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1976-77 Buffalo Braves Roster and Statistics

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30-52, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tates Locke (16-30), Bob MacKinnon (3-4), Joe Mullaney (11-18)

PTS/G: 105.0 (14th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.5 (19th of 22)
SRS: -4.28 (21st of 22) ▪ Pace: 107.3 (10th of 22)
Off Rtg: 97.6 (18th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 101.8 (19th of 22)
Expected W-L: 29-53 (21st of 22)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 319,398 (19th of 22)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
35 Zaid Abdul-Aziz C-F 6-9 235 April 7, 1946 8 Iowa State University
10 Don Adams F 6-6 210 November 27, 1947 6 Northwestern University
14 Bird Averitt G 6-1 170 July 22, 1952 3 Pepperdine University
44 Adrian Dantley F-G 6-5 208 February 28, 1956 R University of Notre Dame
15 Ernie DiGregorio G 6-0 180 January 15, 1951 3 Providence College
5 Fred Foster F 6-5 210 March 18, 1946 7 Miami University
22 Gus Gerard F-G 6-8 200 July 27, 1953 2 University of Virginia
40 John Gianelli C-F 6-10 220 June 10, 1950 4 University of the Pacific
52 George Johnson C-F 6-11 205 December 18, 1948 4 Dillard University
20 Moses Malone C-F 6-10 215 March 23, 1955 2
22 Clyde Mayes F 6-8 225 March 17, 1953 1 Furman University
11 Bob McAdoo C-F 6-9 210 September 25, 1951 4 University of North Carolina
52 Tom McMillen F-C 6-11 215 May 26, 1952 1 University of Maryland
21 Johnny Neumann G-F 6-6 200 September 11, 1951 5 University of Mississippi
25 Jim Price G 6-3 195 November 27, 1949 4 University of Louisville
34 John Shumate F-C 6-9 235 April 6, 1952 1 University of Notre Dame
9 Randy Smith G-F 6-3 180 December 12, 1948 5 Buffalo State College
12 Claude Terry G-F 6-4 195 January 12, 1950 4 Stanford University
11 Chuck Williams G 6-2 175 June 6, 1946 6 University of Colorado

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 19730 3366 7475 .450 1880 2492 .754 1213 2623 3836 1883 683 392 1699 1842 8612 105.0
Lg Rank 15 19 15 17 5 5 10 15 12 12 17 17 14 13 22 14 14
Opponent 82 19730 3786 7917 .478 1404 1859 .755 1268 2721 3989 2192 729 446 1607 2129 8976 109.5
Lg Rank 15 21 20 20 1 1 16 15 17 18 21 8 16 16 15 19 19

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 Randy Smith 28 82 3094 702 1504 .467 294 386 .762 134 323 457 441 176 8 264 1698
2 Adrian Dantley 20 77 2816 544 1046 .520 476 582 .818 251 336 587 144 91 15 215 1564
3 John Shumate 24 74 2601 407 810 .502 302 450 .671 163 538 701 159 90 84 197 1116
4 Ernie DiGregorio 26 81 2267 365 875 .417 138 146 .945 52 132 184 378 57 3 150 868
5 Bird Averitt 24 75 1136 234 619 .378 121 169 .716 20 58 78 134 30 5 127 589
6 Don Adams 29 77 1710 216 526 .411 129 173 .746 130 241 371 150 74 16 201 561
7 Bob McAdoo 25 20 767 182 400 .455 110 158 .696 66 198 264 65 16 34 74 474
8 John Gianelli 26 57 1283 171 397 .431 55 77 .714 94 203 297 57 21 70 117 397
9 George Johnson 28 39 1055 125 279 .448 46 67 .687 117 283 400 78 22 104 141 296
10 Gus Gerard 23 41 592 100 244 .410 40 61 .656 51 66 117 43 23 32 91 240
11 Fred Foster 30 59 689 99 247 .401 30 44 .682 33 43 76 48 16 0 92 228
12 Chuck Williams 30 44 556 43 117 .368 38 48 .792 18 49 67 88 24 3 34 124
13 Claude Terry 27 33 304 49 104 .471 18 23 .783 4 24 28 33 11 0 27 116
14 Tom McMillen 24 20 270 45 92 .489 26 36 .722 29 43 72 16 1 2 29 116
15 Jim Price 27 20 333 44 104 .423 17 20 .850 5 29 34 38 25 5 52 105
16 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 30 22 195 25 74 .338 33 43 .767 41 49 90 7 3 9 21 83
17 Johnny Neumann 25 4 49 15 34 .441 5 6 .833 5 4 9 4 3 2 7 35
18 Clyde Mayes 23 2 7 0 3 .000 2 3 .667 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 2
19 Moses Malone 21 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 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 25 20 38.4 9.1 20.0 .455 5.5 7.9 .696 3.3 9.9 13.2 3.3 0.8 1.7 3.7 23.7
2 Randy Smith 28 82 37.7 8.6 18.3 .467 3.6 4.7 .762 1.6 3.9 5.6 5.4 2.1 0.1 3.2 20.7
3 Adrian Dantley 20 77 36.6 7.1 13.6 .520 6.2 7.6 .818 3.3 4.4 7.6 1.9 1.2 0.2 2.8 20.3
4 John Shumate 24 74 35.1 5.5 10.9 .502 4.1 6.1 .671 2.2 7.3 9.5 2.1 1.2 1.1 2.7 15.1
5 Ernie DiGregorio 26 81 28.0 4.5 10.8 .417 1.7 1.8 .945 0.6 1.6 2.3 4.7 0.7 0.0 1.9 10.7
6 Johnny Neumann 25 4 12.3 3.8 8.5 .441 1.3 1.5 .833 1.3 1.0 2.3 1.0 0.8 0.5 1.8 8.8
7 Bird Averitt 24 75 15.1 3.1 8.3 .378 1.6 2.3 .716 0.3 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.1 1.7 7.9
8 George Johnson 28 39 27.1 3.2 7.2 .448 1.2 1.7 .687 3.0 7.3 10.3 2.0 0.6 2.7 3.6 7.6
9 Don Adams 29 77 22.2 2.8 6.8 .411 1.7 2.2 .746 1.7 3.1 4.8 1.9 1.0 0.2 2.6 7.3
10 John Gianelli 26 57 22.5 3.0 7.0 .431 1.0 1.4 .714 1.6 3.6 5.2 1.0 0.4 1.2 2.1 7.0
11 Gus Gerard 23 41 14.4 2.4 6.0 .410 1.0 1.5 .656 1.2 1.6 2.9 1.0 0.6 0.8 2.2 5.9
12 Tom McMillen 24 20 13.5 2.3 4.6 .489 1.3 1.8 .722 1.5 2.2 3.6 0.8 0.1 0.1 1.5 5.8
13 Jim Price 27 20 16.7 2.2 5.2 .423 0.9 1.0 .850 0.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.3 0.3 2.6 5.3
14 Fred Foster 30 59 11.7 1.7 4.2 .401 0.5 0.7 .682 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 1.6 3.9
15 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 30 22 8.9 1.1 3.4 .338 1.5 2.0 .767 1.9 2.2 4.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 3.8
16 Claude Terry 27 33 9.2 1.5 3.2 .471 0.5 0.7 .783 0.1 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.8 3.5
17 Chuck Williams 30 44 12.6 1.0 2.7 .368 0.9 1.1 .792 0.4 1.1 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.1 0.8 2.8
18 Clyde Mayes 23 2 3.5 0.0 1.5 .000 1.0 1.5 .667 0.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
19 Moses Malone 21 2 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 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 Johnny Neumann 25 4 49 11.0 25.0 .441 3.7 4.4 .833 3.7 2.9 6.6 2.9 2.2 1.5 5.1 25.7
2 Bob McAdoo 25 20 767 8.5 18.8 .455 5.2 7.4 .696 3.1 9.3 12.4 3.1 0.8 1.6 3.5 22.2
3 Adrian Dantley 20 77 2816 7.0 13.4 .520 6.1 7.4 .818 3.2 4.3 7.5 1.8 1.2 0.2 2.7 20.0
4 Randy Smith 28 82 3094 8.2 17.5 .467 3.4 4.5 .762 1.6 3.8 5.3 5.1 2.0 0.1 3.1 19.8
5 Bird Averitt 24 75 1136 7.4 19.6 .378 3.8 5.4 .716 0.6 1.8 2.5 4.2 1.0 0.2 4.0 18.7
6 Tom McMillen 24 20 270 6.0 12.3 .489 3.5 4.8 .722 3.9 5.7 9.6 2.1 0.1 0.3 3.9 15.5
7 John Shumate 24 74 2601 5.6 11.2 .502 4.2 6.2 .671 2.3 7.4 9.7 2.2 1.2 1.2 2.7 15.4
8 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 30 22 195 4.6 13.7 .338 6.1 7.9 .767 7.6 9.0 16.6 1.3 0.6 1.7 3.9 15.3
9 Gus Gerard 23 41 592 6.1 14.8 .410 2.4 3.7 .656 3.1 4.0 7.1 2.6 1.4 1.9 5.5 14.6
10 Ernie DiGregorio 26 81 2267 5.8 13.9 .417 2.2 2.3 .945 0.8 2.1 2.9 6.0 0.9 0.0 2.4 13.8
11 Claude Terry 27 33 304 5.8 12.3 .471 2.1 2.7 .783 0.5 2.8 3.3 3.9 1.3 0.0 3.2 13.7
12 Fred Foster 30 59 689 5.2 12.9 .401 1.6 2.3 .682 1.7 2.2 4.0 2.5 0.8 0.0 4.8 11.9
13 Don Adams 29 77 1710 4.5 11.1 .411 2.7 3.6 .746 2.7 5.1 7.8 3.2 1.6 0.3 4.2 11.8
14 Jim Price 27 20 333 4.8 11.2 .423 1.8 2.2 .850 0.5 3.1 3.7 4.1 2.7 0.5 5.6 11.4
15 John Gianelli 26 57 1283 4.8 11.1 .431 1.5 2.2 .714 2.6 5.7 8.3 1.6 0.6 2.0 3.3 11.1
16 Clyde Mayes 23 2 7 0.0 15.4 .000 10.3 15.4 .667 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 10.3
17 George Johnson 28 39 1055 4.3 9.5 .448 1.6 2.3 .687 4.0 9.7 13.6 2.7 0.8 3.5 4.8 10.1
18 Chuck Williams 30 44 556 2.8 7.6 .368 2.5 3.1 .792 1.2 3.2 4.3 5.7 1.6 0.2 2.2 8.0
19 Moses Malone 21 2 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 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 Adrian Dantley 20 77 2816 18.3 .601 .520 8.9 12.1 10.5 7.7 1.4 0.3 103 8.2 1.6 9.8 .167
2 Randy Smith 28 82 3094 17.6 .507 .467 4.3 10.6 7.4 22.8 2.5 0.1 101 3.9 2.5 6.4 .099
3 John Shumate 24 74 2601 15.9 .554 .502 6.3 21.0 13.6 8.8 1.5 1.6 99 3.5 2.8 6.3 .117
4 George Johnson 28 39 1055 14.3 .480 .448 11.1 27.2 19.1 10.1 0.9 4.9 96 0.3 1.6 1.9 .086
5 Bob McAdoo 25 20 767 19.9 .505 .455 8.6 26.2 17.4 13.8 0.9 2.2 98 0.7 0.9 1.7 .104
6 Don Adams 29 77 1710 11.7 .466 .411 7.6 14.3 10.9 12.1 1.9 0.5 101 0.2 1.4 1.6 .046
7 Ernie DiGregorio 26 81 2267 12.1 .462 .417 2.3 5.9 4.1 24.1 1.1 0.1 106 0.7 0.5 1.3 .027
8 John Gianelli 26 57 1283 10.8 .461 .431 7.3 16.0 11.7 6.2 0.7 2.7 101 0.2 1.0 1.2 .046
9 Tom McMillen 24 20 270 13.9 .538 .489 10.8 16.2 13.4 8.6 0.2 0.4 104 0.4 0.1 0.5 .088
10 Chuck Williams 30 44 556 10.4 .449 .368 3.2 8.9 6.1 20.4 1.9 0.3 103 0.0 0.3 0.4 .032
11 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 30 22 195 16.3 .447 .338 21.1 25.5 23.3 5.0 0.7 2.3 99 0.1 0.2 0.3 .078
12 Claude Terry 27 33 304 11.6 .508 .471 1.3 8.0 4.6 15.7 1.6 0.0 104 0.2 0.1 0.3 .055
13 Jim Price 27 20 333 10.8 .465 .423 1.5 8.8 5.1 15.8 3.4 0.7 100 -0.1 0.3 0.2 .032
14 Gus Gerard 23 41 592 12.4 .443 .410 8.6 11.3 10.0 10.6 1.7 2.7 101 -0.3 0.5 0.2 .019
15 Johnny Neumann 25 4 49 19.8 .478 .441 10.2 8.3 9.3 14.9 2.7 2.0 100 0.0 0.0 0.1 .084
16 Moses Malone 21 2 6 -0.3 0.0 16.9 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 .019
17 Clyde Mayes 23 2 7 -1.7 .231 .000 0.0 43.5 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 96 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.315
18 Fred Foster 30 59 689 7.7 .428 .401 4.8 6.3 5.6 9.8 1.0 0.0 106 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.017
19 Bird Averitt 24 75 1136 11.2 .425 .378 1.8 5.2 3.5 18.2 1.2 0.2 106 -1.4 0.3 -1.1 -0.046