1982-83 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-38
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated New Jersey Nets 2-0
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 4-0
Coach: Hubie Brown (44-38)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 438,823, Avg. 10,703 in 41 home dates

1982-83 New York Knicks Roster
1982-83 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Knicks conceded 7,997 points, the lowest total in the circuit. New York netted 8,198 points. Bernard King tossed in a team-leading 1,486 points for the team, and Truck Robinson accounted for 657 boards. Paul Westphal dished out 439 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Ed Sherod added 96 thefts, while Marvin Webster swatted 131 opponent shot attempts.

Hubie Brown coached the team. The 1982-83 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
Bernard King	F	68	68	2207	1142	603	6	0	388	280	99	227	326	195	90	13	197	233	1486
Bill Cartwright	C	82	82	2468	804	455	0	0	511	380	185	405	590	136	41	127	204	315	1290
Sly Williams	F-G	68	6	1385	647	314	19	2	259	176	94	196	290	133	73	3	133	166	806
Paul Westphal	G	80	59	1978	693	318	48	14	184	148	19	96	115	439	87	16	196	180	798
Truck Robinson	F-C	81	76	2426	706	326	0	0	201	118	199	458	657	145	57	24	190	241	770
Louis Orr	F	82	14	1666	593	274	2	0	175	140	94	134	228	94	64	24	93	134	688
Trent Tucker	G	78	59	1830	647	299	30	14	64	43	75	141	216	195	56	6	70	235	655
Marvin Webster	C	82	0	1472	331	168	1	0	180	106	176	267	443	49	35	131	102	210	442
Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	77	0	1422	377	167	4	0	98	81	42	121	163	136	40	10	84	172	415
Ed Sherod	G	64	37	1624	421	171	13	1	80	52	43	106	149	311	96	14	104	112	395
Rory Sparrow	G	32	9	880	298	128	7	2	86	63	22	67	89	159	37	4	71	93	321
Vince Taylor	G-F	31	0	321	102	37	0	0	32	21	19	17	36	41	20	2	30	54	95
Scott Hastings	F-C	21	0	98	22	8	1	0	14	7	10	21	31	1	5	0	6	31	23
Mike Davis	F	8	0	28	10	4	0	0	10	6	3	7	10	0	0	4	0	4	14
Totals		854	410	19805	6793	3272	131	33	2282	1621	1080	2263	3343	2034	701	378	1480	2180	8198

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bernard King	F	68	68	32.5	52.8	0.0	72.2	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	21.9
Bill Cartwright	C	82	82	30.1	56.6		74.4	2.3	4.9	7.2	1.7	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.8	15.7
Sly Williams	F-G	68	6	20.4	48.5	10.5	68.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	2.0	1.1	0.0	2.0	2.4	11.9
Paul Westphal	G	80	59	24.7	45.9	29.2	80.4	0.2	1.2	1.4	5.5	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.3	10.0
Truck Robinson	F-C	81	76	30.0	46.2		58.7	2.5	5.7	8.1	1.8	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.0	9.5
Louis Orr	F	82	14	20.3	46.2	0.0	80.0	1.1	1.6	2.8	1.1	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.6	8.4
Trent Tucker	G	78	59	23.5	46.2	46.7	67.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	2.5	0.7	0.1	0.9	3.0	8.4
Marvin Webster	C	82	0	18.0	50.8	0.0	58.9	2.1	3.3	5.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.2	2.6	5.4
Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	77	0	18.5	44.3	0.0	82.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.1	2.2	5.4
Ed Sherod	G	64	37	25.4	40.6	7.7	65.0	0.7	1.7	2.3	4.9	1.5	0.2	1.6	1.8	6.2
Rory Sparrow	G	32	9	27.5	43.0	28.6	73.3	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.0	1.2	0.1	2.2	2.9	10.0
Vince Taylor	G-F	31	0	10.4	36.3		65.6	0.6	0.5	1.2	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.7	3.1
Scott Hastings	F-C	21	0	4.7	36.4	0.0	50.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.1
Mike Davis	F	8	0	3.5	40.0		60.0	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.8
Averages		854	410	23.2	48.2	25.2	71.0	1.3	2.6	3.9	2.4	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.6	9.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bernard King	F	6	184	97	56	3	1	35	28	8	16	24	13	2	0	10	16	141
Truck Robinson	F-C	6	205	73	39	0	0	28	16	0	0	66	13	10	2	14	25	94
Rory Sparrow	G	6	202	71	30	5	1	21	17	3	10	13	42	7	0	13	18	78
Bill Cartwright	C	6	172	43	25	0	0	22	17	9	25	34	4	3	7	19	25	67
Paul Westphal	G	6	156	50	22	8	3	13	10	0	8	8	34	2	2	9	13	57
Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	6	118	34	15	0	0	19	18	2	6	8	10	7	2	9	17	48
Louis Orr	F	6	105	47	18	0	0	10	10	8	13	21	3	5	4	8	10	46
Sly Williams	F-G	5	82	41	16	1	1	3	3	10	11	21	6	3	1	12	4	36
Marvin Webster	C	6	115	18	7	0	0	22	14	13	15	28	3	0	7	4	18	28
Trent Tucker	G	6	85	15	9	2	1	10	7	2	7	9	5	2	0	2	7	26
Ed Sherod	G	4	15	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	2	2
Mike Davis	F	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		64	1440	493	238	19	7	183	140	55	111	233	136	44	25	101	155	623

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bernard King	F	6	30.7	57.7	33.3	80.0	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.7	23.5
Truck Robinson	F-C	6	34.2	53.4		57.1	0.0	0.0	11.0	2.2	1.7	0.3	2.3	4.2	15.7
Rory Sparrow	G	6	33.7	42.3	20.0	81.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	7.0	1.2	0.0	2.2	3.0	13.0
Bill Cartwright	C	6	28.7	58.1		77.3	1.5	4.2	5.7	0.7	0.5	1.2	3.2	4.2	11.2
Paul Westphal	G	6	26.0	44.0	37.5	76.9	0.0	1.3	1.3	5.7	0.3	0.3	1.5	2.2	9.5
Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	6	19.7	44.1		94.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.8	8.0
Louis Orr	F	6	17.5	38.3		100.0	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.5	0.8	0.7	1.3	1.7	7.7
Sly Williams	F-G	5	16.4	39.0	100.0	100.0	2.0	2.2	4.2	1.2	0.6	0.2	2.4	0.8	7.2
Marvin Webster	C	6	19.2	38.9		63.6	2.2	2.5	4.7	0.5	0.0	1.2	0.7	3.0	4.7
Trent Tucker	G	6	14.2	60.0	50.0	70.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	4.3
Ed Sherod	G	4	3.8	25.0			0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5
Mike Davis	F	1	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		854	22.5	48.3	36.8	76.5	0.9	1.7	3.6	2.1	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.4	9.7