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In the 1975-76 season, Buffalo continued to rack up impressive offensive numbers. The team finished the 1975-76 campaign ranked second in the NBA in points, assists, and field-goal percentage. The Braves featured two of the league's top three in field-goal percentage, with Jim McMillian at .536 and John Shumate at .56081, second to Wes Unseld's .56085. Bob McAdoo once again led the league in scoring, averaging 31.1 points-his third straight scoring championship and the third season in a row in which he averaged better than 30 points. McAdoo and Randy Smith (21.8 ppg) represented the team at the 1976 NBA All-Star Game.
The Braves entered the postseason with a 46-36 record, good for a second-place tie with Philadelphia in the Atlantic Division. The two teams went toe-to-toe in a first-round best-of-three series, which Buffalo survived by virtue of a one-point overtime win in Game 3. The Braves went on to meet the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals and lost, four games to two. It would be 15 years before the franchise produced a playoff team again. |
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