1974-75 Buffalo Braves Roster and Stats

Record: 49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jack Ramsay (49-33)

PTS/G: 107.8 (2nd of 18) Opp PTS/G: 105.6 (15th of 18)

SRS: 2.16 (5th of 18) Pace: 107.7 (2nd of 18)

Off Rtg: 99.8 (4th of 18) Def Rtg: 97.8 (9th of 18) Net Rtg: +2.0 (5th of 18)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (5th of 18)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

NBA 1975 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)

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	Birth	Exp	College
14	Ken Charles	SG	6-3	180	July 10, 1951	tt TT	1	Fordham
15	Ernie DiGregorio	PG	6-0	180	January 15, 1951	us US	1	Providence
34	Bernie Harris	PF	6-10	200	November 26, 1950	us US	R	VCU
24	Gar Heard	PF	6-6	219	May 3, 1948	us US	4	Oklahoma
42	Jack Marin	SF	6-7	200	October 12, 1944	us US	8	Duke
11	Bob McAdoo	C	6-9	210	September 25, 1951	us US	2	Vincennes University, UNC
5	Jim McMillian	SF	6-5	215	March 11, 1948	us US	4	Columbia University
22	Paul Ruffner	C	6-10	225	October 15, 1948	us US	3	Cerritos College, BYU
54	Dale Schlueter	C	6-10	225	November 12, 1945	us US	6	Colorado State
9	Randy Smith	SG	6-3	180	December 12, 1948	us US	3	Buffalo State
12	Jim Washington	PF	6-6	210	July 1, 1943	us US	9	Villanova
8	Bob Weiss	PG	6-2	180	May 7, 1942	us US	9	Penn State
3	Lee Winfield	PG	6-2	174	February 4, 1947	us US	5	University of North Texas

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	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bob McAdoo	23	C	82	43.2	13.4	26.1	.512	7.8	9.7	.805	3.7	10.3	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1	3.4	34.5	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
2	Randy Smith	26	SG	82	36.6	7.4	15.4	.484	2.9	3.6	.800	1.2	3.0	4.2	6.5	1.7	0.0	3.0	17.8
3	Jim McMillian	26	SF	62	34.4	5.6	11.2	.499	3.1	3.7	.840	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.1	14.3
4	Gar Heard	26	PF	67	32.1	4.7	12.2	.388	1.6	2.8	.564	2.8	7.2	9.9	2.8	1.6	1.8	3.6	11.1
5	Jack Marin	30	SF	81	26.5	4.7	10.3	.455	2.4	2.7	.869	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.2	2.9	11.8
6	Ernie DiGregorio	24	PG	31	23.0	3.3	7.5	.440	1.1	1.5	.778	0.2	1.3	1.5	4.9	0.6	0.0	2.0	7.8
7	Ken Charles	23	SG	79	21.4	3.0	6.5	.466	1.5	1.8	.822	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	2.1	7.6
8	Lee Winfield	27	PG	68	18.5	2.4	4.6	.526	0.7	1.0	.721	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.6	5.5
9	Bob Weiss	32	PG	76	17.6	1.3	3.4	.391	0.7	0.9	.806	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.9	3.4
10	Jim Washington	31	PF	42	16.0	1.8	3.9	.475	0.5	0.9	.553	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.9	4.2
11	Dale Schlueter	29	C	76	12.7	1.2	2.3	.517	1.1	1.6	.694	1.0	2.4	3.5	1.4	0.2	0.6	2.1	3.5
12	Paul Ruffner	26	C	22	4.7	1.0	2.1	.468	0.0	0.2	.200	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.0	2.0
13	Bernie Harris	24	PF	11	2.3	0.2	1.0	.182	0.1	0.2	.500	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5
	Team Totals			82	25.3	4.6	9.6	.476	2.2	2.9	.780	1.4	3.5	4.9	2.6	0.9	0.6	2.4	11.3

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Bob McAdoo	23	C	7	46.7	14.9	30.9	.481	7.7	10.4	.740	3.6	9.9	13.4	1.4	0.9	2.7	4.1	37.4
2	Randy Smith	26	SG	7	40.9	7.1	15.0	.476	3.7	4.3	.867	1.1	3.1	4.3	7.0	2.6	0.1	3.3	18.0
3	Gar Heard	26	PF	7	35.7	5.4	13.7	.396	0.9	2.0	.429	3.4	7.4	10.9	2.6	1.3	1.1	4.0	11.7
4	Jim McMillian	26	SF	7	34.3	5.6	12.3	.453	1.9	2.0	.929	1.4	3.4	4.9	2.0	1.6	0.3	1.7	13.0
5	Ken Charles	23	SG	7	29.7	3.1	7.9	.400	1.1	1.6	.727	0.4	1.4	1.9	2.6	0.9	0.7	3.9	7.4
6	Bob Weiss	32	PG	7	16.1	1.6	3.3	.478	1.1	1.7	.667	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.4	0.6	0.1	2.1	4.3
7	Jack Marin	30	SF	7	15.4	1.7	3.9	.444	1.9	2.1	.867	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.1	1.0	0.1	1.7	5.3
8	Lee Winfield	27	PG	6	10.8	1.2	2.7	.438	0.5	0.8	.600	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	1.7	2.8
9	Dale Schlueter	29	C	6	6.7	1.0	1.7	.600	0.2	0.5	.333	0.8	1.3	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	2.2
10	Jim Washington	31	PF	6	6.5	0.3	0.8	.400	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.7
11	Paul Ruffner	26	C	1	4.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals			14	24.7	4.3	9.4	.455	1.9	2.6	.746	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.2	0.9	0.6	2.5	10.5

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bob McAdoo	23	C	82	3539	11.1	21.7	.512	6.5	8.1	.805	3.1	8.6	11.7	1.8	0.9	1.8	2.8	28.8	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
2	Randy Smith	26	SG	82	3001	7.3	15.1	.484	2.8	3.5	.800	1.1	3.0	4.1	6.4	1.6	0.0	3.0	17.5
3	Gar Heard	26	PF	67	2148	5.3	13.7	.388	1.8	3.2	.564	3.1	8.1	11.2	3.2	1.8	2.0	4.1	12.4
4	Jack Marin	30	SF	81	2147	6.4	14.0	.455	3.2	3.7	.869	1.7	4.3	6.1	2.2	0.9	0.3	4.0	16.0
5	Jim McMillian	26	SF	62	2132	5.9	11.7	.499	3.3	3.9	.840	2.1	4.4	6.5	2.6	1.2	0.3	2.2	15.0
6	Ken Charles	23	SG	79	1690	5.1	11.0	.466	2.6	3.1	.822	1.4	2.0	3.5	3.6	1.9	0.4	3.5	12.8
7	Bob Weiss	32	PG	76	1338	2.7	7.0	.391	1.5	1.8	.806	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.0	2.2	0.5	3.9	6.9
8	Lee Winfield	27	PG	68	1259	4.7	8.9	.526	1.4	1.9	.721	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.8	1.2	0.9	3.0	10.8
9	Dale Schlueter	29	C	76	962	3.4	6.7	.517	3.1	4.5	.694	2.9	7.0	9.9	3.9	0.7	1.6	6.1	10.0
10	Ernie DiGregorio	24	PG	31	712	5.2	11.8	.440	1.8	2.3	.778	0.3	2.0	2.3	7.6	1.0	0.0	3.1	12.2
11	Jim Washington	31	PF	42	674	4.1	8.7	.475	1.1	2.0	.553	3.1	7.4	10.5	2.3	0.6	0.7	4.3	9.3
12	Paul Ruffner	26	C	22	103	7.7	16.4	.468	0.3	1.7	.200	4.2	3.5	7.7	2.4	1.0	1.0	7.7	15.7
13	Bernie Harris	24	PF	11	25	2.9	15.8	.182	1.4	2.9	.500	2.9	8.6	11.5	1.4	0.0	1.4	0.0	7.2

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Bob McAdoo	23	C	7	327	11.4	23.8	.481	5.9	8.0	.740	2.8	7.6	10.3	1.1	0.7	2.1	3.2	28.8
2	Randy Smith	26	SG	7	286	6.3	13.2	.476	3.3	3.8	.867	1.0	2.8	3.8	6.2	2.3	0.1	2.9	15.9
3	Gar Heard	26	PF	7	250	5.5	13.8	.396	0.9	2.0	.429	3.5	7.5	10.9	2.6	1.3	1.2	4.0	11.8
4	Jim McMillian	26	SF	7	240	5.9	12.9	.453	1.9	2.1	.929	1.5	3.6	5.1	2.1	1.6	0.3	1.8	13.6
5	Ken Charles	23	SG	7	208	3.8	9.5	.400	1.4	1.9	.727	0.5	1.7	2.3	3.1	1.0	0.9	4.7	9.0
6	Bob Weiss	32	PG	7	113	3.5	7.3	.478	2.5	3.8	.667	0.6	1.6	2.2	5.4	1.3	0.3	4.8	9.6
7	Jack Marin	30	SF	7	108	4.0	9.0	.444	4.3	5.0	.867	1.7	4.0	5.7	2.7	2.3	0.3	4.0	12.3
8	Lee Winfield	27	PG	6	65	3.9	8.9	.438	1.7	2.8	.600	2.8	1.7	4.4	5.0	1.1	0.6	5.5	9.4
9	Dale Schlueter	29	C	6	40	5.4	9.0	.600	0.9	2.7	.333	4.5	7.2	11.7	0.9	0.9	0.0	5.4	11.7
10	Jim Washington	31	PF	6	39	1.8	4.6	.400	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.7	6.5	2.8	0.0	0.0	4.6	3.7
11	Paul Ruffner	26	C	1	4	0.0	9.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	18.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0