1987–88 New York Knicks season

1987–88 New York Knicks season
1987–88 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Rick Pitino
General manager	Al Bianchi
Owners	Gulf+Western
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	38–44 (.463)
Place	Division: 3rd (Atlantic); Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East First Round; (lost to Celtics 1–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WWOR-TV; MSG Network; (Marv Albert, John Andariese)
Radio	WNBC; (Jim Karvellas, Ernie Grunfeld)
< 1986–87	1988–89 >

The 1987–88 New York Knicks season was the 42nd season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[3] Early in the season, the Knicks signed free agent and second-year forward Johnny Newman.^[4]^[5] The Knicks finished the regular season with a 38–44 record, and qualified for the 1988 NBA Playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, New York lost a best-of-five series to the Boston Celtics, 3–1.^[6] Following the season, Bill Cartwright was traded to the Chicago Bulls.^[7] First-round draft pick Mark Jackson was named Rookie of the Year.^[8]

The season was the first in which the Knicks were coached by Rick Pitino, who had been hired after leading Providence to the Final Four of the 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.^[9]

Draft picks

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first round and notable post-first-round picks.^[10]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	18	Mark Jackson	PG	United States	St. John's

Roster

1987–88 New York Knicks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	3	Carlisle, Rick	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1959–10–27	Virginia
C	25	Cartwright, Bill	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1957–07–30	San Francisco
F	42	Cummings, Pat	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1956–07–11	Cincinnati
G	1	Donovan, Billy	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	1965–06–30	Providence
C	33	Ewing, Patrick	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1962–08–05	Georgetown
F	44	Green, Sidney	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1961–01–04	UNLV
G	13	Jackson, Mark	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1965–04–01	St. John's
F	14	McNealy, Chris	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1961–07–15	San José State
F	4	Newman, Johnny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1963–11–28	Richmond
G	6	Tucker, Trent	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1959–12–20	Minnesota
F	34	Walker, Kenny	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1964–08–18	Kentucky
G	21	Wilkins, Gerald	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1963–09–11	Chattanooga

Head coach

Rick Pitino

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	57	25	.695	–	36–5	21–20	19–5
x-Washington Bullets	38	44	.463	19	25–16	13–28	13–11
x-New York Knicks	38	44	.463	19	29–12	9–32	10–14
Philadelphia 76ers	36	46	.439	21	27–14	9–32	12–12
New Jersey Nets	19	63	.232	38	16–25	3–38	6–18

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Boston Celtics	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Detroit Pistons	54	28	.659	3
3	x-Chicago Bulls	50	32	.610	7
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	7
5	x-Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	15
6	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	42	40	.512	15
7	x-Washington Bullets	38	44	.463	19
8	x-New York Knicks	38	44	.463	19

9	Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	19
10	Philadelphia 76ers	36	46	.439	21
11	New Jersey Nets	19	63	.232	38

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1987–88 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–4	2–3	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–0	3–3	6–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3
Boston	4–2	—	3–3	2–3	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1
Chicago	3–2	3–3	—	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	5–1	3–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Cleveland	1–5	3–2	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	5–1	2–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	6–0
Dallas	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	5–0	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	5–1	5–1	3–2	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	—	1–1	4–1	4–2	1–1	5–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–4	2–0
Detroit	4–2	3–3	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	0–2	—	0–5	0–2	3–3	0–6	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–5	2–3	3–2	1–5	1–4	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	3–2	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	2–0
Indiana	2–4	0–5	3–3	2–4	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	3–3	6–0	2–3	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–5	1–1	3–3	2–3	1–1	—	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	0–6	3–2	0–5	1–5	1–4	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	2–0	6–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	—	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–3	4–1	5–0	4–2	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	1–5	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	2–0	—	3–2	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New Jersey	0–5	1–5	1–5	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–6	2–0	0–2	2–3	—	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–6
New York	3–3	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	—	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Philadelphia	0–6	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–3	0–2	4–2	1–4	0–2	4–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	0–6	3–2	2–3	2–4	2–3	0–2
Portland	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	5–1	1–4	2–0	6–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	—	4–1	5–0	3–3	1–4	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–4	0–2	3–2	2–4	0–2	2–3	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	—	3–3	1–4	1–5	0–2
San Antonio	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–5	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	5–0	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–5	3–3	—	3–2	3–3	0–2
Seattle	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	1–1	5–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–1	2–3	—	1–4	2–0
Utah	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–3	4–2	0–2	4–1	3–3	1–1	4–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	4–1	5–1	3–3	4–1	—	2–0
Washington	3–3	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	6–0	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Regular season

1987–88 game log
Total: 38–44 (home: 29–12; road: 9–32)

November: 4–8 (home: 3–3; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 6, 1987 7:30 PM EST	@ Detroit	L 99–110	Pontiac Silverdome 28,676	0–1
2	November 7, 1987	@ Indiana	95–108	Market Square Arena	0–2
3	November 9, 1987	Boston	87–96	Madison Square Garden	0–3
4	November 11, 1987	Atlanta	93–94	Madison Square Garden	0–4
5	November 13, 1987	@ Washington	101–108	Capital Centre	0–5
6	November 14, 1987	Milwaukee	93–89	Madison Square Garden	1–5
7	November 18, 1987	@ Boston	109–111 (2 OT)	Boston Garden	1–6
8	November 19, 1987	@ New Jersey	107–108	Brendan Byrne Arena	1–7
9	November 21, 1987	Golden State	99–91	Madison Square Garden	2–7
10	November 23, 1987	San Antonio	112–117	Madison Square Garden	2–8
11	November 25, 1987	@ Cleveland	104–101	Richfield Coliseum	3–8
12	November 28, 1987	Cleveland	105–93	Madison Square Garden	4–8

December: 5–10 (home: 5–4; road: 0–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
13	December 1, 1987	Seattle	109–112	Madison Square Garden	4–9
14	December 3, 1987	@ Phoenix	114–120	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	4–10
15	December 4, 1987	@ Utah	92–104	Salt Palace	4–11
16	December 6, 1987	@ Portland	99–117	Memorial Coliseum	4–12
17	December 8, 1987	Washington	116–92	Madison Square Garden	5–12
18	December 10, 1987	Denver	113–97	Madison Square Garden	6–12
19	December 12, 1987 7:30 PM EST	@ Detroit	L 96–124	Pontiac Silverdome 21,368	6–13
20	December 15, 1987	Milwaukee	98–103	Madison Square Garden	6–14
21	December 17, 1987	Philadelphia	96–106	Madison Square Garden	6–15
22	December 19, 1987	New Jersey	125–93	Madison Square Garden	7–15
23	December 22, 1987	@ Milwaukee	102–122	MECCA Arena	7–16
24	December 23, 1987	Chicago	90–89	Madison Square Garden	8–16
25	December 25, 1987 12 Noon EST	Detroit	L 87–91	Madison Square Garden 14,549	8–17
26	December 26, 1987	@ Atlanta	98–125	The Omni	8–18
27	December 29, 1987	Portland	123–110	Madison Square Garden	9–18

January: 5–10 (home: 5–1; road: 0–9)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
28	January 1, 1988	L.A. Clippers	115–96	Madison Square Garden	10–18
29	January 5, 1988	Phoenix	95–100	Madison Square Garden	10–19
30	January 6, 1988	@ Boston	108–117	Boston Garden	10–20
31	January 8, 1988	@ New Jersey	111–118	Brendan Byrne Arena	10–21
32	January 9, 1988	Boston	106–98	Madison Square Garden	11–21
33	January 12, 1988	@ Cleveland	111–119	Richfield Coliseum	11–22
34	January 15, 1988	@ Philadelphia	104–119	The Spectrum	11–23
35	January 16, 1988	Philadelphia	110–96	Madison Square Garden	12–23
36	January 18, 1988	Atlanta	110–102	Madison Square Garden	13–23
37	January 20, 1988	@ Seattle	96–108	Seattle Center Coliseum	13–24
38	January 22, 1988 10:30 PM EST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 112–113	The Forum 17,505	13–25
39	January 23, 1988	@ Sacramento	94–97	ARCO Arena	13–26
40	January 26, 1988	New Jersey	122–101	Madison Square Garden	14–26
41	January 28, 1988	@ Washington	90–104	Capital Centre	14–27
42	January 30, 1988	@ Chicago	95–97 (OT)	Chicago Stadium	14–28

February: 8–4 (home: 6–0; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
43	February 2, 1988	Washington	110–106	Madison Square Garden	15–28
44	February 4, 1988 7:30 PM EST	Detroit	W 100–93	Madison Square Garden 14,363	16–28
45	February 10, 1988 7:30 PM EST	@ Detroit	L 87–98	Pontiac Silverdome 19,160	16–29
46	February 13, 1988	Cleveland	120–103	Madison Square Garden	17–29
47	February 15, 1988	New Jersey	97–96	Madison Square Garden	18–29
48	February 16, 1988	@ Indiana	104–117	Market Square Arena	18–30
49	February 18, 1988	Sacramento	108–104	Madison Square Garden	19–30
50	February 22, 1988	@ Boston	93–95	Hartford Civic Center	19–31
51	February 23, 1988	Milwaukee	89–87	Madison Square Garden	20–31
52	February 25, 1988	@ L.A. Clippers	106–96	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	21–31
53	February 26, 1988	@ Golden State	125–119	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	22–31
54	February 28, 1988	@ Denver	100–109	McNichols Sports Arena	22–32

March: 9–8 (home: 7–2; road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
55	March 1, 1988	Indiana	98–96	Madison Square Garden	23–32
56	March 4, 1988	Philadelphia	110–108 (OT)	Madison Square Garden	24–32
57	March 5, 1988	@ New Jersey	85–94	Brendan Byrne Arena	24–33
58	March 7, 1988	Chicago	110–98	Madison Square Garden	25–33
59	March 9, 1988 8:00 PM EST	L.A. Lakers	L 99–104	Madison Square Garden 19,591	25–34
60	March 11, 1988	@ Atlanta	115–122	The Omni	25–35
61	March 12, 1988	Utah	108–105	Madison Square Garden	26–35
62	March 14, 1988	Cleveland	104–102	Madison Square Garden	27–35
63	March 16, 1988	@ Philadelphia	108–115	The Spectrum	27–36
64	March 19, 1988	Atlanta	116–110	Madison Square Garden	28–36
65	March 21, 1988	@ San Antonio	133–121	HemisFair Arena	29–36
66	March 22, 1988	@ Dallas	105–124	Reunion Arena	29–37
67	March 24, 1988	@ Houston	117–134	The Summit	29–38
68	March 26, 1988	Boston	106–118	Madison Square Garden	29–39
69	March 28, 1988	Dallas	114–106	Madison Square Garden	30–39
70	March 29, 1988	@ Cleveland	103–108	Richfield Coliseum	30–40
71	March 31, 1988	@ Milwaukee	113–103	MECCA Arena	31–40

April: 7–4 (home: 3–2; road: 4–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
72	April 2, 1988	Houston	104–98	Madison Square Garden	32–40
73	April 5, 1988	@ Philadelphia	136–119	The Spectrum	33–40
74	April 8, 1988	@ Chicago	122–131	Chicago Stadium	33–41
75	April 10, 1988	@ Washington	118–98	Capital Centre	34–41
76	April 11, 1988 7:30 PM EDT	Detroit	W 114–111 (OT)	Madison Square Garden 13,312	35–41
77	April 13, 1988	Indiana	127–107	Madison Square Garden	36–41
78	April 15, 1988	Washington	97–106	Madison Square Garden	36–42
79	April 16, 1988	@ Atlanta	95–93	The Omni	37–42
80	April 19, 1988	Chicago	118–121	Madison Square Garden	37–43
81	April 22, 1988	@ Milwaukee	109–118	MECCA Arena	37–44
82	April 23, 1988	@ Indiana	88–86	Market Square Arena	38–44

1987–88 schedule

Playoffs

1988 playoff game log

First Round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 29	@ Boston	L 92–112	Gerald Wilkins (24)	Ewing, Green (11)	Mark Jackson (9)	Boston Garden 14,890	0–1
2	May 1	@ Boston	L 102–128	Gerald Wilkins (24)	Patrick Ewing (10)	Mark Jackson (7)	Boston Garden 14,890	0–2
3	May 2	Boston	W 109–100	Johnny Newman (34)	Patrick Ewing (10)	Mark Jackson (14)	Madison Square Garden 19,591	1–2
4	May 14	Boston	L 94–102	Mark Jackson (28)	Patrick Ewing (20)	Mark Jackson (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,591	1–3

1988 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Patrick Ewing	C	82	82	2,546	676	125	104	245	1,653	31.0	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	20.2
Mark Jackson	PG	82	80	3,249	396	868	205	6	1,114	39.6	4.8	10.6	2.5	.1	13.6
Sidney Green	PF	82	65	2,049	642	93	65	32	642	25.0	7.8	1.1	.8	.4	7.8
Kenny Walker	SF	82	61	2,139	389	86	63	59	826	26.1	4.7	1.0	.8	.7	10.1
Bill Cartwright	C	82	4	1,676	384	85	43	43	914	20.4	4.7	1.0	.5	.5	11.1
Gerald Wilkins	SG	81	78	2,703	270	326	90	22	1,412	33.4	3.3	4.0	1.1	.3	17.4
Johnny Newman	SF	77	25	1,589	159	62	72	11	773	20.6	2.1	.8	.9	.1	10.0
Trent Tucker	SG	71	4	1,248	119	117	53	6	506	17.6	1.7	1.6	.7	.1	7.1
Pat Cummings	PF	62	9	946	235	37	20	10	339	15.3	3.8	.6	.3	.2	5.5
Billy Donovan	PG	44	0	364	25	87	16	1	105	8.3	.6	2.0	.4	.0	2.4
Louis Orr	SF	29	0	180	34	9	6	0	40	6.2	1.2	.3	.2	.0	1.4
Rick Carlisle	SG	26	0	204	13	32	11	4	74	7.8	.5	1.2	.4	.2	2.8
Sedric Toney	PG	21	0	139	8	24	9	1	57	6.6	.4	1.1	.4	.0	2.7
Chris McNealy	PF	19	0	265	64	23	16	2	67	13.9	3.4	1.2	.8	.1	3.5
Tony White^†	PG	12	0	117	3	10	1	0	43	9.8	.3	.8	.1	.0	3.6
Ray Tolbert^†	PF	11	0	177	35	5	5	2	47	16.1	3.2	.5	.5	.2	4.3
Bob Thornton^†	PF	7	0	85	13	4	2	0	17	12.1	1.9	.6	.3	.0	2.4
Gerald Henderson^†	PG	6	2	69	10	13	2	0	14	11.5	1.7	2.2	.3	.0	2.3
Carey Scurry^†	SF	4	0	8	3	1	2	1	2	2.0	.8	.3	.5	.3	.5
Rory Sparrow^†	PG	3	0	52	2	5	4	0	10	17.3	.7	1.7	1.3	.0	3.3

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mark Jackson	PG	4	4	171	19	39	10	0	57	42.8	4.8	9.8	2.5	.0	14.3
Patrick Ewing	C	4	4	153	51	10	6	13	75	38.3	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	18.8
Gerald Wilkins	SG	4	4	149	8	19	4	0	80	37.3	2.0	4.8	1.0	.0	20.0
Sidney Green	PF	4	4	93	33	7	0	1	16	23.3	8.3	1.8	.0	.3	4.0
Johnny Newman	SF	4	2	113	11	7	6	1	76	28.3	2.8	1.8	1.5	.3	19.0
Kenny Walker	SF	4	2	80	9	5	2	3	18	20.0	2.3	1.3	.5	.8	4.5
Bill Cartwright	C	4	0	76	19	6	0	3	29	19.0	4.8	1.5	.0	.8	7.3
Trent Tucker	SG	4	0	71	2	4	3	0	25	17.8	.5	1.0	.8	.0	6.3
Pat Cummings	PF	3	0	28	7	3	0	0	7	9.3	2.3	1.0	.0	.0	2.3
Sedric Toney	PG	3	0	15	0	2	1	0	11	5.0	.0	.7	.3	.0	3.7
Rick Carlisle	SG	2	0	8	2	0	1	0	2	4.0	1.0	.0	.5	.0	1.0
Louis Orr	SF	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	1.5	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.5

^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Knicks only.

Awards and records

Transactions

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