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2 LA Clippers quizzes and 25 LA Clippers trivia questions.
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  The Buffalo Braves   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Before they were the Clippers, they were the Buffalo Braves, and in their prime, they were among the elite of the NBA east. They were a fun team to watch. How much do you remember?
Difficult, 15 Qns, d2407, Jan 29 04
Difficult
d2407
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  Los Angeles Clippers 2003-04    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz all about the 2003-04 Los Angeles Clippers. See how much you actually know about them!
Average, 10 Qns, vpham, Mar 31 15
Average
vpham
547 plays

LA Clippers Trivia Questions
1. What were the original uniform colors of the Braves?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: Blue, orange, white

The original (1970/71) Braves uniforms featured an orange basketball surrounded by an orange headdress, with a blue bison on the basketball and the words "Buffalo Braves" in blue under the basketball. For the next two seasons, there was a diagonal black stripe on the uniforms (on a white background with an orange stripe for home, on an orange background with white stripe for road) and the team's "feathered B" logo in black and orange. Starting in the 73/74 season, they wore white and blue uniforms with no logo. The "feathered B" logo has been pictured as black and orange, black and blue, orange and blue, and dark blue and light blue.

2. What team did the Braves beat for their first win?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: Cleveland Cavaliers

They beat expansion Cleveland in the first game both teams ever played. Portland was the other expansion team in the league that season.

3. The first player inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame as a Buffalo Brave was who?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: Bob McAdoo

McAdoo's best NBA years during his long career were in Buffalo, his first pro team. Randy Smith was an NBA All-Star game MVP in 1978, but not a hall-of-famer. Ernie D. was 73/74 Rookie of the Year, but is not in the Hall of Fame. Moses Malone played for the Braves one season, but was inducted as a 76er.

4. The first team Buffalo ever played in the NBA playoffs was who?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: Boston Celtics

In just their fourth season, the young Braves surprised themselves and the NBA by giving eventual champion Boston a hard run for their money before losing in six games in the opening round. The Braves blew a 17-point lead in the second half of the first game to lose 107-97, but they played the Celtics tough each night before being eliminated in a 106-104 nail-biter.

5. The only team the Braves ever won a playoff series against was who?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: Philadelphia 76ers

The Braves eliminated Philadelphia in the opening round in 1976 in three games, before going on to lose to the arch-rival Celtics.

6. Bob McAdoo led the NBA in scoring which seasons?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: 1974, 1975, 1976

Very select company. Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan have led the NBA in scoring more than three consecutive years, and only George Mikan, Neil Johnston, and George Gervin, have led for exactly three consecutive seasons.

7. Bob McAdoo had four NBA All-Star appearances as a Brave, more than any other player. Who was second?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: Bob Kauffman

Randy Smith was a two-time All-Star for the Braves, and MVP of the 1978 game. Neither Ernie D nor Adrian Dantley was ever selected to an All-Star team as a Brave. In the Braves' early years, the NBA was small enough that each team got to have one representative on the All-Stars, and Bob Kauffman was the "token Brave" during their first three seasons.

8. Jack Ramsey was the most successful of the Braves' seven coaches. What percentage of the team's winning games in the regular season came with him as coach?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: 61

The Braves won 259 regular season games in Buffalo. Ramsey's 158 wins (vs. 170 losses) account for 61.0% of this total. Their second-most "successful" coach, Cotton Fitzsimmons, was 27-55 with the team. Ramsey amassed a 9-13 record in the playoffs, the only Braves coach to get them that far.

9. Bob McAdoo was sent to the Knicks for which player?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: None listed

McAdoo was sent to the Knicks for money in an effort to get the team's finances in better shape.

10. Ernie DiGregorio was the NBA regular season leader in which statistical categories?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: free throw percentage and assists

Ernie led the NBA in free throw shooting in 1974 (.902) and 1977 (.945), the only times between 1973 and 1980 that Rick Barry didn't. Ernie was the assists leader in 1974 with 8.2 per game.

11. From the list below, which two were Ivy Leaguers who played for the Braves?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: John Hummer and Jim McMillian

John Hummer of Princeton was the team's first draft pick in 1970. Jim McMillian of Columbia was drafted by the Lakers in 1970 and later traded to the Braves for Elmore Smith. Tom McMillen did play for the Braves in the 76/77 season and was a Rhodes scholar (and later in Congress), but he played college basketball at Maryland.

12. Which sports columnist who later gained a national audience, used to work for the Braves?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: Rudy Martzke

Rudy Martzke, longtime sports television columnist for USA Today, was once public relations director for the Braves. He also worked in PR for the NBA St. Louis Hawks and Miami Floridians, and was GM of the Spirits of St. Louis in the ABA.

13. An owner involved in the team's move from Buffalo, later went on to become governor of which state?

From Quiz The Buffalo Braves

Answer: Kentucky

John Y. Brown bought the team from Paul Snyder in 1976. In 1978, he and the owners of the Celtics exchanged teams, and the new owners moved the team to San Diego, where they played as the San Diego Clippers. Brown, who had been the one-time head of Kentucky Fried Chicken, was elected governor of Kentucky in 1979 and served until 1983.

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