# Temporada 1973-74 de los Buffalo Braves

La temporada 1973-74 fue la cuarta de los Buffalo Braves en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 42 victorias y 40 derrotas, ocupando el cuarto puesto de la conferencia Este, clasificándose por primera vez para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en la primera ronda ante Boston Celtics.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 3 | Ernie DiGregorio | Base | Estados Unidos | Providence |
| 3 | 38 | Ken Charles | Escolta | Trinidad y Tobago Trinidad y Tobago | Fordham |
| 6 | 88 | Mike Macaluso | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Canisius |
| 7 | 106 | Tim Bassett | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Georgia |
| 17 | 204 | Jim Garvin | Ala-Pivot | Estados Unidos | Boston University |
| 20 | 211 | Phil Tollestrup | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | BYU |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| y-Boston Celtics | 56 | 26 | .683 | – | 26–6 | 21–18 | 9–2 | 17–5 |
| x-New York Knicks | 49 | 33 | .598 | 7 | 28–13 | 21–19 | 0–1 | 10–12 |
| x-Buffalo Braves | 42 | 40 | .512 | 14 | 19–13 | 17–21 | 6–6 | 12–10 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 25 | 57 | .305 | 31 | 14–23 | 9–30 | 2–4 | 5–17 |

## Playoffs
### Semifinales de Conferencia

Boston Celtics vs. Buffalo Braves
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 30 de marzo | Boston Celtics 107, Buffalo Braves 97 | Boston |
| 2 de abril | Buffalo Braves 115, Boston Celtics 105 | Búfalo |
| 3 de abril | Boston Celtics 120, Buffalo Braves 107 | Boston |
| 6 de abril | Buffalo Braves 104, Boston Celtics 102 | Búfalo |
| 9 de abril | Boston Celtics 100, Buffalo Braves 97 | Boston |
| 12 de abril | Buffalo Braves 104, Boston Celtics 106 | Búfalo |
| | Boston Celtics gana las series 4-2 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Bob McAdoo | 22 | 74 | 43.0 | 12.2 | 22.3 | .547 | 6.2 | 7.8 | .793 | 3.8 | 11.3 | 15.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 30.6 |
| 2 | Jim McMillian | 25 | 82 | 40.5 | 7.3 | 14.8 | .494 | 4.0 | 4.6 | .858 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 18.6 |
| 3 | Ernie DiGregorio | 23 | 81 | 35.9 | 6.5 | 15.6 | .421 | 2.1 | 2.4 | .902 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 15.2 |
| 4 | Gar Heard | 25 | 81 | 35.7 | 6.5 | 14.9 | .435 | 2.4 | 3.6 | .650 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 15.3 |
| 5 | Randy Smith | 25 | 82 | 33.5 | 6.5 | 13.2 | .492 | 2.5 | 3.5 | .712 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 15.5 |
| 6 | Jack Marin | 29 | 27 | 25.2 | 5.4 | 9.9 | .545 | 2.6 | 3.0 | .877 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 13.4 |
| 7 | Matt Guokas | 29 | 27 | 20.3 | 2.3 | 4.1 | .555 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .500 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 4.9 |
| 8 | Bob Kauffman | 27 | 74 | 17.6 | 2.3 | 4.9 | .467 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .713 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 6.1 |
| 9 | Dave Wohl | 24 | 41 | 14.8 | 1.5 | 3.7 | .400 | 1.0 | 1.5 | .700 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 10 | Lee Winfield | 26 | 36 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | .352 | 0.9 | 1.4 | .635 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| 11 | Ken Charles | 22 | 59 | 11.7 | 1.5 | 3.1 | .476 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .671 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.9 |
| 12 | Kevin Kunnert | 22 | 39 | 8.7 | 1.3 | 2.6 | .485 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .688 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| 13 | Mike Macaluso | 22 | 30 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | .432 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .588 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| 14 | Paul Ruffner | 25 | 20 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | .407 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .615 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 15 | Jim Garvin | 23 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Bob McAdoo | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA Líder de anotación de la NBA All-Star |
| Ernie DiGregorio | Rookie del Año de la NBA Líder en asistencias de la NBA Líder en porcentaje de tiros libres de la NBA |