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1975-76 Buffalo Braves Roster and Statistics

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46-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jack Ramsay (46-36)

PTS/G: 107.3 (2nd of 18) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 106.4 (15th of 18)
SRS: 0.85 (5th of 18) ▪ Pace: 108.2 (2nd of 18)
Off Rtg: 99.0 (5th of 18) ▪ Def Rtg: 98.2 (10th of 18)
Expected W-L: 43-39 (5th of 18)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 418,696 (11th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus Philadelphia 76ers

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Don Adams F 6-6 210 November 27, 1947 5 Northwestern University
14 Ken Charles G 6-3 180 July 10, 1951 2 Fordham University
15 Ernie DiGregorio G 6-0 180 January 15, 1951 2 Providence College
21 Dick Gibbs F-G 6-5 210 December 20, 1948 4 University of Texas at El Paso
24 Gar Heard F 6-6 219 May 3, 1948 5 University of Oklahoma
22 Steve Kuberski F-C 6-8 215 November 6, 1947 6 Bradley University
42 Jack Marin F-G 6-7 200 October 12, 1944 9 Duke University
11 Bob McAdoo C-F 6-9 210 September 25, 1951 3 University of North Carolina
52 Tom McMillen F-C 6-11 215 May 26, 1952 R University of Maryland
5 Jim McMillian F 6-5 215 March 11, 1948 5 Columbia University
54 Dale Schlueter C 6-10 225 November 12, 1945 7 Colorado State University
34 John Shumate F-C 6-9 235 April 6, 1952 R University of Notre Dame
9 Randy Smith G-F 6-3 180 December 12, 1948 4 Buffalo State College
12 Jim Washington F-C 6-6 210 July 1, 1943 10 Villanova University
8 Bob Weiss G 6-2 180 May 7, 1942 10 Pennsylvania 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 19705 3481 7307 .476 1833 2368 .774 1002 2719 3721 2112 720 366 1743 2017 8795 107.3
Lg Rank 17 8 14 2 1 4 3 18 9 15 2 10 8 16 12 2 2
Opponent 82 19705 3558 7722 .461 1611 2156 .747 1183 2645 3828 2079 729 319 1660 2137 8727 106.4
Lg Rank 17 16 14 11 9 9 8 11 4 6 17 9 2 8 14 15 15

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 McAdoo 24 78 3328 934 1918 .487 559 734 .762 241 724 965 315 93 160 298 2427
2 Randy Smith 27 82 3167 702 1422 .494 383 469 .817 104 313 417 484 153 4 274 1787
3 Jim McMillian 27 74 2610 492 918 .536 188 219 .858 134 256 390 205 88 14 141 1172
4 Ken Charles 24 81 2247 328 719 .456 161 205 .785 58 161 219 204 123 48 257 817
5 Gar Heard 27 50 1527 207 492 .421 82 135 .607 138 373 511 126 66 55 183 496
6 Ernie DiGregorio 25 67 1364 182 474 .384 86 94 .915 15 97 112 265 37 1 158 450
7 John Shumate 23 32 1046 146 254 .575 97 143 .678 82 232 314 65 38 18 83 389
8 Dick Gibbs 27 72 866 129 301 .429 77 93 .828 42 64 106 49 16 14 133 335
9 Tom McMillen 23 50 708 96 222 .432 41 54 .759 64 122 186 69 7 6 87 233
10 Bob Weiss 33 66 995 89 183 .486 35 48 .729 13 53 66 150 48 14 94 213
11 Dale Schlueter 30 71 773 61 122 .500 54 81 .667 58 166 224 80 13 17 141 176
12 Don Adams 28 56 704 67 170 .394 40 57 .702 38 107 145 73 30 7 128 174
13 Jack Marin 31 12 278 41 94 .436 27 33 .818 10 30 40 23 7 6 30 109
14 Steve Kuberski 28 10 85 7 17 .412 3 3 1.000 4 21 25 3 1 2 10 17
15 Jim Washington 32 1 7 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

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 McAdoo 24 78 42.7 12.0 24.6 .487 7.2 9.4 .762 3.1 9.3 12.4 4.0 1.2 2.1 3.8 31.1
2 Randy Smith 27 82 38.6 8.6 17.3 .494 4.7 5.7 .817 1.3 3.8 5.1 5.9 1.9 0.0 3.3 21.8
3 Jim McMillian 27 74 35.3 6.6 12.4 .536 2.5 3.0 .858 1.8 3.5 5.3 2.8 1.2 0.2 1.9 15.8
4 John Shumate 23 32 32.7 4.6 7.9 .575 3.0 4.5 .678 2.6 7.3 9.8 2.0 1.2 0.6 2.6 12.2
5 Ken Charles 24 81 27.7 4.0 8.9 .456 2.0 2.5 .785 0.7 2.0 2.7 2.5 1.5 0.6 3.2 10.1
6 Gar Heard 27 50 30.5 4.1 9.8 .421 1.6 2.7 .607 2.8 7.5 10.2 2.5 1.3 1.1 3.7 9.9
7 Jack Marin 31 12 23.2 3.4 7.8 .436 2.3 2.8 .818 0.8 2.5 3.3 1.9 0.6 0.5 2.5 9.1
8 Ernie DiGregorio 25 67 20.4 2.7 7.1 .384 1.3 1.4 .915 0.2 1.4 1.7 4.0 0.6 0.0 2.4 6.7
9 Tom McMillen 23 50 14.2 1.9 4.4 .432 0.8 1.1 .759 1.3 2.4 3.7 1.4 0.1 0.1 1.7 4.7
10 Dick Gibbs 27 72 12.0 1.8 4.2 .429 1.1 1.3 .828 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.7 0.2 0.2 1.8 4.7
11 Bob Weiss 33 66 15.1 1.3 2.8 .486 0.5 0.7 .729 0.2 0.8 1.0 2.3 0.7 0.2 1.4 3.2
12 Don Adams 28 56 12.6 1.2 3.0 .394 0.7 1.0 .702 0.7 1.9 2.6 1.3 0.5 0.1 2.3 3.1
13 Dale Schlueter 30 71 10.9 0.9 1.7 .500 0.8 1.1 .667 0.8 2.3 3.2 1.1 0.2 0.2 2.0 2.5
14 Steve Kuberski 28 10 8.5 0.7 1.7 .412 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.4 2.1 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.0 1.7
15 Jim Washington 32 1 7.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Bob McAdoo 24 78 3328 10.1 20.7 .487 6.0 7.9 .762 2.6 7.8 10.4 3.4 1.0 1.7 3.2 26.3
2 Randy Smith 27 82 3167 8.0 16.2 .494 4.4 5.3 .817 1.2 3.6 4.7 5.5 1.7 0.0 3.1 20.3
3 Jim McMillian 27 74 2610 6.8 12.7 .536 2.6 3.0 .858 1.8 3.5 5.4 2.8 1.2 0.2 1.9 16.2
4 Jack Marin 31 12 278 5.3 12.2 .436 3.5 4.3 .818 1.3 3.9 5.2 3.0 0.9 0.8 3.9 14.1
5 Dick Gibbs 27 72 866 5.4 12.5 .429 3.2 3.9 .828 1.7 2.7 4.4 2.0 0.7 0.6 5.5 13.9
6 John Shumate 23 32 1046 5.0 8.7 .575 3.3 4.9 .678 2.8 8.0 10.8 2.2 1.3 0.6 2.9 13.4
7 Ken Charles 24 81 2247 5.3 11.5 .456 2.6 3.3 .785 0.9 2.6 3.5 3.3 2.0 0.8 4.1 13.1
8 Ernie DiGregorio 25 67 1364 4.8 12.5 .384 2.3 2.5 .915 0.4 2.6 3.0 7.0 1.0 0.0 4.2 11.9
9 Tom McMillen 23 50 708 4.9 11.3 .432 2.1 2.7 .759 3.3 6.2 9.5 3.5 0.4 0.3 4.4 11.8
10 Gar Heard 27 50 1527 4.9 11.6 .421 1.9 3.2 .607 3.3 8.8 12.0 3.0 1.6 1.3 4.3 11.7
11 Don Adams 28 56 704 3.4 8.7 .394 2.0 2.9 .702 1.9 5.5 7.4 3.7 1.5 0.4 6.5 8.9
12 Dale Schlueter 30 71 773 2.8 5.7 .500 2.5 3.8 .667 2.7 7.7 10.4 3.7 0.6 0.8 6.6 8.2
13 Bob Weiss 33 66 995 3.2 6.6 .486 1.3 1.7 .729 0.5 1.9 2.4 5.4 1.7 0.5 3.4 7.7
14 Steve Kuberski 28 10 85 3.0 7.2 .412 1.3 1.3 1.000 1.7 8.9 10.6 1.3 0.4 0.8 4.2 7.2
15 Jim Washington 32 1 7 0.0 5.1 .000 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 5.1 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 McAdoo 24 78 3328 23.3 .542 .487 7.8 22.0 15.1 15.7 1.2 2.5 96 7.7 4.6 12.3 .178
2 Randy Smith 27 82 3167 18.7 .549 .494 3.5 10.0 6.9 23.1 2.1 0.1 99 6.5 2.9 9.4 .143
3 Jim McMillian 27 74 2610 15.3 .578 .536 5.5 9.9 7.8 11.3 1.5 0.3 100 6.0 2.0 7.9 .146
4 John Shumate 23 32 1046 15.8 .614 .575 8.5 22.4 15.7 8.4 1.6 0.9 96 2.0 1.4 3.4 .158
5 Ken Charles 24 81 2247 11.9 .505 .456 2.8 7.2 5.1 12.3 2.4 1.1 99 1.0 2.2 3.3 .070
6 Gar Heard 27 50 1527 13.4 .450 .421 9.8 24.7 17.5 11.0 1.9 1.8 94 -0.3 2.5 2.2 .069
7 Bob Weiss 33 66 995 10.0 .522 .486 1.4 5.4 3.5 19.0 2.1 0.7 100 0.6 0.8 1.4 .066
8 Dale Schlueter 30 71 773 10.7 .558 .500 8.1 21.7 15.1 12.9 0.7 1.1 97 0.3 0.9 1.2 .076
9 Tom McMillen 23 50 708 11.5 .474 .432 9.8 17.4 13.7 13.0 0.4 0.4 100 0.2 0.6 0.8 .055
10 Dick Gibbs 27 72 866 9.8 .490 .429 5.2 7.5 6.4 7.7 0.8 0.8 102 0.2 0.5 0.7 .039
11 Jack Marin 31 12 278 11.9 .502 .436 3.9 10.9 7.5 11.2 1.1 1.1 100 0.2 0.2 0.4 .070
12 Don Adams 28 56 704 9.1 .446 .394 5.8 15.4 10.8 13.2 1.9 0.5 98 -0.5 0.8 0.3 .023
13 Steve Kuberski 28 10 85 7.8 .464 .412 5.1 25.0 15.4 4.4 0.5 1.2 97 0.0 0.1 0.1 .043
14 Ernie DiGregorio 25 67 1364 10.7 .437 .384 1.2 7.2 4.3 25.9 1.2 0.0 102 -0.7 0.8 0.1 .002
15 Jim Washington 32 1 7 3.7 .000 .000 15.4 0.0 7.5 16.2 0.0 0.0 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.017

Playoffs

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 24 9 406 97 215 58 82 31 128 29 7 18 37 252 .451 .707 45.1 28.0 14.2 3.2
2 Randy Smith 27 9 386 81 161 41 49 5 52 77 14 0 35 203 .503 .837 42.9 22.6 5.8 8.6
3 Jim McMillian 27 9 348 61 129 33 38 11 37 19 14 4 29 155 .473 .868 38.7 17.2 4.1 2.1
4 John Shumate 23 9 362 54 92 19 38 25 77 25 9 13 29 127 .587 .500 40.2 14.1 8.6 2.8
5 Ernie DiGregorio 25 9 217 30 62 8 8 1 13 45 5 2 29 68 .484 1.000 24.1 7.6 1.4 5.0
6 Ken Charles 24 9 238 22 55 9 13 6 26 14 7 6 31 53 .400 .692 26.4 5.9 2.9 1.6
7 Don Adams 28 9 122 15 36 6 7 8 27 13 2 0 23 36 .417 .857 13.6 4.0 3.0 1.4
8 Dale Schlueter 30 8 44 5 7 5 6 2 8 2 1 3 11 15 .714 .833 5.5 1.9 1.0 0.3
9 Dick Gibbs 27 5 23 4 9 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 8 10 .444 1.000 4.6 2.0 0.2 0.4
10 Bob Weiss 33 7 36 3 8 2 3 0 4 3 2 0 5 8 .375 .667 5.1 1.1 0.6 0.4
11 Tom McMillen 23 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .500 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 Randy Smith 27 9 386 19.2 .556 .503 1.5 12.6 7.3 31.0 1.7 0.0 103 0.8 0.2 1.0 .123
2 Bob McAdoo 24 9 406 19.8 .502 .451 8.6 24.7 17.0 11.6 0.8 2.2 99 0.4 0.5 0.8 .095
3 John Shumate 23 9 362 14.5 .584 .587 7.8 14.8 11.4 9.8 1.1 1.8 102 0.6 0.3 0.8 .109
4 Jim McMillian 27 9 348 13.5 .532 .473 3.6 7.7 5.7 8.0 1.9 0.6 104 0.4 0.2 0.6 .080
5 Ernie DiGregorio 25 9 217 12.2 .519 .484 0.5 5.7 3.2 29.0 1.1 0.5 106 0.1 0.0 0.2 .039
6 Dale Schlueter 30 8 44 13.4 .778 .714 5.1 14.1 9.8 6.1 1.0 3.5 101 0.1 0.0 0.1 .129
7 Tom McMillen 23 1 3 17.4 .500 .500 37.4 0.0 17.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 .187
8 Dick Gibbs 27 5 23 6.8 .506 .444 0.0 4.5 2.3 12.8 0.0 0.0 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.069
9 Ken Charles 24 9 238 6.8 .436 .400 2.8 8.7 5.9 7.7 1.4 1.3 104 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.010
10 Don Adams 28 9 122 9.7 .461 .417 7.4 16.1 11.9 14.6 0.8 0.0 103 0.0 0.1 0.0 .014
11 Bob Weiss 33 7 36 7.2 .429 .375 0.0 11.5 6.0 10.8 2.6 0.0 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.001