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1974-75 Buffalo Braves Roster and Statistics

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49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jack Ramsay (49-33)

Points Per Game: 107.8 (2nd of 18) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.6 (15th of 18)
Pythagorean W-L: 47-35 (5th of 18)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 467,267 (5th of 18)

SRS: 2.17 (5th of 18) ▪ Pace Factor: 107.7 (2nd of 18)
Offensive Rating: 99.8 (4th of 18) ▪ Defensive Rating: 97.8 (9th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Washington Bullets

1974-75 Buffalo Braves:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
14 Ken Charles G 6-3 180 July 10, 1951 1 Fordham University
15 Ernie DiGregorio G 6-0 180 January 15, 1951 1 Providence College
34 Bernie Harris F 6-10 200 November 26, 1950 R Virginia Commonwealth University
24 Gar Heard F 6-6 219 May 3, 1948 4 University of Oklahoma
42 Jack Marin F-G 6-7 200 October 12, 1944 8 Duke University
11 Bob McAdoo C-F 6-9 210 September 25, 1951 2 University of North Carolina
5 Jim McMillian F 6-5 215 March 11, 1948 4 Columbia University
22 Paul Ruffner C-F 6-10 225 October 15, 1948 3 Brigham Young University
54 Dale Schlueter C 6-10 225 November 12, 1945 6 Colorado State University
9 Randy Smith G-F 6-3 180 December 12, 1948 3 Buffalo State College
12 Jim Washington F-C 6-6 210 July 1, 1943 9 Villanova University
8 Bob Weiss G 6-2 180 May 7, 1942 9 Pennsylvania State University
3 Lee Winfield G 6-2 174 February 4, 1947 5 North Texas State University

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 3552 7469 .476 1735 2224 .780 1108 2735 3843 2063 718 456 1710 1879 8839 107.8
Opponent 82 19730 3575 7943 .450 1513 1943 .779 1295 2619 3914 2151 730 383 1670 2030 8663 105.6

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 23 82 3539 1095 2138 .512 641 796 .805 307 848 1155 179 92 174 278 2831
2 Randy Smith 26 82 3001 610 1261 .484 236 295 .800 95 249 344 534 137 3 247 1456
3 Jack Marin 30 81 2147 380 836 .455 193 222 .869 104 259 363 133 51 16 238 953
4 Jim McMillian 26 62 2132 347 695 .499 194 231 .840 127 258 385 156 69 15 129 888
5 Gar Heard 26 67 2148 318 819 .388 106 188 .564 185 481 666 190 106 120 242 742
6 Ken Charles 23 79 1690 240 515 .466 120 146 .822 68 96 164 171 87 20 165 600
7 Lee Winfield 27 68 1259 164 312 .526 49 68 .721 45 81 126 134 43 30 106 377
8 Dale Schlueter 29 76 962 92 178 .517 84 121 .694 78 186 264 104 18 42 163 268
9 Bob Weiss 32 76 1338 102 261 .391 54 67 .806 21 83 104 260 82 19 146 258
10 Ernie DiGregorio 24 31 712 103 234 .440 35 45 .778 6 39 45 151 19 0 62 241
11 Jim Washington 31 42 674 77 162 .475 21 38 .553 58 139 197 43 11 13 81 175
12 Paul Ruffner 26 22 103 22 47 .468 1 5 .200 12 10 22 7 3 3 22 45
13 Bernie Harris 24 11 25 2 11 .182 1 2 .500 2 6 8 1 0 1 0 5

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 Bob McAdoo 23 82 43.2 13.4 26.1 .512 7.8 9.7 .805 3.7 10.3 14.1 2.2 1.1 2.1 3.4 34.5
2 Randy Smith 26 82 36.6 7.4 15.4 .484 2.9 3.6 .800 1.2 3.0 4.2 6.5 1.7 0.0 3.0 17.8
3 Jim McMillian 26 62 34.4 5.6 11.2 .499 3.1 3.7 .840 2.0 4.2 6.2 2.5 1.1 0.2 2.1 14.3
4 Jack Marin 30 81 26.5 4.7 10.3 .455 2.4 2.7 .869 1.3 3.2 4.5 1.6 0.6 0.2 2.9 11.8
5 Gar Heard 26 67 32.1 4.7 12.2 .388 1.6 2.8 .564 2.8 7.2 9.9 2.8 1.6 1.8 3.6 11.1
6 Ernie DiGregorio 24 31 23.0 3.3 7.5 .440 1.1 1.5 .778 0.2 1.3 1.5 4.9 0.6 0.0 2.0 7.8
7 Ken Charles 23 79 21.4 3.0 6.5 .466 1.5 1.8 .822 0.9 1.2 2.1 2.2 1.1 0.3 2.1 7.6
8 Lee Winfield 27 68 18.5 2.4 4.6 .526 0.7 1.0 .721 0.7 1.2 1.9 2.0 0.6 0.4 1.6 5.5
9 Jim Washington 31 42 16.0 1.8 3.9 .475 0.5 0.9 .553 1.4 3.3 4.7 1.0 0.3 0.3 1.9 4.2
10 Dale Schlueter 29 76 12.7 1.2 2.3 .517 1.1 1.6 .694 1.0 2.4 3.5 1.4 0.2 0.6 2.1 3.5
11 Bob Weiss 32 76 17.6 1.3 3.4 .391 0.7 0.9 .806 0.3 1.1 1.4 3.4 1.1 0.3 1.9 3.4
12 Paul Ruffner 26 22 4.7 1.0 2.1 .468 0.0 0.2 .200 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.0 2.0
13 Bernie Harris 24 11 2.3 0.2 1.0 .182 0.1 0.2 .500 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5

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 Bob McAdoo 23 82 3539 11.1 21.7 .512 6.5 8.1 .805 3.1 8.6 11.7 1.8 0.9 1.8 2.8 28.8
2 Randy Smith 26 82 3001 7.3 15.1 .484 2.8 3.5 .800 1.1 3.0 4.1 6.4 1.6 0.0 3.0 17.5
3 Jack Marin 30 81 2147 6.4 14.0 .455 3.2 3.7 .869 1.7 4.3 6.1 2.2 0.9 0.3 4.0 16.0
4 Paul Ruffner 26 22 103 7.7 16.4 .468 0.3 1.7 .200 4.2 3.5 7.7 2.4 1.0 1.0 7.7 15.7
5 Jim McMillian 26 62 2132 5.9 11.7 .499 3.3 3.9 .840 2.1 4.4 6.5 2.6 1.2 0.3 2.2 15.0
6 Ken Charles 23 79 1690 5.1 11.0 .466 2.6 3.1 .822 1.4 2.0 3.5 3.6 1.9 0.4 3.5 12.8
7 Gar Heard 26 67 2148 5.3 13.7 .388 1.8 3.2 .564 3.1 8.1 11.2 3.2 1.8 2.0 4.1 12.4
8 Ernie DiGregorio 24 31 712 5.2 11.8 .440 1.8 2.3 .778 0.3 2.0 2.3 7.6 1.0 0.0 3.1 12.2
9 Lee Winfield 27 68 1259 4.7 8.9 .526 1.4 1.9 .721 1.3 2.3 3.6 3.8 1.2 0.9 3.0 10.8
10 Dale Schlueter 29 76 962 3.4 6.7 .517 3.1 4.5 .694 2.9 7.0 9.9 3.9 0.7 1.6 6.1 10.0
11 Jim Washington 31 42 674 4.1 8.7 .475 1.1 2.0 .553 3.1 7.4 10.5 2.3 0.6 0.7 4.3 9.3
12 Bernie Harris 24 11 25 2.9 15.8 .182 1.4 2.9 .500 2.9 8.6 11.5 1.4 0.0 1.4 0.0 7.2
13 Bob Weiss 32 76 1338 2.7 7.0 .391 1.5 1.8 .806 0.6 2.2 2.8 7.0 2.2 0.5 3.9 6.9

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 McAdoo 23 82 3539 25.8 .569 .512 9.2 23.5 16.6 8.6 1.2 2.4 95 12.7 5.1 17.8
2 Randy Smith 26 82 3001 17.1 .523 .484 3.4 8.1 5.8 25.5 2.0 0.0 100 5.0 2.3 7.2
3 Jim McMillian 26 62 2132 14.7 .557 .499 6.3 11.8 9.2 9.9 1.4 0.3 100 4.3 1.7 6.0
4 Jack Marin 30 81 2147 12.8 .510 .455 5.1 11.8 8.6 8.6 1.1 0.4 100 2.4 1.5 3.9
5 Ken Charles 23 79 1690 12.5 .518 .466 4.3 5.6 4.9 13.3 2.3 0.6 100 1.7 1.3 3.0
6 Lee Winfield 27 68 1259 11.8 .551 .526 3.8 6.3 5.1 13.8 1.5 1.2 101 1.6 0.8 2.4
7 Gar Heard 26 67 2148 13.6 .411 .388 9.1 21.9 15.8 11.8 2.2 2.8 93 -1.6 3.6 2.1
8 Dale Schlueter 29 76 962 13.1 .579 .517 8.6 18.9 14.0 13.4 0.8 2.2 97 0.9 1.1 2.0
9 Bob Weiss 32 76 1338 10.5 .444 .391 1.7 6.1 4.0 23.6 2.7 0.7 99 -0.1 1.2 1.1
10 Jim Washington 31 42 674 10.6 .490 .475 9.1 20.2 14.9 8.1 0.7 1.0 98 0.3 0.7 1.0
11 Ernie DiGregorio 24 31 712 12.3 .475 .440 0.9 5.4 3.2 28.1 1.2 0.0 102 0.3 0.3 0.6
12 Paul Ruffner 26 22 103 12.1 .457 .468 12.3 9.5 10.9 9.9 1.3 1.4 100 0.0 0.1 0.1
13 Bernie Harris 24 11 25 3.6 .210 .182 8.5 23.5 16.3 4.9 0.0 2.0 97 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Bob McAdoo 23 7 327 104 216 54 73 25 94 10 6 19 29 262 .481 .740 46.7 37.4 13.4 1.4
2 Randy Smith 26 7 286 50 105 26 30 8 30 49 18 1 23 126 .476 .867 40.9 18.0 4.3 7.0
3 Jim McMillian 26 7 240 39 86 13 14 10 34 14 11 2 12 91 .453 .929 34.3 13.0 4.9 2.0
4 Gar Heard 26 7 250 38 96 6 14 24 76 18 9 8 28 82 .396 .429 35.7 11.7 10.9 2.6
5 Ken Charles 23 7 208 22 55 8 11 3 13 18 6 5 27 52 .400 .727 29.7 7.4 1.9 2.6
6 Jack Marin 30 7 108 12 27 13 15 5 17 8 7 1 12 37 .444 .867 15.4 5.3 2.4 1.1
7 Bob Weiss 32 7 113 11 23 8 12 2 7 17 4 1 15 30 .478 .667 16.1 4.3 1.0 2.4
8 Lee Winfield 27 6 65 7 16 3 5 5 8 9 2 1 10 17 .438 .600 10.8 2.8 1.3 1.5
9 Dale Schlueter 29 6 40 6 10 1 3 5 13 1 1 0 6 13 .600 .333 6.7 2.2 2.2 0.2
10 Jim Washington 31 6 39 2 5 0 0 3 7 3 0 0 5 4 .400 6.5 0.7 1.2 0.5
11 Paul Ruffner 26 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.0 2.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 McAdoo 23 7 327 24.3 .528 .481 7.8 23.2 15.2 5.6 0.8 3.1 99 0.8 0.3 1.1
2 Randy Smith 26 7 286 17.7 .533 .476 2.9 8.5 5.6 24.8 2.9 0.2 101 0.5 0.2 0.7
3 Jim McMillian 26 7 240 13.0 .494 .453 4.3 11.0 7.5 8.3 2.1 0.4 102 0.3 0.1 0.4
4 Jack Marin 30 7 108 13.8 .551 .444 4.7 12.2 8.3 9.8 3.0 0.5 99 0.2 0.1 0.3
5 Dale Schlueter 29 6 40 13.1 .574 .600 12.8 22.0 17.2 3.5 1.1 0.0 101 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Gar Heard 26 7 250 12.2 .401 .396 9.8 22.9 16.1 10.1 1.6 1.7 98 -0.2 0.2 0.1
7 Bob Weiss 32 7 113 10.7 .530 .478 1.8 4.9 3.3 19.6 1.6 0.5 104 0.1 0.0 0.1
8 Paul Ruffner 26 1 4 -1.2 .000 .000 0.0 55.1 26.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 95 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Lee Winfield 27 6 65 10.7 .467 .438 7.9 5.1 6.5 18.3 1.4 0.8 104 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Jim Washington 31 6 39 5.0 .400 .400 7.9 11.3 9.5 9.4 0.0 0.0 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Ken Charles 23 7 208 7.4 .434 .400 1.5 5.3 3.3 11.4 1.3 1.3 104 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Jack Marin $150,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)