1974-1975 Buffalo Braves: 49-33 .598
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 25-10 (3775 points scored, 3667 allowed) Road record: 18-22 (4284 points scored, 4280 allowed) Other sites: 6-1 (780 points scored, 716 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Ramsay 8839 points scored (2nd of 18 teams), 8663 points allowed (15th) NBA Averages: 102.6 points/game (8416.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Ken Charles 6'3 180 23 Fordham Ernie DiGregorio 6'0 180 23 Providence Bernie Harris 6'10 200 24 Virginia Commonwealth Garfield Heard 6'6 219 26 Oklahoma Jack Marin 6'6 200 30 Duke Bob McAdoo 6'9 210 23 North Carolina Jim McMillian 6'5 215 26 Columbia Paul Ruffner 6'10 225 26 Brigham Young Dale Schlueter 6'10 225 29 Colorado State Randy Smith 6'3 180 26 SUNY - Buffalo Jim Washington 6'6 210 31 Villanova Bob Weiss 6'2 180 32 Penn State Lee Winfield 6'2 174 27 North Texas 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 82 3539 1095 2138 0 0 641 796 307 848 1155 179 92 174 0 278 2831 34.5 G Randy Smith 82 3001 610 1261 0 0 236 295 95 249 344 534 137 3 0 247 1456 17.8 F Jack Marin 81 2147 380 836 0 0 193 222 104 259 363 133 51 16 0 238 953 11.8 F Jim McMillian 62 2132 347 695 0 0 194 231 127 258 385 156 69 15 0 129 888 14.3 F Garfield Heard 67 2148 318 819 0 0 106 188 185 481 666 190 106 120 0 242 742 11.1 G Ken Charles 79 1690 240 515 0 0 120 146 68 96 164 171 87 20 0 165 600 7.6 G Lee Winfield 68 1259 164 312 0 0 49 68 45 81 126 134 43 30 0 106 377 5.5 C Dale Schlueter 76 962 92 178 0 0 84 121 78 186 264 104 18 42 0 163 268 3.5 G Bob Weiss 76 1338 102 261 0 0 54 67 21 83 104 260 82 19 0 146 258 3.4 G Ernie DiGregorio 31 712 103 234 0 0 35 45 6 39 45 151 19 0 0 62 241 7.8 F Jim Washington 42 674 77 162 0 0 21 38 58 139 197 43 11 13 0 81 175 4.2 C Paul Ruffner 22 103 22 47 0 0 1 5 12 10 22 7 3 3 0 22 45 2.0 F Bernie Harris 11 25 2 11 0 0 1 2 2 6 8 1 0 1 0 0 5 0.5
1974 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 9 Tom McMillen 729 Maryland
3 45 Kim Hughes 341 84 Wisconsin
4 63 Bernard Harris 11 Virginia Commonwealth
5 81 Tony Byers Wake Forest
6 99 Gary Link Missouri
7 117 Tommy Curtis UCLA
8 135 Glenn Price St. Bonaventure
9 153 John Falconi Davidson
10 170 Andy Rimol Princeton
Traded draft picks:
#2 to CHI (Leon Benbow)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/10/1975 at Washington Bullets W 113-102
04/12/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 106-120
04/16/1975 at Washington Bullets L 96-111
04/18/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 108-102
04/20/1975 at Washington Bullets L 93-97
04/23/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 102-96
04/25/1975 at Washington Bullets L 96-115
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 7 327 104 216 54 73 25 69 94 10 6 19 29 262 37.4
G Randy Smith 7 286 50 105 26 30 8 22 30 49 18 1 23 126 18.0
F Jim McMillian 7 240 39 86 13 14 10 24 34 14 11 2 12 91 13.0
F Garfield Heard 7 250 38 96 6 14 24 52 76 18 9 8 28 82 11.7
G Ken Charles 7 208 22 55 8 11 3 10 13 18 6 5 27 52 7.4
F Jack Marin 7 108 12 27 13 15 5 12 17 8 7 1 12 37 5.3
G Bob Weiss 7 113 11 23 8 12 2 5 7 17 4 1 15 30 4.3
G Lee Winfield 6 65 7 16 3 5 5 3 8 9 2 1 10 17 2.8
C Dale Schlueter 6 40 6 10 1 3 5 8 13 1 1 0 6 13 2.2
F Jim Washington 6 39 2 5 0 0 3 4 7 3 0 0 5 4 0.7
C Paul Ruffner 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1974 at Boston Celtics W 126-119 1-0 10/19/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 95-113 1-1 10/22/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 134-118 2-1 10/24/1974 vs New York Knicks W 111-91 3-1 10/26/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 105-104 4-1 10/29/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 101-130 4-2 11/01/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 106-113 4-3 11/03/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers W 124-101 5-3 11/06/1974 at New Orleans Jazz W 110-98 6-3 11/09/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 109-100 7-3 11/10/1974 at Detroit Pistons W 124-117 8-3 11/12/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 112-94 9-3 11/14/1974 at Boston Celtics W 112-100 10-3 11/16/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 101-96 11-3 11/19/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 111-106 12-3 11/20/1974 at Washington Bullets W 115-104 13-3 11/21/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 99-95 14-3 11/23/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 117-104 15-3 11/24/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 89-91 15-4 11/26/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 103-99 16-4 11/29/1974 vs Washington Bullets L 93-96 16-5 11/30/1974 at New York Knicks L 111-118 16-6 12/03/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 101-110 16-7 12/06/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 114-105 17-7 12/07/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 112-116 17-8 12/10/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 101-91 18-8 12/12/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 124-113 19-8 12/13/1974 vs New York Knicks W 108-104 20-8 12/14/1974 at New York Knicks W 118-102 21-8 12/17/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 110-111 21-9 12/19/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-106 21-10 12/20/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks L 102-113 21-11 12/27/1974 at Phoenix Suns W 108-92 22-11 12/28/1974 at Houston Rockets L 117-125 22-12 12/30/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 91-106 22-13 01/03/1975 vs Detroit Pistons L 92-111 22-14 01/04/1975 at Atlanta Hawks W 121-108 23-14 01/06/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 95-101 23-15 01/07/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 115-107 24-15 01/09/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 100-108 24-16 01/10/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-100 25-16 01/12/1975 vs Boston Celtics W 114-101 26-16 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 121-116 27-16 01/18/1975 at Atlanta Hawks W 129-115 28-16 01/19/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 117-112 29-16 01/21/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 118-108 30-16 01/24/1975 vs New York Knicks W 105-99 31-16 01/26/1975 at Boston Celtics L 93-107 31-17 01/30/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 97-91 32-17 01/31/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-101 33-17 02/01/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 113-119 33-18 02/04/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 105-111 33-19 02/07/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 108-98 34-19 02/09/1975 at Seattle Supersonics W 99-93 35-19 02/11/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers W 112-108 36-19 02/12/1975 at Phoenix Suns L 96-108 36-20 02/14/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 112-132 36-21 02/16/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 109-114 36-22 02/18/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 124-109 37-22 02/21/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 116-106 38-22 02/22/1975 at New York Knicks W 92-85 39-22 02/25/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 93-111 39-23 02/27/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 110-100 40-23 02/28/1975 vs New York Knicks L 106-114 40-24 03/01/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 100-104 40-25 03/04/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 104-97 41-25 03/06/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 110-111 41-26 03/08/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 110-95 42-26 03/13/1975 at Golden State Warriors W 122-103 43-26 03/14/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 105-125 43-27 03/16/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 95-102 43-28 03/18/1975 at Houston Rockets L 115-122 43-29 03/21/1975 at Boston Celtics L 101-109 43-30 03/22/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 117-112 44-30 03/25/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 118-103 45-30 03/26/1975 at Washington Bullets W 94-91 46-30 03/28/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers W 115-104 47-30 03/29/1975 vs Boston Celtics W 102-96 48-30 04/01/1975 vs Chicago Bulls L 93-98 48-31 04/02/1975 at Boston Celtics L 92-95 48-32 04/04/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-97 49-32 04/06/1975 at New York Knicks L 93-105 49-33 |