1977-1978 Buffalo Braves: 27-55 .329
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 20-21 (4322 points scored, 4327 allowed) Road record: 7-34 (4312 points scored, 4614 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 20-21 (4322 points scored, 4327 allowed) Road record: 7-34 (4312 points scored, 4614 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons 8634 points scored (17th of 22 teams), 8941 points allowed (11th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Bird Averitt 6'1 170 25 Pepperdine Marvin Barnes 6'8 210 25 Providence Gary Brokaw 6'4 178 23 Notre Dame Gus Gerard 6'8 200 24 Virginia Mike Glenn 6'2 175 22 Southern Illinois Larry Johnson 6'3 205 23 Kentucky Wil Jones 6'8 205 30 Albany State Billy Knight 6'6 195 25 Pittsburgh Scott Lloyd 6'10 230 25 Arizona State Ted McClain 6'1 180 31 Tennessee State Jim McDaniels 6'11 228 29 Western Kentucky Larry McNeill 6'9 195 26 Marquette Swen Nater 6'11 240 27 UCLA Eddie Owens 6'7 210 24 Nevada - Las Vegas John Shumate 6'9 235 25 Notre Dame Randy Smith 6'3 180 29 SUNY - Buffalo Chuck Williams 6'2 175 31 Colorado Bill Willoughby 6'8 205 20 NoneTeam 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 3314 789 1697 0 0 443 554 110 200 310 458 172 11 286 224 2021 24.6 F Billy Knight 53 2155 457 926 0 0 301 372 126 257 383 161 82 13 167 137 1215 22.9 C Swen Nater 78 2778 501 994 0 0 208 272 278 751 1029 216 40 47 225 274 1210 15.5 F Marvin Barnes 48 1377 226 543 0 0 114 153 107 241 348 117 57 72 107 198 566 11.8 F Wil Jones 79 1711 226 514 0 0 84 119 106 228 334 116 70 43 137 255 536 6.8 G Chuck Williams 73 2002 208 436 0 0 114 138 29 108 137 317 48 4 156 137 530 7.3 F Larry McNeill 37 873 156 338 0 0 130 156 78 110 188 45 18 10 60 100 442 11.9 G Mike Glenn 56 947 195 370 0 0 51 65 14 65 79 78 35 5 50 98 441 7.9 F Bill Willoughby 56 1079 156 363 0 0 64 80 76 143 219 38 24 47 56 131 376 6.7 G Bird Averitt 34 676 129 296 0 0 64 96 10 40 50 128 22 8 88 86 322 9.5 C Jim McDaniels 42 694 100 234 0 0 36 42 46 135 181 44 4 37 50 112 236 5.6 F John Shumate 18 590 75 151 0 0 74 99 32 96 128 58 14 9 46 58 224 12.4 G Ted McClain 41 727 81 184 0 0 50 63 11 64 75 123 42 2 68 88 212 5.2 C Scott Lloyd 56 566 68 160 0 0 43 58 45 74 119 35 11 9 36 83 179 3.2 G Gary Brokaw 13 130 18 43 0 0 18 24 3 9 12 20 3 5 12 11 54 4.2 F Gus Gerard 10 85 16 40 0 0 11 15 6 8 14 9 2 3 7 13 43 4.3 F Eddie Owens 8 63 9 21 0 0 3 6 5 5 10 5 1 0 3 9 21 2.6 G Larry Johnson 4 38 3 13 0 0 0 2 1 4 5 7 5 2 3 3 6 1.5
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 24 Larry Johnson 4 Kentucky
4 68 Melvin Watkins North Carolina-Charlotte
5 90 Mike Hanley Niagara
6 112 Curvan Lewis Virginia Union
7 133 Mike Jackson Tennessee
8 153 Emery Sammons Philadelphia Textile
Traded draft picks:
#1 to MIL (Marques Johnson)
#3 to LA (James Edwards)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/19/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 112-108 1-0
10/22/1977 vs New Jersey Nets W 101-96 2-0
10/25/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 85-107 2-1
10/26/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 92-97 2-2
10/28/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 97-104 2-3
10/29/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 111-127 2-4
11/02/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 104-100 3-4
11/04/1977 at Chicago Bulls W 100-92 4-4
11/05/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 101-111 4-5
11/09/1977 vs New York Knicks W 124-113 5-5
11/11/1977 at Boston Celtics L 103-109 5-6
11/12/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 106-103 6-6
11/15/1977 vs Indiana Pacers L 94-100 6-7
11/16/1977 at Houston Rockets W 101-97 7-7
11/17/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 108-111 7-8
11/19/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 102-98 8-8
11/21/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 97-114 8-9
11/22/1977 at New York Knicks W 102-101 9-9
11/26/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 107-112 9-10
11/30/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 105-93 10-10
12/03/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics L 95-102 10-11
12/06/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 113-90 11-11
12/11/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 119-124 11-12
12/13/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 108-111 11-13
12/14/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 103-113 11-14
12/17/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 126-122 12-14
12/18/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 100-111 12-15
12/20/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 110-104 13-15
12/23/1977 at New Jersey Nets L 102-103 13-16
12/25/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 105-111 13-17
12/27/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 105-108 13-18
12/28/1977 at Washington Bullets L 87-106 13-19
12/30/1977 vs Detroit Pistons L 87-103 13-20
01/04/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 94-93 14-20
01/07/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 97-107 14-21
01/12/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 111-92 15-21
01/13/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 93-118 15-22
01/14/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 130-93 16-22
01/17/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 94-96 16-23
01/18/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 100-113 16-24
01/22/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 90-99 16-25
01/25/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 119-121 16-26
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/27/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 94-101 16-27
01/29/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 102-107 16-28
01/31/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 95-114 16-29
02/03/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-104 16-30
02/07/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 105-132 16-31
02/08/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 103-104 16-32
02/10/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 116-110 17-32
02/14/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 101-100 18-32
02/16/1978 at Washington Bullets L 109-123 18-33
02/17/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 100-108 18-34
02/18/1978 at New York Knicks W 122-112 19-34
02/21/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 111-114 19-35
02/24/1978 vs Boston Celtics L 99-106 19-36
02/25/1978 vs Houston Rockets L 106-110 19-37
02/26/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 117-119 19-38
02/28/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 108-125 19-39
03/01/1978 at Houston Rockets W 114-104 20-39
03/02/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 107-128 20-40
03/04/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 111-107 21-40
03/05/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 103-109 21-41
03/08/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 120-108 22-41
03/10/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-117 23-41
03/12/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 96-90 24-41
03/14/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 123-115 25-41
03/15/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 106-111 25-42
03/17/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 136-127 26-42
03/19/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 108-122 26-43
03/21/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 104-111 26-44
03/22/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 92-97 26-45
03/24/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 115-120 26-46
03/25/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 106-112 26-47
03/28/1978 vs Detroit Pistons L 118-123 26-48
03/29/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 118-149 26-49
04/01/1978 vs Chicago Bulls L 102-110 26-50
04/03/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 95-104 26-51
04/04/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 105-116 26-52
04/05/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks L 74-87 26-53
04/07/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 113-103 27-53
04/08/1978 vs New York Knicks L 107-118 27-54
04/09/1978 at Boston Celtics L 114-131 27-55
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