1977-78 Buffalo Braves Game Log (Advanced)

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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

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Regular Season

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Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1977-10-19		KCK	W	112	108				.524		.555	54.4	65.8			.463	11.4		.439	.446	10.6		.410
2	2	1977-10-22		NJN	W	101	96				.554		.549	53.1	73.5			.459	17.9		.446	.385	14.0		.286
3	3	1977-10-25	@	POR	L	85	107	83.2	104.8	102.1	.165		.435	42.7	67.6	9.8	4.4	.407	19.7	29.2	.121	.467	17.2	58.5	.256
4	4	1977-10-26	@	SEA	L	92	97	92.7	97.7	99.3	.506		.489	45.3	59.4	8.1	1.1	.416	16.8	20.5	.364	.414	13.7	66.0	.287
5	5	1977-10-28	@	GSW	L	97	104	90.3	96.9	107.4	.369		.497	44.1	59.5	8.4	9.6	.440	18.4	21.3	.274	.447	17.4	67.4	.213
6	6	1977-10-29	@	DEN	L	111	127	93.5	107.0	118.7	.505		.468	50.0	63.2	11.0	3.3	.392	13.8	29.0	.361	.560	18.0	84.2	.275
7	7	1977-11-02		DEN	W	104	100	99.2	95.4	104.8	.476		.512	51.7	66.7	7.6	4.6	.429	17.1	29.8	.381	.471	16.3	76.2	.207
8	8	1977-11-04	@	CHI	W	100	92	108.3	99.6	92.4	.405		.573	44.3	59.0	6.5	1.1	.527	17.9	25.7	.297	.437	15.2	59.1	.184
9	9	1977-11-05		SAS	L	101	111				.112		.541	56.6	63.0		2.4	.517	17.6		.101	.565	13.5		.176
10	10	1977-11-09		NYK	W	124	113				.536		.597	45.6	67.4			.548			.381	.500			.177
11	11	1977-11-11	@	BOS	L	103	109				.449		.551	42.5	55.6			.462	18.4		.397	.523	14.7		.193
12	12	1977-11-12		CHI	W	106	103	113.1	109.9	93.8	.561		.644	45.9	73.0	4.3	6.3	.561	18.8	20.8	.485	.456	15.0	62.2	.392
13	13	1977-11-15		IND	L	94	100				.195		.497	50.0	67.5		2.3	.460	16.7		.161	.483	17.3		.184
14	14	1977-11-16	@	HOU	W	101	97				.282		.528	38.5	57.5			.471	13.6		.247	.384	13.2		.212
15	15	1977-11-17	@	SAS	L	108	111				.247		.573	44.7	55.3		3.3	.553	15.3		.165	.489	16.4		.256
16	16	1977-11-19		BOS	W	102	98				.354		.558	53.2	71.1			.481	18.7		.329	.430	14.3		.194
17	17	1977-11-21		WSB	L	97	114				.211		.493	42.9	53.5			.478		15.9	.122	.486		64.8	.114
18	18	1977-11-22	@	NYK	W	102	101				.309		.463	54.1	57.9			.392			.268	.453			.158
19	19	1977-11-26		PHI	L	107	112				.393		.512	53.8	52.5			.449	16.7		.303	.530	15.5		.289
20	20	1977-11-30		ATL	W	105	93				.494		.546	58.9	63.2			.481			.367	.430			.221
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1977-12-03		SEA	L	95	102	101.0	108.4	94.1	.238		.512	42.9	53.8	10.6	7.0	.464	14.7	30.8	.202	.465	17.8	55.3	.256
22	22	1977-12-06		NOJ	W	113	90				.221		.495	54.7	58.7			.442	11.6		.202	.416	18.4		.180
23	23	1977-12-11	@	LAL	L	119	124				.224		.506	42.6	52.9			.477			.159	.458	14.7		.375
24	24	1977-12-13	@	POR	L	108	111	103.9	106.8	103.9	.284		.505	50.0	45.5	16.4	2.5	.463	13.7	36.0	.211	.538	20.2	68.4	.313
25	25	1977-12-14	@	PHO	L	103	113	93.5	102.6	110.2	.434		.521	48.8	54.1	6.4	1.0	.446	20.2	24.3	.349	.460	13.9	67.3	.210
26	26	1977-12-17	@	DET	W	126	122				.457		.558	47.2	50.0			.489			.362	.476			.210
27	27	1977-12-18	@	MIL	L	100	111				.152		.509	44.1	65.9		5.8	.478			.130	.495			.087
28	28	1977-12-20		HOU	W	110	104				.432		.571	48.6	68.3			.506	11.9		.346	.512	12.0		.214
29	29	1977-12-23	@	NJN	L	102	103				.256		.533	47.7	41.5			.477			.233	.516			.099
30	30	1977-12-25	@	CLE	L	105	111	101.5	107.2	103.5	.297		.510	57.1	51.2	9.7	4.6	.473	17.0	37.8	.209	.529	14.1	79.5	.218
31	31	1977-12-27		MIL	L	105	108				.487		.554	53.1	63.2		8.4	.487	16.7		.372	.482	13.2		.337
32	32	1977-12-28	@	WSB	L	87	106				.245		.418	46.4	46.9			.340			.245	.423			.173
33	33	1977-12-30		DET	L	87	103				.290		.415	39.3	44.1			.366			.204	.526			.303
34	34	1978-01-04		LAL	W	94	93	92.9	91.9	101.2	.205		.490	46.8	59.0	11.9	1.1	.443	13.5	20.9	.182	.422	17.3	68.6	.189
35	35	1978-01-07		PHO	L	97	107	92.4	102.0	104.9	.337		.459	46.1	66.7	5.7	8.7	.391	14.6	28.0	.272	.500	15.8	69.2	.163
36	36	1978-01-12		IND	W	111	92				.270		.557	56.0	70.2		10.0	.528	17.4		.191	.400	14.2		.222
37	37	1978-01-13	@	PHI	L	93	118				.109		.373	46.1	62.8			.361			.059	.529			.329
38	38	1978-01-14		WSB	W	130	93				.231		.567	49.5	63.6			.529			.192	.385			.253
39	39	1978-01-17		POR	L	94	96	93.9	95.9	100.1	.227		.486	47.1	60.0	9.0	2.4	.455	15.7	25.0	.159	.482	18.5	70.7	.165
40	40	1978-01-18	@	DET	L	100	113				.109		.519	47.8	57.8			.489			.109	.495			.253
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1978-01-22	@	IND	L	90	99				.390		.499	43.3	58.8		7.1	.442	19.6		.286	.444	15.0		.111
42	42	1978-01-25	@	DEN	L	119	121	99.8	101.4	108.0	.271		.554	44.8	64.0	12.6	6.7	.521	21.3	29.8	.198	.481	19.0	59.2	.202
43	43	1978-01-27		GSW	L	94	101	93.8	100.8	100.2	.425		.542	48.9	73.0	6.0	1.1	.507	20.3	19.5	.274	.447	10.3	73.5	.181
44	44	1978-01-29	@	ATL	L	102	107				.581		.655	46.4	52.6		0.0	.613	27.8		.419	.473	13.8		.231
45	45	1978-01-31	@	NOJ	L	95	114				.095		.480	53.3	56.8			.463	20.8		.074	.455	9.6		.218
46	46	1978-02-03		CLE	L	101	104	99.0	101.9	102.1	.286		.493	51.0	56.4	2.9	1.0	.429	14.2	32.7	.253	.417	10.6	70.8	.250
47	47	1978-02-07		LAL	L	105	132	92.6	116.4	113.4	.293		.470	50.5	56.8			.444	15.8	30.9	.172	.552	12.7	75.0	.271
48	48	1978-02-08	@	MIL	L	103	104	95.2	96.2	108.1	.194		.510	45.4	64.4	6.5	6.1	.484	15.8	18.8	.140	.490	14.7	71.4	.082
49	49	1978-02-10		PHI	W	116	110				.365		.588	45.3	60.9			.541			.282	.482			.361
50	50	1978-02-14		SEA	W	101	100	102.5	101.5	98.6	.229		.478	50.5	47.6	6.1	3.2	.438	8.6	30.8	.177	.489	13.1	73.3	.085
51	51	1978-02-16	@	WSB	L	109	123				.348		.514	43.3	54.8			.457			.272	.471			.240
52	52	1978-02-17		KCK	L	100	108				.312		.473	43.1	65.8		4.0	.409			.258	.475			.119
53	53	1978-02-18	@	NYK	W	122	112				.398		.590	57.3	65.2			.523			.341	.459			.224
54	54	1978-02-21		PHO	L	111	114	102.6	105.4	108.2	.430		.543	57.5	65.1	3.7	7.4	.500	18.4	29.7	.291	.500	8.6	81.4	.213
55	55	1978-02-24		BOS	L	99	106				.477		.476	49.0	66.7			.384	13.3		.384	.506	15.4		.180
56	56	1978-02-25		HOU	L	106	110				.225		.542	48.8	56.8			.494	17.7		.202	.465	11.5		.182
57	57	1978-02-26	@	ATL	L	117	119				.610		.599	59.8	37.5			.519	21.0		.481	.526	9.3		.200
58	58	1978-02-28	@	NOJ	L	108	125				.302		.497	51.6	51.2			.448	12.8		.229	.546	7.7		.196
59	59	1978-03-01	@	HOU	W	114	104				.267		.567	55.4	40.4		2.0	.522	16.6		.222	.426	10.5		.178
60	60	1978-03-02	@	SAS	L	107	128				.205		.438	55.2	33.3		1.1	.402	13.5		.152	.584	15.6		.270
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1978-03-04		NJN	W	111	107				.443		.528	57.8	61.0			.466	23.3		.330	.388	13.3		.262
62	62	1978-03-05	@	NJN	L	103	109				.349		.538	48.1	48.7			.470			.301	.416			.133
63	63	1978-03-08		NOJ	W	120	108				.506		.577	47.4	69.0			.494	12.6		.424	.488	21.2		.310
64	64	1978-03-10		CLE	W	118	117	112.7	111.8	104.7	.302		.542	58.0	51.1	6.7	3.3	.490	12.1	39.1	.250	.500	9.2	78.6	.272
65	65	1978-03-12		POR	W	96	90	102.0	95.7	94.1	.369		.492	49.4	69.4	7.4	7.1	.429	10.1	27.5	.286	.369	14.8	67.3	.333
66	66	1978-03-14		SAS	W	123	115				.240		.535	57.0	58.8		2.2	.490	16.1		.202	.511	19.5		.256
67	67	1978-03-15	@	IND	L	106	111				.148		.566	50.6	64.6		5.5	.545	20.4		.114	.495	14.9		.231
68	68	1978-03-17		MIL	W	136	127				.700		.650	53.7	63.0		3.1	.575	18.0		.550	.458	12.4		.406
69	69	1978-03-19	@	KCK	L	108	122				.298		.508	48.4	36.4		3.7	.468			.213	.505			.131
70	70	1978-03-21	@	GSW	L	104	111	93.7	100.0	111.0	.309		.487	50.0	51.2	8.1	9.0	.457	16.4	29.1	.191	.490	15.0	72.5	.130
71	71	1978-03-22	@	SEA	L	92	97	88.1	92.8	104.5	.227		.431	42.4	38.5	10.5	3.6	.402	15.1	30.9	.144	.369	14.3	52.4	.135
72	72	1978-03-24	@	LAL	L	115	120	109.7	114.5	104.8	.160		.537	59.3	60.8	5.7	4.2	.510	15.1	38.6	.130	.563	9.7	81.0	.125
73	73	1978-03-25	@	PHO	L	106	112	99.8	105.4	106.2	.154		.545	52.2	29.2	6.6	2.1	.527	19.1	30.8	.110	.454	11.9	68.6	.247
74	74	1978-03-28		DET	L	118	123				.276		.537	46.8	62.5			.490			.224	.500			.230
75	75	1978-03-29	@	PHI	L	118	149				.364		.514	38.5	60.5		0.0	.434			.323	.549			.363
76	76	1978-04-01		CHI	L	102	110	107.0	115.4	95.3	.152		.483	51.9	50.0	7.3	1.2	.465	8.7	39.6	.101	.605	17.5	71.0	.148
77	77	1978-04-03		DEN	L	95	104				.310		.498	47.2	59.5			.440	16.6		.250	.453	12.9		.302
78	78	1978-04-04	@	CLE	L	105	116	101.9	112.6	103.1	.267		.546	44.2	48.8	10.7	5.3	.500	17.2	25.6	.221	.537	14.9	62.8	.147
79	79	1978-04-05		ATL	L	74	87				.195		.443	48.8	53.1			.416	19.3		.130	.444	16.0		.185
80	80	1978-04-07	@	CHI	W	113	103	112.5	102.5	100.5	.356		.561	44.3	60.0	6.0	5.7	.517	9.9	18.2	.264	.466	12.2	70.5	.239
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1978-04-08		NYK	L	107	118				.341		.529	57.0	73.2			.466			.284	.517			.292
82	82	1978-04-09	@	BOS	L	114	131				.301		.445	40.8	52.4			.372	6.6		.265	.516	16.0		.407

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