1970-71 Buffalo Braves Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-60, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Dolph Schayes (22-60)

PTS/G: 105.5 (16th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 112.1 (8th of 17)

SRS: -8.02 (16th of 17) Pace: 111.9 (14th of 17)

Off Rtg: 93.7 (16th of 17) Def Rtg: 99.6 (14th of 17) Net Rtg: -5.9 (16th of 17)

Expected W-L: 25-57 (16th of 17)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 14, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		107	92	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 17, 1970	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	L		93	102	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Oct 20, 1970	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		89	98	1	2	L 2
4	Sat, Oct 24, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		95	114	1	3	L 3
5	Tue, Oct 27, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		108	119	1	4	L 4
6	Fri, Oct 30, 1970	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		90	104	1	5	L 5
7	Sat, Oct 31, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		102	107	1	6	L 6
8	Mon, Nov 2, 1970	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		102	110	1	7	L 7
9	Wed, Nov 4, 1970	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		101	126	1	8	L 8
10	Thu, Nov 5, 1970	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		109	121	1	9	L 9
11	Sat, Nov 7, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		103	91	2	9	W 1
12	Wed, Nov 11, 1970	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		134	118	3	9	W 2
13	Fri, Nov 13, 1970	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		111	119	3	10	L 1
14	Sat, Nov 14, 1970	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	116	3	11	L 2
15	Mon, Nov 16, 1970	Box Score	N	Seattle SuperSonics	W		112	103	4	11	W 1	at Portland, OR
16	Tue, Nov 17, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		102	101	5	11	W 2
17	Fri, Nov 20, 1970	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		108	123	5	12	L 1
18	Sat, Nov 21, 1970	Box Score	N	Portland Trail Blazers	L		108	112	5	13	L 2	at Seattle, WA
19	Tue, Nov 24, 1970	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		112	106	6	13	W 1
20	Wed, Nov 25, 1970	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	L		92	99	6	14	L 1	at Boston, MA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 27, 1970	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		104	121	6	15	L 2
22	Sat, Nov 28, 1970	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		111	95	7	15	W 1
23	Mon, Nov 30, 1970	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		106	109	7	16	L 1	at Philadelphia, PA
24	Tue, Dec 1, 1970	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	116	117	7	17	L 2
25	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		97	91	8	17	W 1
26	Sat, Dec 5, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		93	117	8	18	L 1
27	Sun, Dec 6, 1970	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		106	108	8	19	L 2
28	Tue, Dec 8, 1970	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		102	122	8	20	L 3
29	Thu, Dec 10, 1970	Box Score	N	Chicago Bulls	L		120	138	8	21	L 4	at Syracuse, NY
30	Fri, Dec 11, 1970	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		105	120	8	22	L 5
31	Sat, Dec 12, 1970	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		93	92	9	22	W 1
32	Sun, Dec 13, 1970	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		91	110	9	23	L 1
33	Tue, Dec 15, 1970	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	113	111	10	23	W 1
34	Thu, Dec 17, 1970	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		93	102	10	24	L 1
35	Fri, Dec 18, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		113	94	11	24	W 1
36	Sat, Dec 19, 1970	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		112	123	11	25	L 1
37	Sun, Dec 20, 1970	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		101	131	11	26	L 2
38	Wed, Dec 23, 1970	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		103	104	11	27	L 3
39	Fri, Dec 25, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		102	115	11	28	L 4
40	Sat, Dec 26, 1970	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		107	120	11	29	L 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Dec 29, 1970	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		113	124	11	30	L 6
42	Wed, Dec 30, 1970	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		90	106	11	31	L 7	at College Park, MD
43	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		103	115	11	32	L 8
44	Wed, Jan 6, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		115	108	12	32	W 1
45	Fri, Jan 8, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		102	110	12	33	L 1
46	Sat, Jan 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		89	111	12	34	L 2
47	Sun, Jan 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		113	141	12	35	L 3
48	Thu, Jan 14, 1971	Box Score	N	Portland Trail Blazers	W		119	113	13	35	W 1	at Rochester, NY
49	Fri, Jan 15, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	OT	97	99	13	36	L 1
50	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		113	114	13	37	L 2
51	Mon, Jan 18, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		113	123	13	38	L 3
52	Tue, Jan 19, 1971	Box Score	N	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		79	111	13	39	L 4	at Syracuse, NY
53	Wed, Jan 20, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		126	106	14	39	W 1
54	Fri, Jan 22, 1971	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		101	94	15	39	W 2
55	Sun, Jan 24, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		123	111	16	39	W 3
56	Mon, Jan 25, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		106	114	16	40	L 1
57	Tue, Jan 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		82	114	16	41	L 2
58	Thu, Jan 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		110	120	16	42	L 3
59	Fri, Jan 29, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		100	106	16	43	L 4
60	Sun, Jan 31, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		108	117	16	44	L 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 2, 1971	Box Score	N	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		91	101	16	45	L 6	at Rochester, NY
62	Fri, Feb 5, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		90	98	16	46	L 7
63	Wed, Feb 10, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		106	99	17	46	W 1
64	Sat, Feb 13, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		111	106	18	46	W 2
65	Sun, Feb 14, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		97	108	18	47	L 1
66	Tue, Feb 16, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	135	18	48	L 2
67	Wed, Feb 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		118	114	19	48	W 1
68	Fri, Feb 19, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		113	120	19	49	L 1
69	Sat, Feb 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		94	120	19	50	L 2
70	Mon, Feb 22, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		91	109	19	51	L 3
71	Fri, Feb 26, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	OT	122	127	19	52	L 4
72	Sat, Feb 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		117	134	19	53	L 5
73	Tue, Mar 2, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	131	19	54	L 6
74	Thu, Mar 4, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		113	116	19	55	L 7
75	Sat, Mar 6, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		120	109	20	55	W 1
76	Mon, Mar 8, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		114	98	21	55	W 2
77	Tue, Mar 9, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		96	106	21	56	L 1
78	Fri, Mar 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	109	22	56	W 1
79	Sun, Mar 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		112	122	22	57	L 1
80	Tue, Mar 16, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		102	113	22	58	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		105	111	22	59	L 3
82	Sat, Mar 20, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L	OT	129	132	22	60	L 4

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