# Temporada 1976-77 de los Buffalo Braves

La temporada 1976-77 fue la séptima de los Buffalo Braves en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 30 victorias y 52 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 |
| 1 | 6 | Adrian Dantley | Alero | Estados Unidos | Notre Dame |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Philadelphia 76ers | 50 | 32 | .610 | – | 32–9 | 18–23 | 11–5 |
| x-Boston Celtics | 44 | 38 | .537 | 6 | 28–13 | 16–25 | 9–7 |
| New York Knicks | 40 | 42 | .488 | 10 | 26–15 | 14–27 | 8–8 |
| Buffalo Braves | 30 | 52 | .366 | 20 | 23–18 | 7–34 | 6–10 |
| New York Nets | 22 | 60 | .268 | 28 | 10–31 | 12–29 | 6–10 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Bob McAdoo | 25 | 20 | 38.4 | 9.1 | 20.0 | .455 | 5.5 | 7.9 | .696 | 3.3 | 9.9 | 13.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 23.7 |
| 2 | Randy Smith | 28 | 82 | 37.7 | 8.6 | 18.3 | .467 | 3.6 | 4.7 | .762 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 20.7 |
| 3 | Adrian Dantley | 21 | 77 | 36.6 | 7.1 | 13.6 | .520 | 6.2 | 7.6 | .818 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 20.3 |
| 4 | John Shumate | 24 | 74 | 35.1 | 5.5 | 10.9 | .502 | 4.1 | 6.1 | .671 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 15.1 |
| 5 | Ernie DiGregorio | 26 | 81 | 28.0 | 4.5 | 10.8 | .417 | 1.7 | 1.8 | .945 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 10.7 |
| 6 | George Johnson | 28 | 39 | 27.1 | 3.2 | 7.2 | .448 | 1.2 | 1.7 | .687 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 7.6 |
| 7 | John Gianelli | 26 | 57 | 22.5 | 3.0 | 7.0 | .431 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .714 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Don Adams | 29 | 77 | 22.2 | 2.8 | 6.8 | .411 | 1.7 | 2.2 | .746 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 7.3 |
| 9 | Jim Price | 27 | 20 | 16.7 | 2.2 | 5.2 | .423 | 0.9 | 1.0 | .850 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 5.3 |
| 10 | Bird Averitt | 24 | 75 | 15.1 | 3.1 | 8.3 | .378 | 1.6 | 2.3 | .716 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 7.9 |
| 11 | Gus Gerard | 23 | 41 | 14.4 | 2.4 | 6.0 | .410 | 1.0 | 1.5 | .656 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 5.9 |
| 12 | Tom McMillen | 24 | 20 | 13.5 | 2.3 | 4.6 | .489 | 1.3 | 1.8 | .722 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| 13 | Chuck Williams | 30 | 44 | 12.6 | 1.0 | 2.7 | .368 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .792 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 14 | Johnny Neumann | 25 | 4 | 12.3 | 3.8 | 8.5 | .441 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .833 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| 15 | Fred Foster | 30 | 59 | 11.7 | 1.7 | 4.2 | .401 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .682 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 16 | Claude Terry | 27 | 33 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 3.2 | .471 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .783 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 17 | Zaid Abdul-Aziz | 30 | 22 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | .338 | 1.5 | 2.0 | .767 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 18 | Clyde Mayes | 23 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.5 | .667 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 19 | Moses Malone | 21 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Ernie DiGregorio | Líder en porcentaje de tiros libres de la NBA |
| Bob McAdoo | All-Star |