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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.
The Braves had no selections during the first two rounds of the 1975 NBA draft and no players drafted by the team that year played for the 1975–76 Buffalo. [3] 1974 NBA draft pick Tom McMillen played for a year in Europe before joining the 1975–76 Buffalo Braves. [4]
[a] NBA win-loss records also do not include wins and losses recorded during a team's playing time in the American Basketball Association (ABA), despite the 1976 ABA–NBA merger. [ 2 ] The San Antonio Spurs have the highest win-loss record percentage, with 2,305–1,562 (.596). [ 3 ]
The 1974–75 Buffalo Braves season was the fifth season of the club in the National Basketball Association. It was the team's third season under head coach Jack Ramsay . [ 1 ] The team's home arena was the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium , with six "home" games played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto .
The Braves sent Ken Charles and Dick Gibbs and cash to the Atlanta Hawks for Tom Van Arsdale. [17] [18] Van Arsdale never played for the Braves who traded him in August to the Phoenix Suns for a 1977 NBA draft 2nd round pick. [19] The Braves were involved in the following transactions during the 1976–77 season.
This article contains two charts: The first chart is a list of the top 50 all-time scorers in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The list includes only points scored in regular season games. The second chart is a progressive list of the leading all-time NBA scorers. [1] LeBron James is the leading scorer in NBA history.
Los Angeles Clippers regular season record (1984–present) 1,398 1,814 .435 All-time regular season record 1,843 2,517.423; Buffalo Braves postseason record (1970–1978) 9 13 .409 San Diego Clippers postseason record (1978–1984) 0 0 — Los Angeles Clippers postseason record (1984–present) 56 70 .444 All-time postseason record 65 83.439
The Braves lost for the 20th consecutive time to the Celtics that night. [19] Following a December 30 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Braves fell to a 16–22 record at the end of 1973 but began the New Year with a season high seven-game winning streak. [4] Heard set a career high with 22 rebounds in game five of the streak on January 8. [20]