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1973-74 Buffalo Braves Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jack Ramsay (42-40)

PTS/G: 111.6 (1st of 17) Opp PTS/G: 111.8 (17th of 17)

SRS: -0.19 (9th of 17) Pace: 111.6 (2nd of 17)

Off Rtg: 99.3 (4th of 17) Def Rtg: 99.4 (12th of 17) Net Rtg: -0.1 (9th of 17)

Expected W-L: 41-41 (9th of 17)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

NBA 1974 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
14	Ken Charles	SG	6-3	180	July 10, 1951	tt TT	R	Fordham
15	Ernie DiGregorio	PG	6-0	180	January 15, 1951	us US	R	Providence
30	Jim Garvin	PF	6-7	200	February 5, 1950		R	Boston University
4	Matt Guokas	SG	6-5	175	February 25, 1944	us US	7	Saint Joseph's
24	Gar Heard	PF	6-6	219	May 3, 1948	us US	3	Oklahoma
44	Bob Kauffman	PF	6-8	240	July 13, 1946	us US	5	Guilford College
43	Kevin Kunnert	C	7-0	230	November 11, 1951	us US	R	Iowa
21	Mike Macaluso	SF	6-5	210	July 20, 1951	us US	R	Canisius
42	Jack Marin	SF	6-7	200	October 12, 1944	us US	7	Duke
11	Bob McAdoo	C	6-9	210	September 25, 1951	us US	1	Vincennes University, UNC
5	Jim McMillian	SF	6-5	215	March 11, 1948	us US	3	Columbia University
22	Paul Ruffner	C	6-10	225	October 15, 1948	us US	2	Cerritos College, BYU
9	Randy Smith	SG	6-3	180	December 12, 1948	us US	2	Buffalo State
3	Lee Winfield	PG	6-2	174	February 4, 1947	us US	4	University of North Texas
13	Dave Wohl	PG	6-2	185	November 2, 1949	us US	2	Penn

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

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

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Team Misc

Per Game

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bob McAdoo	22	74	43.0	12.2	22.3	.547	6.2	7.8	.793	3.8	11.3	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	3.4	30.6	MVP-2,AS,NBA2
2	Jim McMillian	25	82	40.5	7.3	14.8	.494	4.0	4.6	.858	2.6	4.8	7.4	3.1	1.6	0.3	2.3	18.6
3	Ernie DiGregorio	23	81	35.9	6.5	15.6	.421	2.1	2.4	.902	0.6	2.1	2.7	8.2	0.7	0.1	3.0	15.2	ROY-1
4	Gar Heard	25	81	35.7	6.5	14.9	.435	2.4	3.6	.650	3.3	8.4	11.7	2.2	1.7	2.8	3.7	15.3
5	Randy Smith	25	82	33.5	6.5	13.2	.492	2.5	3.5	.712	1.1	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.5	0.0	3.2	15.5
6	Jack Marin	29	27	25.2	5.4	9.9	.545	2.6	3.0	.877	1.1	3.4	4.5	1.7	0.9	0.7	3.4	13.4
7	Matt Guokas	29	27	20.3	2.3	4.1	.555	0.4	0.7	.500	0.4	1.0	1.5	2.6	0.7	0.2	2.1	4.9
8	Bob Kauffman	27	74	17.6	2.3	4.9	.467	1.4	2.0	.713	1.3	3.1	4.4	1.9	0.5	0.2	2.1	6.1
9	Dave Wohl	24	41	14.8	1.5	3.7	.400	1.0	1.5	.700	0.2	0.5	0.7	3.1	0.8	0.0	1.8	4.0
10	Lee Winfield	26	36	12.0	1.0	2.9	.352	0.9	1.4	.635	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.2	3.0
11	Ken Charles	22	59	11.7	1.5	3.1	.476	0.9	1.3	.671	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.2	1.5	3.9
12	Kevin Kunnert	22	39	8.7	1.3	2.6	.485	0.3	0.4	.688	1.1	1.6	2.7	0.6	0.1	0.6	2.1	2.8
13	Mike Macaluso	22	30	3.7	0.6	1.5	.432	0.3	0.6	.588	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.6
14	Paul Ruffner	25	20	2.6	0.6	1.4	.407	0.4	0.7	.615	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.5
15	Jim Garvin	23	6	1.8	0.2	0.7	.250	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3
	Team Totals			48.4	45.5	94.7	.480	20.7	27.1	.765	14.0	34.5	48.5	26.4	9.6	7.3	22.9	111.6

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bob McAdoo	22	6	45.2	12.7	26.5	.478	6.3	7.8	.809	2.3	11.3	13.7	1.5	1.0	2.2	4.2	31.7
2	Ernie DiGregorio	23	6	40.0	6.2	14.3	.430	1.3	1.5	.889	0.5	2.2	2.7	8.7	0.2	0.0	2.3	13.7
3	Gar Heard	25	6	40.0	7.0	15.3	.457	2.8	4.0	.708	3.7	11.0	14.7	2.5	1.5	2.0	3.3	16.8
4	Randy Smith	25	6	37.8	6.0	15.0	.400	2.2	3.3	.650	0.8	3.5	4.3	4.5	1.7	0.2	3.5	14.2
5	Jim McMillian	25	6	37.3	6.3	15.3	.413	1.8	2.7	.688	4.0	4.8	8.8	2.0	0.7	0.2	2.3	14.5
6	Jack Marin	29	6	20.2	3.7	7.8	.468	1.2	1.5	.778	0.8	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.3	0.0	2.8	8.5
7	Matt Guokas	29	6	14.2	1.3	2.5	.533	0.5	0.7	.750	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.2	0.0	0.2	1.3	3.2
8	Lee Winfield	26	1	12.0	0.0	2.0	.000	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
9	Ken Charles	22	2	5.0	1.5	2.0	.750	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0
10	Bob Kauffman	27	2	5.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0
	Team Totals			48.0	43.8	98.3	.446	16.3	22.2	.737			49.7	23.3	0.0		20.7	104.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jim McMillian	25	82		3322	600	1214	.494				600	1214	.494	.494	325	379	.858	216	394	610	256	129	26		186	1525
2	Bob McAdoo	22	74		3185	901	1647	.547				901	1647	.547	.547	459	579	.793	281	836	1117	170	88	246		252	2261
3	Ernie DiGregorio	23	81		2910	530	1260	.421				530	1260	.421	.421	174	193	.902	48	171	219	663	59	9		242	1234
4	Gar Heard	25	81		2889	524	1205	.435				524	1205	.435	.435	191	294	.650	270	677	947	180	136	230		300	1239
5	Randy Smith	25	82		2745	531	1079	.492				531	1079	.492	.492	205	288	.712	87	228	315	383	203	4		261	1267
6	Bob Kauffman	27	74		1304	171	366	.467				171	366	.467	.467	107	150	.713	97	229	326	142	37	18		155	449
7	Ken Charles	22	59		693	88	185	.476				88	185	.476	.476	53	79	.671	25	40	65	54	31	10		91	229
8	Jack Marin	29	27		680	145	266	.545				145	266	.545	.545	71	81	.877	30	92	122	46	23	18		93	361
9	Dave Wohl	24	41		606	60	150	.400				60	150	.400	.400	42	60	.700	7	22	29	127	33	1		72	162
10	Matt Guokas	29	27		549	61	110	.555				61	110	.555	.555	10	20	.500	12	28	40	69	19	6		56	132
11	Lee Winfield	26	36		433	37	105	.352				37	105	.352	.352	33	52	.635	19	24	43	47	15	5		42	107
12	Kevin Kunnert	22	39		340	49	101	.485				49	101	.485	.485	11	16	.688	43	63	106	25	5	25		83	109
13	Mike Macaluso	22	30		112	19	44	.432				19	44	.432	.432	10	17	.588	10	15	25	3	7	1		31	48
14	Paul Ruffner	25	20		51	11	27	.407				11	27	.407	.407	8	13	.615	4	7	11	0	1	1		10	30
15	Jim Garvin	23	6		11	1	4	.250				1	4	.250	.250	0	0		1	4	5	0	0	0		1	2
			82		19830	3728	7763	.480				3728	7763	.480	.480	1699	2221	.765	1150	2830	3980	2165	786	600	1828	1875	9155

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob McAdoo	22	6		271	76	159	.478				76	159	.478	.478	38	47	.809	14	68	82	9	6	13		25	190
2	Ernie DiGregorio	23	6		240	37	86	.430				37	86	.430	.430	8	9	.889	3	13	16	52	1	0		14	82
3	Gar Heard	25	6		240	42	92	.457				42	92	.457	.457	17	24	.708	22	66	88	15	9	12		20	101
4	Randy Smith	25	6		227	36	90	.400				36	90	.400	.400	13	20	.650	5	21	26	27	10	1		21	85
5	Jim McMillian	25	6		224	38	92	.413				38	92	.413	.413	11	16	.688	24	29	53	12	4	1		14	87
6	Jack Marin	29	6		121	22	47	.468				22	47	.468	.468	7	9	.778	5	14	19	8	2	0		17	51
7	Matt Guokas	29	6		85	8	15	.533				8	15	.533	.533	3	4	.750	3	5	8	13	0	1		8	19
8	Lee Winfield	26	1		12	0	2	.000				0	2	.000	.000	1	2	.500	0	3	3	2	1	0		0	1
9	Ken Charles	22	2		10	3	4	.750				3	4	.750	.750	0	0		2	0	2	0	0	0		2	6
10	Bob Kauffman	27	2		10	1	3	.333				1	3	.333	.333	0	2	.000	1	0	1	2	0	0		3	2

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Jim McMillian	25	82	3322	15.6	.552		.312	6.6	11.5	9.1	10.1	1.7	0.4				6.9	1.9	8.9	.128		1.6	-0.7	0.8	2.4
2	Bob McAdoo	22	74	3185	24.7	.594		.352	9.0	25.4	17.4	8.1	1.2	3.8				10.9	4.4	15.3	.231		4.6	0.3	5.0	5.6
3	Ernie DiGregorio	23	81	2910	13.6	.459		.153	1.7	5.7	3.7	30.1	0.9	0.2				0.9	0.4	1.2	.021		-0.9	-2.9	-3.8	-1.3
4	Gar Heard	25	81	2889	16.0	.464		.244	9.5	22.7	16.3	8.2	2.0	3.9				0.7	4.3	5.0	.084		-0.6	0.8	0.2	1.6
5	Randy Smith	25	82	2745	15.9	.525		.267	3.2	8.0	5.7	18.7	3.2	0.1				3.4	2.3	5.7	.100		-0.4	0.7	0.4	1.6
6	Bob Kauffman	27	74	1304	13.1	.520		.410	7.6	17.0	12.4	13.5	1.2	0.7				1.1	1.0	2.0	.075		-0.7	-0.3	-0.9	0.3
7	Ken Charles	22	59	693	10.2	.521		.427	3.7	5.6	4.7	9.6	1.9	0.7				0.3	0.3	0.6	.045		-2.5	0.0	-2.5	-0.1
8	Jack Marin	29	27	680	16.6	.598		.305	4.5	13.1	8.9	9.3	1.5	1.3				1.6	0.5	2.1	.146		0.8	-0.1	0.7	0.5
9	Dave Wohl	24	41	606	10.8	.459		.400	1.2	3.5	2.4	24.9	2.3	0.1				-0.2	0.3	0.1	.008		-2.9	-0.7	-3.6	-0.2
10	Matt Guokas	29	27	549	9.5	.556		.182	2.2	4.9	3.6	15.2	1.5	0.5				0.5	0.2	0.6	.054		-1.7	0.0	-1.6	0.0
11	Lee Winfield	26	36	433	8.1	.418		.495	4.5	5.4	4.9	12.7	1.5	0.6				-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.011		-3.1	-0.8	-3.8	-0.2
12	Kevin Kunnert	22	39	340	12.1	.504		.158	12.9	17.9	15.5	9.2	0.6	3.6				0.1	0.3	0.4	.057		-3.6	0.3	-3.3	-0.1
13	Mike Macaluso	22	30	112	10.2	.466		.386	9.1	13.0	11.1	3.5	2.7	0.4				-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.001		-5.2	-0.3	-5.5	-0.1
14	Paul Ruffner	25	20	51	11.7	.458		.481	8.0	13.3	10.7	0.0	0.8	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.012		-4.7	-1.0	-5.7	-0.1
15	Jim Garvin	23	6	11	3.9	.250		.000	9.3	35.2	22.6	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.134		-4.7	-0.3	-5.0	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Bob McAdoo	22	6	271	21.1	.529		.296	4.9	23.4	14.3	5.2	1.0	2.3				0.5	0.4	1.0	.174		3.3	0.7	4.0	0.4
2	Ernie DiGregorio	23	6	240	12.1	.456		.105	1.2	5.0	3.1	28.5	0.2	0.0				0.1	0.1	0.2	.038		0.1	-1.9	-1.8	0.0
3	Gar Heard	25	6	240	17.1	.492		.261	8.7	25.6	17.3	8.5	1.6	2.3				0.2	0.5	0.7	.136		1.8	1.6	3.4	0.3
4	Randy Smith	25	6	227	11.2	.430		.222	2.1	8.6	5.4	15.8	1.9	0.2				-0.1	0.2	0.1	.026		-2.1	0.7	-1.4	0.0
5	Jim McMillian	25	6	224	12.1	.439		.174	10.2	12.1	11.2	7.2	0.8	0.2				0.1	0.2	0.3	.063		0.5	-0.9	-0.4	0.1
6	Jack Marin	29	6	121	11.4	.500		.191	3.9	10.8	7.4	9.0	0.7	0.0				0.1	0.1	0.2	.066		-1.1	-0.3	-1.4	0.0
7	Matt Guokas	29	6	85	9.9	.567		.267	3.4	5.5	4.4	18.7	0.0	0.6				0.1	0.0	0.1	.081		-0.5	-0.1	-0.6	0.0
8	Lee Winfield	26	1	12	7.8	.174		1.000	0.0	23.3	11.8	18.3	3.6	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.068		-4.0	3.4	-0.6	0.0
9	Ken Charles	22	2	10	20.1	.750		.000	19.1	0.0	9.4	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	.181		5.2	-0.2	5.0	0.0
10	Bob Kauffman	27	2	10	2.5	.258		.667	9.5	0.0	4.7	24.6	0.0	0.0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.274		-8.4	-1.7	-10.1	0.0

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