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1977-78 Buffalo Braves Roster and Stats

Previous Season

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

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
15	Bird Averitt	SG	6-1	170	July 22, 1952	us	4	Pepperdine
8	Marvin Barnes	PF	6-8	210	July 27, 1952	us	3	Providence
7	Gary Brokaw	SG	6-4	178	January 11, 1954	us	3	Notre Dame
22	Gus Gerard	SF	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	us	3	Virginia
14	Mike Glenn	SG	6-2	175	September 10, 1955	us	R	Southern Illinois
10	Larry Johnson	SG	6-3	205	November 28, 1954	us	R	Kentucky
24	Wil Jones	PF	6-8	205	February 27, 1947	us	8	Albany State University
25	Billy Knight	SF	6-6	195	June 9, 1952	us	3	Pitt
45	Scott Lloyd	C	6-10	230	December 19, 1952	us	1	Arizona State
12	Ted McClain	PG	6-1	180	August 30, 1946	us	6	Tennessee State
44	Jim McDaniels	C	6-11	228	April 2, 1948	us	4	Western Kentucky
43	Larry McNeill	PF	6-9	195	January 31, 1951	us	4	Marquette
31	Swen Nater	C	6-11	240	January 14, 1950	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	2	Notre Dame
9	Randy Smith	SG	6-3	180	December 12, 1948	us	6	Buffalo State
11	Chuck Williams	PG	6-2	175	June 6, 1946	us	7	Colorado
32	Bill Willoughby	SF	6-8	205	May 20, 1957	us	2

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

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game 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	Billy Knight	25	53		40.7	8.6	17.5	.494				8.6	17.5	.494	.494	5.7	7.0	.809	2.4	4.8	7.2	3.0	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.6	22.9
2	Randy Smith	29	82		40.4	9.6	20.7	.465				9.6	20.7	.465	.465	5.4	6.8	.800	1.3	2.4	3.8	5.6	2.1	0.1	3.5	2.7	24.6
3	Swen Nater	28	78		35.6	6.4	12.7	.504				6.4	12.7	.504	.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	18		32.8	4.2	8.4	.497				4.2	8.4	.497	.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	48		28.7	4.7	11.3	.416				4.7	11.3	.416	.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	73		27.4	2.8	6.0	.477				2.8	6.0	.477	.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	37		23.6	4.2	9.1	.462				4.2	9.1	.462	.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	79		21.7	2.9	6.5	.440				2.9	6.5	.440	.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	34		19.9	3.8	8.7	.436				3.8	8.7	.436	.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	56		19.3	2.8	6.5	.430				2.8	6.5	.430	.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	41		17.7	2.0	4.5	.440				2.0	4.5	.440	.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	56		16.9	3.5	6.6	.527				3.5	6.6	.527	.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	42		16.5	2.4	5.6	.427				2.4	5.6	.427	.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	56		10.1	1.2	2.9	.425				1.2	2.9	.425	.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	13		10.0	1.4	3.3	.419				1.4	3.3	.419	.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	4		9.5	0.8	3.3	.231				0.8	3.3	.231	.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	10		8.5	1.6	4.0	.400				1.6	4.0	.400	.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	8		7.9	1.1	2.6	.429				1.1	2.6	.429	.429	0.4	0.8	.500	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.1	2.6

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	Randy Smith	29	82		3314	789	1697	.465				789	1697	.465	.465	443	554	.800	110	200	310	458	172	11	286	224	2021
2	Swen Nater	28	78		2778	501	994	.504				501	994	.504	.504	208	272	.765	278	751	1029	216	40	47	225	274	1210
3	Billy Knight	25	53		2155	457	926	.494				457	926	.494	.494	301	372	.809	126	257	383	161	82	13	167	137	1215
4	Chuck Williams	31	73		2002	208	436	.477				208	436	.477	.477	114	138	.826	29	108	137	317	48	4	156	137	530
5	Wil Jones	30	79		1711	226	514	.440				226	514	.440	.440	84	119	.706	106	228	334	116	70	43	137	255	536
6	Marvin Barnes	25	48		1377	226	543	.416				226	543	.416	.416	114	153	.745	107	241	348	117	57	72	107	198	566
7	Bill Willoughby	20	56		1079	156	363	.430				156	363	.430	.430	64	80	.800	76	143	219	38	24	47	56	131	376
8	Mike Glenn	22	56		947	195	370	.527				195	370	.527	.527	51	65	.785	14	65	79	78	35	5	50	98	441
9	Larry McNeill	27	37		873	156	338	.462				156	338	.462	.462	130	156	.833	78	110	188	45	18	10	60	100	442
10	Ted McClain	31	41		727	81	184	.440				81	184	.440	.440	50	63	.794	11	64	75	123	42	2	68	88	212
11	Jim McDaniels	29	42		694	100	234	.427				100	234	.427	.427	36	42	.857	46	135	181	44	4	37	50	112	236
12	Bird Averitt	25	34		676	129	296	.436				129	296	.436	.436	64	96	.667	10	40	50	128	22	8	88	86	322
13	John Shumate	25	18		590	75	151	.497				75	151	.497	.497	74	99	.747	32	96	128	58	14	9	46	58	224
14	Scott Lloyd	25	56		566	68	160	.425				68	160	.425	.425	43	58	.741	45	74	119	35	11	9	36	83	179
15	Gary Brokaw	24	13		130	18	43	.419				18	43	.419	.419	18	24	.750	3	9	12	20	3	5	12	11	54
16	Gus Gerard	24	10		85	16	40	.400				16	40	.400	.400	11	15	.733	6	8	14	9	2	3	7	13	43
17	Eddie Owens	24	8		63	9	21	.429				9	21	.429	.429	3	6	.500	5	5	10	5	1	0	3	9	21
18	Larry Johnson	23	4		38	3	13	.231				3	13	.231	.231	0	2	.000	1	4	5	7	5	2	3	3	6
			82		19805	3413	7323	.466				3413	7323	.466	.466	1808	2314	.781	1083	2538	3621	1975	650	327	1575	2017	8634

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	Randy Smith	29	82	3314	19.1	.521		.326	3.6	6.4	5.0	22.2	2.4	0.2	12.8	26.8		6.1	1.7	7.9	.114		2.2	-0.7	1.5	2.9
2	Swen Nater	28	78	2778	16.9	.543		.274	10.8	28.8	19.9	11.4	0.7	0.9	16.8	19.2		4.0	2.8	6.8	.117		1.1	-0.8	0.3	1.6
3	Billy Knight	25	53	2155	18.7	.558		.402	6.3	12.7	9.5	11.5	1.8	0.3	13.3	23.3		4.7	1.3	6.0	.133		2.5	-0.9	1.6	2.0
4	Chuck Williams	31	73	2002	9.5	.533		.317	1.6	5.8	3.7	20.9	1.1	0.1	23.9	13.0		1.0	0.3	1.3	.031		-1.6	-1.3	-3.0	-0.5
5	Wil Jones	30	79	1711	9.4	.473		.232	6.7	14.2	10.5	9.3	1.9	1.3	19.5	16.4		-0.6	1.4	0.9	.024		-2.9	0.3	-2.6	-0.3
6	Marvin Barnes	25	48	1377	14.1	.464		.282	8.4	18.7	13.6	12.2	1.9	2.7	14.9	20.8		0.3	1.6	1.8	.064		-1.4	0.8	-0.5	0.5
7	Bill Willoughby	20	56	1079	10.9	.472		.220	7.6	14.1	10.9	4.9	1.0	2.3	12.3	16.8		0.4	0.7	1.2	.051		-1.9	-0.6	-2.5	-0.1
8	Mike Glenn	22	56	947	14.3	.553		.176	1.6	7.3	4.5	12.6	1.7	0.3	11.1	18.9		1.5	0.4	1.9	.096		-0.4	-0.3	-0.6	0.3
9	Larry McNeill	27	37	873	16.0	.543		.462	9.6	13.4	11.5	7.5	0.9	0.6	12.9	21.4		1.8	0.4	2.2	.123		0.8	-1.6	-0.8	0.3
10	Ted McClain	31	41	727	10.5	.501		.342	1.6	9.4	5.5	22.6	2.7	0.1	24.3	15.4		0.0	0.5	0.5	.035		-2.9	0.5	-2.4	-0.1
11	Jim McDaniels	29	42	694	10.2	.467		.179	7.2	20.7	14.0	8.8	0.3	2.8	16.5	17.4		-0.1	0.6	0.5	.035		-3.1	-0.1	-3.3	-0.2
12	Bird Averitt	25	34	676	11.5	.476		.324	1.6	6.3	4.0	28.2	1.5	0.6	20.6	25.2		-0.4	0.2	-0.2	-0.013		-1.8	-2.1	-3.9	-0.3
13	John Shumate	25	18	590	14.2	.576		.656	5.9	17.3	11.6	13.4	1.1	0.8	19.1	16.3		0.9	0.4	1.3	.106		0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.3
14	Scott Lloyd	25	56	566	9.6	.482		.363	8.6	13.9	11.3	8.3	0.9	0.8	16.3	15.6		0.3	0.3	0.6	.047		-2.3	-0.9	-3.2	-0.2
15	Gary Brokaw	24	13	130	13.3	.504		.558	2.5	7.4	5.0	21.3	1.1	2.0	18.3	20.1		0.1	0.1	0.1	.053		-1.4	-0.2	-1.6	0.1
16	Gus Gerard	24	10	85	13.5	.461		.375	7.6	10.0	8.8	15.7	1.1	1.8	13.1	25.2		0.0	0.0	0.1	.046		-2.6	-0.4	-2.9	0.0
17	Eddie Owens	24	8	63	8.8	.444		.286	8.6	8.5	8.5	11.0	0.7	0.0	11.3	16.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	.027		-3.2	-0.6	-3.9	0.0
18	Larry Johnson	23	4	38	8.0	.216		.154	2.8	11.2	7.1	23.5	6.1	2.7	17.8	17.7		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.099		-3.9	1.0	-2.9	0.0

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