# 1998–99 New York Knicks season

The 1998–99 NBA season was the Knicks’ 52nd season in the National Basketball Association. Due to a lockout, the regular season began on February 5, 1999, and was cut from 82 games to 50.
The Knicks' head coach was Jeff Van Gundy, serving for his third full year. The team played its home games at Madison Square Garden in New York City. To give All-Star center Patrick Ewing more help offensively and defensively, the Knicks acquired controversial All-Star guard Latrell Sprewell from the Golden State Warriors, acquired Marcus Camby from the Toronto Raptors, and signed free agents Kurt Thomas, and three-point specialist Dennis Scott during the off-season. However, Scott was released by the team to free agency after 15 games, and later on signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Because of the lockout shortened season, and injuries to Sprewell, who missed 13 games due to a stress fracture in his right heel, and Ewing, who missed 12 games with a knee injury, the Knicks had to build chemistry on the fly, and barely made the playoffs with a 27–23 record, fourth in the Atlantic Division. The Knicks had to win six of its remaining eight games just to qualify.
Ewing led the team with 17.3 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game, while Sprewell played a sixth man role, averaging 16.4 points per game off the bench, and Allan Houston provided the team with 16.3 points per game. In addition, Larry Johnson contributed 12.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, while Thomas provided with 8.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, and Charlie Ward contributed 7.6 points, 5.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game. Off the bench, Camby averaged 7.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, and Chris Childs contributed 6.8 points and 4.0 assists per game.
In the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Knicks faced the Miami Heat for the third consecutive year. The Knicks became the second 8th-seeded team in NBA history to defeat the #1 seed, eliminating the top-seeded Heat in five games (one of the five games on one of the biggest shots in Knicks' history by Houston). The Knicks then took down the 4th-seeded Atlanta Hawks in a second round four-game sweep in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals. Camby, who had struggled through most of the regular season, emerged as one of the key players off a deep Knicks bench. Camby's 11 points and 13 rebounds in Game 2 of the Atlanta series proved to be his coming-out party, and the Knicks became the first #8 seed to sweep a playoff series as the team advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals to meet a familiar foe, Reggie Miller and the Indiana Pacers.
However, the Knicks would lose Ewing after Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which the Knicks lost to the Pacers on the road, 88–86; Ewing had been battling through an Achilles injury, but it was learned that the tendon (which he had played on in Game 2) was partially torn, and he would be forced to miss the rest of the playoffs. The Knicks were rescued by Johnson in Game 3. Standing outside the three-point line with 11.9 seconds left, Johnson held the ball, and then began to dribble. He leaned into Pacers defender Antonio Davis before jumping up. The referee called the foul about a half-second before Johnson released the ball, but it was counted as a continuation shooting foul. The three-point basket and the ensuing free throw gave the Knicks a 92–91 victory.
The Knicks would then stamp their ticket to the NBA finals with a 90–82 home win in Game 6, despite losing Johnson to a knee injury in the first half. Led by Houston's 32-point performance and defense against Miller (3–18 shooting), the Knicks closed out the 2nd-seeded Pacers. The Knicks' 27–23 record was the worst for a team to reach the Finals since the Houston Rockets did it with a 40–42 record in 1981. They also became the first 8th seed to reach the NBA Finals, a feat that has since only been repeated once by the Miami Heat in the 2023 season.
In the Finals, the Knicks were halted in five games against the San Antonio Spurs. Completely overmatched by the Spurs' height with Tim Duncan and David Robinson, the Knicks lost at home with a 78–77 loss in Game 5 despite Sprewell's 35 points. For the series, Sprewell averaged 26.0 points per game, and Houston provided with 21.6 points per game. The Knicks defense did not allow any opponent to score more than 96 points against them in their 20 playoff games.
The Knicks finished third in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 494,075 at Madison Square Garden during the regular season. Following the season, veteran center Herb Williams retired at age 41. The team's season roster has been featured in the basketball game series NBA 2K since the 19th installment NBA 2K18.

## Offseason
### NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
| 2 | 38 | DeMarco Johnson | PF | | UNC Charlotte |
| 2 | 44 | Sean Marks | PF | | California |

### Transactions

* On 6/25/98: Knicks traded Charles Oakley and Sean Marks to the Toronto Raptors for Marcus Camby.
* On 1/18/99: Knicks traded John Starks, Chris Mills and Terry Cummings to the Golden State Warriors for Latrell Sprewell.

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Atlantic Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| c-Miami Heat | 33 | 17 | .660 | – | 18‍–‍7 | 15‍–‍10 | 12–8 | 50 |
| x-Orlando Magic | 33 | 17 | .660 | – | 21‍–‍4 | 12‍–‍13 | 12–6 | 50 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 28 | 22 | .560 | 5.0 | 17‍–‍8 | 11‍–‍14 | 9–10 | 50 |
| x-New York Knicks | 27 | 23 | .540 | 6.0 | 19‍–‍6 | 8‍–‍17 | 12–8 | 50 |
| Boston Celtics | 19 | 31 | .380 | 14.0 | 10‍–‍15 | 9‍–‍16 | 10–9 | 50 |
| Washington Wizards | 18 | 32 | .360 | 15.0 | 13‍–‍12 | 5‍–‍20 | 6–13 | 50 |
| New Jersey Nets | 16 | 34 | .320 | 17.0 | 12‍–‍13 | 4‍–‍21 | 6–13 | 50 |
Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | c-Miami Heat * | 33 | 17 | .660 | – | 50 |
| 2 | y-Indiana Pacers * | 33 | 17 | .660 | – | 50 |
| 3 | x-Orlando Magic | 33 | 17 | .660 | – | 50 |
| 4 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 31 | 19 | .620 | 2.0 | 50 |
| 5 | x-Detroit Pistons | 29 | 21 | .580 | 4.0 | 50 |
| 6 | x-Philadelphia 76ers | 28 | 22 | .560 | 5.0 | 50 |
| 7 | x-Milwaukee Bucks | 28 | 22 | .560 | 5.0 | 50 |
| 8 | x-New York Knicks | 27 | 23 | .540 | 6.0 | 50 |
| 9 | Charlotte Hornets | 26 | 24 | .520 | 7.0 | 50 |
| 10 | Toronto Raptors | 23 | 27 | .460 | 10.0 | 50 |
| 11 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 22 | 28 | .440 | 11.0 | 50 |
| 12 | Boston Celtics | 19 | 31 | .380 | 14.0 | 50 |
| 13 | Washington Wizards | 18 | 32 | .360 | 15.0 | 50 |
| 14 | New Jersey Nets | 16 | 34 | .320 | 17.0 | 50 |
| 15 | Chicago Bulls | 13 | 37 | .260 | 20.0 | 50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1998-99 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 | TOR | UTA | VAN | WAS |
| Atlanta | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Boston | 0–3 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Charlotte | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Chicago | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Cleveland | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Dallas | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Denver | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Detroit | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Golden State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Houston | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Indiana | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| L.A. Clippers | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| L.A. Lakers | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Miami | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Milwaukee | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Minnesota | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| New Jersey | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| New York | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Orlando | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Philadelphia | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Phoenix | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Portland | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Sacramento | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| San Antonio | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Seattle | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Toronto | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Utah | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Vancouver | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 |
| Washington | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

### Schedule
## Playoffs

1999 playoff game log :
First Round: 3–2 (home: 1–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 8
@ Miami
W 95–75
Houston, Sprewell (22)
Patrick Ewing (15)
Charlie Ward (6)
Miami Arena 15,036
1–0
2
May 10
@ Miami
L 73–83
Patrick Ewing (16)
Patrick Ewing (15)
Charlie Ward (5)
Miami Arena 15,200
1–1
3
May 12
Miami
W 97–73
Latrell Sprewell (20)
Marcus Camby (9)
Charlie Ward (4)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
2–1
4
May 14
Miami
L 72–87
Houston, Ward (12)
Larry Johnson (12)
Charlie Ward (4)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
2–2
5
May 16
@ Miami
W 78–77
Patrick Ewing (22)
Patrick Ewing (11)
three players tied (3)
Miami Arena 14,985
3–2 :
Conference semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 18
@ Atlanta
W 100–92
Allan Houston (34)
Chris Dudley (9)
Charlie Ward (7)
Georgia Dome 18,513
1–0
2
May 20
@ Atlanta
W 77–70
Latrell Sprewell (31)
Marcus Camby (13)
Chris Childs (5)
Georgia Dome 22,558
2–0
3
May 23
Atlanta
W 90–78
Houston, Sprewell (17)
Chris Dudley (12)
Chris Childs (6)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
3–0
4
May 24
Atlanta
W 79–66
Allan Houston (19)
Patrick Ewing (9)
Charlie Ward (6)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
4–0 :
Conference finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 30
@ Indiana
W 93–90
Allan Houston (19)
Patrick Ewing (10)
Childs, Ward (5)
Market Square Arena 16,575
1–0
2
June 1
@ Indiana
L 86–88
Larry Johnson (22)
Marcus Camby (13)
three players tied (3)
Market Square Arena 16,586
1–1
3
June 5
Indiana
W 92–91
Larry Johnson (26)
Marcus Camby (11)
Chris Childs (10)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
2–1
4
June 7
Indiana
L 78–90
Marcus Camby (18)
Marcus Camby (14)
Chris Childs (8)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
2–2
5
June 9
@ Indiana
W 101–94
Latrell Sprewell (29)
Marcus Camby (13)
Chris Childs (7)
Market Square Arena 16,541
3–2
6
June 11
Indiana
W 90–82
Allan Houston (32)
Marcus Camby (9)
Chris Childs (4)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
4–2 :
NBA Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
June 16
@ San Antonio
L 77–89
Houston, Sprewell (19)
Kurt Thomas (16)
three players tied (3)
Alamodome 39,514
0–1
2
June 18
@ San Antonio
L 67–80
Latrell Sprewell (26)
Marcus Camby (11)
Charlie Ward (3)
Alamodome 39,554
0–2
3
June 21
San Antonio
W 89–81
Allan Houston (34)
Kurt Thomas (10)
Latrell Sprewell (5)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
1–2
4
June 23
San Antonio
L 89–96
Latrell Sprewell (26)
Marcus Camby (13)
Charlie Ward (8)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
1–3
5
June 25
San Antonio
L 77–78
Latrell Sprewell (35)
Latrell Sprewell (10)
Allan Houston (5)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
1–4 :
1999 schedule :

## Player statistics

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

### Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Rick Brunson | 17 | 0 | 5.6 | .286 | .000 | .278 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | . | 1.0 |
| Marcus Camby | 46 | 0 | 20.5 | .521 | . | .553 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 7.2 |
| Chris Childs | 48 | 0 | 27.0 | .427 | .383 | .821 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 0.9 | . | 6.8 |
| Ben Davis | 8 | 0 | 2.6 | .412 | . | .500 | 1.4 | 0.4 | . | . | 2.2 |
| Chris Dudley | 46 | 16 | 14.9 | .440 | . | .475 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| Patrick Ewing | 38 | 38 | 34.2 | .435 | .000 | .706 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 17.3 |
| Allan Houston | 50 | 50 | 36.3 | .418 | .407 | .862 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 16.3 |
| Larry Johnson | 49 | 48 | 33.4 | .459 | .359 | .817 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.0 |
| Dennis Scott | 15 | 0 | 13.7 | .304 | .276 | .250 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| Latrell Sprewell | 37 | 4 | 33.3 | .415 | .273 | .812 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 16.4 |
| Kurt Thomas | 50 | 44 | 23.6 | .462 | .000 | .611 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 8.1 |
| Charlie Ward | 50 | 50 | 31.1 | .404 | .356 | .705 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 7.6 |
| Herb Williams | 6 | 0 | 5.7 | .500 | . | 1.000 | 1.0 | . | . | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| David Wingate | 20 | 0 | 4.6 | .438 | . | . | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | . | 0.7 |

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Rick Brunson | 9 | 0 | 2.0 | .400 | . | 1.000 | 0.1 | 0.2 | . | . | 0.7 |
| Marcus Camby | 20 | 3 | 25.5 | .566 | .000 | .616 | 7.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 10.4 |
| Chris Childs | 20 | 0 | 24.7 | .355 | .321 | .731 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 4.7 |
| Chris Dudley | 18 | 6 | 16.3 | .421 | . | .393 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Patrick Ewing | 11 | 11 | 31.5 | .430 | . | .778 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 13.1 |
| Allan Houston | 20 | 20 | 39.2 | .443 | .250 | .883 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 18.5 |
| Larry Johnson | 20 | 20 | 34.2 | .426 | .293 | .674 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
| Latrell Sprewell | 20 | 8 | 37.2 | .419 | .160 | .850 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 20.4 |
| Kurt Thomas | 20 | 12 | 21.0 | .381 | . | .696 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| Charlie Ward | 20 | 20 | 24.7 | .366 | .321 | .750 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 4.6 |
| Herb Williams | 8 | 0 | 2.0 | .200 | . | . | 0.4 | . | . | . | 0.3 |