1981–82 New York Knicks season

1981–82 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Red Holzman
General manager	Eddie Donovan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	33–49 (.402)
Place	Division: 5th (Atlantic) Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1981-82 NBA season was the Knicks' 36th season in the NBA.^[1] The team finished second-to-last in the Eastern Conference with a 33–49 record.

Draft picks

Main article: 1981 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	40	Greg Cook (basketball)	PF	United States	LSU
3	57	Frank Brickowski	PF	United States	Penn State
3	63	Wayne McKoy	PF	United States	St. John's
4	86	Alex Bradley	SF	United States	Villanova

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	63	19	.768	–	35–6	28–13	20–4
x-Philadelphia 76ers	58	24	.707	5.0	32–9	26–15	16–8
x-New Jersey Nets	44	38	.537	19.0	25–16	19–22	12–12
x-Washington Bullets	43	39	.524	20.0	22–19	21–20	7–17
New York Knicks	33	49	.402	30.0	19–22	14–27	5–19

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	55	27	.671	8
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	58	24	.707	5
4	x-New Jersey Nets	44	38	.537	19
5	x-Washington Bullets	43	39	.524	20
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	42	40	.512	21

7	Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	24
8	Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	28
9	Chicago Bulls	34	48	.415	29
10	New York Knicks	33	49	.402	30
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	15	67	.183	48

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

References

↑ 1981-82 New York Knicks

New York Knicks

Founded in 1946 Based in New York City, New York

Franchise	Franchise All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season

Arenas	Madison Square Garden III 69th Regiment Armory Madison Square Garden IV

General Managers	Podesta Boryla Donovan Holzman Donovan DeBusschere Stirling Bianchi Checketts Grunfeld Layden Thomas Walsh Grunwald Mills

D-League affiliate	Westchester Knicks

Administration	The Madison Square Garden Company (Owner) James Dolan (Chairman & CEO) Steve Mills (GM) Phil Jackson (President) Kurt Rambis (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	10 12 15 (McGuire) 15 (Monroe) 18 19 22 24 33 613

Hall of Fame members	Walt Bellamy Bill Bradley Hubie Brown Larry Brown Nathaniel Clifton Dave DeBusschere Patrick Ewing Walt Frazier Harry Gallatin Tom Gola Richie Guerin Spencer Haywood Red Holzman Bernard King Jerry Lucas Slater Martin Bob McAdoo Dick McGuire Earl Monroe Dikembe Mutombo Don Nelson Rick Pitino Willis Reed Pat Riley Lenny Wilkens Phil Jackson

NBA Championships (2)	1970 1973

Conference Championships (8)	1951 1952 1953 1970 1972 1973 1994 1999

Rivalries	Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers Miami Heat

Culture and Lore	Dancing Harry Eddie Spike Lee Disputed foul against Scottie Pippen Diedrich Knickerbocker Knicks–Nuggets brawl Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? Mike Walczewski George Kalinsky John Starks' 2-for-18 in Game 7 of the 1994 Finals Linsanity

Media	TV MSG Network Radio WEPN-FM Announcers Mike Breen Walt Frazier Kenny Albert Mike Crispino Kelly Tripucka

New York Knicks seasons

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Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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