1985-86 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 23-59
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Hubie Brown (23-59)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 592,486, Avg. 14,451 in 41 home dates

1985-86 New York Knicks Roster
1985-86 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 23 wins and 59 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Knicks led the league with just 8,554 points allowed. New York tossed in 8,094 points, worst in the league. Gerald Wilkins scored a team-leading 1,013 points for the team, while Patrick Ewing contributed 451 boards. Rory Sparrow dished out 472 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Darrell Walker added 146 steals.

Hubie Brown 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
Gerald Wilkins	G-F	81	53	2025	934	437	25	7	237	132	92	116	208	161	68	9	157	155	1013
Patrick Ewing	C-F	50	50	1771	814	386	5	0	306	226	124	327	451	102	54	103	172	191	998
Louis Orr	F	74	64	2237	741	330	4	0	278	218	123	189	312	179	61	26	118	177	878
Darrell Walker	G	81	35	2023	753	324	10	0	277	190	100	120	220	337	146	36	192	216	838
Trent Tucker	G	77	23	1788	740	349	91	41	100	79	70	99	169	192	65	8	70	167	818
Rory Sparrow	G	74	74	2344	723	345	20	5	127	101	50	120	170	472	85	14	154	182	796
Ken Bannister	F-C	70	15	1405	479	235	1	0	249	131	89	233	322	42	42	24	129	208	601
James Bailey	F-C	48	36	1245	443	202	4	0	167	129	102	232	334	50	33	40	99	207	533
Pat Cummings	F-C	31	30	1007	408	195	2	0	139	97	92	188	280	47	27	12	87	136	487
Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	76	0	1402	355	148	61	26	108	90	42	164	206	119	39	13	50	192	412
Bob Thornton	F-C	71	23	1323	274	125	0	0	162	86	113	177	290	43	30	7	83	209	336
Chris McNealy	F	30	6	627	144	70	0	0	47	31	62	141	203	41	38	12	35	88	171
Fred Cofield	G	45	1	469	184	75	15	3	20	12	6	40	46	82	20	3	49	65	165
Ken Green	F	7	0	72	27	13	0	0	9	5	12	15	27	2	4	0	1	8	31
Bill Cartwright	C	2	0	36	7	3	0	0	10	6	2	8	10	5	1	1	6	6	12
Butch Carter	G	5	0	31	8	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	3	3	1	0	6	6	5
Totals		822	410	19805	7034	3239	239	82	2237	1534	1081	2170	3251	1877	714	308	1408	2213	8094

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gerald Wilkins	G-F	81	53	25.0	46.8	28.0	55.7	1.1	1.4	2.6	2.0	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.9	12.5
Patrick Ewing	C-F	50	50	35.4	47.4	0.0	73.9	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	20.0
Louis Orr	F	74	64	30.2	44.5	0.0	78.4	1.7	2.6	4.2	2.4	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.4	11.9
Darrell Walker	G	81	35	25.0	43.0	0.0	68.6	1.2	1.5	2.7	4.2	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.7	10.3
Trent Tucker	G	77	23	23.2	47.2	45.1	79.0	0.9	1.3	2.2	2.5	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.2	10.6
Rory Sparrow	G	74	74	31.7	47.7	25.0	79.5	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.4	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.5	10.8
Ken Bannister	F-C	70	15	20.1	49.1	0.0	52.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.8	3.0	8.6
James Bailey	F-C	48	36	25.9	45.6	0.0	77.2	2.1	4.8	7.0	1.0	0.7	0.8	2.1	4.3	11.1
Pat Cummings	F-C	31	30	32.5	47.8	0.0	69.8	3.0	6.1	9.0	1.5	0.9	0.4	2.8	4.4	15.7
Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	76	0	18.4	41.7	42.6	83.3	0.6	2.2	2.7	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.7	2.5	5.4
Bob Thornton	F-C	71	23	18.6	45.6		53.1	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.9	4.7
Chris McNealy	F	30	6	20.9	48.6		66.0	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.4	1.3	0.4	1.2	2.9	5.7
Fred Cofield	G	45	1	10.4	40.8	20.0	60.0	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.4	3.7
Ken Green	F	7	0	10.3	48.1		55.6	1.7	2.1	3.9	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.1	1.1	4.4
Bill Cartwright	C	2	0	18.0	42.9		60.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	3.0	6.0
Butch Carter	G	5	0	6.2	25.0	0.0	100.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.2	1.0
Averages		822	410	24.1	46.0	34.3	68.6	1.3	2.6	4.0	2.3	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.7	9.8