First time this season I've been able to watch my #Clippers play and they're gettin' beat down so far. #BuffaloBraves

Smith, the only #Buffalo player to ever reach that mark, also dished out 10 assists in the win. The jumper that put him over the mark was late in the final quarter that put the Braves ahead to stay. Smith was a 7th Round pick by the Braves in the 1971 @nba.com Draft after attending #BuffaloState. He set an #NBA record by playing 906 straight games between 1972-82, moved with the Braves when the franchise moved to #SanDiego. Smith was initially part of the compensation package awarded to the #Blazers when the #SanDiegoClippers signed #BillWalton in 1979, but #Portland choose a draft pick instead of Smith.

March 12 1978 - #RandySmith became the first #BuffaloBraves player to top the 10K career point mark in the #Braves victory over the @trailblazers.bsky.social.

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Geoff Petrie led the #Blazers with 39 points while Sidney Wicks had the 5th triple-double of his career with 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists. Rick Roberson had 21 points and 14 rebounds. For the Braves, Gar Heard had 31 points and 13 rebounds and Bob McAdoo added 21 points

The 25 assists was the third highest in NBA History at the time, with the record being 28, set by Bob Cousy in 1959 and tied by Guy Rodgers in 1963. Future Blazers coach Nate McMillian would tie DiGregorio in 1987.

DiGregorio would go on to win the 1973/74 NBA Rookie of the Year award. He averaged 15.2 points and led the league with an 8.2 assists average and in FT %, hitting .902 clip. He and McAdoo led Buffalo into the playoffs for the first time this season, losing to eventual champions Boston Celtics in 6 games.

January 1, 1974 - #BuffaloBraves Rookie #ErnieDiGregorio passed for 25 assists and hit for 20 points in the #BuffaloBraves 120-119 victory over the #TrailBlazers. It is the 19th time in #NBA History a player scored 20 points and passed for 20 assists

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The #Blazers were behind 88-70 with just over 7 minutes remaining before getting a lead with under a minute left. #GeoffPetrie, who led all scorers with 28 points, with #SidneyWicks adding 26 points.

#DaleSchlueter grabbed a game-high 20 rebounds and scored 11 points, while his rookie counterpart #ElmoreSmith scored 16 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and blocked 11 shots for #Buffalo.

In additional @NBA news, the Lakers tied the NBA record of 20 straight victories, a record set by the Milwaukee Bucks last season. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who officially changed his name prior to the 1971/72 season, asked that his last name be hyphenated to Abdul-Jabbar. Writers and TV crews had been referring to him as "Jabbar."

December 10, 1971 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social pulled off the controversial OT road win vs the #BuffaloBraves

#Braves rookie guard Randy Smith scored what appeared to be the winning shot as the buzzer sounded, but NBA Official Jerry Bannan ruled the shot late

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All of the #Blazers starters scored in double figures, led by #GeoffPetrie scoring 32 points. #SidneyWicks added 26 while #LloydNeal added 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. McAdoo was the 2nd selection in the 1972 @NBA Draft, behind the Blazers selection of #LaRueMartin. The rumor around the #NBA at the time of the draft was McAdoo had signed a contract with the #VirginiaSquires of the rival #ABA, after a "secret" draft in which names of those drafted were not made public. The draft in question was held on March 2, 1972, five weeks before the NBA draft on April 10. Eventually, McAdoo was indeed noted as the No. 1 pick of the 1972 ABA Draft but no contract was ever produced. Other reports were that a contract was signed and voided, because McAdoo was too young to have signed it and that Buffalo somehow knew this, so they selected him. Even without proof of a contract, and McAdoo denying he had signed one, NBA Commissioner #WalterKennedy advised NBA teams not to draft McAdoo. #Portland continued to negotiate with McAdoo, and it was believed an agreement was reached the day before the draft, before an additional demand was made by McAdoo's agent. The Blazers declined the new demand and selected Martin instead.

November 29, 1975 - #BillWalton records the 2nd career triple double of his career, scoring 14 points, grabbing 10 rebounds, and passing for 10 assists in the @trailblazers.bsky.social victory vs the #BuffaloBraves, despite 40 points from #BobMcAdoo.

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