1977-78 Buffalo Braves Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 27-55
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (27-55)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 252,457, Avg. 6,157 in 41 home dates

1977-78 Buffalo Braves Roster
1977-78 Buffalo Braves Results

The Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 27 wins and 55 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Braves tossed in 8,634 points and allowed 8,941. Randy Smith scored a team-leading 2,021 points for Buffalo, and Swen Nater contributed 1,029 boards. Randy Smith dished out 458 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Randy Smith added 172 steals.

Cotton Fitzsimmons coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Randy Smith	G-F	82	0	3314	1697	789			554	443	110	200	310	458	172	11	286	224	2021
Billy Knight	G-F	53	0	2155	926	457			372	301	126	257	383	161	82	13	167	137	1215
Swen Nater	C	78	0	2778	994	501			272	208	278	751	1029	216	40	47	225	274	1210
Marvin Barnes	F-C	48	0	1377	543	226			153	114	107	241	348	117	57	72	107	198	566
Wil Jones	F	79	0	1711	514	226			119	84	106	228	334	116	70	43	137	255	536
Chuck Williams	G	73	0	2002	436	208			138	114	29	108	137	317	48	4	156	137	530
Larry McNeill	F-C	37	0	873	338	156			156	130	78	110	188	45	18	10	60	100	442
Mike Glenn	G	56	14	947	370	195			65	51	14	65	79	78	35	5	50	98	441
Bill Willoughby	F-C	56	0	1079	363	156			80	64	76	143	219	38	24	47	56	131	376
Bird Averitt	G	34	0	676	296	129			96	64	10	40	50	128	22	8	88	86	322
Jim McDaniels	C-F	42	0	694	234	100			42	36	46	135	181	44	4	37	50	112	236
John Shumate	F-C	18	0	590	151	75			99	74	32	96	128	58	14	9	46	58	224
Ted McClain	G	41	0	727	184	81			63	50	11	64	75	123	42	2	68	88	212
Scott Lloyd	C-F	56	0	566	160	68			58	43	45	74	119	35	11	9	36	83	179
Gary Brokaw	G	13	0	130	43	18			24	18	3	9	12	20	3	5	12	11	54
Gus Gerard	F-G	10	0	85	40	16			15	11	6	8	14	9	2	3	7	13	43
Eddie Owens	F	8	0	63	21	9			6	3	5	5	10	5	1	0	3	9	21
Larry Johnson	G	4	0	38	13	3			2	0	1	4	5	7	5	2	3	3	6
Totals		788	14	19805	7323	3413	0	0	2314	1808	1083	2538	3621	1975	650	327	1557	2017	8634

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Randy Smith	G-F	82	0	40.4	46.5	80.0	1.3	2.4	3.8	5.6	2.1	0.1	3.5	2.7	24.6
Billy Knight	G-F	53	0	40.7	49.4	80.9	2.4	4.8	7.2	3.0	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.6	22.9
Swen Nater	C	78	0	35.6	50.4	76.5	3.6	9.6	13.2	2.8	0.5	0.6	2.9	3.5	15.5
Marvin Barnes	F-C	48	0	28.7	41.6	74.5	2.2	5.0	7.3	2.4	1.2	1.5	2.2	4.1	11.8
Wil Jones	F	79	0	21.7	44.0	70.6	1.3	2.9	4.2	1.5	0.9	0.5	1.7	3.2	6.8
Chuck Williams	G	73	0	27.4	47.7	82.6	0.4	1.5	1.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	2.1	1.9	7.3
Larry McNeill	F-C	37	0	23.6	46.2	83.3	2.1	3.0	5.1	1.2	0.5	0.3	1.6	2.7	11.9
Mike Glenn	G	56	14	16.9	52.7	78.5	0.3	1.2	1.4	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.8	7.9
Bill Willoughby	F-C	56	0	19.3	43.0	80.0	1.4	2.6	3.9	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.3	6.7
Bird Averitt	G	34	0	19.9	43.6	66.7	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.8	0.6	0.2	2.6	2.5	9.5
Jim McDaniels	C-F	42	0	16.5	42.7	85.7	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.0	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.7	5.6
John Shumate	F-C	18	0	32.8	49.7	74.7	1.8	5.3	7.1	3.2	0.8	0.5	2.6	3.2	12.4
Ted McClain	G	41	0	17.7	44.0	79.4	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.7	2.1	5.2
Scott Lloyd	C-F	56	0	10.1	42.5	74.1	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.5	3.2
Gary Brokaw	G	13	0	10.0	41.9	75.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.4	0.9	0.8	4.2
Gus Gerard	F-G	10	0	8.5	40.0	73.3	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3
Eddie Owens	F	8	0	7.9	42.9	50.0	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.1	2.6
Larry Johnson	G	4	0	9.5	23.1	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.5
Averages		788	14	25.1	46.6	78.1	1.4	3.2	4.6	2.5	0.8	0.4	2.0	2.6	11.0

1977-78 Buffalo Braves Statistics

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