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Here is the New York Knicks 1977–78 Roster and Regular Season Player Statistics:

Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Birth Date College/From
6 Lonnie Shelton F 6’8″ 240 lbs Oct 19, 1955 Oregon State
10 Ray Williams G 6’3″ 188 lbs Oct 14, 1954 Minnesota
11 Joe Meriweather C 6’10” 215 lbs Oct 26, 1953 Southern Illinois
15 Earl Monroe G 6’3″ 185 lbs Nov 21, 1944 Winston-Salem St.
18 Phil Jackson F 6’8″ 220 lbs Sep 17, 1945 North Dakota
21 Jim Cleamons G 6’3″ 185 lbs Sep 13, 1949 Ohio State
24 Bill Bradley F 6’5″ 205 lbs July 28, 1943 Princeton
31 Henry Bibby G 6’1″ 185 lbs Nov 24, 1949 UCLA
32 John Gianelli C 6’10” 210 lbs June 10, 1950 Pacific
43 Marvin Webster C 7’1″ 225 lbs Apr 13, 1952 Morgan State
45 Spencer Haywood F 6’8″ 225 lbs Apr 22, 1949 Detroit/Mexico
50 Toby Knight F 6’9″ 220 lbs May 3, 1955 Notre Dame

Regular Season Per Game

NAME POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob McAdoo C 26 79   40.3 26.5 12.8 3.8 1.3 1.6 4.4 19.8 10.3 .520       8.2 5.9 .727
Earl Monroe SG 33 76   31.2 17.8 2.4 4.8 0.8 0.3 2.4 14.8 7.3 .495       3.8 3.2 .832
Lonnie Shelton PF 22 82   28.3 14.9 7.1 2.4 1.3 1.4 2.8 12.0 6.2 .514       3.4 2.5 .736
Spencer Haywood PF 28 67   26.3 13.7 6.6 1.9 0.6 1.1 2.1 12.7 6.1 .484       2.0 1.4 .711
Butch Beard PG 30 79   25.1 9.4 3.3 4.3 1.5 0.0 1.9 7.8 3.9 .502       2.0 1.6 .806
Ray Williams PG 23 81   19.1 9.3 2.6 4.5 1.3 0.2 3.0 8.5 3.8 .443       2.6 1.8 .705
Jim McMillian SF 29 81   24.4 8.5 3.6 2.5 0.9 0.2 1.3 7.7 3.6 .462       1.7 1.4 .858
Jim Cleamons PG 28 79   25.4 6.5 2.7 3.6 0.9 0.2 1.4 5.7 2.7 .480       1.3 1.0 .786
Toby Knight SF 22 80   14.6 6.3 4.0 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.2 5.8 2.8 .477       1.2 0.8 .649
Glen Gondrezick SF 22 72   14.1 4.8 3.5 1.2 0.8 0.3 1.1 4.7 1.8 .386       1.7 1.2 .686
Phil Jackson PF 32 63   10.4 2.4 1.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.8 0.9 .478       0.9 0.7 .768
Ticky Burden SG 24 2   7.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 .500       0.0 0.0  
TEAM TOTALS     82   244.0 113.4 47.2 28.5 10.0 5.4 21.5 95.4 46.5 .488       27.1 20.4 .751

Playoff Per Game

NAME POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob McAdoo C 26 6   39.7 23.8 9.7 3.8 1.2 2.0 3.8 21.0 10.2 .484       5.8 3.5 .600
Ray Williams PG 23 6   23.3 17.5 2.5 5.2 1.0 0.0 2.8 13.0 6.8 .526       4.3 3.8 .885
Spencer Haywood PF 28 6   29.5 16.2 7.0 2.0 0.3 0.8 1.7 14.2 7.2 .506       1.8 1.8 1.000
Lonnie Shelton PF 22 6   25.2 11.0 7.3 2.8 0.3 0.8 2.3 9.3 5.0 .536       1.3 1.0 .750
Earl Monroe SG 33 6   24.2 9.8 0.8 2.8 1.0 0.0 1.0 10.3 4.0 .387       3.0 1.8 .611
Butch Beard PG 30 6   26.7 9.0 3.5 4.5 1.7 0.3 1.8 8.0 4.0 .500       1.7 1.0 .600
Jim McMillian SF 29 6   22.3 8.8 3.5 1.8 1.2 0.0 1.2 8.8 4.0 .453       1.0 0.8 .833
Jim Cleamons PG 28 6   21.2 5.7 2.2 3.8 0.5 0.0 1.3 6.0 2.3 .389       1.0 1.0 1.000
Glen Gondrezick SF 22 6   11.7 4.2 2.8 1.0 0.8 0.0 1.0 3.2 1.7 .526       1.3 0.8 .625
Toby Knight SF 22 6   8.0 2.7 3.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.5 3.3 1.0 .300       1.3 0.7 .500
Phil Jackson PF 32 6   8.3 2.0 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.7 1.3 0.7 .500       1.0 0.7 .667
TEAM TOTALS     6   240.0 110.7 44.2 28.5 8.7 4.7 18.5 98.5 46.8 .475       23.7 17.0 .718

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

NAME POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob McAdoo C 26 79   40.3 23.7 11.4 3.4 1.2 1.4 3.9 17.7 9.2 .520       7.3 5.3 .727
Earl Monroe SG 33 76   31.2 20.6 2.8 5.5 0.9 0.3 2.7 17.1 8.4 .495       4.4 3.7 .832
Lonnie Shelton PF 22 82   28.3 18.9 9.0 3.0 1.7 1.7 3.5 15.3 7.9 .514       4.3 3.2 .736
Spencer Haywood PF 28 67   26.3 18.8 9.0 2.6 0.8 1.5 2.9 17.4 8.4 .484       2.8 2.0 .711
Ray Williams PG 23 81   19.1 17.6 4.9 8.4 2.5 0.3 5.6 16.0 7.1 .443       4.8 3.4 .705
Toby Knight SF 22 80   14.6 15.6 9.9 1.2 1.5 0.9 3.0 14.3 6.8 .477       3.0 1.9 .649
Butch Beard PG 30 79   25.1 13.6 4.8 6.2 2.1 0.1 2.8 11.2 5.6 .502       2.9 2.3 .806
Jim McMillian SF 29 81   24.4 12.6 5.3 3.7 1.4 0.3 1.9 11.3 5.2 .462       2.4 2.1 .858
Glen Gondrezick SF 22 72   14.1 12.2 8.8 2.9 2.0 0.6 2.9 12.0 4.6 .386       4.3 2.9 .686
Jim Cleamons PG 28 79   25.4 9.2 3.8 5.1 1.2 0.3 2.0 8.0 3.9 .480       1.8 1.5 .786
Phil Jackson PF 32 63   10.4 8.4 6.1 2.5 1.7 0.8 2.6 6.3 3.0 .478       3.1 2.4 .768
Ticky Burden SG 24 2   7.5 4.8 0.0 2.4 2.4 0.0 0.0 4.8 2.4 .500       0.0 0.0  
TEAM TOTALS                                        

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

NAME POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Ray Williams PG 23 6   23.3 27.0 3.9 8.0 1.5 0.0 4.4 20.1 10.5 .526       6.7 5.9 .885
Bob McAdoo C 26 6   39.7 21.6 8.8 3.5 1.1 1.8 3.5 19.1 9.2 .484       5.3 3.2 .600
Spencer Haywood PF 28 6   29.5 19.7 8.5 2.4 0.4 1.0 2.0 17.3 8.7 .506       2.2 2.2 1.000
Lonnie Shelton PF 22 6   25.2 15.7 10.5 4.1 0.5 1.2 3.3 13.4 7.2 .536       1.9 1.4 .750
Earl Monroe SG 33 6   24.2 14.6 1.2 4.2 1.5 0.0 1.5 15.4 6.0 .387       4.5 2.7 .611
Jim McMillian SF 29 6   22.3 14.2 5.6 3.0 1.9 0.0 1.9 14.2 6.4 .453       1.6 1.3 .833
Glen Gondrezick SF 22 6   11.7 12.9 8.7 3.1 2.6 0.0 3.1 9.8 5.1 .526       4.1 2.6 .625
Butch Beard PG 30 6   26.7 12.2 4.7 6.1 2.3 0.5 2.5 10.8 5.4 .500       2.3 1.4 .600
Toby Knight SF 22 6   8.0 12.0 14.2 0.7 0.7 3.0 2.3 15.0 4.5 .300       6.0 3.0 .500
Jim Cleamons PG 28 6   21.2 9.6 3.7 6.5 0.9 0.0 2.3 10.2 4.0 .389       1.7 1.7 1.000
Phil Jackson PF 32 6   8.3 8.6 7.2 2.2 2.2 0.0 2.9 5.8 2.9 .500       4.3 2.9 .667
TEAM TOTALS                                        

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob McAdoo C 26 79   3182 2097 1010 298 105 126 346 1564 814 .520       645 469 .727
Earl Monroe SG 33 76   2369 1354 182 361 60 19 179 1123 556 .495       291 242 .832
Lonnie Shelton PF 22 82   2319 1219 580 195 109 112 228 988 508 .514       276 203 .736
Spencer Haywood PF 28 67   1765 920 442 126 37 72 140 852 412 .484       135 96 .711
Ray Williams PG 23 81   1550 756 209 363 108 15 242 689 305 .443       207 146 .705
Butch Beard PG 30 79   1979 745 264 339 117 3 154 614 308 .502       160 129 .806
Jim McMillian SF 29 81   1977 691 289 205 76 17 104 623 288 .462       134 115 .858
Jim Cleamons PG 28 79   2009 511 212 283 68 17 113 448 215 .480       103 81 .786
Toby Knight SF 22 80   1169 507 321 38 50 28 97 465 222 .477       97 63 .649
Glen Gondrezick SF 22 72   1017 345 250 83 56 18 82 339 131 .386       121 83 .686
Phil Jackson PF 32 63   654 153 110 46 31 15 47 115 55 .478       56 43 .768
Ticky Burden SG 24 2   15 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .500       0 0  
TEAM TOTALS     82   20005 9300 3869 2338 818 442 1732 7822 3815 .488       2225 1670 .751

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob McAdoo C 26 6   238 143 58 23 7 12 23 126 61 .484       35 21 .600
Ray Williams PG 23 6   140 105 15 31 6 0 17 78 41 .526       26 23 .885
Spencer Haywood PF 28 6   177 97 42 12 2 5 10 85 43 .506       11 11 1.000
Lonnie Shelton PF 22 6   151 66 44 17 2 5 14 56 30 .536       8 6 .750
Earl Monroe SG 33 6   145 59 5 17 6 0 6 62 24 .387       18 11 .611
Butch Beard PG 30 6   160 54 21 27 10 2 11 48 24 .500       10 6 .600
Jim McMillian SF 29 6   134 53 21 11 7 0 7 53 24 .453       6 5 .833
Jim Cleamons PG 28 6   127 34 13 23 3 0 8 36 14 .389       6 6 1.000
Glen Gondrezick SF 22 6   70 25 17 6 5 0 6 19 10 .526       8 5 .625
Toby Knight SF 22 6   48 16 19 1 1 4 3 20 6 .300       8 4 .500
Phil Jackson PF 32 6   50 12 10 3 3 0 4 8 4 .500       6 4 .667
TEAM TOTALS     6   1440 664 265 171 52 28 109 591 281 .475       142 102 .718

HeatingUp Impact Index: Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Bob McAdoo Franchise Offensive Focal Point 40.3 High 26.5 12.8 3.8 2.9 23.0 Led Knicks in scoring and rebounding; dominant inside‑out scorer with efficient shooting and big‑man playmaking. Knicks finished 40–42 and missed playoffs despite his production. McAdoo was an All-Star and former MVP prior to joining NY.  MVP‑10, AS
Earl Monroe Veteran Scoring Creator 31.2 High 17.8 2.4 4.8 1.1 12.0 Provided seasoned scoring and playmaking from the backcourt; known for creative shot creation and leadership alongside McAdoo. All‑Star this season.   
Lonnie Shelton Versatile Forward 28.3 Medium 14.9 7.1 2.4 2.7 13.5 Reliable second‑or‑third scorer who contributed rebounding and defense; a steady two‑way forward complementing McAdoo’s inside game.   
Spencer Haywood Frontcourt Scorer/Rebounder 26.3 Medium 13.7 6.6 1.9 1.7 11.9 Efficient scoring around the rim and strong rebounding; seasoned veteran brought interior toughness and scoring depth.   
Butch Beard Primary Playmaking Guard 25.1 Medium 9.4 3.3 4.3 1.5 9.2 Served as key ball handler; balanced scoring with strong assist rates and active defense; added perimeter leadership.   
Jim Cleamons Secondary Ball Distributor 25.4 Medium 6.5 2.7 3.6 1.1 6.9 Floor general who facilitated offense off the bench and contributed by keeping pace with ball movement.   
Ray Williams Scoring/Distribution Guard 19.1 Medium 9.3 2.6 4.5 1.5 9.0 Provided balanced guard play with scoring, passing, and defensive activity; valuable rotational backcourt presence.   
Jim McMillian Supporting Wing 24.4 Low 8.5 3.6 2.5 1.1 7.8 Contributed efficient scoring and spacing with veteran stability on wing; solid rotational option.   
Glen Gondrezick Bench Wing Contributor 14.1 Low 4.8 3.5 1.2 1.1 5.3 Spot minutes as wing scorer and rebounder; provided depth with periodic defensive activity.   
Toby Knight Role Forward 14.6 Low 6.3 4.0 0.5 1.0 5.9 Played limited minutes but offered rebounding and inside scoring when called upon.   
Phil Jackson Stretch Big/Role Reserve 10.4 Low 2.4 1.7 0.7 0.7 2.7 Low‑usage reserve providing veteran presence and occasional frontcourt spacing.   
Ticky Burden Short Stint Reserve 7.5 Very Low 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 Very limited sample with minimal impact but provided brief bench depth.