1977-78 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: 2-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Cleveland Cavaliers 2-0
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 4-0
Coach: Willis Reed (43-39)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 626,815, Avg. 15,288 in 41 home dates

1977-78 New York Knicks Roster
1977-78 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 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 2-4.

The Knicks scored 9,300 points and yielded 9,345, most in the circuit. Bob McAdoo tossed in a team-leading 2,097 points for New York and contributed 1,010 rebounds. Ray Williams dished out 363 assists for the squad.

On defense, Butch Beard added 117 steals, while Bob McAdoo blocked 126 shots.

Willis Reed coached the team. The 1977-78 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
Bob McAdoo	C-F	79	78	3182	1564	814			645	469	236	774	1010	298	105	126	346	297	2097
Earl Monroe	G	76	73	2369	1123	556			291	242	47	135	182	361	60	19	179	189	1354
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	82	45	2319	988	508			276	203	204	376	580	195	109	112	228	350	1219
Spencer Haywood	F-C	67	57	1765	852	412			135	96	141	301	442	126	37	72	140	188	920
Ray Williams	G	81	10	1550	689	305			207	146	85	124	209	363	108	15	242	211	756
Butch Beard	G	79	37	1979	614	308			160	129	76	188	264	339	117	3	154	201	745
Jim McMillian	F	81	63	1977	623	288			134	115	80	209	289	205	76	17	104	116	691
Jim Cleamons	G	79	44	2009	448	215			103	81	69	143	212	283	68	17	113	142	511
Toby Knight	F	80	3	1169	465	222			97	63	121	200	321	38	50	28	97	211	507
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	72	0	1017	339	131			121	83	92	158	250	83	56	18	82	181	345
Phil Jackson	F-C	63	0	654	115	55			56	43	29	81	110	46	31	15	47	106	153
Ticky Burden	G	2	0	15	2	1			0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
Totals		841	410	20005	7822	3815	0	0	2225	1670	1180	2689	3869	2338	818	442	1732	2193	9300

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bob McAdoo	C-F	79	78	40.3	52.0	72.7	3.0	9.8	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	4.4	3.8	26.5
Earl Monroe	G	76	73	31.2	49.5	83.2	0.6	1.8	2.4	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	17.8
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	82	45	28.3	51.4	73.6	2.5	4.6	7.1	2.4	1.3	1.4	2.8	4.3	14.9
Spencer Haywood	F-C	67	57	26.3	48.4	71.1	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	13.7
Ray Williams	G	81	10	19.1	44.3	70.5	1.0	1.5	2.6	4.5	1.3	0.2	3.0	2.6	9.3
Butch Beard	G	79	37	25.1	50.2	80.6	1.0	2.4	3.3	4.3	1.5	0.0	1.9	2.5	9.4
Jim McMillian	F	81	63	24.4	46.2	85.8	1.0	2.6	3.6	2.5	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.4	8.5
Jim Cleamons	G	79	44	25.4	48.0	78.6	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.8	6.5
Toby Knight	F	80	3	14.6	47.7	64.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.6	6.3
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	72	0	14.1	38.6	68.6	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.5	4.8
Phil Jackson	F-C	63	0	10.4	47.8	76.8	0.5	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.7	2.4
Ticky Burden	G	2	0	7.5	50.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
Averages		841	410	23.8	48.8	75.1	1.4	3.2	4.6	2.8	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	11.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bob McAdoo	C-F	6	238	126	61			35	21	11	47	58	23	7	12	23	19	143
Ray Williams	G	6	140	78	41			26	23	6	9	15	31	6	0	17	25	105
Spencer Haywood	F-C	6	177	85	43			11	11	19	23	42	12	2	5	10	24	97
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	6	151	56	30			8	6	18	26	44	17	2	5	14	29	66
Earl Monroe	G	6	145	62	24			18	11	1	4	5	17	6	0	6	15	59
Butch Beard	G	6	160	48	24			10	6	7	14	21	27	10	2	11	22	54
Jim McMillian	F	6	134	53	24			6	5	9	12	21	11	7	0	7	3	53
Jim Cleamons	G	6	127	36	14			6	6	5	8	13	23	3	0	8	13	34
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	6	70	19	10			8	5	7	10	17	6	5	0	6	12	25
Toby Knight	F	6	48	20	6			8	4	9	10	19	1	1	4	3	9	16
Phil Jackson	F-C	6	50	8	4			6	4	4	6	10	3	3	0	4	11	12
Totals		66	1440	591	281	0	0	142	102	96	169	265	171	52	28	109	182	664

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bob McAdoo	C-F	6	39.7	48.4	60.0	1.8	7.8	9.7	3.8	1.2	2.0	3.8	3.2	23.8
Ray Williams	G	6	23.3	52.6	88.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	5.2	1.0	0.0	2.8	4.2	17.5
Spencer Haywood	F-C	6	29.5	50.6	100.0	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	16.2
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	6	25.2	53.6	75.0	3.0	4.3	7.3	2.8	0.3	0.8	2.3	4.8	11.0
Earl Monroe	G	6	24.2	38.7	61.1	0.2	0.7	0.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	9.8
Butch Beard	G	6	26.7	50.0	60.0	1.2	2.3	3.5	4.5	1.7	0.3	1.8	3.7	9.0
Jim McMillian	F	6	22.3	45.3	83.3	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.8	1.2	0.0	1.2	0.5	8.8
Jim Cleamons	G	6	21.2	38.9	100.0	0.8	1.3	2.2	3.8	0.5	0.0	1.3	2.2	5.7
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	6	11.7	52.6	62.5	1.2	1.7	2.8	1.0	0.8	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.2
Toby Knight	F	6	8.0	30.0	50.0	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.7
Phil Jackson	F-C	6	8.3	50.0	66.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.0
Averages		841	21.8	47.5	71.8	1.5	2.6	4.0	2.6	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.8	10.1