1975-76 Buffalo Braves Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 46-36
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 4-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Jack Ramsay (46-36)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 418,696, Avg. 10,212 in 41 home dates

1975-76 Buffalo Braves Roster
1975-76 Buffalo Braves Results

The Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 46 wins and 36 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

The Braves tossed in 8,795 points and conceded 8,727. Bob McAdoo scored a team-leading 2,427 points for Buffalo, and Randy Smith contributed 17 or more per game, too. Bob McAdoo accounted for 965 boards. Randy Smith dished out 484 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Randy Smith added 153 steals, while Bob McAdoo blocked 160 shots.

Jack Ramsay coached the team. The 1975-76 Buffalo Braves lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Bob McAdoo	C-F	78	0	3328	1918	934			734	559	241	724	965	315	93	160	298	2427
Randy Smith	G-F	82	0	3167	1422	702			469	383	104	313	417	484	153	4	274	1787
Jim McMillian	F	74	0	2610	918	492			219	188	134	256	390	205	88	14	141	1172
Ken Charles	G	81	0	2247	719	328			205	161	58	161	219	204	123	48	257	817
Garfield Heard	F	50	0	1527	492	207			135	82	138	373	511	126	66	55	183	496
Ernie DiGregorio	G	67	0	1364	474	182			94	86	15	97	112	265	37	1	158	450
John Shumate	F-C	32	0	1046	254	146			143	97	82	232	314	65	38	18	83	389
Dick Gibbs	F-G	72	0	866	301	129			93	77	42	64	106	49	16	14	133	335
Tom McMillen	F-C	50	0	708	222	96			54	41	64	122	186	69	7	6	87	233
Bob Weiss	G	66	0	995	183	89			48	35	13	53	66	150	48	14	94	213
Dale Schlueter	C	71	0	773	122	61			81	54	58	166	224	80	13	17	141	176
Don Adams	F	56	0	704	170	67			57	40	38	107	145	73	30	7	128	174
Jack Marin	F-G	12	8	278	94	41			33	27	10	30	40	23	7	6	30	109
Steve Kuberski	F-C	10	0	85	17	7			3	3	4	21	25	3	1	2	10	17
Jim Washington	F-C	1	0	7	1	0			0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		802	8	19705	7307	3481	0	0	2368	1833	1002	2719	3721	2112	720	366	2017	8795

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Bob McAdoo	C-F	78	0	42.7	48.7	76.2	3.1	9.3	12.4	4.0	1.2	2.1	3.8	31.1
Randy Smith	G-F	82	0	38.6	49.4	81.7	1.3	3.8	5.1	5.9	1.9	0.0	3.3	21.8
Jim McMillian	F	74	0	35.3	53.6	85.8	1.8	3.5	5.3	2.8	1.2	0.2	1.9	15.8
Ken Charles	G	81	0	27.7	45.6	78.5	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.5	1.5	0.6	3.2	10.1
Garfield Heard	F	50	0	30.5	42.1	60.7	2.8	7.5	10.2	2.5	1.3	1.1	3.7	9.9
Ernie DiGregorio	G	67	0	20.4	38.4	91.5	0.2	1.4	1.7	4.0	0.6	0.0	2.4	6.7
John Shumate	F-C	32	0	32.7	57.5	67.8	2.6	7.3	9.8	2.0	1.2	0.6	2.6	12.2
Dick Gibbs	F-G	72	0	12.0	42.9	82.8	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.7	0.2	0.2	1.8	4.7
Tom McMillen	F-C	50	0	14.2	43.2	75.9	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.4	0.1	0.1	1.7	4.7
Bob Weiss	G	66	0	15.1	48.6	72.9	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.4	3.2
Dale Schlueter	C	71	0	10.9	50.0	66.7	0.8	2.3	3.2	1.1	0.2	0.2	2.0	2.5
Don Adams	F	56	0	12.6	39.4	70.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.3	0.5	0.1	2.3	3.1
Jack Marin	F-G	12	8	23.2	43.6	81.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.5	9.1
Steve Kuberski	F-C	10	0	8.5	41.2	100.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.0	1.7
Jim Washington	F-C	1	0	7.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		802	8	24.6	47.6	77.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.6	0.9	0.5	2.5	11.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Bob McAdoo	C-F	9	406	215	97			82	58	31	97	128	29	7	18	37	252
Randy Smith	G-F	9	386	161	81			49	41	5	47	52	77	14	0	35	203
Jim McMillian	F	9	348	129	61			38	33	11	26	37	19	14	4	29	155
John Shumate	F-C	9	362	92	54			38	19	25	52	77	25	9	13	29	127
Ernie DiGregorio	G	9	217	62	30			8	8	1	12	13	45	5	2	29	68
Ken Charles	G	9	238	55	22			13	9	6	20	26	14	7	6	31	53
Don Adams	F	9	122	36	15			7	6	8	19	27	13	2	0	23	36
Dale Schlueter	C	8	44	7	5			6	5	2	6	8	2	1	3	11	15
Dick Gibbs	F-G	5	23	9	4			2	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	8	10
Bob Weiss	G	7	36	8	3			3	2	0	4	4	3	2	0	5	8
Tom McMillen	F-C	1	3	2	1			0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Totals		84	2185	776	373	0	0	246	183	90	284	374	229	61	46	238	929

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Bob McAdoo	C-F	9	45.1	45.1	70.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.1	28.0
Randy Smith	G-F	9	42.9	50.3	83.7	0.6	5.2	5.8	8.6	1.6	0.0	3.9	22.6
Jim McMillian	F	9	38.7	47.3	86.8	1.2	2.9	4.1	2.1	1.6	0.4	3.2	17.2
John Shumate	F-C	9	40.2	58.7	50.0	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	3.2	14.1
Ernie DiGregorio	G	9	24.1	48.4	100.0	0.1	1.3	1.4	5.0	0.6	0.2	3.2	7.6
Ken Charles	G	9	26.4	40.0	69.2	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.6	0.8	0.7	3.4	5.9
Don Adams	F	9	13.6	41.7	85.7	0.9	2.1	3.0	1.4	0.2	0.0	2.6	4.0
Dale Schlueter	C	8	5.5	71.4	83.3	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.9
Dick Gibbs	F-G	5	4.6	44.4	100.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.0
Bob Weiss	G	7	5.1	37.5	66.7	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.1
Tom McMillen	F-C	1	3.0	50.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
Averages		802	26.0	48.1	74.4	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.7	0.7	0.5	2.8	11.1

1975-76 Buffalo Braves Statistics

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