# Temporada 1977-78 de los Buffalo Braves

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.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 2 | 24 | Larry Johnson | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Kentucky |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Philadelphia 76ers | 55 | 27 | .671 | – | 37–4 | 18–23 | 14–2 |
| x-New York Knicks | 43 | 39 | .524 | 12 | 29–12 | 14–27 | 7–9 |
| Boston Celtics | 32 | 50 | .390 | 23 | 24–17 | 8–33 | 8–8 |
| Buffalo Braves | 27 | 55 | .329 | 28 | 20–21 | 7–34 | 7–9 |
| New Jersey Nets | 24 | 58 | .293 | 31 | 18–23 | 6–35 | 4–12 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | 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 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Randy Smith | All-Star MVP del All-Star Game de la NBA |