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1974-75 Buffalo Braves Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jack Ramsay (49-33)

PTS/G: 107.8 (2nd of 18) Opp PTS/G: 105.6 (15th of 18)

SRS: 2.16 (5th of 18) Pace: 107.7 (2nd of 18)

Off Rtg: 99.8 (4th of 18) Def Rtg: 97.8 (9th of 18) Net Rtg: +2.0 (5th of 18)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (5th of 18)

Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

NBA 1975 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

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

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Bob McAdoo	23	82		43.2	13.4	26.1	.512				13.4	26.1	.512	.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				7.4	15.4	.484	.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				5.6	11.2	.499	.499	3.1	3.7	.840	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.5	1.1	0.2		2.1	14.3
4	Gar Heard	26	67		32.1	4.7	12.2	.388				4.7	12.2	.388	.388	1.6	2.8	.564	2.8	7.2	9.9	2.8	1.6	1.8		3.6	11.1
5	Jack Marin	30	81		26.5	4.7	10.3	.455				4.7	10.3	.455	.455	2.4	2.7	.869	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.2		2.9	11.8
6	Ernie DiGregorio	24	31		23.0	3.3	7.5	.440				3.3	7.5	.440	.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				3.0	6.5	.466	.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				2.4	4.6	.526	.526	0.7	1.0	.721	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.4		1.6	5.5
9	Bob Weiss	32	76		17.6	1.3	3.4	.391				1.3	3.4	.391	.391	0.7	0.9	.806	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.4	1.1	0.3		1.9	3.4
10	Jim Washington	31	42		16.0	1.8	3.9	.475				1.8	3.9	.475	.475	0.5	0.9	.553	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.0	0.3	0.3		1.9	4.2
11	Dale Schlueter	29	76		12.7	1.2	2.3	.517				1.2	2.3	.517	.517	1.1	1.6	.694	1.0	2.4	3.5	1.4	0.2	0.6		2.1	3.5
12	Paul Ruffner	26	22		4.7	1.0	2.1	.468				1.0	2.1	.468	.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				0.2	1.0	.182	.182	0.1	0.2	.500	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1		0.0	0.5

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Bob McAdoo	23	7		46.7	14.9	30.9	.481				14.9	30.9	.481	.481	7.7	10.4	.740	3.6	9.9	13.4	1.4	0.9	2.7		4.1	37.4
2	Randy Smith	26	7		40.9	7.1	15.0	.476				7.1	15.0	.476	.476	3.7	4.3	.867	1.1	3.1	4.3	7.0	2.6	0.1		3.3	18.0
3	Gar Heard	26	7		35.7	5.4	13.7	.396				5.4	13.7	.396	.396	0.9	2.0	.429	3.4	7.4	10.9	2.6	1.3	1.1		4.0	11.7
4	Jim McMillian	26	7		34.3	5.6	12.3	.453				5.6	12.3	.453	.453	1.9	2.0	.929	1.4	3.4	4.9	2.0	1.6	0.3		1.7	13.0
5	Ken Charles	23	7		29.7	3.1	7.9	.400				3.1	7.9	.400	.400	1.1	1.6	.727	0.4	1.4	1.9	2.6	0.9	0.7		3.9	7.4
6	Bob Weiss	32	7		16.1	1.6	3.3	.478				1.6	3.3	.478	.478	1.1	1.7	.667	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.4	0.6	0.1		2.1	4.3
7	Jack Marin	30	7		15.4	1.7	3.9	.444				1.7	3.9	.444	.444	1.9	2.1	.867	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.1	1.0	0.1		1.7	5.3
8	Lee Winfield	27	6		10.8	1.2	2.7	.438				1.2	2.7	.438	.438	0.5	0.8	.600	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2		1.7	2.8
9	Dale Schlueter	29	6		6.7	1.0	1.7	.600				1.0	1.7	.600	.600	0.2	0.5	.333	0.8	1.3	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0		1.0	2.2
10	Jim Washington	31	6		6.5	0.3	0.8	.400				0.3	0.8	.400	.400	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.7
11	Paul Ruffner	26	1		4.0	0.0	1.0	.000				0.0	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob McAdoo	23	82		3539	1095	2138	.512				1095	2138	.512	.512	641	796	.805	307	848	1155	179	92	174		278	2831
2	Randy Smith	26	82		3001	610	1261	.484				610	1261	.484	.484	236	295	.800	95	249	344	534	137	3		247	1456
3	Gar Heard	26	67		2148	318	819	.388				318	819	.388	.388	106	188	.564	185	481	666	190	106	120		242	742
4	Jack Marin	30	81		2147	380	836	.455				380	836	.455	.455	193	222	.869	104	259	363	133	51	16		238	953
5	Jim McMillian	26	62		2132	347	695	.499				347	695	.499	.499	194	231	.840	127	258	385	156	69	15		129	888
6	Ken Charles	23	79		1690	240	515	.466				240	515	.466	.466	120	146	.822	68	96	164	171	87	20		165	600
7	Bob Weiss	32	76		1338	102	261	.391				102	261	.391	.391	54	67	.806	21	83	104	260	82	19		146	258
8	Lee Winfield	27	68		1259	164	312	.526				164	312	.526	.526	49	68	.721	45	81	126	134	43	30		106	377
9	Dale Schlueter	29	76		962	92	178	.517				92	178	.517	.517	84	121	.694	78	186	264	104	18	42		163	268
10	Ernie DiGregorio	24	31		712	103	234	.440				103	234	.440	.440	35	45	.778	6	39	45	151	19	0		62	241
11	Jim Washington	31	42		674	77	162	.475				77	162	.475	.475	21	38	.553	58	139	197	43	11	13		81	175
12	Paul Ruffner	26	22		103	22	47	.468				22	47	.468	.468	1	5	.200	12	10	22	7	3	3		22	45
13	Bernie Harris	24	11		25	2	11	.182				2	11	.182	.182	1	2	.500	2	6	8	1	0	1		0	5
			82		19730	3552	7469	.476				3552	7469	.476	.476	1735	2224	.780	1108	2735	3843	2063	718	456	1710	1879	8839

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob McAdoo	23	7		327	104	216	.481				104	216	.481	.481	54	73	.740	25	69	94	10	6	19		29	262
2	Randy Smith	26	7		286	50	105	.476				50	105	.476	.476	26	30	.867	8	22	30	49	18	1		23	126
3	Gar Heard	26	7		250	38	96	.396				38	96	.396	.396	6	14	.429	24	52	76	18	9	8		28	82
4	Jim McMillian	26	7		240	39	86	.453				39	86	.453	.453	13	14	.929	10	24	34	14	11	2		12	91
5	Ken Charles	23	7		208	22	55	.400				22	55	.400	.400	8	11	.727	3	10	13	18	6	5		27	52
6	Bob Weiss	32	7		113	11	23	.478				11	23	.478	.478	8	12	.667	2	5	7	17	4	1		15	30
7	Jack Marin	30	7		108	12	27	.444				12	27	.444	.444	13	15	.867	5	12	17	8	7	1		12	37
8	Lee Winfield	27	6		65	7	16	.438				7	16	.438	.438	3	5	.600	5	3	8	9	2	1		10	17
9	Dale Schlueter	29	6		40	6	10	.600				6	10	.600	.600	1	3	.333	5	8	13	1	1	0		6	13
10	Jim Washington	31	6		39	2	5	.400				2	5	.400	.400	0	0		3	4	7	3	0	0		5	4
11	Paul Ruffner	26	1		4	0	1	.000				0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Bob McAdoo	23	82	3539	25.8	.569		.372	9.2	23.5	16.6	8.6	1.2	2.4				12.7	5.1	17.8	.242		5.1	-0.4	4.7	6.0
2	Randy Smith	26	82	3001	17.1	.523		.234	3.4	8.1	5.8	25.5	2.0	0.0				5.0	2.3	7.2	.116		0.9	-0.5	0.5	1.9
3	Gar Heard	26	67	2148	13.6	.411		.230	9.1	21.9	15.8	11.8	2.2	2.8				-1.6	3.6	2.1	.046		-1.8	1.3	-0.5	0.8
4	Jack Marin	30	81	2147	12.8	.510		.266	5.1	11.8	8.6	8.6	1.1	0.4				2.4	1.5	3.9	.087		-1.0	-1.1	-2.1	-0.1
5	Jim McMillian	26	62	2132	14.7	.557		.332	6.3	11.8	9.2	9.9	1.4	0.3				4.3	1.7	6.0	.134		1.3	-0.4	0.9	1.6
6	Ken Charles	23	79	1690	12.5	.518		.283	4.3	5.6	4.9	13.3	2.3	0.6				1.7	1.3	3.0	.086		-1.0	0.6	-0.4	0.7
7	Bob Weiss	32	76	1338	10.5	.444		.257	1.7	6.1	4.0	23.6	2.7	0.7				-0.1	1.2	1.1	.040		-2.4	1.2	-1.2	0.3
8	Lee Winfield	27	68	1259	11.8	.551		.218	3.8	6.3	5.1	13.8	1.5	1.2				1.6	0.8	2.4	.093		-0.1	0.6	0.5	0.8
9	Dale Schlueter	29	76	962	13.1	.579		.680	8.6	18.9	14.0	13.4	0.8	2.2				0.9	1.1	2.0	.102		-1.4	1.4	0.0	0.5
10	Ernie DiGregorio	24	31	712	12.3	.475		.192	0.9	5.4	3.2	28.1	1.2	0.0				0.3	0.3	0.6	.039		-1.5	-1.8	-3.3	-0.2
11	Jim Washington	31	42	674	10.6	.490		.235	9.1	20.2	14.9	8.1	0.7	1.0				0.3	0.7	1.0	.074		-1.4	-0.2	-1.6	0.1
12	Paul Ruffner	26	22	103	12.1	.457		.106	12.3	9.5	10.9	9.9	1.3	1.4				0.0	0.1	0.1	.029		-3.7	-0.5	-4.2	-0.1
13	Bernie Harris	24	11	25	3.6	.210		.182	8.5	23.5	16.3	4.9	0.0	2.0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.190		-4.7	-0.6	-5.3	-0.1

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Bob McAdoo	23	7	327	24.3	.528		.338	7.8	23.2	15.2	5.6	0.8	3.1				0.8	0.3	1.1	.168		5.0	-0.7	4.3	0.5
2	Randy Smith	26	7	286	17.7	.533		.286	2.9	8.5	5.6	24.8	2.9	0.2				0.5	0.2	0.7	.119		2.4	0.9	3.2	0.4
3	Gar Heard	26	7	250	12.2	.401		.146	9.8	22.9	16.1	10.1	1.6	1.7				-0.2	0.2	0.1	.014		-0.7	-0.1	-0.8	0.1
4	Jim McMillian	26	7	240	13.0	.494		.163	4.3	11.0	7.5	8.3	2.1	0.4				0.3	0.1	0.4	.080		1.5	0.1	1.6	0.2
5	Ken Charles	23	7	208	7.4	.434		.200	1.5	5.3	3.3	11.4	1.3	1.3				-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.014		-2.8	0.0	-2.8	0.0
6	Bob Weiss	32	7	113	10.7	.530		.522	1.8	4.9	3.3	19.6	1.6	0.5				0.1	0.0	0.1	.040		-1.6	-0.1	-1.6	0.0
7	Jack Marin	30	7	108	13.8	.551		.556	4.7	12.2	8.3	9.8	3.0	0.5				0.2	0.1	0.3	.114		0.8	1.5	2.3	0.1
8	Lee Winfield	27	6	65	10.7	.467		.313	7.9	5.1	6.5	18.3	1.4	0.8				0.0	0.0	0.0	.032		-0.7	-0.2	-0.9	0.0
9	Dale Schlueter	29	6	40	13.1	.574		.300	12.8	22.0	17.2	3.5	1.1	0.0				0.1	0.0	0.1	.119		0.6	-1.0	-0.5	0.0
10	Jim Washington	31	6	39	5.0	.400		.000	7.9	11.3	9.5	9.4	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.010		-2.0	-1.1	-3.1	0.0
11	Paul Ruffner	26	1	4	-1.2	.000		.000	0.0	55.1	26.5	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.161		-6.5	-3.5	-10.0	0.0

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