1992–93 New York Knicks season

The 1992–93 New York Knicks season was the 47th season for the Knicks in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] During the off-season, the Knicks acquired Charles D. Smith, Doc Rivers and Bo Kimble from the Los Angeles Clippers,[2] acquired Rolando Blackman from the Dallas Mavericks,[3] Tony Campbell from the Minnesota Timberwolves,[4] and signed free agent Herb Williams.[5] For the season, the Knicks changed their primary logo, adding a silver triangle behind a redesigned text of the word "Knicks" and an orange basketball.[6][7] The team slightly redesigned their uniforms, replacing the previous Knicks logo with the newer logo on the right leg of their shorts.[8][9] The Knicks' new logo lasted until 1995, when they added the city name "New York" above their logo,[10] while the uniforms lasted until 1997.[8][9]

1992–93 New York Knicks season
Division champions
Head coachPat Riley
General managerErnie Grunfeld
OwnersParamount Communications, Inc.
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record60–22 (.732)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Atlantic)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference Finals
(Lost to Bulls 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionMSG Network
RadioWFAN

The Knicks got off to a 4–4 start to the season, but then won 12 of their next 15 games, held a 34–16 record at the All-Star break, and finished the season by winning 24 of their final 28 games, including a nine-game winning streak in March and five straight victories to end the season.[11] The team had the most wins in the Eastern Conference during the regular season; their 60–22 record earned them the conference's top seed in the 1993 NBA Playoffs.[12] They also posted a 37–4 home record at Madison Square Garden.[11] Head coach Pat Riley was named Coach of The Year for the second time.[13]

Patrick Ewing averaged 24.2 points, 12.1 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game,[14] and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game,[12][15] and finished in fourth place in Most Valuable Player voting.[16] In addition, John Starks became the starting shooting guard in the lineup, averaging 17.5 points and 5.1 assists per game,[14] was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team.[12] and finished in fourth place in Most Improved Player voting.[16] Smith provided the team with 12.4 points per game, while sixth man Anthony Mason averaged 10.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per game off the bench, and finished tied in second place in Sixth Man of the Year voting,[14][16] Blackman contributed 9.7 points per game, Rivers provided them with 7.8 points, 5.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and Charles Oakley averaged 6.9 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.[14]

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Knicks defeated the Indiana Pacers, three games to one, and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semi-finals.[17] The Knicks won their series over the 5th-seeded Charlotte Hornets in five games and gained a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals,[12][18] where they faced Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and the two-time defending champion Chicago Bulls, who had eliminated the Knicks from the playoffs in three of the previous four years.[19][20] After taking a 2–0 series lead,[21] New York lost the next four games to the 2nd-seeded Bulls to end its season.[12][22] Following the season, Kimble was released to free agency.[23]

NBA Draft
Main article: 1992 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 20 Hubert Davis SG  United States North Carolina

Roster
1992–93 New York Knicks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 42 Anderson, Eric 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1970–05–26 Indiana
G 50 Anthony, Greg 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1967–11–15 UNLV
G 20 Blackman, Rolando 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1959–02–26 Kansas State
F 9 Campbell, Tony 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1962–05–07 Ohio State
G 44 Davis, Hubert 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1970–05–17 North Carolina
C 33 Ewing, Patrick (C) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1962–08–05 Georgetown
G 16 Kimble, Bo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1966–04–09 Loyola Marymount
F 14 Mason, Anthony 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1966–12–14 Tennessee State
F 34 Oakley, Charles 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1963–12–18 Virginia Union
G 25 Rivers, Doc 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1961–10–13 Marquette
F 54 Smith, Charles D. 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1965–07–16 Pittsburgh
G 3 Starks, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1965–08–10 Oklahoma State
C 32 Williams, Herb 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1958–02–16 Ohio State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: November 15, 1992

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-New York Knicks6022.732—37–423–1823–5
x-Boston Celtics4834.5851228–1320–2119–9
x-New Jersey Nets4339.5241726–1517–2414–14
Orlando Magic4141.5001927–1414–2715–13
Miami Heat3646.4392426–1510–319–19
Philadelphia 76ers2656.3173415–2611–3011–17
Washington Bullets2260.2683815–267–347–21
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-New York Knicks6022.732–
2 y-Chicago Bulls5725.6953
3 x-Cleveland Cavaliers5428.6596
4 x-Boston Celtics4834.58512
5 x-Charlotte Hornets4438.53716
6 x-New Jersey Nets4339.52417
7 x-Atlanta Hawks4339.52417
8 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50019
9 Orlando Magic4141.50019
10 Detroit Pistons4042.48820
11 Miami Heat3646.43924
12 Milwaukee Bucks2854.34132
13 Philadelphia 76ers2656.31736
14 Washington Bullets2260.26838
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1992–93 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —2–23–22–20–51–12–02–32–01–12–21–11–13–13–22–01–32–21–33–10–21–11–12–01–12–02–2
Boston 2–2—3–11–33–12–02–01–32–01–12–21–11–13–12–22–04–01–43–24–10–22–01–11–10–20–24–1
Charlotte 2–31–3—2–31–32–01–14–12–00–20–51–11–12–23–12–02–21–33–14–00–21–12–01–11–11–14–0
Chicago 2–23–13–2—2–32–01–13–12–00–25–02–00–23–14–12–04–01–33–12–21–12–02–00–22–02–04–0
Cleveland 5–01–33–13–2—2–01–13–22–01–14–01–12–02–24–12–02–21–32–24–02–00–21–11–11–11–13–1
Dallas 1–10–20–20–20–2—1–51–10–41–41–10–41–30–20–21–40–20–21–11–10–40–40–40–51–30–51–1
Denver 0–20–21–11–11–15–1—1–13–12–31–12–21–30–21–13–21–11–10–21–11–31–33–11–41–32–32–0
Detroit 3–23–11–41–32–31–11–1—0–21–13–21–11–11–32–21–13–12–23–13–10–21–12–00–20–20–24–0
Golden State 0–20–20–20–20–24–01–32–0—2–20–22–31–42–01–13–11–10–21–11–11–40–54–13–11–43–11–1
Houston 1–11–12–02–01–14–13–21–12–2—2–04–03–12–01–14–21–11–11–12–02–21–34–04–11–34–11–1
Indiana 2–22–25–00–50–41–11–12–32–00–2—1–11–12–22–31–13–11–32–23–11–11–12–01–12–00–23–1
L.A. Clippers 1–11–11–10–21–14–02–21–13–20–41–1—3–20–22–04–00–22–01–11–13–22–33–20–41–42–22–0
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–12–00–23–13–11–14–11–31–12–3—0–21–13–10–20–21–12–00–53–23–22–21–41–32–0
Miami 1–31–32–21–32–22–02–03–10–20–22–22–02–0—2–22–02–30–53–21–30–21–11–11–11–10–22–3
Milwaukee 2–32–21–31–41–42–01–12–21–11–13–20–21–12–2—1–10–41–32–22–20–20–21–10–20–20–21–3
Minnesota 0–20–20–20–20–24–12–31–11–32–41–10–41–30–21–1—1–10–20–20–20–41–31–31–40–41–41–1
New Jersey 3–10–42–20–42–22–01–11–31–11–11–32–02–03–24–01–1—1–33–23–21–10–22–01–11–11–14–1
New York 2–24–13–13–13–12–01–12–22–01–13–10–22–05–03–12–03–1—2–25–01–11–12–02–01–11–14–1
Orlando 3–12–31–31–32–21–12–01–31–11–12–21–11–12–32–22–02–32–2—3–20–22–02–00–20–21–14–0
Philadelphia 1–31–40–42–20–41–11–11–31–10–21–31–10–23–12–22–02–30–52–3—0–20–21–10–21–10–23–1
Phoenix 2–02–02–01–10–24–03–12–04–12–21–12–35–02–02–04–01–11–12–02–0—3–25–03–12–33–12–0
Portland 1–10–21–10–22–04–03–11–15–03–11–13–22–31–12–03–12–01–10–22–02–3—5–02–22–32–21–1
Sacramento 1–11–10–20–21–14–01–30–21–40–40–22–32–31–11–13–10–20–20–21–10–50–5—2–21–42–21–1
San Antonio 0–21–11–12–01–15–04–12–01–31–41–14–02–21–12–04–11–10–22–02–01–32–22–2—3–13–31–1
Seattle 1–12–01–10–21–13–13–12–04–13–10–24–14–11–12–04–01–11–12–01–13–23–24–11–3—2–22–0
Utah 0–22–01–10–21–15–03–22–01–31–42–02–23–12–02–04–11–11–11–12–01–32–22–23–32–2—1–1
Washington 2–21–40–40–41–31–10–20–41–11–11–30–20–23–23–11–11–41–40–41–30–21–11–11–10–21–1—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
1November 6@ Atlanta106–941–0
2November 7Philadelphia89–852–0
3November 10New Jersey99–963–0
4November 13@ Washington104–1063–1
5November 14Boston85–804–1
6November 16@ Portland94–1094–2
7November 17@ Seattle90–1004–3
8November 19@ L.A. Clippers91–1014–4
9November 21Orlando92–775–4
10November 24Washington98–886–4
11November 25@ Minnesota99–787–4
12November 28Chicago112–758–4
13November 29@ Detroit76–928–5
14December 1Portland101–859–5
15December 3@ Cleveland90–1009–6
16December 5Milwaukee111–9810–6
17December 8Seattle100–8811–6
18December 10Charlotte103–110 (OT)11–7
19December 12Detroit95–8812–7
20December 14Denver106–8913–7
21December 15@ New Jersey108–9414–7
22December 18@ Boston113–8715–7
23December 19Miami91–8716–7
24December 25@ Chicago77–8916–8
25December 26@ Milwaukee100–102 (OT)16–9
26December 29Indiana97–9117–9
27December 30@ Indiana94–9018–9
28January 2L.A. Clippers97–98 (OT)18–10
29January 5Cleveland95–9119–10
30January 8@ Orlando94–9519–11
31January 10Boston97–10019–12
32January 12@ Sacramento104–9320–12
33January 13@ Denver92–10820–13
34January 15@ Dallas107–9321–13
35January 16@ Houston102–10421–14
36January 18Phoenix106–10322–14
37January 20Charlotte114–9123–14
38January 22@ Philadelphia109–9124–14
39January 26Philadelphia98–9025–14
40January 28Atlanta105–11025–15
41February 2Washington105–10026–15
42February 4Golden State105–10127–15
43February 5@ Miami108–10528–15
44February 7Miami104–8229–15
45February 8@ Philadelphia120–115 (OT)30–15
46February 11Houston125–9531–15
47February 12@ Chicago104–9832–15
48February 14@ Orlando100–102 (3OT)32–16
49February 16Dallas117–8733–16
50February 17@ Charlotte124–11634–16
51February 23Minnesota95–9135–16
52February 24@ Milwaukee91–9036–16
53February 26@ Detroit80–10836–17
54February 28@ New Jersey76–10236–18
55March 2Atlanta107–9837–18
56March 4Utah125–11138–18
57March 8Orlando109–107 (OT)39–18
58March 10L.A. Lakers110–10440–18
59March 12@ Washington109–9841–18
60March 14Indiana121–9042–18
61March 16Milwaukee102–9943–18
62March 18@ Cleveland115–9544–18
63March 21San Antonio115–9645–18
64March 23@ Phoenix92–12145–19
65March 25@ Utah87–10445–20
66March 26@ L.A. Lakers105–9546–20
67March 28@ Golden State94–8447–20
68March 30Sacramento109–8748–20
69April 1Cleveland91–8349–20
70April 2@ Miami123–10750–20
71April 4@ San Antonio108–103 (OT)51–20
72April 6@ Atlanta104–109 (OT)51–21
73April 8Boston110–8852–21
74April 11@ Boston102–9053–21
75April 13Washington93–8554–21
76April 14@ Charlotte111–10755–21
77April 16@ Indiana94–10055–22
78April 17Detroit95–8556–22
79April 20@ Miami109–9757–22
80April 21New Jersey105–7458–22
81April 23@ Philadelphia99–8459–22
82April 25Chicago89–8460–22

Source:[11]

Playoffs
1993 playoff game log
First Round: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 30 Indiana W 107–104 Patrick Ewing (25) Ewing, Oakley (9) Oakley, Starks (6) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 1–0
2 May 2 Indiana W 101–91 John Starks (29) Charles Oakley (12) Doc Rivers (13) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 2–0
3 May 4 @ Indiana L 93–116 Patrick Ewing (19) Patrick Ewing (13) Doc Rivers (7) Market Square Arena
11,380		 2–1
4 May 6 @ Indiana W 109–100 (OT) Patrick Ewing (28) Ewing, Oakley (13) Doc Rivers (11) Market Square Arena
13,059		 3–1
Conference Semifinals: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 9 Charlotte W 111–95 Patrick Ewing (33) Ewing, Oakley (10) John Starks (12) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 1–0
2 May 12 Charlotte W 105–101 (OT) Patrick Ewing (34) Charles Oakley (16) Doc Rivers (7) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 2–0
3 May 14 @ Charlotte L 106–110 (2OT) Patrick Ewing (26) Patrick Ewing (14) John Starks (8) Charlotte Coliseum
23,698		 2–1
4 May 16 @ Charlotte W 94–92 Patrick Ewing (28) Patrick Ewing (10) Doc Rivers (8) Charlotte Coliseum
23,698		 3–1
5 May 18 Charlotte W 105–101 Charles Oakley (21) Charles Oakley (11) John Starks (9) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 4–1
Conference Finals: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 23 Chicago W 98–90 Ewing, Starks (25) Patrick Ewing (17) Doc Rivers (5) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 1–0
2 May 25 Chicago W 96–91 Patrick Ewing (26) Charles Oakley (16) John Starks (9) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 2–0
3 May 29 @ Chicago L 83–103 Patrick Ewing (21) Patrick Ewing (9) Ewing, Anthony (5) Chicago Stadium
18,676		 2–1
4 May 31 @ Chicago L 95–105 Ewing, Starks (24) Charles Oakley (12) John Starks (7) Chicago Stadium
18,676		 2–2
5 June 2 Chicago L 94–97 Patrick Ewing (33) Patrick Ewing (9) John Starks (8) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 2–3
6 June 4 @ Chicago L 88–96 Patrick Ewing (26) Patrick Ewing (13) Doc Rivers (8) Chicago Stadium
18,676		 2–4
1993 schedule

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

NOTE: Please write player statistics in alphabetical order by last name.

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Eric Anderson
Greg Anthony
Rolando Blackman
Tony Campbell
Hubert Davis
Patrick Ewing
Bo Kimble
Anthony Mason
Charles Oakley
Doc Rivers
Charles D. Smith
John Starks
Herb Williams

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Eric Anderson
Greg Anthony
Rolando Blackman
Tony Campbell
Hubert Davis
Patrick Ewing
Anthony Mason
Charles Oakley
Doc Rivers
Charles D. Smith
John Starks
Herb Williams

Awards and records

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