NBA 1973-74Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers105–114Buffalo Braves

Cleveland Cavaliers at Buffalo Braves

Date: Saturday 16 March 1974
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1973-74Regular season
Meeting: 30th meetingof 142 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Lenny Wilkens	7–12	4–5	0	4	4	4	1	—	2	18
Bingo Smith	7–15	2–2	3	2	5	1	2	—	1	16
Dwight Davis	6–15	3–5	2	2	4	4	1	—	4	15
Jim Cleamons	6–9	0–0	0	2	2	5	1	—	4	12
Austin Carr	5–20	0–0	1	1	2	4	4	—	3	10
Steve Patterson	4–10	1–1	2	5	7	3	0	—	1	9
John Warren	4–6	0–0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	8
Jim Brewer	3–7	1–2	3	3	6	0	0	—	2	7
Luke Witte	3–6	0–0	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	6
Barry Clemens	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	4
Fred Foster	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
Team totals	47–104	11–15	15	22	37	26	11	0	22	105

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	14–21	2–2	1	3	4	5	3	—	3	30
Jack Marin	8–12	6–9	2	5	7	0	0	0	3	22
Ernie DiGregorio	7–15	3–3	0	4	4	8	1	—	5	17
Gar Heard	7–17	3–3	7	17	24	2	2	—	3	17
Jim McMillian	5–10	7–8	1	8	9	4	2	—	1	17
Matt Guokas	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4
Bob Kauffman	1–2	0–0	2	3	5	4	2	—	2	2
Mike Macaluso	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Paul Ruffner	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Lee Winfield	0–1	1–4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Ken Charles	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	46–87	22–29	14	42	56	27	12	0	18	114

This season

Los Angeles Clippers 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 1 in NBA 1973-74.

26 Oct 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 97–104 Buffalo Braves
27 Oct 1973Buffalo Braves 111–101 Cleveland Cavaliers
14 Dec 1973Buffalo Braves 102–98 Cleveland Cavaliers
18 Dec 1973Cleveland Cavaliers 93–100 Buffalo Braves
10 Feb 1974Buffalo Braves 121–125 Cleveland Cavaliers
16 Mar 1974105–114 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 26–50
Buffalo Braves: 40–36

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Clippers 61, Cleveland Cavaliers 81.

10 Feb 1974Buffalo Braves 121–125 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Nov 1974Cleveland Cavaliers 94–112 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.