1986-87 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 24-58
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Hubie Brown (4-12)
Coach: Bob Hill (20-46)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 538,058, Avg. 13,123 in 41 home dates

1986-87 New York Knicks Roster
1986-87 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 24 wins and 58 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Knicks netted 8,508 points, worst in the circuit and allowed 9,022. Gerald Wilkins tossed in a team-leading 1,527 points for New York, while Bill Cartwright and Patrick Ewing scored 17 or more per game, too. Patrick Ewing contributed 555 boards. Gerald Henderson dished out 439 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Trent Tucker added 116 steals, and Patrick Ewing blocked 147 shots.

Hubie Brown and Bob Hill 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	80	73	2758	1302	633	74	26	335	235	120	174	294	354	88	18	214	165	1527
Patrick Ewing	C-F	63	63	2206	1053	530	7	0	415	296	157	398	555	104	89	147	229	248	1356
Bill Cartwright	C	58	50	1989	631	335	0	0	438	346	132	313	445	96	40	26	128	188	1016
Trent Tucker	G	70	15	1691	691	325	161	68	101	77	49	86	135	166	116	13	78	169	795
Gerald Henderson	G	68	53	1890	624	273	74	19	212	173	44	122	166	439	95	11	157	191	738
Kenny Walker	F	68	64	1719	581	285	4	0	185	140	118	220	338	75	49	49	75	236	710
Rory Sparrow	G	80	30	1951	590	263	42	11	89	71	29	86	115	432	67	6	140	160	608
Louis Orr	F	65	8	1440	389	166	5	1	172	125	102	130	232	110	47	18	70	123	458
Pat Cummings	F-C	49	11	1056	382	172	0	0	110	79	123	189	312	38	26	7	85	145	423
Chris McNealy	F	59	16	972	179	88	0	0	80	52	74	153	227	46	36	16	64	136	228
Jawann Oldham	C	44	9	776	174	71	1	0	57	31	51	128	179	19	22	71	48	95	173
Eddie Lee Wilkins	F-C	24	10	454	127	56	1	0	58	27	45	62	107	6	9	2	28	67	139
Bernard King	F	6	4	214	105	52	0	0	43	32	13	19	32	19	2	0	15	14	136
Bob Thornton	F-C	33	4	282	67	29	1	0	20	13	18	38	56	8	4	3	24	48	71
Brad Wright	F	14	0	138	46	20	1	0	28	12	25	28	53	1	3	6	13	20	52
Stewart Granger	G	15	0	166	54	20	3	0	11	9	6	11	17	27	7	1	22	17	49
Bill Martin	F-G	8	0	68	25	9	0	0	8	7	2	5	7	0	4	2	7	5	25
McKinley Singleton	G	2	0	10	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
Totals		806	410	19780	7023	3329	375	125	2362	1725	1108	2162	3270	1941	704	396	1397	2028	8508

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gerald Wilkins	G-F	80	73	34.5	48.6	35.1	70.1	1.5	2.2	3.7	4.4	1.1	0.2	2.7	2.1	19.1
Patrick Ewing	C-F	63	63	35.0	50.3	0.0	71.3	2.5	6.3	8.8	1.7	1.4	2.3	3.6	3.9	21.5
Bill Cartwright	C	58	50	34.3	53.1		79.0	2.3	5.4	7.7	1.7	0.7	0.4	2.2	3.2	17.5
Trent Tucker	G	70	15	24.2	47.0	42.2	76.2	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.4	1.7	0.2	1.1	2.4	11.4
Gerald Henderson	G	68	53	27.8	43.8	25.7	81.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	6.5	1.4	0.2	2.3	2.8	10.9
Kenny Walker	F	68	64	25.3	49.1	0.0	75.7	1.7	3.2	5.0	1.1	0.7	0.7	1.1	3.5	10.4
Rory Sparrow	G	80	30	24.4	44.6	26.2	79.8	0.4	1.1	1.4	5.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.0	7.6
Louis Orr	F	65	8	22.2	42.7	20.0	72.7	1.6	2.0	3.6	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.9	7.0
Pat Cummings	F-C	49	11	21.6	45.0		71.8	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.7	3.0	8.6
Chris McNealy	F	59	16	16.5	49.2		65.0	1.3	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.3	3.9
Jawann Oldham	C	44	9	17.6	40.8	0.0	54.4	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.4	0.5	1.6	1.1	2.2	3.9
Eddie Lee Wilkins	F-C	24	10	18.9	44.1	0.0	46.6	1.9	2.6	4.5	0.3	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.8	5.8
Bernard King	F	6	4	35.7	49.5		74.4	2.2	3.2	5.3	3.2	0.3	0.0	2.5	2.3	22.7
Bob Thornton	F-C	33	4	8.5	43.3	0.0	65.0	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.2
Brad Wright	F	14	0	9.9	43.5	0.0	42.9	1.8	2.0	3.8	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.7
Stewart Granger	G	15	0	11.1	37.0	0.0	81.8	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.5	1.1	3.3
Bill Martin	F-G	8	0	8.5	36.0		87.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.6	3.1
McKinley Singleton	G	2	0	5.0	66.7	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
Averages		806	410	24.5	47.4	33.3	73.0	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.5	10.6