1997-98 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 43-39
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 4-6 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Miami Heat 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Indiana Pacers 4-1
Coach: Jeff Van Gundy (43-39)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 810,283, Avg. 19,763 in 41 home dates

1997-98 New York Knicks Roster
1997-98 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 43 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.

The Knicks poured in 7,509 points and conceded 7,307. Allan Houston tossed in a team-leading 1,509 points for New York, and Larry Johnson scored 15 or more per game, too. Charles Oakley accounted for 724 boards. Charlie Ward dished out 466 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Charlie Ward added 144 steals.

Jeff Van Gundy coached the team. The 1997-98 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
Allan Houston	G	82	82	2848	1277	571	213	82	335	285	43	231	274	212	63	24	200	207	1509
Larry Johnson	F	70	70	2412	884	429	63	15	283	214	175	226	401	150	40	13	127	193	1087
John Starks	G	82	10	2188	947	372	398	130	235	185	48	182	230	219	78	5	143	205	1059
Chris Mills	F	80	29	2183	675	292	137	40	189	152	120	288	408	133	45	30	107	218	776
Charles Oakley	F-C	79	79	2734	698	307	6	0	114	97	218	506	724	201	123	22	126	280	711
Charlie Ward	G	82	82	2317	516	235	215	81	113	91	32	242	274	466	144	37	175	195	642
Patrick Ewing	C-F	26	26	848	403	203	2	0	186	134	59	206	265	28	16	58	77	74	540
Chris Childs	G	68	0	1599	354	149	87	27	126	104	29	133	162	268	56	6	103	179	429
Terry Cummings	F	30	1	529	216	103	0	0	40	28	42	93	135	26	16	5	34	79	234
Buck Williams	F-C	41	6	738	149	75	0	0	71	52	78	105	183	21	17	15	38	93	202
Chris Dudley	C	51	22	858	143	58	0	0	92	41	108	167	275	21	13	51	44	139	157
Anthony Bowie	G-F	27	3	224	59	32	4	3	9	8	9	17	26	11	6	2	7	25	75
Herb Williams	C-F	27	0	178	43	18	0	0	8	1	6	23	29	4	6	9	5	34	37
Brooks Thompson	G	17	0	121	29	13	14	4	5	3	0	10	10	24	6	1	11	16	33
Pete Myers	G-F	9	0	40	10	5	0	0	6	4	5	5	10	3	4	0	4	7	14
Ben Davis	F	7	0	13	10	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	3	4
Totals		778	410	19830	6413	2864	1139	382	1812	1399	978	2434	3412	1787	634	278	1201	1947	7509

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Allan Houston	G	82	82	34.7	44.7	38.5	85.1	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	18.4
Larry Johnson	F	70	70	34.5	48.5	23.8	75.6	2.5	3.2	5.7	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.8	15.5
John Starks	G	82	10	26.7	39.3	32.7	78.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.5	12.9
Chris Mills	F	80	29	27.3	43.3	29.2	80.4	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.7	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.7	9.7
Charles Oakley	F-C	79	79	34.6	44.0	0.0	85.1	2.8	6.4	9.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	1.6	3.5	9.0
Charlie Ward	G	82	82	28.3	45.5	37.7	80.5	0.4	3.0	3.3	5.7	1.8	0.5	2.1	2.4	7.8
Patrick Ewing	C-F	26	26	32.6	50.4	0.0	72.0	2.3	7.9	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.2	3.0	2.8	20.8
Chris Childs	G	68	0	23.5	42.1	31.0	82.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.9	0.8	0.1	1.5	2.6	6.3
Terry Cummings	F	30	1	17.6	47.7		70.0	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.9	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.6	7.8
Buck Williams	F-C	41	6	18.0	50.3		73.2	1.9	2.6	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.3	4.9
Chris Dudley	C	51	22	16.8	40.6		44.6	2.1	3.3	5.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.9	2.7	3.1
Anthony Bowie	G-F	27	3	8.3	54.2	75.0	88.9	0.3	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.8
Herb Williams	C-F	27	0	6.6	41.9		12.5	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.3	1.4
Brooks Thompson	G	17	0	7.1	44.8	28.6	60.0	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.9
Pete Myers	G-F	9	0	4.4	50.0		66.7	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.6
Ben Davis	F	7	0	1.9	20.0			0.9	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6
Averages		778	410	25.5	44.7	33.5	77.2	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.3	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	9.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Allan Houston	G	10	403	175	76	23	9	58	50	6	32	38	28	5	1	32	27	211
John Starks	G	10	314	125	59	59	25	24	21	4	36	40	23	16	1	11	35	164
Larry Johnson	F	8	310	107	52	10	2	50	37	25	28	53	13	10	3	25	30	143
Charles Oakley	F-C	10	342	71	29	0	0	25	23	21	64	85	14	11	2	13	38	81
Charlie Ward	G	10	261	55	23	21	9	16	11	3	25	28	60	20	2	17	24	66
Chris Childs	G	10	254	58	24	13	4	15	11	5	20	25	33	6	0	23	29	63
Patrick Ewing	C-F	4	132	56	20	0	0	27	16	9	23	32	5	3	5	10	16	56
Chris Mills	F	9	168	35	15	10	4	12	10	8	19	27	5	8	2	6	21	44
Terry Cummings	F	8	120	34	15	0	0	8	2	11	24	35	5	4	2	7	23	32
Buck Williams	F-C	3	45	9	4	0	0	8	6	7	9	16	1	0	1	3	5	14
Chris Dudley	C	6	53	9	3	0	0	4	2	6	12	18	0	2	1	2	16	8
Anthony Bowie	G-F	7	23	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	4
Totals		95	2425	738	322	136	53	247	189	105	292	397	188	86	20	150	268	886

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Allan Houston	G	10	40.3	43.4	39.1	86.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.8	0.5	0.1	3.2	2.7	21.1
John Starks	G	10	31.4	47.2	42.4	87.5	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.1	1.1	3.5	16.4
Larry Johnson	F	8	38.8	48.6	20.0	74.0	3.1	3.5	6.6	1.6	1.3	0.4	3.1	3.8	17.9
Charles Oakley	F-C	10	34.2	40.8		92.0	2.1	6.4	8.5	1.4	1.1	0.2	1.3	3.8	8.1
Charlie Ward	G	10	26.1	41.8	42.9	68.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	6.0	2.0	0.2	1.7	2.4	6.6
Chris Childs	G	10	25.4	41.4	30.8	73.3	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.3	0.6	0.0	2.3	2.9	6.3
Patrick Ewing	C-F	4	33.0	35.7		59.3	2.3	5.8	8.0	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	4.0	14.0
Chris Mills	F	9	18.7	42.9	40.0	83.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.9	0.2	0.7	2.3	4.9
Terry Cummings	F	8	15.0	44.1		25.0	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.9	4.0
Buck Williams	F-C	3	15.0	44.4		75.0	2.3	3.0	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	4.7
Chris Dudley	C	6	8.8	33.3		50.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.3	2.7	1.3
Anthony Bowie	G-F	7	3.3	50.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.6
Averages		778	25.5	43.6	39.0	76.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.0	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.8	9.3