1971-72 Buffalo Braves Roster and Stats

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

Coach: Dolph Schayes (0-1), Johnny McCarthy (22-59)

PTS/G: 102.0 (17th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 111.3 (11th of 17)

SRS: -9.44 (17th of 17) Pace: 108.3 (16th of 17)

Off Rtg: 93.6 (17th of 17) Def Rtg: 102.1 (15th of 17) Net Rtg: -8.5 (16th of 17)

Expected W-L: 19-63 (16th of 17)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
7	Em Bryant	PG	6-1	175	November 4, 1938	us	7	DePaul
40	Jerry Chambers	SF	6-5	185	July 18, 1943	us	3	Trinidad State Junior College, Utah
13	Mike Davis	SG	6-3	185	July 26, 1946	us	2	Virginia Union University
20	Dick Garrett	SG	6-3	185	January 31, 1947		2	Southern Illinois
42	Walt Hazzard	PG	6-2	185	April 15, 1942	us	7	UCLA
32	Fred Hilton	SG	6-3	185	January 15, 1948		R	Grambling State University
25	Bill Hosket	PF	6-8	225	December 20, 1946	us	3	Ohio State
45	John Hummer	PF	6-9	230	May 4, 1948	us	1	Princeton
44	Bob Kauffman	PF	6-8	240	July 13, 1946	us	3	Guilford College
3	Elmore Smith	C	7-0	250	May 9, 1949	us	R	Kentucky State University
9	Randy Smith	SF	6-3	180	December 12, 1948	us	R	Buffalo State
35	Cornell Warner	PF	6-9	220	August 12, 1948	us	1	Jackson State University

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bob Kauffman	25	77	41.6	7.2	14.6	.497	7.2	14.6	.497	.497	4.4	5.6	.795	10.2	3.9	3.5	18.9
2	Elmore Smith	22	78	40.8	7.4	16.3	.454	7.4	16.3	.454	.454	2.5	4.7	.534	15.2	1.4	3.9	17.3
3	Walt Hazzard	29	72	33.2	6.3	13.9	.451	6.3	13.9	.451	.451	3.3	4.2	.782	3.0	5.6	3.2	15.8
4	Randy Smith	23	76	27.6	5.7	11.8	.482	5.7	11.8	.482	.482	2.1	3.3	.622	4.8	2.5	2.7	13.4
5	Dick Garrett	25	73	26.1	4.5	10.1	.442	4.5	10.1	.442	.442	1.9	2.2	.866	3.1	2.3	3.1	10.8
6	Em Bryant	33	54	22.6	1.9	4.1	.459	1.9	4.1	.459	.459	1.4	2.3	.600	2.4	3.8	3.1	5.1
7	Fred Hilton	24	61	22.1	5.1	13.0	.389	5.1	13.0	.389	.389	1.5	2.0	.738	2.6	1.9	2.4	11.6
8	John Hummer	23	55	21.6	2.1	5.3	.390	2.1	5.3	.390	.390	1.1	2.3	.468	4.2	1.3	3.2	5.2
9	Cornell Warner	23	62	20.0	2.6	5.9	.443	2.6	5.9	.443	.443	0.9	1.3	.744	6.1	0.9	2.0	6.2
10	Mike Davis	25	62	17.2	3.4	8.1	.425	3.4	8.1	.425	.425	2.2	2.9	.767	1.9	1.3	2.3	9.1
11	Jerry Chambers	28	26	14.2	3.0	6.9	.433	3.0	6.9	.433	.433	0.8	1.2	.688	2.6	0.9	1.5	6.8
12	Bill Hosket	25	44	13.5	2.0	4.1	.492	2.0	4.1	.492	.492	1.0	1.2	.808	2.8	0.9	1.8	5.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob Kauffman	25	77	3205	558	1123	.497	558	1123	.497	.497	341	429	.795	787	297		273	1457
2	Elmore Smith	22	78	3186	579	1275	.454	579	1275	.454	.454	194	363	.534	1184	111		306	1352
3	Walt Hazzard	29	72	2389	450	998	.451	450	998	.451	.451	237	303	.782	213	406		230	1137
4	Randy Smith	23	76	2094	432	896	.482	432	896	.482	.482	158	254	.622	368	189		202	1022
5	Dick Garrett	25	73	1905	325	735	.442	325	735	.442	.442	136	157	.866	225	165		225	786
6	Fred Hilton	24	61	1349	309	795	.389	309	795	.389	.389	90	122	.738	156	116		145	708
7	Cornell Warner	23	62	1239	162	366	.443	162	366	.443	.443	58	78	.744	379	54		125	382
8	Em Bryant	33	54	1223	101	220	.459	101	220	.459	.459	75	125	.600	127	206		167	277
9	John Hummer	23	55	1186	113	290	.390	113	290	.390	.390	58	124	.468	229	72		178	284
10	Mike Davis	25	62	1068	213	501	.425	213	501	.425	.425	138	180	.767	120	82		141	564
11	Bill Hosket	25	44	592	89	181	.492	89	181	.492	.492	42	52	.808	123	38		79	220
12	Jerry Chambers	28	26	369	78	180	.433	78	180	.433	.433	22	32	.688	67	23		39	178
			82	19805	3409	7560	.451	3409	7560	.451	.451	1549	2219	.698	3978	1759	1780	2110	8367

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Bob Kauffman	25	77	3205	17.7	.555	.382	11.9	13.5	7.0	0.9	8.0	.119
2	Elmore Smith	22	78	3186	15.0	.471	.285	18.0	5.1	0.4	1.1	1.5	.022
3	Walt Hazzard	29	72	2389	15.9	.503	.304	4.3	25.3	2.7	0.6	3.3	.067
4	Randy Smith	23	76	2094	15.5	.507	.283	8.5	13.8	2.5	0.5	3.0	.069
5	Dick Garrett	25	73	1905	11.8	.489	.214	5.7	12.6	1.2	0.4	1.6	.039
6	Fred Hilton	24	61	1349	11.4	.417	.153	5.6	13.6	-2.4	0.3	-2.1	-0.075
7	Cornell Warner	23	62	1239	11.8	.477	.213	14.8	6.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	.025
8	Em Bryant	33	54	1223	9.7	.504	.568	5.0	21.6	0.8	0.3	1.1	.044
9	John Hummer	23	55	1186	6.4	.412	.428	9.4	7.9	-1.0	0.3	-0.8	-0.031
10	Mike Davis	25	62	1068	13.5	.486	.359	5.5	11.6	0.7	0.2	0.9	.042
11	Bill Hosket	25	44	592	12.7	.540	.287	10.1	9.0	0.9	0.1	1.0	.084
12	Jerry Chambers	28	26	369	12.9	.459	.178	8.8	9.6	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.000

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.