2008–09 New York Knicks season

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2008–09 New York Knicks season
Head coachMike D'Antoni
General managerDonnie Walsh
OwnersCablevision
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record33–49 (.402)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionMSG Network, MSG Plus
RadioWEPN
< 2007–08 2009–10 >

The 2008–09 New York Knicks season was the 63rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates[]

Draft picks[]

Main article: 2008 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team
1 6 Danilo Gallinari Forward  Italy Olimpia Milano (Italy) 1988

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Roster[]

New York Knicks roster
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Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
G/F 21 United States Chandler, Wilson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) DePaul
G 5 United States Crawford, Joe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Kentucky
C 34 United States Curry, Eddy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Thornwood HS (IL)
G 1 United States Duhon, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Duke
SF 8 Italy Gallinari, Danilo Injured 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Italy
F/C 7 United States Harrington, Al 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) St. Patrick HS (NJ)
SG 0 United States Hughes, Larry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Saint Louis
F/C 31 United States Hunter, Chris 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Michigan
F/C 20 United States Jeffries, Jared 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Indiana
F/C 42 United States Lee, David 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Florida
G 32 United States Mobley, Cuttino Injured 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Rhode Island
G/F 23 United States Richardson, Quentin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) DePaul
G 4 United States Robinson, Nate 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Washington
C 18 Senegal Sene, Mouhamed 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Senegal
F/C 9 United States Wilcox, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Maryland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Standings[]

Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics 62 20 .756 — 35–6 27–14 15–1
x-Philadelphia 76ers 41 41 .500 21 24–17 17–24 6–10
New Jersey Nets 34 48 .415 28 19–22 15–26 8–8
Toronto Raptors 33 49 .402 29 18–23 15–26 6–10
New York Knicks 32 50 .390 30 20–21 12–29 5–11
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Cleveland Cavaliers 66 16 .805 —
2 y-Boston Celtics 62 20 .756 4
3 y-Orlando Magic 59 23 .720 7
4 x-Atlanta Hawks 47 35 .573 19
5 x-Miami Heat 43 39 .524 23
6 x-Philadelphia 76ers 41 41 .500 25
7 x-Chicago Bulls 41 41 .500 25
8 x-Detroit Pistons 39 43 .476 27
9 Indiana Pacers 36 46 .439 30
10 Charlotte Bobcats 35 47 .427 31
11 New Jersey Nets 34 48 .415 32
12 Milwaukee Bucks 34 48 .415 32
13 Toronto Raptors 33 49 .402 33
14 New York Knicks 32 50 .390 34
15 Washington Wizards 19 63 .232 47

Game log[]

2008–09 game log
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 29 Miami W 120–115 Jamal Crawford (29) David Lee (11) Nate Robinson (7) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		1–0
2 October 31 @ Philadelphia L 87–116 Jamal Crawford (14) David Lee (11) Chris Duhon (7) Wachovia Center
11,717 		1–1
November: 7–7 (Home: 5–3; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 November 2 Milwaukee L 86–94 Quentin Richardson (28) Zach Randolph (13) Nate Robinson, Jamal Crawford (4) Madison Square Garden
18,190 		1–2
4 November 5 Charlotte W 101–98 Zach Randolph (25) Zach Randolph (13) Chris Duhon (6) Madison Square Garden
17,977 		2–2
5 November 7 @ Washington W 114–108 Jamal Crawford (23) Zach Randolph (13) Chris Duhon (12) Verizon Center
20,173 		3–2
6 November 9 Utah W 107–99 Jamal Crawford (32) Zach Randolph (14) Chris Duhon (9) Madison Square Garden
19,344 		4–2
7 November 11 @ San Antonio L 80–92 Jamal Crawford (28) Zach Randolph (13) Chris Duhon (7) AT&T Center
16,569 		4–3
8 November 12 @ Memphis W 132–103 Wilson Chandler (27) Zach Randolph (10) Jamal Crawford (8) FedExForum
10,129 		5–3
9 November 14 Oklahoma City W 116–106 Jamal Crawford, Zach Randolph (29) Zach Randolph (19) Chris Duhon (8) Madison Square Garden
18,008 		6–3
10 November 16 Dallas L 114–124 (OT) Zach Randolph (27) Zach Randolph (18) Chris Duhon (12) Madison Square Garden
19,271 		6–4
11 November 18 @ Boston L 101–110 Wilson Chandler (23) Zach Randolph (8) Chris Duhon (5) TD Banknorth Garden
18,624 		6–5
12 November 21 @ Milwaukee L 87–104 Chris Duhon (20) David Lee (12) Chris Duhon, Nate Robinson, Wilson Chandler (4) Bradley Center
14,898 		6–6
13 November 22 Washington W 122–117 Quentin Richardson (34) Quentin Richardson, David Lee (12) Chris Duhon (11) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		7–6
14 November 25 Cleveland L 101–119 Quentin Richardson (22) David Lee (13) Chris Duhon (6) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		7–7
15 November 26 @ Detroit L 96–110 Al Harrington (25) David Lee (15) Chris Duhon (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076 		7–8
16 November 29 Golden State W 138–125 David Lee (37) David Lee (21) Chris Duhon (22) Madison Square Garden
19,317 		8–8
December: 4–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 3–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 December 2 Portland L 97–104 Chris Duhon (23) David Lee (12) Chris Duhon (13) Madison Square Garden
18,664 		8–9
18 December 3 @ Cleveland L 82–118 Al Harrington (20) David Lee (16) Anthony Roberson, Chris Duhon (4) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 		8–10
19 December 5 @ Atlanta L 95–98 Al Harrington (27) David Lee (11) Chris Duhon (8) Philips Arena
16,366 		8–11
20 December 7 Detroit W 104–92 Chris Duhon (25) David Lee (19) Chris Duhon (9) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		9–11
21 December 9 @ Chicago L 100–105 Al Harrington (28) David Lee (15) Chris Duhon (14) United Center
19,519 		9–12
22 December 10 @ New Jersey W 121–109 Al Harrington (39) Al Harrington (13) Chris Duhon (10) Izod Center
16,722 		10–12
23 December 13 @ Sacramento W 114–90 Al Harrington (33) David Lee (19) Chris Duhon (5) ARCO Arena
12,155 		11–12
24 December 15 @ Phoenix L 103–111 Nate Robinson (27) David Lee (12) Chris Duhon (9) US Airways Center
18,422 		11–13
25 December 16 @ L.A. Lakers L 114–116 Nate Robinson (33) David Lee (14) Chris Duhon (11) Staples Center
18,997 		11–14
26 December 19 Milwaukee L 81–105 Nate Robinson (21) David Lee (14) Chris Duhon (7) Madison Square Garden
19,009 		11–15
27 December 21 @ Boston L 105–124 Quentin Richardson (29) David Lee (8) Chris Duhon (10) TD Banknorth Garden
18,624 		11–16
28 December 26 Minnesota L 107–120 Al Harrington, Nate Robinson (26) David Lee (13) Chris Duhon (5) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		11–17
29 December 28 Denver L 110–117 Nate Robinson (20) David Lee (12) Chris Duhon (11) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		11–18
30 December 30 @ Charlotte W 93–89 Wilson Chandler (19) David Lee (16) Chris Duhon (8) Time Warner Cable Arena
15,108 		12–18
January: 9–7 (Home: 7–2; Road: 2–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
31 January 2 Indiana L 103–105 Al Harrington (27) David Lee (11) Chris Duhon (7) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		12–19
32 January 4 Boston W 100–88 Wilson Chandler (31) David Lee (14) Chris Duhon (5) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		13–19
33 January 6 @ Oklahoma City L 99–107 Al Harrington (21) David Lee (13) Chris Duhon (6) Ford Center
18,487 		13–20
34 January 8 @ Dallas L 94–99 Chris Duhon (24) David Lee (15) Chris Duhon (7) American Airlines Center
19,779 		13–21
35 January 10 @ Houston L 76–96 Tim Thomas (18) David Lee (11) Chris Duhon (6) Toyota Center
18,280 		13–22
36 January 12 @ New Orleans W 101–95 David Lee (24) Al Harrington (10) Chris Duhon (9) New Orleans Arena
16,177 		14–22
37 January 14 Washington W 128–122 David Lee (30) David Lee (10) Chris Duhon (9) Madison Square Garden
18,020 		15–22
38 January 16 @ Washington L 89–96 Al Harrington (18) David Lee (21) Chris Duhon (8) Verizon Center
17,526 		15–23
39 January 17 Philadelphia L 97–107 Al Harrington (26) David Lee (11) Nate Robinson (7) Madison Square Garden
19,408 		15–24
40 January 19 Chicago W 102–98 Quentin Richardson (24) David Lee (10) Chris Duhon, Nate Robinson, David Lee (3) Madison Square Garden
18,807 		16–24
41 January 21 Phoenix W 114–109 David Lee (25) David Lee (16) Chris Duhon (7) Madison Square Garden
19,256 		17–24
42 January 23 Memphis W 108–88 David Lee (19) David Lee (14) Chris Duhon (7) Madison Square Garden
18,391 		18–24
43 January 24 @ Philadelphia L 110–116 Nate Robinson (26) David Lee (10) Nate Robinson (6) Wachovia Center
19,239 		18–25
44 January 26 Houston W 104–98 Nate Robinson (19) David Lee (13) Chris Duhon (11) Madison Square Garden
19,155 		19–25
45 January 28 Atlanta W 112–104 Nate Robinson (24) David Lee (16) Chris Duhon (11) Madison Square Garden
18,180 		20–25
46 January 31 @ Indiana W 122–113 Al Harrington (31) David Lee (17) Chris Duhon (7) Conseco Fieldhouse
15,067 		21–25
February: 3–10 (Home: 3–5; Road: 0–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
47 February 2 L.A. Lakers L 117–126 Al Harrington (24) David Lee (12) Chris Duhon (9) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		21–26
48 February 4 Cleveland L 102–107 Al Harrington (39) Al Harrington (13) Chris Duhon (5) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		21–27
49 February 6 Boston L 100–110 Al Harrington (27) David Lee (18) Chris Duhon (7) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		21–28
50 February 8 @ Portland L 108–109 David Lee (29) David Lee (11) Chris Duhon (10) Rose Garden
20,609 		21–29
51 February 10 @ Golden State L 127–144 Nate Robinson (30) David Lee (11) Chris Duhon (9) Oracle Arena
19,098 		21–30
52 February 11 @ L.A. Clippers L 124–128 (OT) Nate Robinson (33) David Lee (12) Nate Robinson (15) Staples Center
16,928 		21–31
53 February 17 San Antonio W 112–107 (OT) Nate Robinson (32) David Lee (12) Chris Duhon (8) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		22–31
54 February 20 Toronto W 127–97 Wilson Chandler (32) David Lee (15) Nate Robinson (7) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		23–31
55 February 22 @ Toronto L 100–111 Al Harrington (31) David Lee (15) Nate Robinson (8) Air Canada Centre
19,800 		23–32
56 February 23 Indiana W 123–119 Nate Robinson (41) David Lee (13) Chris Duhon (5) Madison Square Garden
17,283 		24–32
57 February 25 Orlando L 109–114 Nate Robinson (32) David Lee (10) Chris Duhon (10) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		24–33
58 February 27 Philadelphia L 103–108 Larry Hughes (25) David Lee (11) Chris Duhon (6) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		24–34
59 February 28 @ Miami L 115–120 Nate Robinson (29) David Lee (13) Chris Duhon (9) American Airlines Arena
19,600 		24–35
March: 5–11 (Home: 2–5; Road: 3–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
60 March 4 Atlanta W 109–105 Larry Hughes (23) David Lee (14) Chris Duhon (5) Madison Square Garden
18,931 		25–35
61 March 7 Charlotte L 105–114 Al Harrington (24) Quentin Richardson (9) Nate Robinson, Larry Hughes (4) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		25–36
62 March 8 @ New Jersey L 101–106 David Lee (19) David Lee (14) David Lee (7) Izod Center
18,846 		25–37
63 March 10 @ Milwaukee W 120–112 Larry Hughes (39) David Lee (18) Nate Robinson (7) Bradley Center
13,781 		26–37
64 March 11 @ Detroit W 116–111 (OT) Nate Robinson (30) David Lee (18) Nate Robinson (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills
20,135 		27–37
65 March 13 @ Minnesota W 102–94 Nate Robinson (25) David Lee (13) Nate Robinson (7) Target Center
14,311 		28–37
66 March 15 @ Cleveland L 93–98 Al Harrington (26) David Lee (14) Nate Robinson (7) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 		28–38
67 March 18 New Jersey L 89–115 Al Harrington (21) Wilson Chandler (10) Larry Hughes (5) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		28–39
68 March 20 Sacramento L 94–121 Nate Robinson (19) Chris Wilcox (9) Nate Robinson, Wilson Chandler (3) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		28–40
69 March 21 @ Orlando L 103–110 Quentin Richardson (33) Wilson Chandler (12) Nate Robinson, Jared Jeffries, Wilson Chandler, Al Harrington (3) Amway Arena
17,461 		28–41
70 March 23 Orlando L 102–106 Nate Robinson (19) David Lee (13) Nate Robinson (6) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		28–42
71 March 25 L.A. Clippers L 135–140 (OT) Al Harrington (38) David Lee (13) Chris Duhon (10) Madison Square Garden
19,041 		28–43
72 March 27 New Orleans W 103–93 Al Harrington (23) David Lee (11) Chris Duhon (7) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		29–43
73 March 28 @ Charlotte L 85–96 Al Harrington, Wilson Chandler (18) David Lee (10) Chris Duhon (8) Time Warner Cable Arena
19,133 		29–44
74 March 30 @ Utah L 104–112 Al Harrington (24) David Lee (10) Chris Duhon (7) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911 		29–45
75 March 31 @ Denver L 104–111 Nate Robinson (30) David Lee (12) Chris Duhon (11) Pepsi Center
17,851 		29–46
April: 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
76 April 4 Toronto W 103–102 Al Harrington, Chris Duhon (22) Al Harrington, David Lee (7) David Lee (6) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		29–47
77 April 5 @ Toronto W 112–103 Wilson Chandler (17) David Lee, Al Harrington (10) Nate Robinson (7) Air Canada Centre
18,879 		30–47
78 April 7 @ Chicago L 103–110 Wilson Chandler (26) David Lee (13) David Lee, Chris Duhon (6) United Center
20,764 		30–48
79 April 8 Detroit L 86–113 Al Harrington (26) Wilson Chandler (8) Nate Robinson, Chris Duhon (4) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		30–49
80 April 10 @ Orlando W 105–95 Al Harrington (27) David Lee (16) Chris Duhon, Al Harrington, David Lee (4) Amway Arena
17,461 		31–49
81 April 12 @ Miami L 105–122 Wilson Chandler, Al Harrington (21) David Lee (11) Larry Hughes, Nate Robinson (4) American Airlines Arena
19,600 		31–50
82 April 15 New Jersey W 102–73 Wilson Chandler (16) David Lee (12) Chris Duhon (6) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		32–50
2008–09 season 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 Source: [7]

Season[]

New York Knicks statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Wilson Chandler 82 70 33.4 .431 .328 .795 5.4 2.1 0.87 0.91 14.4
Mardy Collins† 9 0 8.3 .348 .000 .444 0.9 1.1 0.22 0.00 2.2
Jamal Crawford† 11 11 35.6 .432 .455 .761 1.5 4.4 0.82 0.00 19.6
Joe Crawford 2 0 11.5 .300 .250 1.000 2.0 0.5 0.50 0.00 4.5
Eddy Curry 3 0 4.0 1.000 .000 .333 1.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.7
Chris Duhon 79 78 36.8 .422 .391 .856 3.1 7.2 0.91 0.09 11.1
Danilo Gallinari 28 2 14.7 .448 .444 .963 2.0 0.5 0.50 0.14 6.1
Al Harrington† 68 51 35.0 .446 .362 .804 6.3 1.4 1.19 0.32 20.7
Larry Hughes† 25 14 27.5 .390 .385 .794 2.6 2.4 1.44 0.20 11.2
Jerome James 2 0 5.0 .375 .000 .000 1.5 0.0 0.50 0.50 3.0
Jared Jeffries 56 36 23.4 .440 .083 .611 4.1 1.4 0.84 0.59 5.3
David Lee 81 74 34.9 .549 .000 .755 11.7 2.1 0.99 0.27 16.0
Demetris Nichols† 2 0 4.5 .400 .000 .500 1.0 0.0 0.00 0.50 2.5
Zach Randolph† 11 11 35.3 .434 .292 .821 12.5 1.4 1.18 0.27 20.5
Quentin Richardson 72 51 26.3 .393 .365 .761 4.4 1.6 0.65 0.10 10.2
Anthony Roberson† 23 0 11.0 .379 .338 1.000 0.7 0.8 0.43 0.04 4.7
Nate Robinson 74 11 29.9 .437 .326 .841 3.9 4.1 1.28 0.08 17.2
Malik Rose† 18 0 8.9 .268 .000 .727 1.7 0.6 0.06 0.06 1.7
Cheikh Samb† 2 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Mouhamed Sene† 1 0 6.0 .500 .000 1.000 5.0 0.0 0.00 1.00 3.0
Courtney Sims† 1 0 11.0 .500 .000 .000 4.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 6.0
Tim Thomas† 36 1 21.5 .461 .421 .806 3.1 1.3 0.61 0.28 9.6
Chris Wilcox† 25 0 13.2 .529 .000 .509 3.3 0.6 0.32 0.20 5.4

†Statistics with the New York Knicks

Awards and records[]

Awards[]

Records[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

July 28, 2008
 To Denver Nuggets
Renaldo Balkman 		To New York Knicks
Taurean Green
Bobby Jones
2010 second round draft pick
August 29, 2008
 To Houston Rockets
Frédéric Weis 		To New York Knicks
Patrick Ewing, Jr.
November 21, 2008
 To Golden State Warriors
Jamal Crawford 		To New York Knicks
Al Harrington
November 21, 2008
 To Los Angeles Clippers
Zach Randolph
Mardy Collins 		To New York Knicks
Tim Thomas
Cuttino Mobley
February 19, 2009
 To Chicago Bulls
Jerome James
Anthony Roberson
Tim Thomas 		To New York Knicks
Larry Hughes
February 19, 2009
 To Oklahoma City Thunder
Malik Rose 		To New York Knicks
Chris Wilcox

Free agents[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Knicks: Tickets". Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  2. ^ "Clippers Acquire Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins From Knicks". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  3. ^ Hu, Janny (November 22, 2008). "No small miracle – Crawford deal good for all sides". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  4. ^ "Sources: Knicks trade for Bulls' Hughes". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  5. ^ "Source: Knicks swap Rose for Wilcox". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-01. Retrieved 2010-01-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
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