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1971-72 Buffalo Braves Roster and Statistics

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22-60, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dolph Schayes (0-1), Johnny McCarthy (22-59)

PTS/G: 102.0 (17th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.3 (11th of 17)
SRS: -9.44 (17th of 17)
Expected W-L: 19-63 (16th of 17)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 350,852 (6th of 17)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman G 6-2 185 April 15, 1942 7 University of California, Los Angeles
7 Em Bryant G 6-1 175 November 4, 1938 7 DePaul University
40 Jerry Chambers F 6-5 185 July 18, 1943 3 University of Utah
13 Mike Davis G 6-3 185 July 26, 1946 2 Virginia Union University
20 Dick Garrett G 6-3 185 January 31, 1947 2 Southern Illinois University
32 Fred Hilton G-F 6-3 185 January 15, 1948 R Grambling State University
25 Bill Hosket F-C 6-8 225 December 20, 1946 3 Ohio State University
45 John Hummer F-C 6-9 230 May 4, 1948 1 Princeton University
44 Bob Kauffman F-C 6-8 240 July 13, 1946 3 Guilford College
3 Elmore Smith C 7-0 250 May 9, 1949 R Kentucky State University
9 Randy Smith G-F 6-3 180 December 12, 1948 R Buffalo State College
35 Cornell Warner F-C 6-9 220 August 12, 1948 1 Jackson State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19805 3409 7560 .451 1549 2219 .698 3978 1759 2110 8367 102.0
Lg Rank 2 17 15 10 17 17 17 14 16 2 17 17
Opponent 82 19805 3479 7557 .460 2167 2842 .762 4187 1918 1728 9125 111.3
Lg Rank 2 4 4 12 16 16 15 9 7 1 11 11

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bob Kauffman 25 77 3205 558 1123 .497 341 429 .795 787 297 273 1457
2 Elmore Smith 22 78 3186 579 1275 .454 194 363 .534 1184 111 306 1352
3 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 29 72 2389 450 998 .451 237 303 .782 213 406 230 1137
4 Randy Smith 23 76 2094 432 896 .482 158 254 .622 368 189 202 1022
5 Dick Garrett 25 73 1905 325 735 .442 136 157 .866 225 165 225 786
6 Fred Hilton 24 61 1349 309 795 .389 90 122 .738 156 116 145 708
7 Mike Davis 25 62 1068 213 501 .425 138 180 .767 120 82 141 564
8 Cornell Warner 23 62 1239 162 366 .443 58 78 .744 379 54 125 382
9 John Hummer 23 55 1186 113 290 .390 58 124 .468 229 72 178 284
10 Em Bryant 33 54 1223 101 220 .459 75 125 .600 127 206 167 277
11 Bill Hosket 25 44 592 89 181 .492 42 52 .808 123 38 79 220
12 Jerry Chambers 28 26 369 78 180 .433 22 32 .688 67 23 39 178

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bob Kauffman 25 77 41.6 7.2 14.6 .497 4.4 5.6 .795 10.2 3.9 3.5 18.9
2 Elmore Smith 22 78 40.8 7.4 16.3 .454 2.5 4.7 .534 15.2 1.4 3.9 17.3
3 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 29 72 33.2 6.3 13.9 .451 3.3 4.2 .782 3.0 5.6 3.2 15.8
4 Randy Smith 23 76 27.6 5.7 11.8 .482 2.1 3.3 .622 4.8 2.5 2.7 13.4
5 Fred Hilton 24 61 22.1 5.1 13.0 .389 1.5 2.0 .738 2.6 1.9 2.4 11.6
6 Dick Garrett 25 73 26.1 4.5 10.1 .442 1.9 2.2 .866 3.1 2.3 3.1 10.8
7 Mike Davis 25 62 17.2 3.4 8.1 .425 2.2 2.9 .767 1.9 1.3 2.3 9.1
8 Jerry Chambers 28 26 14.2 3.0 6.9 .433 0.8 1.2 .688 2.6 0.9 1.5 6.8
9 Cornell Warner 23 62 20.0 2.6 5.9 .443 0.9 1.3 .744 6.1 0.9 2.0 6.2
10 John Hummer 23 55 21.6 2.1 5.3 .390 1.1 2.3 .468 4.2 1.3 3.2 5.2
11 Em Bryant 33 54 22.6 1.9 4.1 .459 1.4 2.3 .600 2.4 3.8 3.1 5.1
12 Bill Hosket 25 44 13.5 2.0 4.1 .492 1.0 1.2 .808 2.8 0.9 1.8 5.0

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mike Davis 25 62 1068 7.2 16.9 .425 4.7 6.1 .767 4.0 2.8 4.8 19.0
2 Fred Hilton 24 61 1349 8.2 21.2 .389 2.4 3.3 .738 4.2 3.1 3.9 18.9
3 Randy Smith 23 76 2094 7.4 15.4 .482 2.7 4.4 .622 6.3 3.2 3.5 17.6
4 Jerry Chambers 28 26 369 7.6 17.6 .433 2.1 3.1 .688 6.5 2.2 3.8 17.4
5 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 29 72 2389 6.8 15.0 .451 3.6 4.6 .782 3.2 6.1 3.5 17.1
6 Bob Kauffman 25 77 3205 6.3 12.6 .497 3.8 4.8 .795 8.8 3.3 3.1 16.4
7 Elmore Smith 22 78 3186 6.5 14.4 .454 2.2 4.1 .534 13.4 1.3 3.5 15.3
8 Dick Garrett 25 73 1905 6.1 13.9 .442 2.6 3.0 .866 4.3 3.1 4.3 14.9
9 Bill Hosket 25 44 592 5.4 11.0 .492 2.6 3.2 .808 7.5 2.3 4.8 13.4
10 Cornell Warner 23 62 1239 4.7 10.6 .443 1.7 2.3 .744 11.0 1.6 3.6 11.1
11 John Hummer 23 55 1186 3.4 8.8 .390 1.8 3.8 .468 7.0 2.2 5.4 8.6
12 Em Bryant 33 54 1223 3.0 6.5 .459 2.2 3.7 .600 3.7 6.1 4.9 8.2

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Bob Kauffman 25 77 3205 17.7 .555 .497 11.9 13.5 7.0 0.9 8.0 .119
2 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 29 72 2389 15.9 .503 .451 4.3 25.3 2.7 0.6 3.3 .067
3 Randy Smith 23 76 2094 15.5 .507 .482 8.5 13.8 2.5 0.5 3.0 .069
4 Dick Garrett 25 73 1905 11.8 .489 .442 5.7 12.6 1.2 0.4 1.6 .039
5 Elmore Smith 22 78 3186 15.0 .471 .454 18.0 5.1 0.4 1.1 1.5 .022
6 Em Bryant 33 54 1223 9.7 .504 .459 5.0 21.6 0.8 0.3 1.1 .044
7 Bill Hosket 25 44 592 12.7 .540 .492 10.1 9.0 0.9 0.1 1.0 .084
8 Mike Davis 25 62 1068 13.5 .486 .425 5.5 11.6 0.7 0.2 0.9 .042
9 Cornell Warner 23 62 1239 11.8 .477 .443 14.8 6.0 0.3 0.4 0.6 .025
10 Jerry Chambers 28 26 369 12.9 .459 .433 8.8 9.6 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .000
11 John Hummer 23 55 1186 6.4 .412 .390 9.4 7.9 -1.0 0.3 -0.8 -0.031
12 Fred Hilton 24 61 1349 11.4 .417 .389 5.6 13.6 -2.4 0.3 -2.1 -0.075