1973–74 Buffalo Braves season

[4] The Braves played several home games at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, in order to expand their fan base into Canada.

[7] That season DiGregorio set the NBA single-game rookie assists record (25), which still stands as unbroken (tied by Nate McMillan).

[8] Jim McMillan would finish fifth in the NBA in minutes played (3322) and tenth in free throw percentage (85.8%).

[14][15] An October 30 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics gave the Braves a half game lead over the Celtics in the Atlantic Division with a 6–4 record.

[4] It came on November 14 when McAdoo set the franchise single game rebound record with 28 against the Atlanta Hawks.

[19] Following a December 30 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Braves fell to a 16–22 record at the end of 1973 but began the New Year with a season high seven-game winning streak.

[26] They clinched their first playoff experience in a victory at a home game held at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens against the Portland Trail Blazers as McAdoo again had 28 rebounds as well as 29 points.

However, the Braves had won the most recent two matches after 22 straight defeats, including 5 earlier that season.

[2] In game 1, the Braves lost a 17-point lead as Dave Cowens led a fourth quarter rally despite five personal fouls.

[36] The game had a frenetic final 15 seconds as McMillian lost the ball on a drive resulting in a game-tying fast break by the Celtics.

Then when a McAdoo shot rolled off the rim, McMillian tipped the ball in as time expired for the victory.

[37] In the game the lead changed hands 9 times, and the Braves outrebounded the Celtics 62–38, including 20–3 offensive rebounds (11 by McMillian).

[40] The Celtics won game 6 of the series when White sank two free throws after time expired in regulation play for a 106–104 victory.

[9] Following the season the team lost Bob Kauffman to the New Orleans Jazz in the May 20, 1974 NBA Expansion Draft.

[43] Source: www.basketball-reference.com Prior to this season the Braves had lost 60 games or more each year and failed to make the NBA playoffs.

[44] Over the course of the season, the team made a series of player transactions that were part of the résumé that earned Buffalo Braves General Manager Eddie Donovan the NBA Executive of the Year Award and put the team into the playoffs for the first time.

[11] Also before the season, the Braves also traded Elmore Smith to the Los Angeles Lakers for Jim McMillian.