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1972-73 Buffalo Braves Roster and Statistics

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21-61, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jack Ramsay (21-61)

Points Per Game: 103.3 (16th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 112.5 (14th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 19-63 (16th of 17)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 321,710 (9th of 17)

SRS: -8.85 (16th of 17)

1972-73 Buffalo Braves:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman G 6-2 185 April 15, 1942 8 University of California, Los Angeles
7 Harold Fox G 6-2 175 August 29, 1949 R Jacksonville University
20 Dick Garrett G 6-3 185 January 31, 1947 3 Southern Illinois University
27 Bill Hewitt F 6-7 210 August 8, 1944 4 University of Southern California
32 Fred Hilton G-F 6-3 185 January 15, 1948 1 Grambling State University
45 John Hummer F-C 6-9 230 May 4, 1948 2 Princeton University
44 Bob Kauffman F-C 6-8 240 July 13, 1946 4 Guilford College
5 Howard Komives G 6-1 185 May 9, 1941 8 Bowling Green State University
11 Bob McAdoo C-F 6-9 210 September 25, 1951 R University of North Carolina
3 Elmore Smith C 7-0 250 May 9, 1949 1 Kentucky State University
9 Randy Smith G-F 6-3 180 December 12, 1948 1 Buffalo State College
35 Cornell Warner F-C 6-9 220 August 12, 1948 2 Jackson State University
13 Dave Wohl G 6-2 185 November 2, 1949 1 University of Pennsylvania

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19730 3536 7877 .449 1399 1966 .712 4158 2218 2034 8471 103.3
Opponent 82 19730 3745 7947 .471 1733 2299 .754 4278 2383 1822 9223 112.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 McAdoo 21 80 2562 585 1293 .452 271 350 .774 728 139 256 1441
2 Elmore Smith 23 76 2829 600 1244 .482 188 337 .558 946 192 295 1388
3 Bob Kauffman 26 77 3049 535 1059 .505 280 359 .780 855 396 211 1350
4 Randy Smith 24 82 2603 511 1154 .443 192 264 .727 391 422 247 1214
5 Dick Garrett 26 78 1805 341 813 .419 96 110 .873 209 217 217 778
6 John Hummer 24 66 1546 206 464 .444 115 205 .561 323 138 185 527
7 Dave Wohl 23 56 1540 207 454 .456 79 100 .790 89 258 182 493
8 Fred Hilton 25 59 731 191 494 .387 41 53 .774 98 74 100 423
9 Howard Komives 31 67 1468 163 429 .380 85 98 .867 118 239 155 411
10 Bill Hewitt 28 73 1332 152 364 .418 41 74 .554 368 110 154 345
11 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 30 9 134 25 60 .417 3 6 .500 10 17 19 53
12 Harold Fox 23 10 84 12 32 .375 7 8 .875 8 10 7 31
13 Cornell Warner 24 4 47 8 17 .471 1 2 .500 15 6 6 17

Per Game

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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 Elmore Smith 23 76 37.2 7.9 16.4 .482 2.5 4.4 .558 12.4 2.5 3.9 18.3
2 Bob McAdoo 21 80 32.0 7.3 16.2 .452 3.4 4.4 .774 9.1 1.7 3.2 18.0
3 Bob Kauffman 26 77 39.6 6.9 13.8 .505 3.6 4.7 .780 11.1 5.1 2.7 17.5
4 Randy Smith 24 82 31.7 6.2 14.1 .443 2.3 3.2 .727 4.8 5.1 3.0 14.8
5 Dick Garrett 26 78 23.1 4.4 10.4 .419 1.2 1.4 .873 2.7 2.8 2.8 10.0
6 Dave Wohl 23 56 27.5 3.7 8.1 .456 1.4 1.8 .790 1.6 4.6 3.3 8.8
7 John Hummer 24 66 23.4 3.1 7.0 .444 1.7 3.1 .561 4.9 2.1 2.8 8.0
8 Fred Hilton 25 59 12.4 3.2 8.4 .387 0.7 0.9 .774 1.7 1.3 1.7 7.2
9 Howard Komives 31 67 21.9 2.4 6.4 .380 1.3 1.5 .867 1.8 3.6 2.3 6.1
10 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 30 9 14.9 2.8 6.7 .417 0.3 0.7 .500 1.1 1.9 2.1 5.9
11 Bill Hewitt 28 73 18.2 2.1 5.0 .418 0.6 1.0 .554 5.0 1.5 2.1 4.7
12 Cornell Warner 24 4 11.8 2.0 4.3 .471 0.3 0.5 .500 3.8 1.5 1.5 4.3
13 Harold Fox 23 10 8.4 1.2 3.2 .375 0.7 0.8 .875 0.8 1.0 0.7 3.1

Per 36 Minutes

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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 Fred Hilton 25 59 731 9.4 24.3 .387 2.0 2.6 .774 4.8 3.6 4.9 20.8
2 Bob McAdoo 21 80 2562 8.2 18.2 .452 3.8 4.9 .774 10.2 2.0 3.6 20.2
3 Elmore Smith 23 76 2829 7.6 15.8 .482 2.4 4.3 .558 12.0 2.4 3.8 17.7
4 Randy Smith 24 82 2603 7.1 16.0 .443 2.7 3.7 .727 5.4 5.8 3.4 16.8
5 Bob Kauffman 26 77 3049 6.3 12.5 .505 3.3 4.2 .780 10.1 4.7 2.5 15.9
6 Dick Garrett 26 78 1805 6.8 16.2 .419 1.9 2.2 .873 4.2 4.3 4.3 15.5
7 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 30 9 134 6.7 16.1 .417 0.8 1.6 .500 2.7 4.6 5.1 14.2
8 Harold Fox 23 10 84 5.1 13.7 .375 3.0 3.4 .875 3.4 4.3 3.0 13.3
9 Cornell Warner 24 4 47 6.1 13.0 .471 0.8 1.5 .500 11.5 4.6 4.6 13.0
10 John Hummer 24 66 1546 4.8 10.8 .444 2.7 4.8 .561 7.5 3.2 4.3 12.3
11 Dave Wohl 23 56 1540 4.8 10.6 .456 1.8 2.3 .790 2.1 6.0 4.3 11.5
12 Howard Komives 31 67 1468 4.0 10.5 .380 2.1 2.4 .867 2.9 5.9 3.8 10.1
13 Bill Hewitt 28 73 1332 4.1 9.8 .418 1.1 2.0 .554 9.9 3.0 4.2 9.3

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Bob Kauffman 26 77 3049 18.4 .555 .505 13.1 18.0 6.9 1.0 7.9
2 Elmore Smith 23 76 2829 16.5 .498 .482 15.6 9.9 3.0 0.9 3.9
3 Bob McAdoo 21 80 2562 16.8 .498 .452 13.3 8.1 3.1 0.7 3.8
4 Randy Smith 24 82 2603 15.0 .478 .443 7.0 23.2 1.6 0.7 2.2
5 Dave Wohl 23 56 1540 10.6 .495 .456 2.7 22.0 1.2 0.3 1.5
6 John Hummer 24 66 1546 11.0 .475 .444 9.8 11.7 0.6 0.4 1.0
7 Dick Garrett 26 78 1805 11.2 .452 .419 5.4 17.0 -0.3 0.4 0.1
8 Cornell Warner 24 4 47 14.5 .475 .471 14.9 17.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Harold Fox 23 10 84 10.0 .436 .375 4.5 15.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Howard Komives 31 67 1468 9.1 .435 .380 3.8 20.7 -0.5 0.3 -0.1
11 Bill Hewitt 28 73 1332 9.8 .435 .418 12.9 10.6 -0.5 0.4 -0.1
12 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 30 9 134 8.7 .423 .417 3.5 17.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
13 Fred Hilton 25 59 731 11.2 .409 .387 6.3 15.9 -1.5 0.2 -1.4

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bob Kauffman $85,000
2 Jim Fox $70,000
3 Randy Smith $50,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)