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The 1973–74 Buffalo Braves season was the fourth season for the expansion Buffalo Braves franchise in the National Basketball Association and its Atlantic Division. It was the team's second season under head coach Jack Ramsay. [1] The team's official home arena was Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
The 1972–73 Buffalo Braves season was the 3rd season of the Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Despite finishing with a worse record than their previous 2 seasons, their 21–61 record was good enough for 3rd place. The Braves showed improvement under new Coach Jack Ramsay.
The Braves repeated their 22–60 record in the 1971–72 season, but did make good acquisitions that would make the club better. Buffalo drafted center Elmore Smith from Kentucky State University and local favorite Randy Smith from Buffalo State College. Johnny McCarthy replaced Schayes one game into the season as the team's head coach.
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He was selected third overall by the Buffalo Braves (a franchise now known as the Los Angeles Clippers) in the 1973 NBA draft out of Providence College, [20] and won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1973–74 after averaging 15.2 points and leading the league in both free throw percentage (.902) and assists per game (8.2), while playing 35.9 ...
Bob McAdoo of the Buffalo Braves led the league in both points per game and field goal percentage, with averages of 30.6 and .547, respectively. He was the first player to do so since Wilt Chamberlain in 1965–66 , and to date only one player has replicated the achievement: Shaquille O'Neal in 1999–2000 .
This is a list of basketball players who played for the NBA franchise Buffalo Braves (now called the Los Angeles Clippers). Pages in category "Buffalo Braves players" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.
Buffalo Braves: Career highlights and awards; ABA All-Star ; Consensus first-team All-American ; 2× OVC Player of the Year (1970, 1971) No. 44 jersey retired by Western Kentucky Hilltoppers; Career ABA and NBA statistics; Points: 2,698 (10.0 ppg) Rebounds: 1,748 (6.5 rpg) Assists: 288 (1.1 apg) Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball Reference