1973-74 Buffalo Braves Statistics
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 42-40
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Jack Ramsay (42-40)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 427,270, Avg. 10,421 in 41 home dates
1973-74 Buffalo Braves RosterTeam Record: 42-40
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Jack Ramsay (42-40)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 427,270, Avg. 10,421 in 41 home dates
1973-74 Buffalo Braves Results
The Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
Buffalo paced the league with 9,155 points. The team surrendered 9,164 points, most in the circuit. Bob McAdoo tossed in a team-leading 2,261 points for the Braves, while Jim McMillian scored 18 or more per game, too. Bob McAdoo contributed 1,117 boards. Ernie DiGregorio dished out 663 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Randy Smith added 203 steals, and Bob McAdoo blocked 246 shots.
Jack Ramsay coached the team. The 1973-74 Buffalo Braves lost in the conference semifinals.
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Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McAdoo | C-F | 74 | 3185 | 1647 | 901 | 579 | 459 | 281 | 836 | 1117 | 170 | 88 | 246 | 0 | 252 | 2261 | ||
| Jim McMillian | F | 82 | 3322 | 1214 | 600 | 379 | 325 | 216 | 394 | 610 | 256 | 129 | 26 | 0 | 186 | 1525 | ||
| Randy Smith | G-F | 82 | 2745 | 1079 | 531 | 288 | 205 | 87 | 228 | 315 | 383 | 203 | 4 | 0 | 261 | 1267 | ||
| Garfield Heard | F | 81 | 2889 | 1205 | 524 | 294 | 191 | 270 | 677 | 947 | 180 | 136 | 230 | 0 | 300 | 1239 | ||
| Ernie DiGregorio | G | 81 | 2910 | 1260 | 530 | 193 | 174 | 48 | 171 | 219 | 663 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 242 | 1234 | ||
| Bob Kauffman | F-C | 74 | 1304 | 366 | 171 | 150 | 107 | 97 | 229 | 326 | 142 | 37 | 18 | 0 | 155 | 449 | ||
| Jack Marin | F-G | 27 | 680 | 266 | 145 | 81 | 71 | 30 | 92 | 122 | 46 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 93 | 361 | ||
| Ken Charles | G | 59 | 693 | 185 | 88 | 79 | 53 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 54 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 91 | 229 | ||
| Dave Wohl | G | 41 | 606 | 150 | 60 | 60 | 42 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 127 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 162 | ||
| Matt Guokas | G-F | 27 | 549 | 110 | 61 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 69 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 132 | ||
| Kevin Kunnert | C-F | 39 | 340 | 101 | 49 | 16 | 11 | 43 | 63 | 106 | 25 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 83 | 109 | ||
| Lee Winfield | G | 36 | 433 | 105 | 37 | 52 | 33 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 107 | ||
| Mike Macaluso | F | 30 | 112 | 44 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 48 | ||
| Paul Ruffner | C-F | 20 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 30 | ||
| Jim Garvin | F | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 759 | 19830 | 7763 | 3728 | 0 | 0 | 2221 | 1699 | 1150 | 2830 | 3980 | 2165 | 786 | 600 | 0 | 1875 | 9155 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McAdoo | C-F | 74 | 43.0 | 54.7 | 79.3 | 3.8 | 11.3 | 15.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 30.6 | |
| Jim McMillian | F | 82 | 40.5 | 49.4 | 85.8 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 18.6 | |
| Randy Smith | G-F | 82 | 33.5 | 49.2 | 71.2 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 15.5 | |
| Garfield Heard | F | 81 | 35.7 | 43.5 | 65.0 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 15.3 | |
| Ernie DiGregorio | G | 81 | 35.9 | 42.1 | 90.2 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 15.2 | |
| Bob Kauffman | F-C | 74 | 17.6 | 46.7 | 71.3 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 6.1 | |
| Jack Marin | F-G | 27 | 25.2 | 54.5 | 87.7 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 13.4 | |
| Ken Charles | G | 59 | 11.7 | 47.6 | 67.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.9 | |
| Dave Wohl | G | 41 | 14.8 | 40.0 | 70.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.0 | |
| Matt Guokas | G-F | 27 | 20.3 | 55.5 | 50.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 4.9 | |
| Kevin Kunnert | C-F | 39 | 8.7 | 48.5 | 68.8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.8 | |
| Lee Winfield | G | 36 | 12.0 | 35.2 | 63.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 | |
| Mike Macaluso | F | 30 | 3.7 | 43.2 | 58.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | |
| Paul Ruffner | C-F | 20 | 2.6 | 40.7 | 61.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| Jim Garvin | F | 6 | 1.8 | 25.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||
| Averages | 759 | 26.1 | 48.0 | 76.5 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 12.1 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McAdoo | C-F | 6 | 271 | 159 | 76 | 47 | 38 | 14 | 68 | 82 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 190 | ||
| Garfield Heard | F | 6 | 240 | 92 | 42 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 66 | 88 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 101 | ||
| Jim McMillian | F | 6 | 224 | 92 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 87 | ||
| Randy Smith | G-F | 6 | 227 | 90 | 36 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 85 | ||
| Ernie DiGregorio | G | 6 | 240 | 86 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 82 | ||
| Jack Marin | F-G | 6 | 121 | 47 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 51 | ||
| Matt Guokas | G-F | 6 | 85 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 19 | ||
| Ken Charles | G | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Bob Kauffman | F-C | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Lee Winfield | G | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 47 | 1440 | 590 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 98 | 79 | 219 | 298 | 140 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 124 | 624 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McAdoo | C-F | 6 | 45.2 | 47.8 | 80.9 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 31.7 | |
| Garfield Heard | F | 6 | 40.0 | 45.7 | 70.8 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 14.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 16.8 | |
| Jim McMillian | F | 6 | 37.3 | 41.3 | 68.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 14.5 | |
| Randy Smith | G-F | 6 | 37.8 | 40.0 | 65.0 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 14.2 | |
| Ernie DiGregorio | G | 6 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 88.9 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 13.7 | |
| Jack Marin | F-G | 6 | 20.2 | 46.8 | 77.8 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 8.5 | |
| Matt Guokas | G-F | 6 | 14.2 | 53.3 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | |
| Ken Charles | G | 2 | 5.0 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | ||
| Bob Kauffman | F-C | 2 | 5.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | |
| Lee Winfield | G | 1 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| Averages | 759 | 30.6 | 44.6 | 73.7 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 13.3 |
