Temporada 1972-73 de los Buffalo Braves
# Temporada 1972-73 de los Buffalo Braves

La temporada 1972-73 fue la tercera de los Buffalo Braves en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 21 victorias y 61 derrotas, ocupando el séptimo puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Bob McAdoo | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | North Carolina |
| 2 | 15 | Harold Fox | Base | Estados Unidos | Jacksonville |
| 3 | 32 | Bob Morse | Alero | Estados Unidos | Pennsylvania |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-Boston Celtics | 68 | 14 | .829 | – | 33–6 | 32–8 | 3–0 | 18–4 |
| x-New York Knicks | 57 | 25 | .695 | 11 | 35–6 | 21–18 | 1–1 | 16–6 |
| Buffalo Braves | 21 | 61 | .256 | 47 | 14–27 | 6–31 | 1–3 | 8–14 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 9 | 73 | .110 | 59 | 5–26 | 2–36 | 2–11 | 2–20 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bob Kauffman | 26 | 77 | 39.6 | 6.9 | 13.8 | .505 | 3.6 | 4.7 | .780 | 11.1 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 17.5 |
| 2 | Elmore Smith | 23 | 76 | 37.2 | 7.9 | 16.4 | .482 | 2.5 | 4.4 | .558 | 12.4 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 18.3 |
| 3 | Bob McAdoo | 21 | 80 | 32.0 | 7.3 | 16.2 | .452 | 3.4 | 4.4 | .774 | 9.1 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 18.0 |
| 4 | Randy Smith | 24 | 82 | 31.7 | 6.2 | 14.1 | .443 | 2.3 | 3.2 | .727 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 14.8 |
| 5 | Dave Wohl | 23 | 56 | 27.5 | 3.7 | 8.1 | .456 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .790 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 8.8 |
| 6 | John Hummer | 24 | 66 | 23.4 | 3.1 | 7.0 | .444 | 1.7 | 3.1 | .561 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Dick Garrett | 26 | 78 | 23.1 | 4.4 | 10.4 | .419 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .873 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Howard Komives | 31 | 67 | 21.9 | 2.4 | 6.4 | .380 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .867 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 6.1 |
| 9 | Bill Hewitt | 28 | 73 | 18.2 | 2.1 | 5.0 | .418 | 0.6 | 1.0 | .554 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.7 |
| 10 | Walt Hazzard | 30 | 9 | 14.9 | 2.8 | 6.7 | .417 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .500 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 5.9 |
| 11 | Fred Hilton | 25 | 59 | 12.4 | 3.2 | 8.4 | .387 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .774 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 7.2 |
| 12 | Cornell Warner | 24 | 4 | 11.8 | 2.0 | 4.3 | .471 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .500 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| 13 | Harold Fox | 23 | 10 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 3.2 | .375 | 0.7 | 0.8 | .875 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3.1 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| - | - |
| Bob McAdoo | Rookie del Año de la NBA Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |
| Bob Kauffman | All-Star |
