1996-97 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 57-25
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 6-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Charlotte Hornets 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Miami Heat 4-3
Coach: Jeff Van Gundy (57-25)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 810,283, Avg. 19,763 in 41 home dates

1996-97 New York Knicks Roster
1996-97 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-4.

New York poured in 7,819 points and surrendered 7,563. Patrick Ewing tossed in a team-leading 1,751 points for the Knicks and contributed 834 rebounds. Chris Childs dished out 398 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Charles Oakley added 111 steals, while Patrick Ewing blocked 189 shots.

Jeff Van Gundy coached the team. The 1996-97 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	78	78	2887	1342	655	9	2	582	439	175	659	834	156	69	189	269	250	1751
Allan Houston	G	81	81	2681	1032	437	384	148	218	175	43	197	240	179	41	18	167	233	1197
John Starks	G	77	1	2042	856	369	407	150	225	173	36	169	205	217	90	11	158	196	1061
Larry Johnson	F	76	76	2613	735	376	105	34	274	190	165	228	393	174	64	36	136	249	976
Charles Oakley	F-C	80	80	2873	694	339	19	5	224	181	246	535	781	221	111	21	171	305	864
Chris Childs	G	65	61	2076	510	211	181	70	149	113	22	169	191	398	78	11	180	213	605
Buck Williams	F-C	74	4	1496	326	175	1	0	179	115	166	231	397	53	40	38	79	204	465
Charlie Ward	G	79	21	1763	337	133	154	48	125	95	45	175	220	326	83	15	147	188	409
John Wallace	F	68	6	787	236	122	4	2	110	79	51	104	155	37	21	25	76	102	325
Walter McCarty	F	35	0	192	68	26	14	4	14	8	8	15	23	13	7	9	17	38	64
Scott Brooks	G	38	0	251	39	19	12	5	15	14	6	12	18	29	21	0	17	35	57
Herb Williams	C-F	21	2	184	46	18	1	0	4	3	9	22	31	5	4	5	5	18	39
Chris Jent	F	3	0	10	6	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6
Totals		775	410	19855	6227	2882	1294	470	2119	1585	973	2516	3489	1809	629	378	1422	2033	7819

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Patrick Ewing	C-F	78	78	37.0	48.8	22.2	75.4	2.2	8.4	10.7	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	3.2	22.4
Allan Houston	G	81	81	33.1	42.3	38.5	80.3	0.5	2.4	3.0	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.1	2.9	14.8
John Starks	G	77	1	26.5	43.1	36.9	76.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	13.8
Larry Johnson	F	76	76	34.4	51.2	32.4	69.3	2.2	3.0	5.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	3.3	12.8
Charles Oakley	F-C	80	80	35.9	48.8	26.3	80.8	3.1	6.7	9.8	2.8	1.4	0.3	2.1	3.8	10.8
Chris Childs	G	65	61	31.9	41.4	38.7	75.8	0.3	2.6	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.2	2.8	3.3	9.3
Buck Williams	F-C	74	4	20.2	53.7	0.0	64.2	2.2	3.1	5.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.8	6.3
Charlie Ward	G	79	21	22.3	39.5	31.2	76.0	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.2
John Wallace	F	68	6	11.6	51.7	50.0	71.8	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.8
Walter McCarty	F	35	0	5.5	38.2	28.6	57.1	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.1	1.8
Scott Brooks	G	38	0	6.6	48.7	41.7	93.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.9	1.5
Herb Williams	C-F	21	2	8.8	39.1	0.0	75.0	0.4	1.0	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.9
Chris Jent	F	3	0	3.3	33.3	66.7		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.0
Averages		775	410	25.6	46.3	36.3	74.8	1.3	3.2	4.5	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.6	10.1

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	357	167	88	1	0	42	27	26	69	95	17	3	22	27	30	203
Allan Houston	G	9	360	133	58	52	26	35	31	3	20	23	21	6	3	24	14	173
John Starks	G	9	253	99	44	41	13	31	25	7	24	31	25	10	0	20	25	126
Larry Johnson	F	9	295	77	43	17	6	38	32	11	25	36	23	7	1	15	27	124
Chris Childs	G	10	328	87	38	26	9	23	19	9	40	49	59	20	0	28	39	104
Charles Oakley	F-C	10	358	86	38	1	0	29	22	23	65	88	16	22	3	18	37	98
Buck Williams	F-C	10	193	35	17	0	0	17	9	13	27	40	6	3	4	4	34	43
Charlie Ward	G	9	182	27	8	9	1	4	3	3	22	25	39	13	0	15	18	20
John Wallace	F	4	40	15	4	1	0	2	2	2	5	7	5	1	2	2	6	10
Herb Williams	C-F	3	23	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	4
Walter McCarty	F	2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Scott Brooks	G	4	7	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Totals		88	2400	735	343	148	55	222	171	97	298	395	211	86	35	153	234	912

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Patrick Ewing	C-F	9	39.7	52.7	0.0	64.3	2.9	7.7	10.6	1.9	0.3	2.4	3.0	3.3	22.6
Allan Houston	G	9	40.0	43.6	50.0	88.6	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	1.6	19.2
John Starks	G	9	28.1	44.4	31.7	80.6	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	14.0
Larry Johnson	F	9	32.8	55.8	35.3	84.2	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.7	3.0	13.8
Chris Childs	G	10	32.8	43.7	34.6	82.6	0.9	4.0	4.9	5.9	2.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	10.4
Charles Oakley	F-C	10	35.8	44.2	0.0	75.9	2.3	6.5	8.8	1.6	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.7	9.8
Buck Williams	F-C	10	19.3	48.6		52.9	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.4	3.4	4.3
Charlie Ward	G	9	20.2	29.6	11.1	75.0	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.3	1.4	0.0	1.7	2.0	2.2
John Wallace	F	4	10.0	26.7	0.0	100.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.5
Herb Williams	C-F	3	7.7	40.0			0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.3
Walter McCarty	F	2	2.0	100.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Scott Brooks	G	4	1.8	50.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Averages		775	27.3	46.7	37.2	77.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.4	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.7	10.4