# Temporada 1978-79 de los New York Knicks

La temporada 1978-79 fue la trigésimo tercera de los New York Knicks en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 31 victorias y 51 derrotas, ocupando el séptimo puesto de la conferencia, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 4 | Micheal Ray Richardson | Base | Estados Unidos | Montana |
| 2 | 32 | John Rudd | Alero | Estados Unidos | McNeese State |
| 2 | 34 | Greg Bunch | Alero | Estados Unidos | Cal State-Fullerton |
| 3 | 55 | Marc Iavaroni | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Virginia |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Washington Bullets | 54 | 28 | .659 | – | 31–10 | 23–18 | 11–5 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 | 31–10 | 16–25 | 9–7 |
| x-New Jersey Nets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 17 | 25–16 | 12–29 | 7–9 |
| New York Knicks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 23 | 23–18 | 8–33 | 7–9 |
| Boston Celtics | 29 | 53 | .354 | 25 | 21–20 | 8–33 | 6–10 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Bob McAdoo | 27 | 40 | 39.9 | 10.7 | 19.8 | .541 | 5.5 | 8.4 | .651 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 26.9 |
| 2 | Marvin Webster | 26 | 60 | 33.8 | 4.4 | 9.3 | .473 | 2.5 | 4.4 | .573 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 11.3 |
| 3 | Toby Knight | 23 | 82 | 32.5 | 7.4 | 14.3 | .519 | 1.8 | 2.5 | .704 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 16.6 |
| 4 | Jim Cleamons | 29 | 79 | 30.3 | 3.9 | 8.3 | .473 | 1.6 | 2.2 | .760 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 9.5 |
| 5 | Spencer Haywood | 29 | 34 | 30.1 | 7.3 | 15.0 | .489 | 3.1 | 4.3 | .733 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 17.8 |
| 6 | Ray Williams | 24 | 81 | 29.3 | 7.1 | 15.5 | .457 | 3.1 | 3.9 | .802 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 17.3 |
| 7 | Joe Meriweather | 25 | 41 | 25.7 | 3.9 | 7.6 | .505 | 1.8 | 2.7 | .688 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 9.5 |
| 8 | Earl Monroe | 34 | 64 | 21.8 | 5.1 | 10.9 | .471 | 2.0 | 2.4 | .838 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 12.3 |
| 9 | Glen Gondrezick | 23 | 75 | 21.4 | 2.1 | 4.3 | .494 | 0.7 | 1.3 | .567 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| 10 | Micheal Ray Richardson | 23 | 72 | 16.9 | 2.8 | 6.7 | .414 | 1.0 | 1.8 | .539 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 6.5 |
| 11 | Mike Glenn | 23 | 75 | 15.6 | 3.5 | 6.5 | .541 | 0.8 | 0.8 | .905 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 7.8 |
| 12 | Tom Barker | 23 | 22 | 15.0 | 2.0 | 4.6 | .431 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .700 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| 13 | John Rudd | 23 | 58 | 12.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 | .444 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .710 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
| 14 | Butch Beard | 31 | 7 | 12.1 | 1.6 | 3.7 | .423 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| 15 | Greg Bunch | 22 | 12 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 | .346 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .833 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| 16 | Ron Behagen | 28 | 5 | 7.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | .417 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 |