NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves89–92Los Angeles Lakers

Buffalo Braves at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 27 March 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 28th meetingof 247 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	40:00	12–25	12–15	—	—	6	4	5	36
Adrian Dantley	38:00	7–13	1–2	—	—	8	0	3	15
John Shumate	36:00	2–6	1–2	—	—	9	2	3	5
Ernie DiGregorio	28:00	4–11	0–0	—	—	1	4	0	8
John Gianelli	25:00	4–11	0–0	—	—	6	2	2	8
George Johnson	23:00	1–7	1–2	—	—	16	4	4	3
Bird Averitt	15:00	2–8	0–0	—	—	2	2	0	4
Chuck Williams	13:00	2–2	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	4
Don Adams	13:00	1–2	1–2	—	—	2	2	1	3
Gus Gerard	9:00	1–5	1–2	—	—	3	2	0	3
Team totals	240:00	36–90	17–25	—	—	54	23	18	89

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Don Chaney	36:00	5–8	2–3	—	—	10	4	3	12
Cazzie Russell	35:00	11–17	0–0	—	—	4	2	2	22
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35:00	6–13	3–7	—	—	7	7	1	15
Lucius Allen	25:00	4–14	0–0	—	—	3	7	3	8
Don Ford	25:00	3–8	0–0	—	—	5	2	3	6
Earl Tatum	23:00	7–15	0–0	—	—	8	2	2	14
Tom Abernethy	23:00	3–4	3–4	—	—	8	0	2	9
Bo Lamar	13:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	2
C.J. Kupec	13:00	1–4	0–0	—	—	3	2	0	2
Johnny Neumann	12:00	1–5	0–0	—	—	3	2	0	2
Team totals	240:00	42–91	8–14	0	0	51	30	16	92

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 3, Los Angeles Clippers 1 in NBA 1976-77.

9 Nov 1976Los Angeles Lakers 116–121 Buffalo Braves
21 Dec 1976Buffalo Braves 89–97 Los Angeles Lakers
9 Feb 1977Los Angeles Lakers 105–90 Buffalo Braves
27 Mar 197789–92 this game

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 28–45
Los Angeles Lakers: 47–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 158, Los Angeles Clippers 89.

9 Feb 1977Los Angeles Lakers 105–90 Buffalo Braves
11 Dec 1977Buffalo Braves 119–124 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.