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02.24.01
A cold and VERY rainy night in LA. Dinner at The Steak Joynt in Toluca Lake. Red Line Subway to
the Staples Center. After 20 soaking minutes in the ticket
line, the game is SOLD OUT!!! On to the Fox Sports Zone at Staples, and The Money Tree in Toluca Lake. The Blazers down the
Clippers 123-120 in double overtime, possibly the best regular season game of the year...
Bob McAdoo and Buffalo: READY TO RUN FOR A TITLE
Look at a list of the NBA statistical leaders these days and one name stands out- Bob McAdoo of the Buffalo Braves.
McAdoo's name is up there among the league leaders in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots.
The Braves' 6'-10" center has become the NBA's newest superstar, polling the third highest vote total in the league for the NBA
All- Star game in Seattle...
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We're holding all the cards!
When the Buffalo Braves drafted and signed Ernie DiGregorio, the super- star from Providence,
a new era began in big league sports in Buffalo. Because, withthe most publicized, most exciting new player to come into the pro ranks
since Kareem Jabbar, basketball in Western New York is a whole new game. With Bob McAdoo, Bob Kauffman, Jim McMillian, and Ernie D.,
the Braves are ready to make their move to the NBA playoffs...
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BRAVES DOWN CAVS IN OPENER
FOR BOTH!!!
The Legend of Randy Smith
Did anyone see Randy Smith on the All-Star halftime show?
All available former All-Star MVP's were brought out at halftime and there was a close-up of
Randy with a Braves logo on his jacket...
Game Program-(1972)
THE BRAVES HAVE BIG PLANS FOR THIS SEASON!!!
FLASHBACK (02.78)
I'm a college freshman at The Rochester Institute of Technology. I return home to the Tau Kappa Epsilon
house about 7:30pm on a Wednesday evening. I'm tired, lonely, broke, hungry, and homesick. The place is amazingly quiet for this time
in the evening. The usual crew around the TV watching lame M*A*S*H reruns is nowhere to be found. I seize the opportunity and
claim the main couch and turn on the TV. On comes the pre-game chatter of Van Miller and Dick Reifenburg, live from Madison
Square Garden. The Braves Television Network! A taste of home! I get all warm and fuzzy as I watch the Knicks pummel the Billy Knight
led Braves. Before halftime, I'm sound asleep, and by games end, the TV lounge has been taken over by the "Three's Company" crowd.
It was probably several weeks into the next season before I realized the Braves had left Buffalo for San Diego to become the Clippers.
Maybe if I had been paying more attention they would have stayed.
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