Toby Knight and Ray Williams netted 18 or more per game as well. Bill Cartwright racked up 726 boards. Micheal Ray Richardson dished out 832 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Micheal Ray Richardson added 265 steals.

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
Bill Cartwright	C	82	82	3150	1215	665	0	0	566	451	194	532	726	165	48	101	222	279	1781
Ray Williams	G	82	82	2582	1384	687	37	7	423	333	149	263	412	512	167	24	256	295	1714
Toby Knight	F	81	81	2945	1265	669	2	0	261	211	201	292	493	150	117	86	163	302	1549
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	82	82	3060	1063	502	110	27	338	223	151	388	539	832	265	35	359	260	1254
Joe Meriweather	C-F	65	30	1565	477	252	1	0	121	78	122	228	350	66	37	120	112	239	582
Larry Demic	F-C	82	51	1872	528	230	0	0	183	110	195	288	483	64	56	30	168	306	570
Mike Glenn	G	75	0	800	364	188	10	2	73	63	21	45	66	85	35	7	38	79	441
Hollis Copeland	F	75	1	1142	368	182	2	0	86	63	70	86	156	80	61	25	84	154	427
Earl Monroe	G	51	0	633	352	161	0	0	64	56	16	20	36	67	21	3	28	46	378
Sly Williams	F-G	57	0	556	267	104	4	0	90	58	65	56	121	36	19	8	49	73	266
Geoff Huston	G	71	0	923	241	94	17	3	38	28	14	44	58	159	39	5	73	83	219
Marvin Webster	C	20	1	298	79	38	0	0	16	12	28	52	80	9	3	11	20	39	88
Jim Cleamons	G	22	0	254	69	30	8	3	15	12	10	9	19	40	13	2	17	13	75
Totals		845	410	19780	7672	3802	191	42	2274	1698	1236	2303	3539	2265	881	457	1589	2168	9344

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bill Cartwright	C	82	82	38.4	54.7		79.7	2.4	6.5	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	21.7
Ray Williams	G	82	82	31.5	49.6	18.9	78.7	1.8	3.2	5.0	6.2	2.0	0.3	3.1	3.6	20.9
Toby Knight	F	81	81	36.4	52.9	0.0	80.8	2.5	3.6	6.1	1.9	1.4	1.1	2.0	3.7	19.1
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	82	82	37.3	47.2	24.5	66.0	1.8	4.7	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	4.4	3.2	15.3
Joe Meriweather	C-F	65	30	24.1	52.8	0.0	64.5	1.9	3.5	5.4	1.0	0.6	1.8	1.7	3.7	9.0
Larry Demic	F-C	82	51	22.8	43.6		60.1	2.4	3.5	5.9	0.8	0.7	0.4	2.0	3.7	7.0
Mike Glenn	G	75	0	10.7	51.6	20.0	86.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.1	5.9
Hollis Copeland	F	75	1	15.2	49.5	0.0	73.3	0.9	1.1	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	5.7
Earl Monroe	G	51	0	12.4	45.7		87.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	7.4
Sly Williams	F-G	57	0	9.8	39.0	0.0	64.4	1.1	1.0	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.3	4.7
Geoff Huston	G	71	0	13.0	39.0	17.6	73.7	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.2	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.2	3.1
Marvin Webster	C	20	1	14.9	48.1		75.0	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.0	4.4
Jim Cleamons	G	22	0	11.5	43.5	37.5	80.0	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	0.6	3.4
Averages		845	410	23.4	49.6	22.0	74.7	1.5	2.7	4.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.6	11.1