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1987–88 New York Knicks season
Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1987–88 New York Knicks season was the 42nd season for the team in the National Basketball Association.[3] The Knicks had the 18th overall pick in the 1987 NBA draft, and selected point guard Mark Jackson out of St. John's University.[4][5][6] During the off-season, the team acquired Sidney Green from the Detroit Pistons,[7][8][9] and signed free agent and second-year forward Johnny Newman in November.[10][11][12] The Knicks also hired Providence College head coach Rick Pitino as their new coach; Pitino had been hired after leading Providence to the Final Four of the 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[13][14][15]
In the regular season, the Knicks lost their first five games,[16] and held a 16–28 record at the All-Star break.[17] The team played above .500 basketball for the remainder of the season, finishing with a 38–44 record,[16] which earned them a tie for second place in the Atlantic Division with the Washington Bullets, and the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.[18]
Patrick Ewing averaged 20.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 3.0 blocks per game,[19] and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team,[18] while Gerald Wilkins averaged 17.4 points and 4.0 assists per game, and Jackson provided the Knicks with 13.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 10.6 assists and 2.5 steals per game,[19] and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year,[20][21][22] and also named to the NBA All-Rookie Team.[18] In addition, Bill Cartwright averaged 11.1 points and 4.7 rebounds per game off the bench, while second-year forward Kenny Walker had 10.1 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, and Newman contributed 10.0 points per game.[19] Meanwhile, Green averaged 7.8 points and rebounds per game each, three-point specialist Trent Tucker contributed 7.1 points per game, and Pat Cummings provided the Knicks with 5.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.[19]
Ewing was the only member of the team to be selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois.[23][24][25] Ewing also finished tied in fifth place in Defensive Player of the Year voting,[26] while Jackson finished in thirteenth place in Most Valuable Player voting,[26] and Pitino finished in fifth place in Coach of the Year voting.[26]
In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 1988 NBA playoffs, the Knicks lost a best-of-five series to Larry Bird and the top-seeded Boston Celtics, three games to one.[27] Following the season, Cartwright was traded to the Chicago Bulls,[28][29][30] and Cummings signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat expansion team.[31][32]
The Knicks finished seventh in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 586,752 at Madison Square Garden during the regular season.[18][19]
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Draft picks
Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first round and notable post-first-round picks.[6]
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
- z – clinched division title
- y – clinched division title
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
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Game log
Regular season
Playoffs
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Player statistics
Ragular season
Playoffs
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Knicks only.
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Awards and records
Transactions
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