1976-77 Buffalo Braves Roster and Stats

Record: 30-52, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tates Locke (16-30), Bob MacKinnon (3-4), Joe Mullaney (11-18)

Executive: Bob MacKinnon, Norm Sonju

PTS/G: 105.0 (14th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.5 (19th of 22)

SRS: -4.28 (21st of 22) Pace: 107.3 (10th of 22)

Off Rtg: 97.6 (18th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.8 (19th of 22) Net Rtg: -4.1 (21st of 22)

Expected W-L: 29-53 (21st of 22)

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	Birth	Exp	College
35	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	C	6-9	235	April 7, 1946	us US	8	Iowa State
10	Don Adams	SF	6-6	210	November 27, 1947	us US	6	Northwestern
14	Bird Averitt	SG	6-1	170	July 22, 1952	us US	3	Pepperdine
44	Adrian Dantley	SF	6-5	208	February 28, 1955	us US	R	Notre Dame
15	Ernie DiGregorio	PG	6-0	180	January 15, 1951	us US	3	Providence
5	Fred Foster	SF	6-5	210	March 18, 1946	us US	7	Miami University
22	Gus Gerard	SF	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	us US	2	Virginia
40	John Gianelli	C	6-10	220	June 10, 1950	us US	4	University of the Pacific
52	George Johnson	C	6-11	205	December 18, 1948	us US	4	Dillard University
20	Moses Malone	C	6-10	215	March 23, 1955	us US	2
22	Clyde Mayes	PF	6-8	225	March 17, 1953	us US	1	Furman University
11	Bob McAdoo	C	6-9	210	September 25, 1951	us US	4	Vincennes University, UNC
52	Tom McMillen	C	6-11	215	May 26, 1952	us US	1	Maryland
21	Johnny Neumann	SG	6-6	200	September 11, 1951	us US	5	Ole Miss
25	Jim Price	PG	6-3	195	November 27, 1949	us US	4	Louisville
34	John Shumate	PF	6-9	235	April 6, 1952	us US	1	Notre Dame
9	Randy Smith	SG	6-3	180	December 12, 1948	us US	5	Buffalo State
12	Claude Terry	SG	6-4	195	January 12, 1950	us US	4	Stanford
11	Chuck Williams	PG	6-2	175	June 6, 1946	us US	6	Colorado

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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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	25	C	20	38.4	9.1	20.0	.455	5.5	7.9	.696	3.3	9.9	13.2	3.3	0.8	1.7	3.7	23.7	AS
2	Randy Smith	28	SG	82	37.7	8.6	18.3	.467	3.6	4.7	.762	1.6	3.9	5.6	5.4	2.1	0.1	3.2	20.7
3	Adrian Dantley	21	SF	77	36.6	7.1	13.6	.520	6.2	7.6	.818	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	2.8	20.3	ROY-1
4	John Shumate	24	PF	74	35.1	5.5	10.9	.502	4.1	6.1	.671	2.2	7.3	9.5	2.1	1.2	1.1	2.7	15.1
5	Ernie DiGregorio	26	PG	81	28.0	4.5	10.8	.417	1.7	1.8	.945	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.7	0.7	0.0	1.9	10.7
6	George Johnson	28	C	39	27.1	3.2	7.2	.448	1.2	1.7	.687	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.0	0.6	2.7	3.6	7.6
7	John Gianelli	26	C	57	22.5	3.0	7.0	.431	1.0	1.4	.714	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.1	7.0
8	Don Adams	29	SF	77	22.2	2.8	6.8	.411	1.7	2.2	.746	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.9	1.0	0.2	2.6	7.3
9	Jim Price	27	PG	20	16.7	2.2	5.2	.423	0.9	1.0	.850	0.3	1.5	1.7	1.9	1.3	0.3	2.6	5.3
10	Bird Averitt	24	SG	75	15.1	3.1	8.3	.378	1.6	2.3	.716	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.1	1.7	7.9
11	Gus Gerard	23	SF	41	14.4	2.4	6.0	.410	1.0	1.5	.656	1.2	1.6	2.9	1.0	0.6	0.8	2.2	5.9
12	Tom McMillen	24	C	20	13.5	2.3	4.6	.489	1.3	1.8	.722	1.5	2.2	3.6	0.8	0.1	0.1	1.5	5.8
13	Chuck Williams	30	PG	44	12.6	1.0	2.7	.368	0.9	1.1	.792	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.8	2.8
14	Johnny Neumann	25	SG	4	12.3	3.8	8.5	.441	1.3	1.5	.833	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.8	8.8
15	Fred Foster	30	SF	59	11.7	1.7	4.2	.401	0.5	0.7	.682	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.6	3.9
16	Claude Terry	27	SG	33	9.2	1.5	3.2	.471	0.5	0.7	.783	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	3.5
17	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	30	C	22	8.9	1.1	3.4	.338	1.5	2.0	.767	1.9	2.2	4.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	3.8
18	Clyde Mayes	23	PF	2	3.5	0.0	1.5	.000	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
19	Moses Malone	21	C	2	3.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	MVP-6
	Team Totals				48.1	41.0	91.2	.450	22.9	30.4	.754	14.8	32.0	46.8	23.0	8.3	4.8	22.5	105.0

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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	Randy Smith	28	SG	82	3094	8.2	17.5	.467	3.4	4.5	.762	1.6	3.8	5.3	5.1	2.0	0.1	3.1	19.8
2	Adrian Dantley	21	SF	77	2816	7.0	13.4	.520	6.1	7.4	.818	3.2	4.3	7.5	1.8	1.2	0.2	2.7	20.0	ROY-1
3	John Shumate	24	PF	74	2601	5.6	11.2	.502	4.2	6.2	.671	2.3	7.4	9.7	2.2	1.2	1.2	2.7	15.4
4	Ernie DiGregorio	26	PG	81	2267	5.8	13.9	.417	2.2	2.3	.945	0.8	2.1	2.9	6.0	0.9	0.0	2.4	13.8
5	Don Adams	29	SF	77	1710	4.5	11.1	.411	2.7	3.6	.746	2.7	5.1	7.8	3.2	1.6	0.3	4.2	11.8
6	John Gianelli	26	C	57	1283	4.8	11.1	.431	1.5	2.2	.714	2.6	5.7	8.3	1.6	0.6	2.0	3.3	11.1
7	Bird Averitt	24	SG	75	1136	7.4	19.6	.378	3.8	5.4	.716	0.6	1.8	2.5	4.2	1.0	0.2	4.0	18.7
8	George Johnson	28	C	39	1055	4.3	9.5	.448	1.6	2.3	.687	4.0	9.7	13.6	2.7	0.8	3.5	4.8	10.1
9	Bob McAdoo	25	C	20	767	8.5	18.8	.455	5.2	7.4	.696	3.1	9.3	12.4	3.1	0.8	1.6	3.5	22.2	AS
10	Fred Foster	30	SF	59	689	5.2	12.9	.401	1.6	2.3	.682	1.7	2.2	4.0	2.5	0.8	0.0	4.8	11.9
11	Gus Gerard	23	SF	41	592	6.1	14.8	.410	2.4	3.7	.656	3.1	4.0	7.1	2.6	1.4	1.9	5.5	14.6
12	Chuck Williams	30	PG	44	556	2.8	7.6	.368	2.5	3.1	.792	1.2	3.2	4.3	5.7	1.6	0.2	2.2	8.0
13	Jim Price	27	PG	20	333	4.8	11.2	.423	1.8	2.2	.850	0.5	3.1	3.7	4.1	2.7	0.5	5.6	11.4
14	Claude Terry	27	SG	33	304	5.8	12.3	.471	2.1	2.7	.783	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.9	1.3	0.0	3.2	13.7
15	Tom McMillen	24	C	20	270	6.0	12.3	.489	3.5	4.8	.722	3.9	5.7	9.6	2.1	0.1	0.3	3.9	15.5
16	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	30	C	22	195	4.6	13.7	.338	6.1	7.9	.767	7.6	9.0	16.6	1.3	0.6	1.7	3.9	15.3
17	Johnny Neumann	25	SG	4	49	11.0	25.0	.441	3.7	4.4	.833	3.7	2.9	6.6	2.9	2.2	1.5	5.1	25.7
18	Clyde Mayes	23	PF	2	7	0.0	15.4	.000	10.3	15.4	.667	0.0	15.4	15.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.3	10.3
19	Moses Malone	21	C	2	6	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	MVP-6