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1976-77 Buffalo Braves Schedule and Results

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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)

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 21, 1976 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 133 112 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 23, 1976 Philadelphia 76ers W 108 105 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Oct 26, 1976 @ New York Knicks L 104 118 2 1 L 1
4 Thu, Oct 28, 1976 @ Boston Celtics L 105 112 2 2 L 2 at Hartford, CT
5 Sat, Oct 30, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers L 105 109 2 3 L 3
6 Wed, Nov 3, 1976 @ New York Nets L 96 100 2 4 L 4
7 Fri, Nov 5, 1976 @ Detroit Pistons W 122 108 3 4 W 1
8 Sat, Nov 6, 1976 Houston Rockets W 117 102 4 4 W 2
9 Tue, Nov 9, 1976 Los Angeles Lakers W OT 121 116 5 4 W 3
10 Thu, Nov 11, 1976 Denver Nuggets W 105 94 6 4 W 4
11 Sat, Nov 13, 1976 Boston Celtics W 118 107 7 4 W 5
12 Tue, Nov 16, 1976 @ San Antonio Spurs L 112 114 7 5 L 1
13 Wed, Nov 17, 1976 @ Houston Rockets L OT 114 120 7 6 L 2
14 Fri, Nov 19, 1976 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 101 130 7 7 L 3
15 Sat, Nov 20, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors L 93 130 7 8 L 4
16 Sun, Nov 21, 1976 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 98 121 7 9 L 5
17 Tue, Nov 23, 1976 San Antonio Spurs L 115 122 7 10 L 6
18 Fri, Nov 26, 1976 Detroit Pistons W 124 119 8 10 W 1
19 Sat, Nov 27, 1976 @ Atlanta Hawks L 94 101 8 11 L 1
20 Sun, Nov 28, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz L 118 127 8 12 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Nov 30, 1976 Seattle SuperSonics W 119 114 9 12 W 1
22 Fri, Dec 3, 1976 New York Knicks W 135 112 10 12 W 2
23 Tue, Dec 7, 1976 Indiana Pacers L 103 107 10 13 L 1
24 Wed, Dec 8, 1976 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 102 123 10 14 L 2
25 Fri, Dec 10, 1976 Portland Trail Blazers L 102 103 10 15 L 3
26 Sat, Dec 11, 1976 @ Indiana Pacers L 101 109 10 16 L 4
27 Tue, Dec 14, 1976 Phoenix Suns W 108 99 11 16 W 1
28 Fri, Dec 17, 1976 Washington Bullets L 88 99 11 17 L 1
29 Sun, Dec 19, 1976 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 99 98 12 17 W 1
30 Tue, Dec 21, 1976 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 89 97 12 18 L 1
31 Thu, Dec 23, 1976 @ Phoenix Suns L 92 107 12 19 L 2
32 Sat, Dec 25, 1976 Detroit Pistons W 115 106 13 19 W 1
33 Sun, Dec 26, 1976 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 103 96 14 19 W 2
34 Wed, Dec 29, 1976 Kansas City Kings L 103 113 14 20 L 1
35 Sat, Jan 1, 1977 New York Nets W 102 87 15 20 W 1
36 Mon, Jan 3, 1977 @ San Antonio Spurs L 109 142 15 21 L 1
37 Wed, Jan 5, 1977 Golden State Warriors L 109 118 15 22 L 2
38 Thu, Jan 6, 1977 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 111 119 15 23 L 3
39 Sat, Jan 8, 1977 Boston Celtics L 106 109 15 24 L 4
40 Wed, Jan 12, 1977 Atlanta Hawks L 118 124 15 25 L 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 14, 1977 New Orleans Jazz W 131 103 16 25 W 1
42 Sat, Jan 15, 1977 @ Detroit Pistons L 105 121 16 26 L 1
43 Wed, Jan 19, 1977 @ Washington Bullets L 87 91 16 27 L 2
44 Fri, Jan 21, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls L 89 110 16 28 L 3
45 Sat, Jan 22, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings L 104 132 16 29 L 4
46 Mon, Jan 24, 1977 @ Denver Nuggets L 102 127 16 30 L 5
47 Wed, Jan 26, 1977 Milwaukee Bucks W 114 109 17 30 W 1
48 Thu, Feb 3, 1977 @ Atlanta Hawks L 98 100 17 31 L 1
49 Sun, Feb 6, 1977 @ Boston Celtics L 97 113 17 32 L 2
50 Tue, Feb 8, 1977 Philadelphia 76ers W 99 89 18 32 W 1
51 Wed, Feb 9, 1977 Los Angeles Lakers L 90 105 18 33 L 1
52 Fri, Feb 11, 1977 @ New York Nets W 96 94 19 33 W 1
53 Tue, Feb 15, 1977 Washington Bullets L 114 126 19 34 L 1
54 Wed, Feb 16, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 113 117 19 35 L 2
55 Thu, Feb 17, 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers W 112 103 20 35 W 1
56 Sat, Feb 19, 1977 Seattle SuperSonics W 103 100 21 35 W 2
57 Mon, Feb 21, 1977 Indiana Pacers W 117 106 22 35 W 3
58 Tue, Feb 22, 1977 Phoenix Suns W 115 114 23 35 W 4
59 Fri, Feb 25, 1977 Golden State Warriors L 97 104 23 36 L 1
60 Sun, Feb 27, 1977 @ Washington Bullets L 105 117 23 37 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Mar 1, 1977 New York Nets L 95 104 23 38 L 3
62 Wed, Mar 2, 1977 @ Indiana Pacers L 108 116 23 39 L 4
63 Fri, Mar 4, 1977 @ New Orleans Jazz W 95 91 24 39 W 1
64 Sat, Mar 5, 1977 San Antonio Spurs L 109 120 24 40 L 1
65 Mon, Mar 7, 1977 Houston Rockets L 107 128 24 41 L 2
66 Tue, Mar 8, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers W 102 95 25 41 W 1
67 Fri, Mar 11, 1977 Chicago Bulls W 95 90 26 41 W 2
68 Sun, Mar 13, 1977 Denver Nuggets W 102 95 27 41 W 3
69 Thu, Mar 17, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings L 104 125 27 42 L 1
70 Sat, Mar 19, 1977 @ Houston Rockets L 104 110 27 43 L 2
71 Sun, Mar 20, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 108 115 27 44 L 3
72 Tue, Mar 22, 1977 Atlanta Hawks L 84 86 27 45 L 4
73 Thu, Mar 24, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns W 107 102 28 45 W 1
74 Sun, Mar 27, 1977 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 89 92 28 46 L 1
75 Tue, Mar 29, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 101 127 28 47 L 2
76 Thu, Mar 31, 1977 @ Denver Nuggets L 95 110 28 48 L 3
77 Sat, Apr 2, 1977 Milwaukee Bucks W 94 93 29 48 W 1
78 Sun, Apr 3, 1977 @ New York Knicks L 111 130 29 49 L 1
79 Tue, Apr 5, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls L 89 91 29 50 L 2
80 Wed, Apr 6, 1977 New Orleans Jazz W 107 102 30 50 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 8, 1977 New York Knicks L 102 104 30 51 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 10, 1977 Chicago Bulls L 99 120 30 52 L 2