1976-1977 Buffalo Braves: 30-52 .366
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 23-18 (4409 points scored, 4361 allowed) Road record: 7-33 (4098 points scored, 4503 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (105 points scored, 112 allowed) Head Coaches: Tates Locke (16-30), Bob MacKinnon (3-4), Joe Mullaney (11-18) 8612 points scored (14th of 22 teams), 8976 points allowed (19th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Don Adams 6'6 210 29 Northwestern Bird Averitt 6'1 170 24 Pepperdine Adrian Dantley 6'5 208 20 Notre Dame Ernie DiGregorio 6'0 180 25 Providence Fred Foster 6'5 210 30 Miami Gus Gerard 6'8 200 23 Virginia John Gianelli 6'10 220 26 Pacific George Johnson 6'11 205 28 Dillard Moses Malone 6'10 215 21 None Clyde Mayes 6'8 225 23 Furman Bob McAdoo 6'9 210 25 North Carolina Tom McMillen 6'11 215 24 Maryland Johnny Neumann 6'6 200 25 Mississippi Jim Price 6'2 195 27 Louisville John Shumate 6'9 235 24 Notre Dame Don Smith 6'9 235 30 Iowa State Randy Smith 6'3 180 28 SUNY - Buffalo Claude Terry 6'4 195 26 Stanford Chuck Williams 6'2 175 30 Colorado Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Randy Smith 82 3094 702 1504 0 0 294 386 134 323 457 441 176 8 0 264 1698 20.7 F Adrian Dantley 77 2816 544 1046 0 0 476 582 251 336 587 144 91 15 0 215 1564 20.3 F John Shumate 74 2601 407 810 0 0 302 450 163 538 701 159 90 84 0 197 1116 15.1 G Ernie DiGregorio 81 2267 365 875 0 0 138 146 52 132 184 378 57 3 0 150 868 10.7 G Bird Averitt 75 1136 234 619 0 0 121 169 20 58 78 134 30 5 0 127 589 7.9 F Don Adams 77 1710 216 526 0 0 129 173 130 241 371 150 74 16 0 201 561 7.3 C Bob McAdoo 20 767 182 400 0 0 110 158 66 198 264 65 16 34 0 74 474 23.7 C John Gianelli 57 1283 171 397 0 0 55 77 94 203 297 57 21 70 0 117 397 7.0 C George Johnson 39 1055 125 279 0 0 46 67 117 283 400 78 22 104 0 141 296 7.6 F Gus Gerard 41 592 100 244 0 0 40 61 51 66 117 43 23 32 0 91 240 5.9 F Fred Foster 59 689 99 247 0 0 30 44 33 43 76 48 16 0 0 92 228 3.9 G Chuck Williams 44 556 43 117 0 0 38 48 18 49 67 88 24 3 0 34 124 2.8 F Tom McMillen 20 270 45 92 0 0 26 36 29 43 72 16 1 2 0 29 116 5.8 G Claude Terry 33 304 49 104 0 0 18 23 4 24 28 33 11 0 0 27 116 3.5 G Jim Price 20 333 44 104 0 0 17 20 5 29 34 38 25 5 0 52 105 5.2 C Don Smith 22 195 25 74 0 0 33 43 41 49 90 7 3 9 0 21 83 3.8 G Johnny Neumann 4 49 15 34 0 0 5 6 5 4 9 4 3 2 0 7 35 8.8 F Clyde Mayes 2 7 0 3 0 0 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.0 C Moses Malone 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 6 Adrian Dantley 955 Notre Dame [pick acquired from NO via PHO]
3 48 Gary Brewster Texas-El Paso
6 100 Danny Odums Fairfield
7 118 Frank Jones Tennessee Tech
8 136 Mark McAndrew Providence
9 153 Bob Rozyczko St. Bonaventure
10 169 Tim Stokes Canisius
Traded draft picks:
#1 to WAS (Mitch Kupchak)
#2 to PHO (Al Fleming)
#5 to ATL (Connie White)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/21/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 133-112 1-0 10/23/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-105 2-0 10/26/1976 at New York Knicks L 104-118 2-1 10/28/1976 at Boston Celtics L 105-112 2-2 10/30/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 105-109 2-3 11/03/1976 at New York Nets L 96-100 2-4 11/05/1976 at Detroit Pistons W 122-108 3-4 11/06/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 117-102 4-4 11/09/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 121-116 5-4 11/11/1976 vs Denver Nuggets W 105-94 6-4 11/13/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 118-107 7-4 11/16/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 112-114 7-5 11/17/1976 at Houston Rockets L 114-120 7-6 11/19/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 101-130 7-7 11/20/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 93-130 7-8 11/21/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-121 7-9 11/23/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs L 115-122 7-10 11/26/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 124-119 8-10 11/27/1976 at Atlanta Hawks L 94-101 8-11 11/28/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 118-127 8-12 11/30/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 119-114 9-12 12/03/1976 vs New York Knicks W 135-112 10-12 12/07/1976 vs Indiana Pacers L 103-107 10-13 12/08/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 102-123 10-14 12/10/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 102-103 10-15 12/11/1976 at Indiana Pacers L 101-109 10-16 12/14/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 108-99 11-16 12/17/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 88-99 11-17 12/19/1976 at Seattle Supersonics W 99-98 12-17 12/21/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 89-97 12-18 12/23/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 92-107 12-19 12/25/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 115-106 13-19 12/26/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-96 14-19 12/29/1976 vs Kansas City Kings L 103-113 14-20 01/01/1977 vs New York Nets W 102-87 15-20 01/03/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-142 15-21 01/05/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 109-118 15-22 01/06/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 111-119 15-23 01/08/1977 vs Boston Celtics L 106-109 15-24 01/12/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks L 118-124 15-25 01/14/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 131-103 16-25 01/15/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 105-121 16-26 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/19/1977 at Washington Bullets L 87-91 16-27 01/21/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 89-110 16-28 01/22/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 104-132 16-29 01/24/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 102-127 16-30 01/26/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 114-109 17-30 02/03/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 98-100 17-31 02/06/1977 at Boston Celtics L 97-113 17-32 02/08/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 99-89 18-32 02/09/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 90-105 18-33 02/11/1977 at New York Nets W 96-94 19-33 02/15/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 114-126 19-34 02/16/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 113-117 19-35 02/17/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 112-103 20-35 02/19/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 103-100 21-35 02/21/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 117-106 22-35 02/22/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 115-114 23-35 02/25/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 97-104 23-36 02/27/1977 at Washington Bullets L 105-117 23-37 03/01/1977 vs New York Nets L 95-104 23-38 03/02/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 108-116 23-39 03/04/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 95-91 24-39 03/05/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 109-120 24-40 03/07/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 107-128 24-41 03/08/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 102-95 25-41 03/11/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 95-90 26-41 03/13/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 102-95 27-41 03/17/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 104-125 27-42 03/19/1977 at Houston Rockets L 104-110 27-43 03/20/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 108-115 27-44 03/22/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks L 84-86 27-45 03/24/1977 at Phoenix Suns W 107-102 28-45 03/27/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 89-92 28-46 03/29/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 101-127 28-47 03/31/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 95-110 28-48 04/02/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 94-93 29-48 04/03/1977 at New York Knicks L 111-130 29-49 04/05/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 89-91 29-50 04/06/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 107-102 30-50 04/08/1977 vs New York Knicks L 102-104 30-51 04/10/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 99-120 30-52 |