La temporada 1977-78 fue la octava de los Buffalo Braves en la NBA , y la última en la costa este del país, ya que a partir de la temporada siguiente se convertirían en los San Diego Clippers , mudándose a California . La temporada regular acabó con 27 victorias y 55 derrotas, ocupando el décimo puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs .[ 1]
Buffalo Braves 1977-1978
Jugadores
Entrenadores
N.º
Nac.
Pos.
Nombre
Altura
Peso
Origen
1
USA !
1 B
Archibald, Nate (IN)
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
75 kg (165 lb)
UTEP
15
USA !
5 E
Averitt, Bird
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
79 kg (175 lb)
Pepperdine
8
USA !
10 AP
Barnes, Marvin
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
102 kg (225 lb)
Providence
7
USA !
5 E
Brokaw, Gary
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
82 kg (180 lb)
Notre Dame
22
USA !
8 A
Gerard, Gus
2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
93 kg (205 lb)
Virginia
14
USA !
5 E
Glenn, Mike
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
79 kg (175 lb)
Southern Illinois
10
USA !
5 E
Johnson, Larry
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
93 kg (205 lb)
Kentucky
24
USA !
10 AP
Jones, Wil
2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
93 kg (205 lb)
Albany State*
25
USA !
8 A
Knight, Billy
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
88 kg (195 lb)
Pittsburgh
45
USA !
13 P
Lloyd, Scott
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
104 kg (230 lb)
Arizona State
12
USA !
1 B
McClain, Ted
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
86 kg (190 lb)
Tennessee State
44
USA !
13 P
McDaniels, Jim
2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
109 kg (240 lb)
Western Kentucky
43
USA !
10 AP
McNeill, Larry
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
88 kg (195 lb)
Marquette
31
NED !
13 P
Nater, Swen
2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
109 kg (240 lb)
UCLA
40
USA !
8 A
Owens, Eddie
2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
95 kg (210 lb)
UNLV
34
USA !
10 AP
Shumate, John
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
107 kg (235 lb)
Notre Dame
9
USA !
5 E
Smith, Randy
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
84 kg (185 lb)
Buffalo State*
11
USA !
1 B
Williams, Chuck
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
84 kg (185 lb)
Colorado
32
USA !
8 A
Willoughby, Bill
2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
93 kg (205 lb)
Dwight Morrow H.S.*
Entrenador
Ayudante(s)
Leyenda
(C) Capitán
(DR) Elección del draft sin firmar
(AL) Agente libre
(IN) Inactivo
(S) Suspendido
(GL) Asignado a la G League
(TW) Contrato dual
Lesionado
Plantilla
Rk
Jugador
Edad
P
PT
MP
TC
TCI
%TC
TL
TLI
%TL
RO
RD
RT
AS
RB
TAP
BP
FP
PTS
1
Billy Knight
25
53
40.7
8.6
17.5
.494
5.7
7.0
.809
2.4
4.8
7.2
3.0
1.5
0.2
3.2
2.6
22.9
2
Randy Smith
29
82
40.4
9.6
20.7
.465
5.4
6.8
.800
1.3
2.4
3.8
5.6
2.1
0.1
3.5
2.7
24.6
3
Swen Nater
28
78
35.6
6.4
12.7
.504
2.7
3.5
.765
3.6
9.6
13.2
2.8
0.5
0.6
2.9
3.5
15.5
4
John Shumate
25
18
32.8
4.2
8.4
.497
4.1
5.5
.747
1.8
5.3
7.1
3.2
0.8
0.5
2.6
3.2
12.4
5
Marvin Barnes
25
48
28.7
4.7
11.3
.416
2.4
3.2
.745
2.2
5.0
7.3
2.4
1.2
1.5
2.2
4.1
11.8
6
Chuck Williams
31
73
27.4
2.8
6.0
.477
1.6
1.9
.826
0.4
1.5
1.9
4.3
0.7
0.1
2.1
1.9
7.3
7
Larry McNeill
27
37
23.6
4.2
9.1
.462
3.5
4.2
.833
2.1
3.0
5.1
1.2
0.5
0.3
1.6
2.7
11.9
8
Wil Jones
30
79
21.7
2.9
6.5
.440
1.1
1.5
.706
1.3
2.9
4.2
1.5
0.9
0.5
1.7
3.2
6.8
9
Bird Averitt
25
34
19.9
3.8
8.7
.436
1.9
2.8
.667
0.3
1.2
1.5
3.8
0.6
0.2
2.6
2.5
9.5
10
Bill Willoughby
20
56
19.3
2.8
6.5
.430
1.1
1.4
.800
1.4
2.6
3.9
0.7
0.4
0.8
1.0
2.3
6.7
11
Ted McClain
31
41
17.7
2.0
4.5
.440
1.2
1.5
.794
0.3
1.6
1.8
3.0
1.0
0.0
1.7
2.1
5.2
12
Mike Glenn
22
56
16.9
3.5
6.6
.527
0.9
1.2
.785
0.3
1.2
1.4
1.4
0.6
0.1
0.9
1.8
7.9
13
Jim McDaniels
29
42
16.5
2.4
5.6
.427
0.9
1.0
.857
1.1
3.2
4.3
1.0
0.1
0.9
1.2
2.7
5.6
14
Scott Lloyd
25
56
10.1
1.2
2.9
.425
0.8
1.0
.741
0.8
1.3
2.1
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.6
1.5
3.2
15
Gary Brokaw
24
13
10.0
1.4
3.3
.419
1.4
1.8
.750
0.2
0.7
0.9
1.5
0.2
0.4
0.9
0.8
4.2
16
Larry Johnson
23
4
9.5
0.8
3.3
.231
0.0
0.5
.000
0.3
1.0
1.3
1.8
1.3
0.5
0.8
0.8
1.5
17
Gus Gerard
24
10
8.5
1.6
4.0
.400
1.1
1.5
.733
0.6
0.8
1.4
0.9
0.2
0.3
0.7
1.3
4.3
18
Eddie Owens
24
8
7.9
1.1
2.6
.429
0.4
0.8
.500
0.6
0.6
1.3
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.4
1.1
2.6