1970-71 Buffalo Braves Schedule and Results
Next Season
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)
| G |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Tm |
Opp |
W |
L |
Streak |
Notes |
| 1 |
Wed, Oct 14, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
|
107 |
92 |
1 |
0 |
W 1 |
|
| 2 |
Sat, Oct 17, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
San Diego Rockets |
L |
|
93 |
102 |
1 |
1 |
L 1 |
|
| 3 |
Tue, Oct 20, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
|
89 |
98 |
1 |
2 |
L 2 |
|
| 4 |
Sat, Oct 24, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Detroit Pistons |
L |
|
95 |
114 |
1 |
3 |
L 3 |
|
| 5 |
Tue, Oct 27, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Portland Trail Blazers |
L |
|
108 |
119 |
1 |
4 |
L 4 |
|
| 6 |
Fri, Oct 30, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Los Angeles Lakers |
L |
|
90 |
104 |
1 |
5 |
L 5 |
|
| 7 |
Sat, Oct 31, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Portland Trail Blazers |
L |
|
102 |
107 |
1 |
6 |
L 6 |
|
| 8 |
Mon, Nov 2, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Phoenix Suns |
L |
|
102 |
110 |
1 |
7 |
L 7 |
|
| 9 |
Wed, Nov 4, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Seattle SuperSonics |
L |
|
101 |
126 |
1 |
8 |
L 8 |
|
| 10 |
Thu, Nov 5, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
L |
|
109 |
121 |
1 |
9 |
L 9 |
|
| 11 |
Sat, Nov 7, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
|
103 |
91 |
2 |
9 |
W 1 |
|
| 12 |
Wed, Nov 11, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Atlanta Hawks |
W |
|
134 |
118 |
3 |
9 |
W 2 |
|
| 13 |
Fri, Nov 13, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
|
111 |
119 |
3 |
10 |
L 1 |
|
| 14 |
Sat, Nov 14, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Milwaukee Bucks |
L |
|
107 |
116 |
3 |
11 |
L 2 |
|
| 15 |
Mon, Nov 16, 1970 |
Box Score |
N |
Seattle SuperSonics |
W |
|
112 |
103 |
4 |
11 |
W 1 |
at Portland, OR |
| 16 |
Tue, Nov 17, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Portland Trail Blazers |
W |
|
102 |
101 |
5 |
11 |
W 2 |
|
| 17 |
Fri, Nov 20, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
San Francisco Warriors |
L |
|
108 |
123 |
5 |
12 |
L 1 |
|
| 18 |
Sat, Nov 21, 1970 |
Box Score |
N |
Portland Trail Blazers |
L |
|
108 |
112 |
5 |
13 |
L 2 |
at Seattle, WA |
| 19 |
Tue, Nov 24, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Phoenix Suns |
W |
|
112 |
106 |
6 |
13 |
W 1 |
|
| 20 |
Wed, Nov 25, 1970 |
Box Score |
N |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
|
92 |
99 |
6 |
14 |
L 1 |
at Boston, MA |
| G |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Tm |
Opp |
W |
L |
Streak |
Notes |
| 21 |
Fri, Nov 27, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Chicago Bulls |
L |
|
104 |
121 |
6 |
15 |
L 2 |
|
| 22 |
Sat, Nov 28, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Portland Trail Blazers |
W |
|
111 |
95 |
7 |
15 |
W 1 |
|
| 23 |
Mon, Nov 30, 1970 |
Box Score |
N |
Boston Celtics |
L |
|
106 |
109 |
7 |
16 |
L 1 |
at Philadelphia, PA |
| 24 |
Tue, Dec 1, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Boston Celtics |
L |
OT |
116 |
117 |
7 |
17 |
L 2 |
|
| 25 |
Fri, Dec 4, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
New York Knicks |
W |
|
97 |
91 |
8 |
17 |
W 1 |
|
| 26 |
Sat, Dec 5, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
New York Knicks |
L |
|
93 |
117 |
8 |
18 |
L 1 |
|
| 27 |
Sun, Dec 6, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
|
106 |
108 |
8 |
19 |
L 2 |
|
| 28 |
Tue, Dec 8, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Boston Celtics |
L |
|
102 |
122 |
8 |
20 |
L 3 |
|
| 29 |
Thu, Dec 10, 1970 |
Box Score |
N |
Chicago Bulls |
L |
|
120 |
138 |
8 |
21 |
L 4 |
at Syracuse, NY |
| 30 |
Fri, Dec 11, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Portland Trail Blazers |
L |
|
105 |
120 |
8 |
22 |
L 5 |
|
| 31 |
Sat, Dec 12, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
|
93 |
92 |
9 |
22 |
W 1 |
|
| 32 |
Sun, Dec 13, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Atlanta Hawks |
L |
|
91 |
110 |
9 |
23 |
L 1 |
|
| 33 |
Tue, Dec 15, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
OT |
113 |
111 |
10 |
23 |
W 1 |
|
| 34 |
Thu, Dec 17, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Boston Celtics |
L |
|
93 |
102 |
10 |
24 |
L 1 |
|
| 35 |
Fri, Dec 18, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
|
113 |
94 |
11 |
24 |
W 1 |
|
| 36 |
Sat, Dec 19, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
|
112 |
123 |
11 |
25 |
L 1 |
|
| 37 |
Sun, Dec 20, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Milwaukee Bucks |
L |
|
101 |
131 |
11 |
26 |
L 2 |
|
| 38 |
Wed, Dec 23, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Chicago Bulls |
L |
|
103 |
104 |
11 |
27 |
L 3 |
|
| 39 |
Fri, Dec 25, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
New York Knicks |
L |
|
102 |
115 |
11 |
28 |
L 4 |
|
| 40 |
Sat, Dec 26, 1970 |
Box Score |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
|
107 |
120 |
11 |
29 |
L 5 |
|
| G |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Tm |
Opp |
W |
L |
Streak |
Notes |
| 41 |
Tue, Dec 29, 1970 |
Box Score |
|
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
|
113 |
124 |
11 |
30 |
L 6 |
|
| 42 |
Wed, Dec 30, 1970 |
Box Score |
N |
Baltimore Bullets |
L |
|
90 |
106 |
11 |
31 |
L 7 |
at College Park, MD |
| 43 |
Sat, Jan 2, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Cincinnati Royals |
L |
|
103 |
115 |
11 |
32 |
L 8 |
|
| 44 |
Wed, Jan 6, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
San Francisco Warriors |
W |
|
115 |
108 |
12 |
32 |
W 1 |
|
| 45 |
Fri, Jan 8, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Seattle SuperSonics |
L |
|
102 |
110 |
12 |
33 |
L 1 |
|
| 46 |
Sat, Jan 9, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
|
89 |
111 |
12 |
34 |
L 2 |
|
| 47 |
Sun, Jan 10, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Chicago Bulls |
L |
|
113 |
141 |
12 |
35 |
L 3 |
|
| 48 |
Thu, Jan 14, 1971 |
Box Score |
N |
Portland Trail Blazers |
W |
|
119 |
113 |
13 |
35 |
W 1 |
at Rochester, NY |
| 49 |
Fri, Jan 15, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Detroit Pistons |
L |
OT |
97 |
99 |
13 |
36 |
L 1 |
|
| 50 |
Sat, Jan 16, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Cincinnati Royals |
L |
|
113 |
114 |
13 |
37 |
L 2 |
|
| 51 |
Mon, Jan 18, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Atlanta Hawks |
L |
|
113 |
123 |
13 |
38 |
L 3 |
|
| 52 |
Tue, Jan 19, 1971 |
Box Score |
N |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
|
79 |
111 |
13 |
39 |
L 4 |
at Syracuse, NY |
| 53 |
Wed, Jan 20, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Portland Trail Blazers |
W |
|
126 |
106 |
14 |
39 |
W 1 |
|
| 54 |
Fri, Jan 22, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
San Diego Rockets |
W |
|
101 |
94 |
15 |
39 |
W 2 |
|
| 55 |
Sun, Jan 24, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Portland Trail Blazers |
W |
|
123 |
111 |
16 |
39 |
W 3 |
|
| 56 |
Mon, Jan 25, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
San Diego Rockets |
L |
|
106 |
114 |
16 |
40 |
L 1 |
|
| 57 |
Tue, Jan 26, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Phoenix Suns |
L |
|
82 |
114 |
16 |
41 |
L 2 |
|
| 58 |
Thu, Jan 28, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Seattle SuperSonics |
L |
|
110 |
120 |
16 |
42 |
L 3 |
|
| 59 |
Fri, Jan 29, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
San Francisco Warriors |
L |
|
100 |
106 |
16 |
43 |
L 4 |
|
| 60 |
Sun, Jan 31, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
|
108 |
117 |
16 |
44 |
L 5 |
|
| G |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Tm |
Opp |
W |
L |
Streak |
Notes |
| 61 |
Tue, Feb 2, 1971 |
Box Score |
N |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
|
91 |
101 |
16 |
45 |
L 6 |
at Rochester, NY |
| 62 |
Fri, Feb 5, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Baltimore Bullets |
L |
|
90 |
98 |
16 |
46 |
L 7 |
|
| 63 |
Wed, Feb 10, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
New York Knicks |
W |
|
106 |
99 |
17 |
46 |
W 1 |
|
| 64 |
Sat, Feb 13, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
|
111 |
106 |
18 |
46 |
W 2 |
|
| 65 |
Sun, Feb 14, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Phoenix Suns |
L |
|
97 |
108 |
18 |
47 |
L 1 |
|
| 66 |
Tue, Feb 16, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Milwaukee Bucks |
L |
|
103 |
135 |
18 |
48 |
L 2 |
|
| 67 |
Wed, Feb 17, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Baltimore Bullets |
W |
|
118 |
114 |
19 |
48 |
W 1 |
|
| 68 |
Fri, Feb 19, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Baltimore Bullets |
L |
|
113 |
120 |
19 |
49 |
L 1 |
|
| 69 |
Sat, Feb 20, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Cincinnati Royals |
L |
|
94 |
120 |
19 |
50 |
L 2 |
|
| 70 |
Mon, Feb 22, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
San Francisco Warriors |
L |
|
91 |
109 |
19 |
51 |
L 3 |
|
| 71 |
Fri, Feb 26, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Detroit Pistons |
L |
OT |
122 |
127 |
19 |
52 |
L 4 |
|
| 72 |
Sat, Feb 27, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Atlanta Hawks |
L |
|
117 |
134 |
19 |
53 |
L 5 |
|
| 73 |
Tue, Mar 2, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Los Angeles Lakers |
L |
|
118 |
131 |
19 |
54 |
L 6 |
|
| 74 |
Thu, Mar 4, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Milwaukee Bucks |
L |
|
113 |
116 |
19 |
55 |
L 7 |
|
| 75 |
Sat, Mar 6, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
|
120 |
109 |
20 |
55 |
W 1 |
|
| 76 |
Mon, Mar 8, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Portland Trail Blazers |
W |
|
114 |
98 |
21 |
55 |
W 2 |
|
| 77 |
Tue, Mar 9, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
San Diego Rockets |
L |
|
96 |
106 |
21 |
56 |
L 1 |
|
| 78 |
Fri, Mar 12, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
|
116 |
109 |
22 |
56 |
W 1 |
|
| 79 |
Sun, Mar 14, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Portland Trail Blazers |
L |
|
112 |
122 |
22 |
57 |
L 1 |
|
| 80 |
Tue, Mar 16, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Cincinnati Royals |
L |
|
102 |
113 |
22 |
58 |
L 2 |
|
| G |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Tm |
Opp |
W |
L |
Streak |
Notes |
| 81 |
Fri, Mar 19, 1971 |
Box Score |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
L |
|
105 |
111 |
22 |
59 |
L 3 |
|
| 82 |
Sat, Mar 20, 1971 |
Box Score |
|
Portland Trail Blazers |
L |
OT |
129 |
132 |
22 |
60 |
L 4 |
|