NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves89–91Chicago Bulls

Buffalo Braves at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 5 April 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 27th meetingof 131 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	48:00	8–22	3–3	2	11	13	2	1	0	3	19
Adrian Dantley	43:00	6–12	6–6	3	10	13	5	0	0	2	18
John Gianelli	34:00	4–9	0–0	3	3	6	2	0	2	0	8
Bird Averitt	25:00	8–18	4–5	1	1	2	2	0	1	3	20
Gus Gerard	24:00	4–9	0–0	2	0	2	2	0	5	4	8
Don Adams	24:00	2–8	0–0	2	1	3	2	1	0	3	4
Ernie DiGregorio	23:00	2–8	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	4
George Johnson	19:00	4–8	0–0	3	3	6	0	0	1	6	8
Team totals	240:00	38–94	13–14	16	30	46	18	2	9	23	89

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Norm Van Lier	43:00	4–6	2–4	2	3	5	10	4	1	5	10
Scott May	35:00	5–10	1–2	2	4	6	2	0	0	3	11
Mickey Johnson	34:00	6–19	3–3	5	10	15	5	0	0	4	15
Wilbur Holland	33:00	11–17	1–1	0	1	1	4	1	1	2	23
Artis Gilmore	33:00	8–15	3–4	7	12	19	3	0	5	3	19
John Mengelt	20:00	2–7	1–2	2	1	3	1	0	0	2	5
Tom Boerwinkle	15:00	1–2	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2
Cliff Pondexter	14:00	1–5	0–0	3	4	7	0	0	0	1	2
Jack Marin	13:00	1–7	2–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	4
Team totals	240:00	39–88	13–18	21	38	59	29	5	7	24	91

This season

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

21 Jan 1977Buffalo Braves 89–110 Chicago Bulls
11 Mar 1977Chicago Bulls 90–95 Buffalo Braves
5 Apr 197789–91 this game
10 Apr 1977Chicago Bulls 120–99 Buffalo Braves

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 29–49
Chicago Bulls: 41–37

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 70, Los Angeles Clippers 61.

11 Mar 1977Chicago Bulls 90–95 Buffalo Braves
10 Apr 1977Chicago Bulls 120–99 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.