1970-71 Buffalo Braves Roster and Stats

Record: 22-60, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dolph Schayes (22-60)

PTS/G: 105.5 (16th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 112.1 (8th of 17)
SRS: -8.02 (16th of 17)
Expected W-L: 25-57 (16th of 17)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 204,053 (14th of 17)

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
17	Nate Bowman	C	6-10	230	March 19, 1943	4	Wichita State University
7	Em Bryant	PG	6-1	175	November 4, 1938	6	DePaul University
15	Freddie Crawford	SG	6-4	189	December 23, 1941	4	St. Bonaventure University
13	Mike Davis	SG	6-3	185	July 26, 1946	1	Virginia Union University
20	Dick Garrett	PG	6-3	185	January 31, 1947	1	Southern Illinois University
9	Herm Gilliam	SG	6-3	190	May 5, 1946	1	Purdue University
25	Bill Hosket	PF	6-8	225	December 20, 1946	2	Ohio State University
45	John Hummer	C	6-9	230	May 4, 1948	R	Princeton University
44	Bob Kauffman	PF	6-8	240	July 13, 1946	2	Guilford College
5	Paul Long	SG	6-2	180	February 8, 1944	3	Wake Forest University
25	Mike Lynn	SF	6-7	215	November 25, 1945	1	University of California, Los Angeles
22	Don May	SF	6-4	200	January 3, 1946	2	University of Dayton
4-27	Mike Silliman	SF	6-6	225	May 5, 1944	R	United States Military Academy
35	Cornell Warner	C	6-9	220	August 12, 1948	R	Jackson State University
33	George Wilson	PF	6-8	225	May 9, 1942	6	University of Cincinnati

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19805	3424	7860	.436	1805	2504	.721	4261	1962	2232	8653	105.5
Lg Rank		3	16	10	14	14	12	15	12	10	1	16	16
Opponent	82	19805	3486	7666	.455	2224	3018	.737	4447	1998	1956	9196	112.1
Lg Rank		3	3	2	12	15	15	3	13	11	7	8	8

									Offense Four Factors				Defense Four Factors
	PW	PL	MOV	SOS	SRS	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA	Arena	Attendance
Team	25	57	-6.62	-1.40	-8.02				.436			.230	.455			.290	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	204,053
Lg Rank	16	16	16	16	16				14			12	12			16		14

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bob Kauffman	24	78	2778	616	1309	.471	359	485	.740	837	354	263	1591
2	Don May	25	76	2666	629	1336	.471	277	350	.791	567	150	219	1535
3	Dick Garrett	24	75	2375	373	902	.414	218	251	.869	295	264	290	964
4	John Hummer	22	81	2637	339	764	.444	235	405	.580	717	163	284	913
5	Herm Gilliam	24	80	2082	378	896	.422	142	189	.751	334	291	246	898
6	Mike Davis	24	73	1617	317	774	.410	199	262	.760	187	153	220	833
7	Em Bryant	32	73	2137	288	684	.421	151	203	.744	262	352	266	727
8	Cornell Warner	22	65	1293	156	376	.415	79	143	.552	452	53	140	391
9	George Wilson	28	46	713	92	269	.342	56	69	.812	230	48	99	240
10	Nate Bowman	27	44	483	58	148	.392	20	38	.526	173	41	91	136
11	Paul Long	26	30	213	57	120	.475	20	24	.833	31	25	23	134
12	Bill Hosket	24	13	217	47	90	.522	11	17	.647	75	20	27	105
13	Mike Silliman	26	36	366	36	79	.456	19	39	.487	62	23	37	91
14	Freddie Crawford	29	15	203	36	106	.340	16	26	.615	35	24	18	88
15	Mike Lynn	25	5	25	2	7	.286	3	3	1.000	4	1	9	7

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bob Kauffman	24	78	35.6	7.9	16.8	.471	4.6	6.2	.740	10.7	4.5	3.4	20.4
2	Don May	25	76	35.1	8.3	17.6	.471	3.6	4.6	.791	7.5	2.0	2.9	20.2
3	Dick Garrett	24	75	31.7	5.0	12.0	.414	2.9	3.3	.869	3.9	3.5	3.9	12.9
4	Mike Davis	24	73	22.2	4.3	10.6	.410	2.7	3.6	.760	2.6	2.1	3.0	11.4
5	John Hummer	22	81	32.6	4.2	9.4	.444	2.9	5.0	.580	8.9	2.0	3.5	11.3
6	Herm Gilliam	24	80	26.0	4.7	11.2	.422	1.8	2.4	.751	4.2	3.6	3.1	11.2
7	Em Bryant	32	73	29.3	3.9	9.4	.421	2.1	2.8	.744	3.6	4.8	3.6	10.0
8	Bill Hosket	24	13	16.7	3.6	6.9	.522	0.8	1.3	.647	5.8	1.5	2.1	8.1
9	Cornell Warner	22	65	19.9	2.4	5.8	.415	1.2	2.2	.552	7.0	0.8	2.2	6.0
10	Freddie Crawford	29	15	13.5	2.4	7.1	.340	1.1	1.7	.615	2.3	1.6	1.2	5.9
11	George Wilson	28	46	15.5	2.0	5.8	.342	1.2	1.5	.812	5.0	1.0	2.2	5.2
12	Paul Long	26	30	7.1	1.9	4.0	.475	0.7	0.8	.833	1.0	0.8	0.8	4.5
13	Nate Bowman	27	44	11.0	1.3	3.4	.392	0.5	0.9	.526	3.9	0.9	2.1	3.1
14	Mike Silliman	26	36	10.2	1.0	2.2	.456	0.5	1.1	.487	1.7	0.6	1.0	2.5
15	Mike Lynn	25	5	5.0	0.4	1.4	.286	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.4

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Paul Long	26	30	213	9.6	20.3	.475	3.4	4.1	.833	5.2	4.2	3.9	22.6
2	Don May	25	76	2666	8.5	18.0	.471	3.7	4.7	.791	7.7	2.0	3.0	20.7
3	Bob Kauffman	24	78	2778	8.0	17.0	.471	4.7	6.3	.740	10.8	4.6	3.4	20.6
4	Mike Davis	24	73	1617	7.1	17.2	.410	4.4	5.8	.760	4.2	3.4	4.9	18.5
5	Bill Hosket	24	13	217	7.8	14.9	.522	1.8	2.8	.647	12.4	3.3	4.5	17.4
6	Freddie Crawford	29	15	203	6.4	18.8	.340	2.8	4.6	.615	6.2	4.3	3.2	15.6
7	Herm Gilliam	24	80	2082	6.5	15.5	.422	2.5	3.3	.751	5.8	5.0	4.3	15.5
8	Dick Garrett	24	75	2375	5.7	13.7	.414	3.3	3.8	.869	4.5	4.0	4.4	14.6
9	John Hummer	22	81	2637	4.6	10.4	.444	3.2	5.5	.580	9.8	2.2	3.9	12.5
10	Em Bryant	32	73	2137	4.9	11.5	.421	2.5	3.4	.744	4.4	5.9	4.5	12.2
11	George Wilson	28	46	713	4.6	13.6	.342	2.8	3.5	.812	11.6	2.4	5.0	12.1
12	Cornell Warner	22	65	1293	4.3	10.5	.415	2.2	4.0	.552	12.6	1.5	3.9	10.9
13	Mike Lynn	25	5	25	2.9	10.1	.286	4.3	4.3	1.000	5.8	1.4	13.0	10.1
14	Nate Bowman	27	44	483	4.3	11.0	.392	1.5	2.8	.526	12.9	3.1	6.8	10.1
15	Mike Silliman	26	36	366	3.5	7.8	.456	1.9	3.8	.487	6.1	2.3	3.6	9.0

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Bob Kauffman	24	78	2778	20.9	.523	.471	13.7	19.8	5.5	2.5	7.9	.137
2	Don May	25	76	2666	17.1	.515	.471	9.7	9.0	4.5	1.7	6.1	.110
3	John Hummer	22	81	2637	12.0	.485	.444	12.4	8.4	1.3	1.9	3.2	.058
4	Dick Garrett	24	75	2375	11.6	.476	.414	5.6	15.7	1.0	1.4	2.4	.048
5	Em Bryant	32	73	2137	11.6	.470	.421	5.6	22.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	.047
6	Herm Gilliam	24	80	2082	13.1	.459	.422	7.3	20.5	0.0	1.4	1.4	.033
7	Mike Davis	24	73	1617	12.6	.468	.410	5.3	14.2	0.4	0.9	1.2	.037
8	Cornell Warner	22	65	1293	11.1	.445	.415	15.9	5.5	-0.4	1.1	0.6	.024
9	Bill Hosket	24	13	217	18.4	.539	.522	15.7	14.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	.139
10	Paul Long	26	30	213	18.4	.513	.475	6.6	19.7	0.4	0.1	0.5	.118
11	Mike Silliman	26	36	366	8.0	.473	.456	7.7	8.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	.037
12	Mike Lynn	25	5	25	2.2	.421	.286	7.3	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.012
13	Nate Bowman	27	44	483	10.0	.413	.392	16.3	11.4	-0.4	0.4	0.0	.000
14	George Wilson	28	46	713	10.2	.401	.342	14.7	9.2	-1.0	0.6	-0.4	-0.029
15	Freddie Crawford	29	15	203	9.9	.375	.340	7.8	17.2	-0.6	0.1	-0.4	-0.103

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