1975-1976 Buffalo Braves: 46-36 .561
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 28-14 (4568 points scored, 4378 allowed) Road record: 18-22 (4227 points scored, 4349 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Ramsay 8795 points scored (2nd of 18 teams), 8727 points allowed (15th) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Don Adams 6'6 210 28 Northwestern Ken Charles 6'3 180 24 Fordham Ernie DiGregorio 6'0 180 24 Providence Dick Gibbs 6'5 210 27 Texas - El Paso Garfield Heard 6'6 219 27 Oklahoma Steve Kuberski 6'8 215 28 Bradley Jack Marin 6'6 200 31 Duke Bob McAdoo 6'9 210 24 North Carolina Tom McMillen 6'11 215 23 Maryland Jim McMillian 6'5 215 27 Columbia Dale Schlueter 6'10 225 30 Colorado State John Shumate 6'9 235 23 Notre Dame Randy Smith 6'3 180 27 SUNY - Buffalo Jim Washington 6'6 210 32 Villanova Bob Weiss 6'2 180 33 Penn State 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 78 3328 934 1918 0 0 559 734 241 724 965 315 93 160 0 298 2427 31.1 G Randy Smith 82 3167 702 1422 0 0 383 469 104 313 417 484 153 4 0 274 1787 21.8 F Jim McMillian 74 2610 492 918 0 0 188 219 134 256 390 205 88 14 0 141 1172 15.8 G Ken Charles 81 2247 328 719 0 0 161 205 58 161 219 204 123 48 0 257 817 10.1 F Garfield Heard 50 1527 207 492 0 0 82 135 138 373 511 126 66 55 0 183 496 9.9 G Ernie DiGregorio 67 1364 182 474 0 0 86 94 15 97 112 265 37 1 0 158 450 6.7 F John Shumate 32 1046 146 254 0 0 97 143 82 232 314 65 38 18 0 83 389 12.2 F Dick Gibbs 72 866 129 301 0 0 77 93 42 64 106 49 16 14 0 133 335 4.7 F Tom McMillen 50 708 96 222 0 0 41 54 64 122 186 69 7 6 0 87 233 4.7 G Bob Weiss 66 995 89 183 0 0 35 48 13 53 66 150 48 14 0 94 213 3.2 C Dale Schlueter 71 773 61 122 0 0 54 81 58 166 224 80 13 17 0 141 176 2.5 F Don Adams 56 704 67 170 0 0 40 57 38 107 145 73 30 7 0 128 174 3.1 F Jack Marin 12 278 41 94 0 0 27 33 10 30 40 23 7 6 0 30 109 9.1 F Steve Kuberski 10 85 7 17 0 0 3 3 4 21 25 3 1 2 0 10 17 1.7 F Jim Washington 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1975 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
3 52 George Bucci 33 Manhattan
4 70 Bob Fleischer Duke
5 88 Sam Berry Armstrong State
6 106 Larry Jackson North Carolina-Charlotte
7 124 Mike Franklin Cincinnati
8 142 Allen Jones Pepperdine
9 158 George Rautins Niagara
10 172 Art Allen Pepperdine
Traded draft picks:
#1 to PHO (Ricky Sobers)
#2 to NYK via CHI (Larry Fogle)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern First Round
04/15/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers W 95-89
04/16/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 106-131
04/18/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers W 124-123 (OT)
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Eastern Semifinals
04/21/1976 at Boston Celtics L 98-107
04/23/1976 at Boston Celtics L 96-101
04/25/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 98-93
04/28/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 124-122
04/30/1976 at Boston Celtics L 88-99
05/02/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 100-104
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 9 406 97 215 58 82 31 97 128 29 7 18 37 252 28.0
G Randy Smith 9 386 81 161 41 49 5 47 52 77 14 0 35 203 22.6
F Jim McMillian 9 348 61 129 33 38 11 26 37 19 14 4 29 155 17.2
F John Shumate 9 362 54 92 19 38 25 52 77 25 9 13 29 127 14.1
G Ernie DiGregorio 9 217 30 62 8 8 1 12 13 45 5 2 29 68 7.6
G Ken Charles 9 238 22 55 9 13 6 20 26 14 7 6 31 53 5.9
F Don Adams 9 122 15 36 6 7 8 19 27 13 2 0 23 36 4.0
C Dale Schlueter 8 44 5 7 5 6 2 6 8 2 1 3 11 15 1.9
F Dick Gibbs 5 23 4 9 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 8 10 2.0
G Bob Weiss 7 36 3 8 2 3 0 4 4 3 2 0 5 8 1.1
F Tom McMillen 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/25/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 104-92 1-0 10/28/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 124-108 2-0 10/31/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers W 92-87 3-0 11/01/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 97-93 4-0 11/04/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 114-121 4-1 11/05/1975 at Boston Celtics L 95-105 4-2 11/08/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 110-105 5-2 11/11/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 90-105 5-3 11/12/1975 at Houston Rockets W 93-80 6-3 11/14/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks W 112-98 7-3 11/15/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 110-112 7-4 11/18/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 120-106 8-4 11/20/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-115 9-4 11/21/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 94-104 9-5 11/22/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 104-109 9-6 11/26/1975 at Phoenix Suns L 106-107 9-7 11/28/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-126 9-8 11/29/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 115-130 9-9 12/02/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz L 96-108 9-10 12/05/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 125-88 10-10 12/06/1975 at New York Knicks L 98-108 10-11 12/09/1975 vs Kansas City Kings W 126-107 11-11 12/11/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 99-122 11-12 12/12/1975 vs New York Knicks W 123-110 12-12 12/13/1975 at Chicago Bulls W 103-101 13-12 12/16/1975 at Washington Bullets L 94-100 13-13 12/17/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 88-85 14-13 12/19/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 104-88 15-13 12/20/1975 at Kansas City Kings W 117-110 16-13 12/23/1975 vs Boston Celtics W 101-92 17-13 12/26/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 95-96 17-14 12/27/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 130-105 18-14 12/28/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 88-111 18-15 12/30/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 118-106 19-15 01/02/1976 vs New York Knicks W 106-105 20-15 01/03/1976 at New York Knicks L 106-107 20-16 01/06/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-113 21-16 01/09/1976 vs Chicago Bulls L 100-107 21-17 01/11/1976 at Seattle Supersonics W 125-104 22-17 01/13/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 101-127 22-18 01/15/1976 at Phoenix Suns W 126-119 23-18 01/16/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 110-104 24-18 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 110-101 25-18 01/20/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 112-103 26-18 01/21/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 102-94 27-18 01/23/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 119-104 28-18 01/25/1976 at Boston Celtics L 107-135 28-19 01/27/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 129-105 29-19 01/28/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 126-112 30-19 01/31/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 100-109 30-20 02/06/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 109-104 31-20 02/08/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 97-100 31-21 02/10/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 115-105 32-21 02/13/1976 at Kansas City Kings W 101-96 33-21 02/14/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 111-114 33-22 02/15/1976 at Atlanta Hawks L 104-112 33-23 02/17/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 116-113 34-23 02/21/1976 vs Detroit Pistons L 112-114 34-24 02/24/1976 at New York Knicks W 109-103 35-24 02/25/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics L 94-126 35-25 02/27/1976 vs Houston Rockets L 107-113 35-26 03/02/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 93-100 35-27 03/06/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 105-99 36-27 03/10/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 120-105 37-27 03/12/1976 vs Houston Rockets L 100-113 37-28 03/14/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-137 37-29 03/16/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers W 112-95 38-29 03/17/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 111-122 38-30 03/18/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 109-110 38-31 03/20/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 115-101 39-31 03/21/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 112-118 39-32 03/23/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 122-109 40-32 03/25/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 109-94 41-32 03/26/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 92-123 41-33 03/28/1976 at Washington Bullets L 90-113 41-34 03/30/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 93-83 42-34 03/31/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 103-107 42-35 04/02/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 101-93 43-35 04/04/1976 at Boston Celtics W 117-114 44-35 04/06/1976 vs New York Knicks L 102-106 44-36 04/08/1976 at New York Knicks W 105-98 45-36 04/11/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 99-98 46-36 |