# Temporada 1987-88 de los New York Knicks

La temporada 1987-88 fue la cuadragésimo segunda de los New York Knicks en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 38 victorias y 44 derrotas, ocupando el octavo puesto de la conferencia, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante Boston Celtics.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 18 | Mark Jackson | Base | Estados Unidos | St. John's |
| 2 | 25 | Ron Moore | Pívot | Estados Unidos | West Virginia State* |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | 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 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 29 de abril | Boston Celtics 112, New York Knicks 92 | Boston |
| 1 de mayo | Boston Celtics 128, New York Knicks 102 | Boston |
| 4 de mayo | New York Knicks 109, Boston Celtics 100 | Nueva York |
| 6 de mayo | New York Knicks 94, Boston Celtics 102 | Nueva York |
| | Boston Celtics gana las series 3-1 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Mark Jackson | 22 | 82 | 80 | 39.6 | 5.3 | 12.4 | .432 | 0.4 | 1.5 | .254 | 2.5 | 3.2 | .774 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 10.6 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 13.6 |
| 2 | Gerald Wilkins | 24 | 81 | 78 | 33.4 | 7.3 | 16.3 | .446 | 0.5 | 1.6 | .302 | 2.4 | 3.0 | .786 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 17.4 |
| 3 | Patrick Ewing | 25 | 82 | 82 | 31.0 | 8.0 | 14.4 | .555 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 4.2 | 5.8 | .716 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 20.2 |
| 4 | Kenny Walker | 23 | 82 | 61 | 26.1 | 4.2 | 8.9 | .473 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.7 | 2.2 | .775 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 10.1 |
| 5 | Sidney Green | 27 | 82 | 65 | 25.0 | 3.1 | 7.1 | .441 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.5 | 2.3 | .663 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 7.8 |
| 6 | Johnny Newman | 24 | 77 | 25 | 20.6 | 3.5 | 8.1 | .435 | 0.3 | 1.2 | .280 | 2.7 | 3.2 | .841 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 10.0 |
| 7 | Bill Cartwright | 30 | 82 | 4 | 20.4 | 3.5 | 6.4 | .544 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 4.1 | 5.2 | .798 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 11.1 |
| 8 | Trent Tucker | 28 | 71 | 4 | 17.6 | 2.7 | 6.4 | .424 | 1.0 | 2.4 | .413 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .718 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 7.1 |
| 9 | Rory Sparrow | 29 | 3 | 0 | 17.3 | 1.7 | 6.3 | .263 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| 10 | Ray Tolbert | 29 | 11 | 0 | 16.1 | 1.7 | 3.7 | .463 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.8 | 1.5 | .529 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
| 11 | Pat Cummings | 31 | 62 | 9 | 15.3 | 2.3 | 5.0 | .456 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .738 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 5.5 |
| 12 | Chris McNealy | 26 | 19 | 0 | 13.9 | 1.2 | 3.9 | .311 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.1 | 1.6 | .677 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| 13 | Bob Thornton | 25 | 7 | 0 | 12.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 | .316 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.7 | 1.1 | .625 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| 14 | Gerald Henderson | 32 | 6 | 2 | 11.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 | .357 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .500 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 15 | Tony White | 22 | 12 | 0 | 9.8 | 1.4 | 3.8 | .370 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .692 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| 16 | Billy Donovan | 22 | 44 | 0 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 2.5 | .404 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 0.4 | 0.5 | .810 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
| 17 | Rick Carlisle | 28 | 26 | 0 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 2.6 | .433 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .353 | 0.4 | 0.4 | .909 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| 18 | Sedric Toney | 25 | 21 | 0 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | .438 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .357 | 0.5 | 0.5 | .909 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 19 | Louis Orr | 29 | 29 | 0 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | .320 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .500 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| 20 | Carey Scurry | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Mark Jackson | Rookie del Año de la NBA Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |
| Pat Ewing | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |