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1971 Buffalo Braves (1970 - 1977)

1972-73 1971-72?1970-71

22 - 60?.268??(pythagorean: 15?- 67?.193)
Finished in 4th place, 34 games out of first.
Attendance: 350,852 Total; 8,557 Avg

Coaching:
Dolph Schayes 0 - 1
John McCarthy 22 - 59

1971 Draft
1 - Elmore Smith, Kentucky State
2 - Fred Hilton, Grambling
2 - Amos Thomas, SW Oklahoma State
2 - Spencer Haywood, Detroit
4 - Jim OBrien, Boston College
5 - Garry Nelson, Duquesne
6 - Glen Summors, Gannon
7 - Randy Smith, Buffalo State
8 - Craig Love, Ohio
9 - Gary Stewart, Canisius
10 - Don Ward, Colgate
11 - Bill Warner, Arizona
12 - Butch Webster, LSU/New Orleans
13 - Pete Smith, Valdosta State
14 - Ray Lavender, Drury
15 - William Chatmon, Baylor
16 - James Douglas, Memphis
17 - Nelson Isley, Louisiana State
18 - Joey Meyer, DePaul

1971-72 Game Log and Scores

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? EFF Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP OREB REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF PACE
Offense 0.0 8367 102.0 3409 7560 .451 1549 2219 .698 0 0 .000 0 3978 48.5 1759 21.5 0 0 0 2110 0.0
Defense 0.0 9125 111.3 3479 7557 .460 2167 2842 .762 0 0 .000 0 4187 51.1 1918 23.4 0 0 0 1728 ?

Players


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Name G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
Bob Kauffman 77 3205 1457 18.9 558 1123 .497 341 429 .795 0 0 .000 787 10.2 297 3.9 0 0 0
Elmore Smith 78 3186 1352 17.3 579 1275 .454 194 363 .534 0 0 .000 1184 15.2 111 1.4 0 0 0
Walt Hazzard 72 2389 1137 15.8 450 998 .451 237 303 .782 0 0 .000 213 3.0 406 5.6 0 0 0
Randy Smith 76 2094 1022 13.4 432 896 .482 158 254 .622 0 0 .000 368 4.8 189 2.5 0 0 0
Fred Hilton 61 1349 708 11.6 309 795 .389 90 122 .738 0 0 .000 156 2.6 116 1.9 0 0 0
Eldo Garrett 73 1905 786 10.8 325 735 .442 136 157 .866 0 0 .000 225 3.1 165 2.3 0 0 0
Mike Davis 62 1068 564 9.1 213 501 .425 138 180 .767 0 0 .000 120 1.9 82 1.3 0 0 0
Jerry Chambers 26 369 178 6.8 78 180 .433 22 32 .688 0 0 .000 67 2.6 23 0.9 0 0 0
Cornell Warner 62 1239 382 6.2 162 366 .443 58 78 .744 0 0 .000 379 6.1 54 0.9 0 0 0
John Hummer 55 1186 284 5.2 113 290 .390 58 124 .468 0 0 .000 229 4.2 72 1.3 0 0 0
Emmette Bryant 54 1223 277 5.1 101 220 .459 75 125 .600 0 0 .000 127 2.4 206 3.8 0 0 0
Wilmer Hosket 44 592 220 5.0 89 181 .492 42 52 .808 0 0 .000 123 2.8 38 0.9 0 0 0

Players (Extended Stats)


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Name G Min EFF AV VI PPFGA PPR RbRate
Bob Kauffman 77 3205 24.52 13.6 9.1 1.111 0.00 11.9
Elmore Smith 78 3186 22.85 13.0 7.2 0.942 0.00 18.1
Walt Hazzard 72 2389 15.86 9.3 6.4 1.005 0.00 4.3
Randy Smith 76 2094 13.41 8.6 5.4 1.014 0.00 8.5
Fred Hilton 61 1349 7.57 4.7 3.9 0.834 0.00 5.6
Eldo Garrett 73 1905 10.21 6.8 4.3 0.978 0.00 5.7
Mike Davis 62 1068 7.03 4.5 2.8 0.972 0.00 5.5
Jerry Chambers 26 369 6.00 2.1 2.5 0.917 0.00 8.8
Cornell Warner 62 1239 9.53 5.7 3.2 0.954 0.00 14.9
John Hummer 55 1186 6.22 3.8 3.1 0.824 0.00 9.4
Emmette Bryant 54 1223 8.17 4.6 3.6 1.007 0.00 5.0
Wilmer Hosket 44 592 6.34 3.2 2.3 1.079 0.00 10.1

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