NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves103–96Cleveland Cavaliers

Buffalo Braves at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 26 December 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 41st meetingof 142 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
John Shumate	44:00	9–18	4–5	2	8	10	1	1	1	3	22
Adrian Dantley	40:00	7–17	8–9	4	7	11	1	1	0	5	22
Ernie DiGregorio	38:00	7–19	4–5	2	4	6	5	0	1	4	18
Randy Smith	36:00	9–17	7–8	1	7	8	1	4	0	4	25
Don Adams	30:00	1–7	2–2	3	8	11	2	0	0	3	4
John Gianelli	23:00	3–6	0–0	5	5	10	2	0	1	4	6
Chuck Williams	18:00	1–2	0–0	1	4	5	3	0	0	1	2
Claude Terry	9:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	4:00	0–1	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2
Fred Foster	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	245:00	38–90	27–31	19	44	63	15	6	3	28	103

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	42:00	9–23	3–4	5	10	15	1	0	2	4	21
Jim Cleamons	35:00	2–12	1–2	1	4	5	4	1	0	3	5
Austin Carr	33:00	8–17	1–4	4	2	6	4	1	0	4	17
Bingo Smith	32:00	7–16	5–6	3	2	5	2	0	1	4	19
Jim Chones	25:00	7–14	2–3	4	7	11	0	0	1	3	16
Nate Thurmond	23:00	3–5	2–2	3	2	5	0	0	2	5	8
Dick Snyder	14:00	2–12	2–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Jim Brewer	14:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Foots Walker	13:00	1–3	2–2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	4
Rowland Garrett	9:00	0–3	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	39–108	18–26	20	30	50	13	4	6	26	96

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Los Angeles Clippers 2 in NBA 1976-77.

30 Oct 1976Cleveland Cavaliers 109–105 Buffalo Braves
26 Dec 1976103–96 this game
17 Feb 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 103–112 Buffalo Braves
20 Mar 1977Buffalo Braves 108–115 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 13–19
Cleveland Cavaliers: 19–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

30 Oct 1976Cleveland Cavaliers 109–105 Buffalo Braves
17 Feb 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 103–112 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.