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1988-89 New York Knicks Statistics
Team Record: 52-30
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 5-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Chicago Bulls 4-2
Coach: Rick Pitino (52-30)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 746,851, Avg. 18,216 in 41 home dates
1988-89 New York Knicks Results
The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-4.
The Knicks racked up 9,567 points and conceded 9,258. Patrick Ewing tossed in a team-leading 1,815 points for New York, while Charles Oakley accounted for 861 boards. Mark Jackson dished out 619 assists for the squad.
On defense, Mark Jackson added 139 steals, and Patrick Ewing blocked 281 shots.
Rick Pitino coached the team. The 1988-89 New York Knicks lost in the conference semifinals.
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Ewing | C-F | 80 | 80 | 2896 | 1282 | 727 | 6 | 0 | 484 | 361 | 213 | 527 | 740 | 188 | 117 | 281 | 266 | 311 | 1815 |
Johnny Newman | F-G | 81 | 80 | 2336 | 957 | 455 | 287 | 97 | 351 | 286 | 93 | 113 | 206 | 162 | 111 | 23 | 153 | 259 | 1293 |
Mark Jackson | G | 72 | 72 | 2477 | 1025 | 479 | 240 | 81 | 258 | 180 | 106 | 235 | 341 | 619 | 139 | 7 | 226 | 163 | 1219 |
Gerald Wilkins | G-F | 81 | 58 | 2414 | 1025 | 462 | 172 | 51 | 246 | 186 | 95 | 149 | 244 | 274 | 115 | 22 | 169 | 166 | 1161 |
Charles Oakley | F-C | 82 | 82 | 2604 | 835 | 426 | 48 | 12 | 255 | 197 | 343 | 518 | 861 | 187 | 104 | 14 | 248 | 270 | 1061 |
Rod Strickland | G | 81 | 10 | 1358 | 567 | 265 | 59 | 19 | 231 | 172 | 51 | 109 | 160 | 319 | 98 | 3 | 148 | 142 | 721 |
Trent Tucker | G | 81 | 24 | 1824 | 579 | 263 | 296 | 118 | 55 | 43 | 55 | 121 | 176 | 132 | 88 | 6 | 59 | 163 | 687 |
Sidney Green | F-C | 82 | 0 | 1277 | 422 | 194 | 3 | 0 | 170 | 129 | 157 | 237 | 394 | 76 | 47 | 18 | 125 | 172 | 517 |
Kenny Walker | F | 79 | 2 | 1163 | 356 | 174 | 20 | 5 | 85 | 66 | 101 | 129 | 230 | 36 | 41 | 45 | 44 | 190 | 419 |
Eddie Lee Wilkins | F-C | 71 | 2 | 584 | 245 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 61 | 72 | 76 | 148 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 110 | 289 |
Kiki Vandeweghe | F | 27 | 0 | 502 | 209 | 97 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 51 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 38 | 248 |
Pete Myers | G-F | 29 | 0 | 230 | 61 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 41 | 81 |
Greg Butler | C | 33 | 0 | 140 | 48 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 28 | 56 |
Totals | 879 | 410 | 19805 | 7611 | 3701 | 1147 | 386 | 2366 | 1779 | 1322 | 2265 | 3587 | 2083 | 900 | 446 | 1553 | 2053 | 9567 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Ewing | C-F | 80 | 80 | 36.2 | 56.7 | 0.0 | 74.6 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 22.7 |
Johnny Newman | F-G | 81 | 80 | 28.8 | 47.5 | 33.8 | 81.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 16.0 |
Mark Jackson | G | 72 | 72 | 34.4 | 46.7 | 33.8 | 69.8 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 16.9 |
Gerald Wilkins | G-F | 81 | 58 | 29.8 | 45.1 | 29.7 | 75.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 14.3 |
Charles Oakley | F-C | 82 | 82 | 31.8 | 51.0 | 25.0 | 77.3 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 12.9 |
Rod Strickland | G | 81 | 10 | 16.8 | 46.7 | 32.2 | 74.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 8.9 |
Trent Tucker | G | 81 | 24 | 22.5 | 45.4 | 39.9 | 78.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 8.5 |
Sidney Green | F-C | 82 | 0 | 15.6 | 46.0 | 0.0 | 75.9 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 6.3 |
Kenny Walker | F | 79 | 2 | 14.7 | 48.9 | 25.0 | 77.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 5.3 |
Eddie Lee Wilkins | F-C | 71 | 2 | 8.2 | 46.5 | 0.0 | 55.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 4.1 |
Kiki Vandeweghe | F | 27 | 0 | 18.6 | 46.4 | 30.0 | 91.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
Pete Myers | G-F | 29 | 0 | 7.9 | 41.0 | 0.0 | 70.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
Greg Butler | C | 33 | 0 | 4.2 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
Averages | 879 | 410 | 22.5 | 48.6 | 33.7 | 75.2 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 10.9 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Ewing | C-F | 9 | 340 | 144 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 39 | 23 | 67 | 90 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 35 | 179 |
Gerald Wilkins | G-F | 9 | 290 | 131 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 27 | 145 |
Johnny Newman | F-G | 9 | 258 | 107 | 50 | 28 | 7 | 49 | 38 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 27 | 145 |
Mark Jackson | G | 9 | 336 | 100 | 51 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 91 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 132 |
Charles Oakley | F-C | 9 | 299 | 73 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 43 | 58 | 101 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 31 | 87 |
Kiki Vandeweghe | F | 9 | 159 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 73 |
Trent Tucker | G | 9 | 159 | 58 | 27 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 71 |
Rod Strickland | G | 9 | 111 | 49 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 54 |
Sidney Green | F-C | 9 | 128 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 36 |
Kenny Walker | F | 9 | 90 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 20 |
Eddie Lee Wilkins | F-C | 7 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
Pete Myers | G-F | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Totals | 101 | 2210 | 765 | 364 | 109 | 39 | 267 | 194 | 137 | 252 | 389 | 235 | 71 | 36 | 144 | 230 | 961 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Ewing | C-F | 9 | 37.8 | 48.6 | 75.0 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 19.9 | |
Gerald Wilkins | G-F | 9 | 32.2 | 48.1 | 10.0 | 78.3 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 16.1 |
Johnny Newman | F-G | 9 | 28.7 | 46.7 | 25.0 | 77.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 16.1 |
Mark Jackson | G | 9 | 37.3 | 51.0 | 39.3 | 67.9 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 14.7 |
Charles Oakley | F-C | 9 | 33.2 | 47.9 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 9.7 |
Kiki Vandeweghe | F | 9 | 17.7 | 51.0 | 37.5 | 95.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 8.1 |
Trent Tucker | G | 9 | 17.7 | 46.6 | 46.9 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 7.9 |
Rod Strickland | G | 9 | 12.3 | 44.9 | 100.0 | 52.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
Sidney Green | F-C | 9 | 14.2 | 43.3 | 71.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 4.0 | |
Kenny Walker | F | 9 | 10.0 | 23.1 | 73.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | |
Eddie Lee Wilkins | F-C | 7 | 3.7 | 45.5 | 50.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.1 | |
Pete Myers | G-F | 4 | 3.5 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | ||
Averages | 879 | 21.9 | 47.6 | 35.8 | 72.7 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 9.5 |