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

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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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bob McAdoo	25	C	20	19	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	81	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	76	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	72	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	76	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	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	16	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	15	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	0	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	2	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	2	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	3	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	5	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	0	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	4	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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			82	82	240.6	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

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Randy Smith	28	SG	82	81	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	76	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	72	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	76	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	15	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	16	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	2	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	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	19	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	4	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	2	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	5	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	0	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	0	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	3	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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