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1977-78 Buffalo Braves Roster and Stats

Record: 27-55, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (27-55)

Executive: Norm Sonju

PTS/G: 105.3 (17th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.0 (11th of 22)

SRS: -3.55 (20th of 22) Pace: 104.3 (17th of 22)

Off Rtg: 100.3 (14th of 22) Def Rtg: 103.8 (21st of 22) Net Rtg: -3.6 (20th of 22)

Expected W-L: 31-51 (20th 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
15	Bird Averitt	SG	6-1	170	July 22, 1952	us US	4	Pepperdine
8	Marvin Barnes	PF	6-8	210	July 27, 1952	us US	3	Providence
7	Gary Brokaw	SG	6-4	178	January 11, 1954	us US	3	Notre Dame
22	Gus Gerard	SF	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	us US	3	Virginia
14	Mike Glenn	SG	6-2	175	September 10, 1955	us US	R	Southern Illinois
10	Larry Johnson	SG	6-3	205	November 28, 1954	us US	R	Kentucky
24	Wil Jones	PF	6-8	205	February 27, 1947	us US	8	Albany State University
25	Billy Knight	SF	6-6	195	June 9, 1952	us US	3	Pitt
45	Scott Lloyd	C	6-10	230	December 19, 1952	us US	1	Arizona State
12	Ted McClain	PG	6-1	180	August 30, 1946	us US	6	Tennessee State
44	Jim McDaniels	C	6-11	228	April 2, 1948	us US	4	Western Kentucky
43	Larry McNeill	PF	6-9	195	January 31, 1951	us US	4	Marquette
31	Swen Nater	C	6-11	240	January 14, 1950	nl NL	4	Cypress College, UCLA
40	Eddie Owens	SF	6-7	210	December 26, 1953		R	UNLV
34	John Shumate	PF	6-9	235	April 6, 1952	us US	2	Notre Dame
9	Randy Smith	SG	6-3	180	December 12, 1948	us US	6	Buffalo State
11	Chuck Williams	PG	6-2	175	June 6, 1946	us US	7	Colorado
32	Bill Willoughby	SF	6-8	205	May 20, 1957	us US	2

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	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Billy Knight	25	SF	53		40.7	8.6	17.5	.494	5.7	7.0	.809	2.4	4.8	7.2	3.0	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.6	22.9	AS
2	Randy Smith	29	SG	82	82	40.4	9.6	20.7	.465	5.4	6.8	.800	1.3	2.4	3.8	5.6	2.1	0.1	3.5	2.7	24.6	AS
3	Swen Nater	28	C	78		35.6	6.4	12.7	.504	2.7	3.5	.765	3.6	9.6	13.2	2.8	0.5	0.6	2.9	3.5	15.5
4	John Shumate	25	PF	18		32.8	4.2	8.4	.497	4.1	5.5	.747	1.8	5.3	7.1	3.2	0.8	0.5	2.6	3.2	12.4
5	Marvin Barnes	25	PF	48		28.7	4.7	11.3	.416	2.4	3.2	.745	2.2	5.0	7.3	2.4	1.2	1.5	2.2	4.1	11.8
6	Chuck Williams	31	PG	73		27.4	2.8	6.0	.477	1.6	1.9	.826	0.4	1.5	1.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	2.1	1.9	7.3
7	Larry McNeill	27	PF	37		23.6	4.2	9.1	.462	3.5	4.2	.833	2.1	3.0	5.1	1.2	0.5	0.3	1.6	2.7	11.9
8	Wil Jones	30	PF	79		21.7	2.9	6.5	.440	1.1	1.5	.706	1.3	2.9	4.2	1.5	0.9	0.5	1.7	3.2	6.8
9	Bird Averitt	25	SG	34		19.9	3.8	8.7	.436	1.9	2.8	.667	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.8	0.6	0.2	2.6	2.5	9.5
10	Bill Willoughby	20	SF	56		19.3	2.8	6.5	.430	1.1	1.4	.800	1.4	2.6	3.9	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.3	6.7
11	Ted McClain	31	PG	41		17.7	2.0	4.5	.440	1.2	1.5	.794	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.7	2.1	5.2
12	Mike Glenn	22	SG	56		16.9	3.5	6.6	.527	0.9	1.2	.785	0.3	1.2	1.4	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.8	7.9
13	Jim McDaniels	29	C	42		16.5	2.4	5.6	.427	0.9	1.0	.857	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.0	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.7	5.6
14	Scott Lloyd	25	C	56		10.1	1.2	2.9	.425	0.8	1.0	.741	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.5	3.2
15	Gary Brokaw	24	SG	13		10.0	1.4	3.3	.419	1.4	1.8	.750	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.4	0.9	0.8	4.2
16	Larry Johnson	23	SG	4		9.5	0.8	3.3	.231	0.0	0.5	.000	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.5
17	Gus Gerard	24	SF	10		8.5	1.6	4.0	.400	1.1	1.5	.733	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3
18	Eddie Owens	24	SF	8		7.9	1.1	2.6	.429	0.4	0.8	.500	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.1	2.6
	Team Totals			82	82	241.5	41.6	89.3	.466	22.0	28.2	.781	13.2	31.0	44.2	24.1	7.9	4.0	19.2	24.6	105.3

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Randy Smith	29	SG	82	82	3314	8.6	18.4	.465	4.8	6.0	.800	1.2	2.2	3.4	5.0	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.4	22.0	AS
2	Swen Nater	28	C	78		2778	6.5	12.9	.504	2.7	3.5	.765	3.6	9.7	13.3	2.8	0.5	0.6	2.9	3.6	15.7
3	Billy Knight	25	SF	53		2155	7.6	15.5	.494	5.0	6.2	.809	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.7	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.3	20.3	AS
4	Chuck Williams	31	PG	73		2002	3.7	7.8	.477	2.0	2.5	.826	0.5	1.9	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.8	2.5	9.5
5	Wil Jones	30	PF	79		1711	4.8	10.8	.440	1.8	2.5	.706	2.2	4.8	7.0	2.4	1.5	0.9	2.9	5.4	11.3
6	Marvin Barnes	25	PF	48		1377	5.9	14.2	.416	3.0	4.0	.745	2.8	6.3	9.1	3.1	1.5	1.9	2.8	5.2	14.8
7	Bill Willoughby	20	SF	56		1079	5.2	12.1	.430	2.1	2.7	.800	2.5	4.8	7.3	1.3	0.8	1.6	1.9	4.4	12.5
8	Mike Glenn	22	SG	56		947	7.4	14.1	.527	1.9	2.5	.785	0.5	2.5	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.2	1.9	3.7	16.8
9	Larry McNeill	27	PF	37		873	6.4	13.9	.462	5.4	6.4	.833	3.2	4.5	7.8	1.9	0.7	0.4	2.5	4.1	18.2
10	Ted McClain	31	PG	41		727	4.0	9.1	.440	2.5	3.1	.794	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.1	2.1	0.1	3.4	4.4	10.5
11	Jim McDaniels	29	C	42		694	5.2	12.1	.427	1.9	2.2	.857	2.4	7.0	9.4	2.3	0.2	1.9	2.6	5.8	12.2
12	Bird Averitt	25	SG	34		676	6.9	15.8	.436	3.4	5.1	.667	0.5	2.1	2.7	6.8	1.2	0.4	4.7	4.6	17.1
13	John Shumate	25	PF	18		590	4.6	9.2	.497	4.5	6.0	.747	2.0	5.9	7.8	3.5	0.9	0.5	2.8	3.5	13.7
14	Scott Lloyd	25	C	56		566	4.3	10.2	.425	2.7	3.7	.741	2.9	4.7	7.6	2.2	0.7	0.6	2.3	5.3	11.4
15	Gary Brokaw	24	SG	13		130	5.0	11.9	.419	5.0	6.6	.750	0.8	2.5	3.3	5.5	0.8	1.4	3.3	3.0	15.0
16	Gus Gerard	24	SF	10		85	6.8	16.9	.400	4.7	6.4	.733	2.5	3.4	5.9	3.8	0.8	1.3	3.0	5.5	18.2
17	Eddie Owens	24	SF	8		63	5.1	12.0	.429	1.7	3.4	.500	2.9	2.9	5.7	2.9	0.6	0.0	1.7	5.1	12.0
18	Larry Johnson	23	SG	4		38	2.8	12.3	.231	0.0	1.9	.000	0.9	3.8	4.7	6.6	4.7	1.9	2.8	2.8	5.7