1974-75 Buffalo Braves Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 49-33
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 3-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Washington Bullets 4-3
Coach: Jack Ramsay (49-33)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 467,267, Avg. 11,397 in 41 home dates

1974-75 Buffalo Braves Roster
1974-75 Buffalo Braves Results

The Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association ended the 1974-75 season with a record of 49 wins and 33 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Braves poured in 8,839 points and surrendered 8,663. Bob McAdoo tossed in a team-leading 2,831 points for Buffalo, while Randy Smith scored 17 or more per game, too. Bob McAdoo contributed 1,155 boards. Randy Smith dished out 534 assists for the squad.

On defense, Randy Smith added 137 steals, and Bob McAdoo blocked 174 shots.

Jack Ramsay coached the team. The 1974-75 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	PF	Pts
Bob McAdoo	C-F	82	3539	2138	1095			796	641	307	848	1155	179	92	174	278	2831
Randy Smith	G-F	82	3001	1261	610			295	236	95	249	344	534	137	3	247	1456
Jack Marin	F-G	81	2147	836	380			222	193	104	259	363	133	51	16	238	953
Jim McMillian	F	62	2132	695	347			231	194	127	258	385	156	69	15	129	888
Garfield Heard	F	67	2148	819	318			188	106	185	481	666	190	106	120	242	742
Ken Charles	G	79	1690	515	240			146	120	68	96	164	171	87	20	165	600
Lee Winfield	G	68	1259	312	164			68	49	45	81	126	134	43	30	106	377
Dale Schlueter	C	76	962	178	92			121	84	78	186	264	104	18	42	163	268
Bob Weiss	G	76	1338	261	102			67	54	21	83	104	260	82	19	146	258
Ernie DiGregorio	G	31	712	234	103			45	35	6	39	45	151	19	0	62	241
Jim Washington	F-C	42	674	162	77			38	21	58	139	197	43	11	13	81	175
Paul Ruffner	C-F	22	103	47	22			5	1	12	10	22	7	3	3	22	45
Bernie Harris	F	11	25	11	2			2	1	2	6	8	1	0	1	0	5
Totals		779	19730	7469	3552	0	0	2224	1735	1108	2735	3843	2063	718	456	1879	8839

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Bob McAdoo	C-F	82	43.2	51.2	80.5	3.7	10.3	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1	3.4	34.5
Randy Smith	G-F	82	36.6	48.4	80.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	6.5	1.7	0.0	3.0	17.8
Jack Marin	F-G	81	26.5	45.5	86.9	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.2	2.9	11.8
Jim McMillian	F	62	34.4	49.9	84.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.1	14.3
Garfield Heard	F	67	32.1	38.8	56.4	2.8	7.2	9.9	2.8	1.6	1.8	3.6	11.1
Ken Charles	G	79	21.4	46.6	82.2	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	2.1	7.6
Lee Winfield	G	68	18.5	52.6	72.1	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.6	5.5
Dale Schlueter	C	76	12.7	51.7	69.4	1.0	2.4	3.5	1.4	0.2	0.6	2.1	3.5
Bob Weiss	G	76	17.6	39.1	80.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.9	3.4
Ernie DiGregorio	G	31	23.0	44.0	77.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	4.9	0.6	0.0	2.0	7.8
Jim Washington	F-C	42	16.0	47.5	55.3	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.9	4.2
Paul Ruffner	C-F	22	4.7	46.8	20.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.0	2.0
Bernie Harris	F	11	2.3	18.2	50.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5
Averages		779	25.3	47.6	78.0	1.4	3.5	4.9	2.6	0.9	0.6	2.4	11.3

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	7	327	216	104			73	54	25	69	94	10	6	19	29	262
Randy Smith	G-F	7	286	105	50			30	26	8	22	30	49	18	1	23	126
Jim McMillian	F	7	240	86	39			14	13	10	24	34	14	11	2	12	91
Garfield Heard	F	7	250	96	38			14	6	24	52	76	18	9	8	28	82
Ken Charles	G	7	208	55	22			11	8	3	10	13	18	6	5	27	52
Jack Marin	F-G	7	108	27	12			15	13	5	12	17	8	7	1	12	37
Bob Weiss	G	7	113	23	11			12	8	2	5	7	17	4	1	15	30
Lee Winfield	G	6	65	16	7			5	3	5	3	8	9	2	1	10	17
Dale Schlueter	C	6	40	10	6			3	1	5	8	13	1	1	0	6	13
Jim Washington	F-C	6	39	5	2			0	0	3	4	7	3	0	0	5	4
Paul Ruffner	C-F	1	4	1	0			0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		68	1680	640	291	0	0	177	132	90	211	301	147	64	38	167	714

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Bob McAdoo	C-F	7	46.7	48.1	74.0	3.6	9.9	13.4	1.4	0.9	2.7	4.1	37.4
Randy Smith	G-F	7	40.9	47.6	86.7	1.1	3.1	4.3	7.0	2.6	0.1	3.3	18.0
Jim McMillian	F	7	34.3	45.3	92.9	1.4	3.4	4.9	2.0	1.6	0.3	1.7	13.0
Garfield Heard	F	7	35.7	39.6	42.9	3.4	7.4	10.9	2.6	1.3	1.1	4.0	11.7
Ken Charles	G	7	29.7	40.0	72.7	0.4	1.4	1.9	2.6	0.9	0.7	3.9	7.4
Jack Marin	F-G	7	15.4	44.4	86.7	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.1	1.0	0.1	1.7	5.3
Bob Weiss	G	7	16.1	47.8	66.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.4	0.6	0.1	2.1	4.3
Lee Winfield	G	6	10.8	43.8	60.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	1.7	2.8
Dale Schlueter	C	6	6.7	60.0	33.3	0.8	1.3	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	2.2
Jim Washington	F-C	6	6.5	40.0		0.5	0.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.7
Paul Ruffner	C-F	1	4.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		779	24.7	45.5	74.6	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.2	0.9	0.6	2.5	10.5

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