1973-1974 Buffalo Braves: 42-40 .512
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 19-13 (3657 points scored, 3523 allowed) Road record: 17-21 (4189 points scored, 4334 allowed) Other sites: 6-6 (1309 points scored, 1307 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Ramsay 9155 points scored (1st of 17 teams), 9164 points allowed (17th) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Ken Charles 6'3 180 22 Fordham Ernie DiGregorio 6'0 180 22 Providence Jim Garvin 6'7 200 23 Boston University Matt Guokas 6'5 175 29 St. Joseph's Garfield Heard 6'6 219 25 Oklahoma Bob Kauffman 6'8 240 27 Guilford Kevin Kunnert 7'0 230 22 Iowa Mike Macaluso 6'5 210 22 Canisius Jack Marin 6'6 200 29 Duke Bob McAdoo 6'9 210 22 North Carolina Jim McMillian 6'5 215 25 Columbia Paul Ruffner 6'10 225 25 Brigham Young Randy Smith 6'3 180 25 SUNY - Buffalo Lee Winfield 6'2 174 26 North Texas Dave Wohl 6'2 185 24 Penn Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Bob McAdoo 74 3185 901 1647 0 0 459 579 281 836 1117 170 88 246 0 252 2261 30.6 F Jim McMillian 82 3322 600 1214 0 0 325 379 216 394 610 256 129 26 0 186 1525 18.6 G Randy Smith 82 2745 531 1079 0 0 205 288 87 228 315 383 203 4 0 261 1267 15.5 F Garfield Heard 81 2889 524 1205 0 0 191 294 270 677 947 180 136 230 0 300 1239 15.3 G Ernie DiGregorio 81 2910 530 1260 0 0 174 193 48 171 219 663 59 9 0 242 1234 15.2 F Bob Kauffman 74 1304 171 366 0 0 107 150 97 229 326 142 37 18 0 155 449 6.1 F Jack Marin 27 680 145 266 0 0 71 81 30 92 122 46 23 18 0 93 361 13.4 G Ken Charles 59 693 88 185 0 0 53 79 25 40 65 54 31 10 0 91 229 3.9 G Dave Wohl 41 606 60 150 0 0 42 60 7 22 29 127 33 1 0 72 162 4.0 G Matt Guokas 27 549 61 110 0 0 10 20 12 28 40 69 19 6 0 56 132 4.9 C Kevin Kunnert 39 340 49 101 0 0 11 16 43 63 106 25 5 25 0 83 109 2.8 G Lee Winfield 36 433 37 105 0 0 33 52 19 24 43 47 15 5 0 42 107 3.0 F Mike Macaluso 30 112 19 44 0 0 10 17 10 15 25 3 7 1 0 31 48 1.6 C Paul Ruffner 20 51 11 27 0 0 8 13 4 7 11 0 1 1 0 10 30 1.5 F Jim Garvin 6 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.3
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 3 Ernie DiGregorio 312 Providence
3 38 Ken Charles 322 Fordham
4 54 Doug Little Oregon
5 72 Randy Noll Marshall
6 88 Mike Macaluso 30 Canisius
7 106 Tim Bassett 235 238 Georgia
8 122 Carl Jackson St. Bonaventure
9 140 Bob Fullerton Xavier (OH)
10 153 Nick Connor Illinois
11 168 Mike Lee Syracuse
12 176 Aaron Covington Canisius
13 184 Bob Vartanian Buffalo
14 190 Ron Gilliam Brockport
15 195 John Fraley Georgia
16 200 John Green Oregon
17 204 Jim Garvin 6 Boston University
18 207 Don Johnston North Carolina
19 209 Ron Thornson British Columbia
20 211 Phil Tollestrop Brigham Young
Traded draft picks:
#2 to KCO via DET (Mike D'Antoni)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
03/30/1974 at Boston Celtics L 97-107
04/02/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 115-105
04/03/1974 at Boston Celtics L 107-120
04/06/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 104-102
04/09/1974 at Boston Celtics L 97-100
04/12/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 104-106
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
C Bob McAdoo 6 271 76 159 38 47 14 68 82 9 6 13 25 190 31.7
F Garfield Heard 6 240 42 92 17 24 22 66 88 15 9 12 20 101 16.8
F Jim McMillian 6 224 38 92 11 16 24 29 53 12 4 1 14 87 14.5
G Randy Smith 6 227 36 90 13 20 5 21 26 27 10 1 21 85 14.2
G Ernie DiGregorio 6 240 37 86 8 9 3 13 16 52 1 0 14 82 13.7
F Jack Marin 6 121 22 47 7 9 5 14 19 8 2 0 17 51 8.5
G Matt Guokas 6 85 8 15 3 4 3 5 8 13 0 1 8 19 3.2
G Ken Charles 2 10 3 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 3.0
F Bob Kauffman 2 10 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1.0
G Lee Winfield 1 12 0 2 1 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 1.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/09/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 107-105 1-0 10/12/1973 at Boston Celtics L 112-118 1-1 10/13/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 122-125 1-2 10/16/1973 at New York Knicks L 91-117 1-3 10/20/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 116-110 2-3 10/24/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 113-130 2-4 10/26/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-97 3-4 10/27/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-101 4-4 10/28/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 112-100 5-4 10/30/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 105-103 6-4 11/02/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 97-107 6-5 11/03/1973 vs Golden State Warriors L 121-124 6-6 11/04/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 95-101 6-7 11/07/1973 at Seattle Supersonics L 113-130 6-8 11/09/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers L 108-122 6-9 11/10/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 105-128 6-10 11/13/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 121-114 7-10 11/15/1973 at New York Knicks L 86-97 7-11 11/17/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 94-98 7-12 11/18/1973 at Capitol Bullets W 112-101 8-12 11/20/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 127-100 9-12 11/24/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 143-131 10-12 11/27/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 110-115 10-13 11/28/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 106-130 10-14 11/30/1973 vs Capitol Bullets L 113-121 10-15 12/05/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 114-110 11-15 12/07/1973 vs New York Knicks L 108-113 11-16 12/09/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 114-118 11-17 12/11/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 132-127 12-17 12/12/1973 at Boston Celtics L 119-126 12-18 12/14/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 102-98 13-18 12/18/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 100-93 14-18 12/21/1973 vs New York Knicks W 117-115 15-18 12/22/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 112-122 15-19 12/23/1973 vs Capitol Bullets L 85-110 15-20 12/26/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 123-125 15-21 12/29/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 120-108 16-21 12/30/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-108 16-22 01/01/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 120-119 17-22 01/02/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 115-111 18-22 01/05/1974 at New York Knicks W 111-110 19-22 01/06/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 117-109 20-22 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 100-96 21-22 01/11/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 117-99 22-22 01/12/1974 at Capitol Bullets W 97-96 23-22 01/13/1974 vs Houston Rockets L 112-121 23-23 01/18/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 98-94 24-23 01/20/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 112-129 24-24 01/22/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 119-109 25-24 01/23/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-114 25-25 01/25/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 113-118 25-26 01/26/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 122-132 25-27 01/27/1974 at Houston Rockets W 122-108 26-27 01/29/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 121-128 26-28 01/30/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 96-111 26-29 02/03/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 112-98 27-29 02/06/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 114-98 28-29 02/08/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 106-101 29-29 02/09/1974 at New York Knicks W 103-100 30-29 02/10/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 121-125 30-30 02/12/1974 vs New York Knicks L 93-100 30-31 02/13/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 129-106 31-31 02/15/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 118-116 32-31 02/16/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 92-101 32-32 02/17/1974 at Houston Rockets W 135-118 33-32 02/19/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 145-109 34-32 02/21/1974 vs New York Knicks W 119-97 35-32 02/22/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 109-116 35-33 02/26/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 112-119 35-34 02/27/1974 at Boston Celtics W 122-104 36-34 03/01/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 110-94 37-34 03/02/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 103-99 38-34 03/08/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics L 117-123 38-35 03/10/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 122-112 39-35 03/12/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 124-94 40-35 03/15/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 97-114 40-36 03/16/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 114-105 41-36 03/17/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 109-116 41-37 03/21/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 115-102 42-37 03/22/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 119-126 42-38 03/24/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 124-150 42-39 03/26/1974 at Houston Rockets L 96-119 42-40 |