1975-76 Buffalo Braves Schedule and Results

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Record: 46-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jack Ramsay (46-36)

Executive: Bob MacKinnon

PTS/G: 107.3 (2nd of 18) Opp PTS/G: 106.4 (15th of 18)

SRS: 0.85 (5th of 18) Pace: 108.2 (2nd of 18)

Off Rtg: 99.0 (5th of 18) Def Rtg: 98.2 (10th of 18) Net Rtg: +0.8 (5th of 18)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (5th of 18)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

NBA 1976 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 25, 1975	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		104	92	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Oct 28, 1975	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		124	108	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Oct 31, 1975	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		92	87	3	0	W 3
4	Sat, Nov 1, 1975	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		97	93	4	0	W 4
5	Tue, Nov 4, 1975	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		114	121	4	1	L 1
6	Wed, Nov 5, 1975	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		95	105	4	2	L 2	14,167
7	Sat, Nov 8, 1975	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		110	105	5	2	W 1
8	Tue, Nov 11, 1975	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		90	105	5	3	L 1
9	Wed, Nov 12, 1975	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		93	80	6	3	W 1
10	Fri, Nov 14, 1975	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	98	7	3	W 2
11	Sat, Nov 15, 1975	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		110	112	7	4	L 1	12,102
12	Tue, Nov 18, 1975	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		120	106	8	4	W 1
13	Thu, Nov 20, 1975	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	OT	118	115	9	4	W 2
14	Fri, Nov 21, 1975	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		94	104	9	5	L 1
15	Sat, Nov 22, 1975	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		104	109	9	6	L 2
16	Wed, Nov 26, 1975	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		106	107	9	7	L 3
17	Fri, Nov 28, 1975	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	126	9	8	L 4
18	Sat, Nov 29, 1975	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		115	130	9	9	L 5
19	Tue, Dec 2, 1975	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L		96	108	9	10	L 6
20	Fri, Dec 5, 1975	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		125	88	10	10	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 6, 1975	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		98	108	10	11	L 1
22	Tue, Dec 9, 1975	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		126	107	11	11	W 1
23	Thu, Dec 11, 1975	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		99	122	11	12	L 1
24	Fri, Dec 12, 1975	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	110	12	12	W 1
25	Sat, Dec 13, 1975	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		103	101	13	12	W 2
26	Tue, Dec 16, 1975	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		94	100	13	13	L 1
27	Wed, Dec 17, 1975	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		88	85	14	13	W 1
28	Fri, Dec 19, 1975	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		104	88	15	13	W 2
29	Sat, Dec 20, 1975	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		117	110	16	13	W 3
30	Tue, Dec 23, 1975	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		101	92	17	13	W 4	12,353
31	Fri, Dec 26, 1975	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		95	96	17	14	L 1
32	Sat, Dec 27, 1975	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		130	105	18	14	W 1
33	Sun, Dec 28, 1975	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		88	111	18	15	L 1
34	Tue, Dec 30, 1975	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		118	106	19	15	W 1
35	Fri, Jan 2, 1976	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		106	105	20	15	W 2
36	Sat, Jan 3, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		106	107	20	16	L 1
37	Tue, Jan 6, 1976	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	113	21	16	W 1
38	Fri, Jan 9, 1976	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		100	107	21	17	L 1
39	Sun, Jan 11, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		125	104	22	17	W 1
40	Tue, Jan 13, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		101	127	22	18	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 15, 1976	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		126	119	23	18	W 1
42	Fri, Jan 16, 1976	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		110	104	24	18	W 2
43	Sat, Jan 17, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		110	101	25	18	W 3
44	Tue, Jan 20, 1976	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		112	103	26	18	W 4
45	Wed, Jan 21, 1976	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		102	94	27	18	W 5
46	Fri, Jan 23, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		119	104	28	18	W 6
47	Sun, Jan 25, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		107	135	28	19	L 1	15,320
48	Tue, Jan 27, 1976	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		129	105	29	19	W 1
49	Wed, Jan 28, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		126	112	30	19	W 2
50	Sat, Jan 31, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		100	109	30	20	L 1	19,226
51	Fri, Feb 6, 1976	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		109	104	31	20	W 1
52	Sun, Feb 8, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		97	100	31	21	L 1
53	Tue, Feb 10, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		115	105	32	21	W 1
54	Fri, Feb 13, 1976	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		101	96	33	21	W 2
55	Sat, Feb 14, 1976	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		111	114	33	22	L 1
56	Sun, Feb 15, 1976	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		104	112	33	23	L 2
57	Tue, Feb 17, 1976	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	113	34	23	W 1
58	Sat, Feb 21, 1976	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		112	114	34	24	L 1
59	Tue, Feb 24, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		109	103	35	24	W 1
60	Wed, Feb 25, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		94	126	35	25	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 27, 1976	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		107	113	35	26	L 2
62	Tue, Mar 2, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		93	100	35	27	L 3
63	Sat, Mar 6, 1976	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		105	99	36	27	W 1
64	Wed, Mar 10, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		120	105	37	27	W 2
65	Fri, Mar 12, 1976	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		100	113	37	28	L 1
66	Sun, Mar 14, 1976	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		109	137	37	29	L 2
67	Tue, Mar 16, 1976	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		112	95	38	29	W 1
68	Wed, Mar 17, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		111	122	38	30	L 1
69	Thu, Mar 18, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		109	110	38	31	L 2
70	Sat, Mar 20, 1976	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		115	101	39	31	W 1
71	Sun, Mar 21, 1976	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		112	118	39	32	L 1
72	Tue, Mar 23, 1976	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		122	109	40	32	W 1
73	Thu, Mar 25, 1976	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	94	41	32	W 2
74	Fri, Mar 26, 1976	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		92	123	41	33	L 1
75	Sun, Mar 28, 1976	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		90	113	41	34	L 2
76	Tue, Mar 30, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		93	83	42	34	W 1	13,175
77	Wed, Mar 31, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		103	107	42	35	L 1
78	Fri, Apr 2, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		101	93	43	35	W 1
79	Sun, Apr 4, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		117	114	44	35	W 2	13,950
80	Tue, Apr 6, 1976	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		102	106	44	36	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Thu, Apr 8, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		105	98	45	36	W 1
82	Sun, Apr 11, 1976	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		99	98	46	36	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Apr 15, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		95	89	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Apr 16, 1976	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	131	1	1	L 1
3	Sun, Apr 18, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	124	123	2	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Wed, Apr 21, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	107	2	2	L 1	13,919
5	Fri, Apr 23, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		96	101	2	3	L 2	15,320
6	Sun, Apr 25, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		98	93	3	3	W 1	12,079
7	Wed, Apr 28, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		124	122	4	3	W 2	16,193
8	Fri, Apr 30, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		88	99	4	4	L 1	15,320
9	Sun, May 2, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		100	104	4	5	L 2	16,261

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