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1976-77 Buffalo Braves
30–52 · #21 in the league · Missed playoffs
Buffalo Braves went 30–52 in the regular season, good for the #21 record in the league, and finished as missed playoffs.
League rank
#21
Net rating
-4.2
Home floor
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Roster
19 players
Record
30–52
36.6% win rate
League rank
#21
Regular season
Net rating
-4.2
SRS -4.3
Finish
Missed playoffs
Did not reach the playoffs.
The squad
Season roster
| Player | Pos | No. | GP | GS | PPG | RPG | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Smith | G-F | 9 | 82 | — | 20.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Ernie DiGregorio | G | 15 | 81 | — | 10.7 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| Adrian Dantley | F-G | 44 | 77 | — | 20.3 | 7.6 | 1.9 |
| Don Adams | F | 10 | 77 | — | 7.3 | 4.8 | 1.9 |
| Bird Averitt | G | — | 75 | — | 7.9 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| John Shumate | F-C | 34 | 74 | — | 15.1 | 9.5 | 2.1 |
| Fred Foster | F | — | 59 | — | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| John Gianelli | C-F | — | 57 | — | 7.0 | 5.2 | 1.0 |
| Chuck Williams | G | — | 44 | — | 2.8 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Gus Gerard | F-G | — | 41 | — | 5.9 | 2.9 | 1.0 |
| George Johnson | C-F | — | 39 | — | 7.6 | 10.3 | 2.0 |
| Claude Terry | G-F | — | 33 | — | 3.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Zaid Abdul-Aziz | C-F | — | 22 | — | 3.8 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
| Bob McAdoo | C-F | 11 | 20 | — | 23.7 | 13.2 | 3.3 |
| Tom McMillen | F-C | 52 | 20 | — | 5.8 | 3.6 | 0.8 |
| Jim Price | G | — | 20 | — | 5.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Johnny Neumann | G-F | — | 4 | — | 8.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| Clyde Mayes | F | 22 | 2 | — | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Moses Malone | C-F | — | 2 | — | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Team stats
Season profile
97.6
ORtg
101.8
DRtg
107.3
Pace
-4.3
SRS
-4.4
MOV
50.2%
TS%
45.0%
eFG%
25.8
Avg age
Sideline
Coaching staff
Bob MacKinnon (Interim)
head_coach
Joe Mullaney (Interim)
head_coach
Tates Locke
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Missed playoffs
Did not reach the playoffs.
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Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
626 average attendance
Then and now
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