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1988–89 New York Knicks season

The 1988–89 New York Knicks season was the 43rd season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[3] During the off-season, the Knicks acquired Charles Oakley from the Chicago Bulls,[4][5][6][7] and selected point guard Rod Strickland out of DePaul University with the 19th overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft.[8][7][9][10][11] At mid-season, the team traded their future first-round draft pick to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for All-Star forward Kiki Vandeweghe.[12][13][14][15] In the regular season, the Knicks held a 32–16 record at the All-Star break,[16] finished with a 52–30 record, and won the Atlantic Division title for the first time since 1970–71.[3][17] The team also posted a successful 35–6 home record at Madison Square Garden during the season.[18][19]

1988–89 New York Knicks season
Division champions
Head coachRick Pitino
General managerAl Bianchi
PresidentRichard Evans
OwnersGulf Western
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record52–30 (.634)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Atlantic)
Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Conference semifinals
(lost to Bulls 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWWOR-TV
MSG Network
(Marv Albert, John Andariese)[1]
RadioWFAN
(Jim Karvellas, Ernie Grunfeld)[2]
< 1987–88 1989–90 >

Patrick Ewing averaged 22.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 3.5 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team and NBA All-Defensive Second Team,[20][21] and finished in fourth place in Most Valuable Player voting.[22][23][24][25] In addition, second-year guard Mark Jackson averaged 16.9 points, 8.6 assists and 1.9 steals per game,[26] and Johnny Newman provided the team with 16.0 points and 1.4 steals per game. Gerald Wilkins contributed 14.3 points and 1.4 steals per game, while Oakley provided with 12.9 points, 10.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game, and Strickland contributed 8.9 points and 3.9 assists per game off the bench, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.[22][27] Ewing and Jackson were both selected to play in the 1989 NBA All-Star Game, which was Jackson's first and only All-Star appearance.[28][29][30][31][32][33] Reserve forward Kenny Walker won the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend in Houston, Texas,[22][34][35][36][37] and head coach Rick Pitino finished in sixth place in Coach of the Year voting.[38][39][40]

In the playoffs, the Knicks swept the Philadelphia 76ers, 3–0 in the Eastern Conference first round, to advance to the Eastern Conference Semi-finals,[41][42][43][44] where the team lost to Michael Jordan, and the 6th-seeded Chicago Bulls in six games.[3][45][46][47][48]

Following the season, Pitino resigned after two seasons with the Knicks and became the head coach at the University of Kentucky,[49][50][51][52] and Sidney Green was left unprotected in the 1989 NBA Expansion Draft, where he was selected by the Orlando Magic expansion team.[53][54][55][56][57]

Draft picks

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Main article: 1988 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 19 Rod Strickland PG   United States DePaul
2 37 Greg Butler C   United States Stanford
3 69 Phil Stinnie F   United States Virginia Commonwealth

Roster

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1988–89 New York Knicks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 54 Butler, Greg 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1966–03–11 Stanford
C 33 Ewing, Patrick 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1962–08–05 Georgetown
F 44 Green, Sidney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1961–01–04 UNLV
G 13 Jackson, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1965–04–01 St. John's
G 8 Myers, Pete 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1963–09–15 Arkansas
F 4 Newman, Johnny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1963–11–28 Richmond
F 34 Oakley, Charles 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1963–12–18 Virginia Union
G 11 Strickland, Rod 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1966–07–11 DePaul
G 6 Tucker, Trent 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1959–12–20 Minnesota
F 55 Vandeweghe, Kiki 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1958–08–01 UCLA
F 7 Walker, Kenny 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1964–08–18 Kentucky
C 45 Wilkins, Eddie Lee 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1962–05–07 Gardner–Webb
G 21 Wilkins, Gerald 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1963–09–11 Chattanooga
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Regular season

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A ticket for a March 1989 game between the Knicks and the Charlotte Hornets.

Season standings

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Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-New York Knicks 52 30 .634 – 35–6 17–24 18–12
x-Philadelphia 76ers 46 36 .561 6 30–11 16–25 19–11
x-Boston Celtics 42 40 .512 10 32–9 10–31 19–11
Washington Bullets 40 42 .488 12 30–11 10–31 17–13
New Jersey Nets 26 56 .317 26 17–24 9–32 9–21
Charlotte Hornets 20 62 .244 32 12–29 8–33 8–22
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Detroit Pistons 63 19 .768 –
2 y-New York Knicks 52 30 .634 11
3 x-Cleveland Cavaliers 57 25 .695 6
4 x-Atlanta Hawks 52 30 .634 11
5 x-Milwaukee Bucks 49 33 .598 14
6 x-Chicago Bulls 47 35 .573 16
7 x-Philadelphia 76ers 46 36 .561 17
8 x-Boston Celtics 42 40 .512 21
9 Washington Bullets 40 42 .488 23
10 Indiana Pacers 28 54 .341 35
11 New Jersey Nets 26 56 .317 37
12 Charlotte Hornets 20 62 .244 43
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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1988–89 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta — 3–1 4–1 4–2 4–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 6–0 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Boston 1–3 — 6–0 1–3 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 5–1 3–3 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–4
Charlotte 1–4 0–6 — 1–4 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–4 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–4 2–4 2–4 3–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–5
Chicago 2–4 3–1 4–1 — 0–6 2–0 1–1 0–6 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 6–0 2–2 3–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–1
Cleveland 2–4 4–1 4–0 6–0 — 2–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–3 4–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2
Dallas 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 — 3–3 0–2 1–3 1–5 1–1 3–1 0–4 6–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–2 5–1 2–2 4–2 1–1
Denver 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–3 — 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 5–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 3–1 3–3 2–2 3–3 1–1
Detroit 5–1 3–1 4–0 6–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–4 4–0 0–4 5–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–0
Golden State 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 — 1–3 1–1 5–1 2–3 4–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 2–4 2–3 3–1 2–4 2–2 1–1
Houston 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–4 1–1 3–1 — 2–0 2–2 1–3 4–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–3 3–1 2–2 6–0 2–2 2–4 0–2
Indiana 1–5 3–2 2–2 2–4 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 0–2 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–3 0–5 0–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3
L.A. Clippers 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–5 2–2 1–1 — 1–5 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–5 1–5 2–3 3–1 1–4 1–3 0–2
L.A. Lakers 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 0–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 5–1 — 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 5–0 5–1 3–1 4–2 1–3 1–1
Miami 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–6 1–5 0–2 0–4 2–4 1–1 3–1 0–4 — 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–4 0–4 1–3 2–4 0–4 1–5 0–2
Milwaukee 0–6 2–2 4–0 0–6 3–3 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 — 4–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1
New Jersey 1–4 1–5 4–2 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 — 2–4 1–5 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–5
New York 2–2 3–3 4–2 2–3 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–2 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 — 2–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–1
Philadelphia 2–2 3–3 3–3 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–5 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–3 5–1 4–2 — 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2
Phoenix 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 5–1 3–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 — 2–3 5–1 3–1 4–1 2–2 2–0
Portland 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 4–2 1–3 0–2 5–1 0–5 4–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 — 3–3 4–0 2–4 0–4 1–1
Sacramento 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–5 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–5 3–3 — 2–2 1–5 1–3 0–2
San Antonio 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 3–3 0–2 1–3 0–6 0–2 1–3 1–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–4 2–2 — 0–4 1–5 1–1
Seattle 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 4–2 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–4 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 4–2 5–1 4–0 — 3–1 1–1
Utah 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 3–3 0–2 2–2 4–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 4–0 3–1 5–1 1–3 — 2–0
Washington 1–3 4–2 5–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–5 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–4 5–1 1–5 2–4 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 —

Game log

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Regular season

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1988–89 game log
Total: 52–30 (home: 35–6; road: 17–24)
November: 9–5 (home: 4–1; road: 5–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 4 @ Boston
2 November 5 @ New Jersey
3 November 8, 1988 Chicago W 126–117 Madison Square Garden 1–2
4 November 9 @ Washington
5 November 11 @ Indiana
6 November 12 Washington
7 November 15 @ Houston
8 November 18 @ Philadelphia
9 November 19 Philadelphia
10 November 22, 1988 L.A. Lakers L 98–110 Madison Square Garden 6–4
11 November 23, 1988 @ Detroit W 133–111 Palace of Auburn Hills 7–4
12 November 26 Cleveland
13 November 29 @ Denver
14 November 30 @ L.A. Clippers
December: 9–5 (home: 8–0; road: 1–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 December 2 @ Dallas
16 December 3 @ San Antonio
17 December 6 Denver
18 December 8, 1988 Milwaukee W 113–109 Madison Square Garden 12–6
19 December 10 Sacramento
20 December 13 New Jersey
21 December 15 Utah
22 December 17 Washington
23 December 18 @ Boston
24 December 20 Indiana
25 December 22, 1988 Detroit W 88–85 Madison Square Garden 18–7
26 December 27 @ Atlanta
27 December 29 @ Chicago L 106–108 Chicago Stadium 18–9
28 December 30 @ Charlotte
January: 10–6 (home: 6–0; road: 4–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
29 January 3 Boston
30 January 4 @ New Jersey
31 January 7 @ Cleveland
32 January 8 L.A. Clippers
33 January 11, 1989 @ Detroit W 100–93 Palace of Auburn Hills 22–11
34 January 12 Charlotte
35 January 14 Atlanta
36 January 16 San Antonio
37 January 18, 1989 @ Golden State L 119–133 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 25–12
38 January 19 @ Sacramento
39 January 21, 1989 @ Seattle L 119–121 Seattle Center Coliseum 25–14
40 January 22 @ Portland
41 January 24, 1989 @ L.A. Lakers W 122–117 Great Western Forum 27–14
42 January 27, 1989 @ Phoenix L 130–132 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 27–15
43 January 28 @ Utah
44 January 31 Indiana
February: 9–2 (home: 6–0; road: 3–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
45 February 2 Cleveland
46 February 4 @ Indiana
47 February 7 Washington
48 February 8 @ Atlanta
49 February 14 @ Charlotte
50 February 15 @ Cleveland
51 February 18 New Jersey
52 February 21 Houston
53 February 23 Charlotte
54 February 24 @ Washington
55 February 26 Boston
March: 10–7 (home: 8–3; road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
56 March 1, 1989 @ Milwaukee L 111–121 Bradley Center 37–19
57 March 2 Miami
58 March 4, 1989 Chicago W 122–104 Madison Square Garden 39–19
59 March 7, 1989 Phoenix W 124–119 Madison Square Garden 40–19
60 March 11 Indiana
61 March 14, 1989 Seattle W 116–110 Madison Square Garden 42–19
62 March 16 Philadelphia
63 March 17, 1989 @ Chicago L 124–129 Chicago Stadium 42–21
64 March 19, 1989 Milwaukee W 128–104 Madison Square Garden 43–21
65 March 20 @ Philadelphia
66 March 22 @ Miami
67 March 24 @ Boston
68 March 25 Atlanta
69 March 27 @ Charlotte
70 March 28 Portland
71 March 30 Dallas
72 March 31, 1989 Golden State L 114–134 Madison Square Garden 47–25
April: 5–5 (home: 3–2; road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
73 April 4 Philadelphia
74 April 6, 1989 @ Milwaukee W 112–99 Bradley Center 48–26
75 April 7 @ New Jersey
76 April 9 @ Washington
77 April 12 Charlotte
78 April 14, 1989 Detroit W 104–100 Madison Square Garden 50–38
79 April 16 @ Philadelphia
80 April 17, 1989 @ Chicago L 100–104 Chicago Stadium 50–30
81 April 20 Boston
82 April 22 New Jersey
1988–89 schedule

Playoffs

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1989 playoff game log
First Round: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 27 Philadelphia W 102–96 Gerald Wilkins (34) Charles Oakley (12) Mark Jackson (9) Madison Square Garden
19,591 		1–0
2 April 29 Philadelphia W 107–106 Johnny Newman (20) Charles Oakley (12) Mark Jackson (10) Madison Square Garden
19,591 		2–0
3 May 2 @ Philadelphia W 116–115 (OT) Mark Jackson (24) Charles Oakley (17) Mark Jackson (9) Spectrum
16,236 		3–0
Conference semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 May 9, 1989 Chicago L 109–120 (OT) Johnny Newman (27) Patrick Ewing (10) Mark Jackson (11) Madison Square Garden
19,591 		0–1
2 May 11, 1989 Chicago W 114–97 Patrick Ewing (23) Charles Oakley (13) Mark Jackson (16) Madison Square Garden
19,591 		1–1
3 May 13, 1989 @ Chicago L 88–111 Patrick Ewing (19) Charles Oakley (9) Mark Jackson (6) Chicago Stadium
18,599 		1–2
4 May 14, 1989 @ Chicago L 93–106 Johnny Newman (23) Charles Oakley (16) Gerald Wilkins (5) Chicago Stadium
18,637 		1–3
5 May 16, 1989 Chicago W 121–114 Patrick Ewing (32) Charles Oakley (13) Mark Jackson (14) Madison Square Garden
19,591 		2–3
6 May 19, 1989 @ Chicago L 111–113 three players tied (22) Patrick Ewing (13) Mark Jackson (12) Chicago Stadium
18,676 		2–4
1989 schedule

Player statistics

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Ragular season

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Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Charles Oakley PF 82 82 2,604 861 187 104 14 1,061 31.8 10.5 2.3 1.3 .2 12.9
Sidney Green PF 82 0 1,277 394 76 47 18 517 15.6 4.8 .9 .6 .2 6.3
Johnny Newman SF 81 80 2,336 206 162 111 23 1,293 28.8 2.5 2.0 1.4 .3 16.0
Gerald Wilkins SG 81 58 2,414 244 274 115 22 1,161 29.8 3.0 3.4 1.4 .3 14.3
Trent Tucker SG 81 24 1,824 176 132 88 6 687 22.5 2.2 1.6 1.1 .1 8.5
Rod Strickland PG 81 10 1,358 160 319 98 3 721 16.8 2.0 3.9 1.2 .0 8.9
Patrick Ewing C 80 80 2,896 740 188 117 281 1,815 36.2 9.3 2.4 1.5 3.5 22.7
Kenny Walker SF 79 2 1,163 230 36 41 45 419 14.7 2.9 .5 .5 .6 5.3
Mark Jackson PG 72 72 2,477 341 619 139 7 1,219 34.4 4.7 8.6 1.9 .1 16.9
Eddie Lee Wilkins C 71 2 584 148 7 10 16 289 8.2 2.1 .1 .1 .2 4.1
Greg Butler C 33 0 140 28 2 1 2 56 4.2 .8 .1 .0 .1 1.7
Pete Myers† SG 29 0 230 23 46 17 2 81 7.9 .8 1.6 .6 .1 2.8
Kiki VanDeWeghe† PF 27 0 502 36 35 12 7 248 18.6 1.3 1.3 .4 .3 9.2

Playoffs

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Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Patrick Ewing C 9 9 340 90 20 9 18 179 37.8 10.0 2.2 1.0 2.0 19.9
Mark Jackson PG 9 9 336 31 91 10 3 132 37.3 3.4 10.1 1.1 .3 14.7
Charles Oakley PF 9 9 299 101 11 12 1 87 33.2 11.2 1.2 1.3 .1 9.7
Gerald Wilkins SG 9 9 290 33 42 12 3 145 32.2 3.7 4.7 1.3 .3 16.1
Johnny Newman SF 9 9 258 25 17 8 1 145 28.7 2.8 1.9 .9 .1 16.1
Kiki VanDeWeghe PF 9 0 159 11 7 3 2 73 17.7 1.2 .8 .3 .2 8.1
Trent Tucker SG 9 0 159 19 14 10 2 71 17.7 2.1 1.6 1.1 .2 7.9
Sidney Green PF 9 0 128 36 5 2 1 36 14.2 4.0 .6 .2 .1 4.0
Rod Strickland PG 9 0 111 13 25 4 1 54 12.3 1.4 2.8 .4 .1 6.0
Kenny Walker SF 9 0 90 16 2 1 3 20 10.0 1.8 .2 .1 .3 2.2
Eddie Lee Wilkins C 7 0 26 11 0 0 0 15 3.7 1.6 .0 .0 .0 2.1
Pete Myers SG 4 0 14 3 1 0 1 4 3.5 .8 .3 .0 .3 1.0
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Knicks only.

Awards and records

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Transactions

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