New York Knicks Opening Day Rosters

2002-2003 New York Knicks Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Shandon Anderson SG 6-6 208 Dec 31, 1973 28 Georgia 6 1996 2nd Rnd, #54, Utah Jazz
Michael Doleac C 6-11 262 Jun 15, 1977 25 Utah 4 1998 1st Rnd, #12, Orlando Magic
Howard Eisley PG 6-2 177 Dec 4, 1972 29 Boston College 8 1994 2nd Rnd, #30, Minnesota Timberwolves
Othella Harrington F-C 6-9 235 Jan 31, 1974 28 Georgetown 6 1996 2nd Rnd, #30, Houston Rockets
Allan Houston SG 6-6 205 Apr 20, 1971 31 Tennessee 9 1993 1st Rnd, #11, Detroit Pistons
Travis Knight C 7-0 235 Sep 13, 1974 28 UConn 6 1996 1st Rnd, #29, Chicago Bulls
Antonio McDyess PF 6-9 245 Sep 7, 1974 28 Alabama 7 1995 1st Rnd, #2, Los Angeles Clippers
Lee Nailon PF 6-9 238 Feb 22, 1975 27 TCU 2 1999 2nd Rnd, #43, Charlotte Hornets (1988)
Mark Pope C-F 6-10 235 Sep 11, 1972 30 Kentucky 5 1996 2nd Rnd, #52, Indiana Pacers
Lavor Postell G-F 6-5 215 Feb 26, 1978 24 St. John's 2 2000 2nd Rnd, #39, New York Knicks
Latrell Sprewell SG 6-5 190 Sep 8, 1970 32 Alabama 10 1992 1st Rnd, #24, Golden State Warriors
Kurt Thomas PF/C 6-9 240 Oct 4, 1972 30 TCU 7 1995 1st Rnd, #10, Miami Heat
Charlie Ward PG 6-2 190 Oct 12, 1970 32 Florida State 8 1994 1st Rnd, #26, New York Knicks
Clarence Weatherspoon SF 6-6 240 Sep 8, 1970 32 Southern Mississippi 10 1992 1st Rnd, #9, Philadelphia Sixers
Frankie Williams PG 6-3 212 Feb 25, 1980 22 Illinois 0 2002 1st Rnd, #25, Denver Nuggets

New York 77, Detroit 86

October 30, 2002

Regular Season

The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, Michigan)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: Micheal Henderson, Tom Washington, Don Vaden

Team Rebounds: New York (8) Detroit (11)

Technicals: New York (0) Detroit (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NYK (0-1) 27 18 20 12 77
DET (1-0) 19 21 20 26 86

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NYK 87 88.2 98.6
DET 87 98.6 88.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NYK .396 0.126 0.273 0.146
DET .434 0.241 0.280 0.397

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
49 Shandon Anderson Starter SF 37:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 3.0 0.0 3 3 3 6 3 1 3 2
32 Othella Harrington Starter PF 40:00 5-10 0-0 0-0 4.5 3.0 2 5 0 5 1 0 1 10
20 Allan Houston Starter SG 35:00 11-27 1-4 8-9 10.6 0.0 3 3 4 4 3 0 4 31
40 Kurt Thomas Starter C 36:00 7-13 0-0 3-6 13.2 1.0 9 10 1 5 0 3 1 17
21 Charlie Ward Starter PG 40:00 3-10 2-6 0-0 5.8 0.0 3 3 3 4 3 0 1 8
4 Howard Eisley Bench PG 17:00 1-7 0-2 1-1 3.6 1.0 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 3
44 Travis Knight Bench C 16:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 -0.5 1.0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2
35 Clarence Weatherspoon Bench PF 19:00 2-7 0-0 0-0 1.8 3.0 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 4
  Team                   8            
        240 31-82 3-12 12-16 56.0 9 24 41 17 29 10 4 11 77
          37.8% 25.0% 75.0%                    

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
1 Chauncey Billups Starter PG 23:00 5-9 1-3 5-6 7.0 1.0 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 16
12 Michael Curry Starter SF 26:00 0-2 0-0 2-2 1.0 0.0 3 3 1 4 0 1 1 2
32 Richard Hamilton Starter SG 28:00 8-21 1-4 5-6 7.0 2.0 4 6 1 2 0 0 2 22
39 Zeljko Rebraca Starter C 22:00 4-6 0-0 2-2 10.5 4.0 5 9 1 4 2 0 3 10
3 Ben Wallace Starter PF 41:00 1-2 0-0 2-2 13.0 3.0 11 14 1 4 2 2 3 4
7 Chucky Atkins Bench PG 25:00 3-10 3-8 3-4 7.8 0.0 3 3 4 1 0 0 1 12
20 Jon Barry Bench SG 13:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
22 Tayshaun Prince Bench SF 07:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 3.0 1.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2
30 Cliff Robinson Bench PF 33:00 2-7 0-3 2-4 5.2 2.0 4 6 3 2 0 3 4 6
34 Corliss Williamson Bench PF 22:00 3-10 0-0 4-5 1.6 1.0 4 5 1 4 0 0 2 10
  Team                   11            
        240 27-68 5-18 27-33 86.1 14 36 61 15 25 5 6 21 86
          39.7% 27.8% 81.8%                    

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Charlie Ward
8p, 3r, 3a
Allan Houston
31p, 3r, 4a
Shandon Anderson
2p, 3r, 3a
Othella Harrington
10p, 5r, 0a
Kurt Thomas
17p, 10r, 1a
Rotation Howard Eisley
3p, 2r, 5a
 
 
 
 
Clarence Weatherspoon
4p, 5r, 0a
Travis Knight
2p, 2r, 1a

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Chauncey Billups
16p, 1r, 2a
Richard Hamilton
22p, 6r, 1a
Michael Curry
2p, 3r, 1a
Ben Wallace
4p, 14r, 1a
Zeljko Rebraca
10p, 9r, 1a
Rotation Chucky Atkins
12p, 3r, 4a
Jon Barry
2p, 1r, 0a
 
 
Cliff Robinson
6p, 6r, 3a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Corliss Williamson
10p, 5r, 1a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Tayshaun Prince
2p, 2r, 1a