Bob McAdoo (50pts) vs. Bullets (1975 Playoffs) 

The early healthy McAdoo was a scoring machine!

50 points, 21 rebounds, at least 1 block, on 20/32 shooting! WHAT A PERFORMANCE from the most underrated player ever!

The father of the STRETCH....never gets the credit for the revolutionary player he was.

What a great nostalgic game. The NBA should return to Buffalo. Buffalo is a great sports city.

One of the most underrated player's in the NBA's history.

McAdoo led the league in scoring 3 consecutive years and was a one time NBA MVP. At one point in the 80's the Lakers had 3 MVPs on the same team, Kareem, Magic, and McAdoo.

Terrific player in any era!

I was at that game we sat in the seats right on the floor across from the Braves bench. I remember everyone at school that day was charged up about the game that night.

I’m a Laker fan and I never knew about McAdoo till he became a Laker. He quickly became on of my favorite players. Here’s one for you. Bob McAdoo was the last player in the NBA to average 30 pts and 15 rebounds per game.

My hometown Buffalo Braves!! Broke my heart as a kid when they left for San Diego and became the Clippers in 1978....

Excellent post for those who didn't witness him during his prime. I only saw him during his Laker days.

McAdoo was essentially the Kevin Durant of his time. Was unstoppable from 15 feet and in where he had the best jumper in the NBA but also knew how to put the ball on the wood to drive to the paint. Also had a very underrated post game and was a very, very good rebounder for a guy whose game was outside the paint.

McAdoo was the best mid-range shooter of his era. Who understood how to get his spots. He was able to use his height to shoot over people. During his time, McAdoo was similar to KD in his skills and abilities.

Nothing against today's players or today's game at all, but this is the era I grew up watching as a small-town kid, and these are the players who made me love the game. Not much mention is made of McAdoo these days -- but there should be -- so I thank you for making this available. Best wishes to you and your family.

I love the crowd chanting goodbye Bullets, wish the Braves were still around.

Durant is an absolute clone of McAdoo and I can't imagine any better compliment for either one of them.

This hurts my soul... i was 2 years old growing up in WNY when this took place. The Aud looks great, the Braves look great, and McAdoo was a freaking scoring animal. I would still have season tickets if the Braves were here. I feel ripped off!

Dude was a killer The 70s was stacked with talent Kareem, Unseld, Walton, McAdoo, Gervin, Julius, Bing, Earl the Pearl, Frasier, Moses, Rick Barry, David Thompson, Dandridge, Pistol Pete, The Big E, Gilmore among many others!

Loved those old NBA broadcasts on CBS.

His midrange game was unstoppable

“Did you see that move then!! Heyyyy, woooooow” Oscar was hilarious

Thanks for posting. A lot of folks don't know how good "DOO" was in his prime. One of my favorites all time players.

Imagine Mac in today's NBA...

Mac was a great player in his prime, which you're watching right here. What a great clip of the old Aud!

Justice is served!! Congratulations on Mcadoo making the 75th anniversary team.

There no question McAdoo could outscore any one at the time and he was a big guy and impossible to guard because of the incredible jumper he had along with his post play scoring he posed a real threat even to this great duo of Unseld and Hayes they may have been a little better on the boards but bob could flat out score so he was a problem for everybody I remember him playing for the great Lakers teams when they were loaded with Kareem magic worthy etc. When bob went in it was instant offense fast and steady he can score with the likes of Carmelo and Lebron

The NBA had more fundamentally sound players in the 1970s than is the case today.

watching him shoot a basketball was a sublime experience.

True legend !Too young to see him on TV but this vintage video is great,Bob was a beast in Italy too

Imagine...at the same time Buffalo sports fans had the following superstars to watch on their three hometown teams... Bills - OJ Simpson, Sabres - Gilbert Perrault, and Braves - Bob McAdoo

Thank you for posting this! Perfect thing to watch while remembering Dr. Jack Ramsay!

That Buffalo team was the OKC of the 70s, a recently new expansion with a tall high scoring Forward of Mcadoo leading, this team became successful quickly. Mcadoo is forgotten he was a scoring champion and regular season MVP.

I really love that "Goodbye, *insert team name*" chant. I wish that chant was still around.

The Mac was one of my early favorites in basketball; i remember when he dropped 52 or 54 on Cowens on Super Bowl sunday when my steelers beat the Vikes. A marvelous marvelous shooter

Just for you young guys that think KD was the first 6'11" player to shoot and put the ball on the floor. The NBA didn't start in 90's or even 2000's. The league had serious pioneers and talent as good if not better that today's players. I remember this game on TV I was 12 and a big Bullets (Wizards) fan.

McAdoo was smooth!

been wanting to see this game. thanks!

Thanks for posting!

Thank you so much for posting this!!!!

LamarMatic:First,thanks for posting and sharing this particular video. Let's be completely clear. This perticular game(as a whole)had so much to offer. For so many reasons. Exciting game with many other great players and both coaches. Part of the rich NBA history. After watching this,I have a unique question. Why hasn't Richie Powers (one of the 2 on-court referees) been inducted in the Basketball Hall Of Fame by now? He had a long career of officiating NBA games(1956-1979.) His book "Overtime" (during the 1973-74 season) is very insightful as well. What keeps him from being honored in this way? Just wondering,that's all. This is horrible and makes no sense. Hopefully,one day this will change. Once again,thanks for posting and sharing this truly vintage video.

Thanks so much for posting this. The story of the Buffalo Braves is really a sad and forgotten tale. This team could have become a great franchise, had owner Paul Snyder not wanted to sell so desperately. For a couple of weeks this team had Bob McAdoo, Adrian Dantley, Moses Malone and Randy Smith. Buffalo would have had two great teams during this era with the inclusion of the French Connection on the Sabres.

He's so damn lanky lmao wtf, exactly like Durant

I was a teen in the '70's in Buffalo and the Braves were a pretty cool team. Randy Smith was a great long shooter. Too bad they moved. TWO FOR MCADOOOO!

Those bullets uniforms were so good, they should bring them back( even with wizards

Before Dirk, "Big Mac" McAdoo would prepare for his shot so high above his head, that the ball sometimes needed oxygen at the next time out! Un-block-able, unstoppable. Fearsome rebounder too. McAdoo averaged 30 points and 15 rebounds per game during the 1973-74 season! No player in the NBA has done that since. Wow.

To see how high macadoo has to to jump and how high he has realse the ball is And how almost every shot has to be a tuff contested fadeaway is crazy. The offense and defense quickness was equally matched in these era and nobody talks about how skilled players were in this era

Just a great performance. Amazing touch!

Durant is a mix of Gervin and McAfoo and Dirk. LamarMatic you sure do know you're history and I very much appreciate all of your videos. I'm sort of a youngster who loves basketball. I want to learn as much history as I can possibly learn. Your videos help me, thanks again!

That crowd seems awesome! Deserves another NBA team!!

Awesome I missed this !

buffalo really got screwed by the owners. they were a fast rising team only to be sold, dismantled, and moved by owners who couldn't give a rats ass about the communities the teams represented.

People don't realize how much of a scoring machine McAdoo was. The Braves had some fine players like Randy Smith and Ernie DiGregorio, but McAdoo was far and away the reason they had any success in the 70s against teams like the Celtics and Lakers; McAdoo was essentially a one-man team. That patented jump shot of McAdoo's, coming from a 6 foot 11 guy with his kind of vertical--I would gesture to say it was as unguardable as the Kareem skyhook.

Mcadoo lived in the apartments on Palmdale north of Harrogate Square,not quite Danny Brook Apts, (closer to the cut through to Bells) during the season,I remember going to his door & he had to duck, to come out.He was kind to us pesky kids..

McAdoo to Dirk to Durant.

Man why tf doesn’t the league give us access to their library of games they must have. I’d really like to watch more games of Unseld and Hayes, but with Oscar Robertson on commentary, that’s even better

Easily one of the top fifty NBA players over the last 50 years.

Would have been a top 10 player all time without the knee injury and proper management decisions. Unstoppable.

Yes! This is freaking vitage and I love it. ❤❤❤❤

I was 13 years old watching this playoff game on the NBA on CBS sports.

Oscar was a fan with a mic haha

Don't know why I googled this, except as someone who is from Buffalo it just popped into my mind. My cousin was a cheerleader for the team. Shout out to my cousin Candy. Her husband took me to a game when I was playing BB in high school shout out to you too Bob.

Starting lineups at 1:04 have Bullet guards on Braves and Braves guards on Bullets lol. Great post. Thank you.

one of my idols

So good

YEAAAHHHH THAT MAKES 49 POINTS FOR MCADOO

To think we had McAdoo, Simpson and Perreault all in their prime in mid ‘70’s.

ONE OF MY IDOLS AND HEROES

Love that intro theme music it use to pump me up for the nba on cbs.. Loved the nba when it was on cbs in those days

He was tha man back in the day i have that jersey and the first one too what player rock on

Much Gratitude.

One of the first Great players I first knew of 👊🏾

These games brings back so many great memories as a kid....when they actually played defense

When they talk about how old-time players would do in the modern NBA, Bob McAdoo would be unstoppable. I don't know if he was the first big man that could shoot from outside but he would be great in any era.

Macadoo could not play with his back to the basket or put the ball on the floor but he was a deadly shooter if he had a second or two to set up while facing the basket.He had great range too for a big man like the guy in dallas dirk nowitzke.

Whoever is blowing the horn at 5:55 should get credit for the Bullet missing the free throw. The problem for the Bullets is that neither Hayes or Unseld match up well against McAdoo. Unseld, although a great undersized defensive center, is not mobile enough to keep up with McAdoo. Bob scored 35, 36, 34, 50, 34, 37, and 36. Not bad. The Braves actually had the third best record in the NBA this year; better than any team in the Western Conf.

McAdoo has Kawhi mannerisms, with a game like Durant! Spectacular player!🏀💪🏾

McAdoo looks like KD. Idk why people think the old school players couldn’t ball in this era.

Yes. I actually had him listed in my post right after Dantley. He only played in two games for Buffalo.

Great, cool player!

Doesn’t get the shine he deserves.

I cracked up over that shot of Ernie D on the bench

McAdoo gets the MVP trophy, a fifty point game, a series tying win and a thunderous standing ovation from a sold-out home crowd as he leaves the game a hero. His money was no good anywhere in Buffalo!

Yes he was!

Great player. His style is so smooth and cool. So ahead of the 70's NBA basketball. The most underrated player in my opinion (The other player is Dominique Wilkins).

Damn, Oscar Robertson was fuckin’ hilarious!😆😆😆. Not too many brilliant insights, which is probably why he didn’t last very long as an announcer (that, and the fact that he was yelling all the time), but hey…at least he was enthusiastic. Lol

Mcadoo fantastic shooter

I remember this game was on youtube in its entirety . Wonder who removed it ?

I remember this game, lol.

These 5 guys here from the 1970's would eat up the Bulls , Celtics , Lakers of any era : Bob Mcadoo , Bernard King , David Thompson , George Gervin and Moses Malone at Center ...w/6th man Artis Gilmore coming off the bench !

Big Mac was on fire!!

Buffalo had some damn good teams in this era... Bob macadoo.. Jim macmillan.. gar heard.. Lee Winfield.. bob Weiss.. Jack marin.. randy Smith.. Ernie d... Even Moses Malone for afew games

Does anybody have the full game instead of only the highlights ?

Has to have the sweetest jump shot I ever

At 1:03 in the starting lineups they have Porter and Chenier on the Braves, and Smith and Charles on the Bullets.

Happy to the Robert Allen McAdoo.9-25-51.NC.

Hell yeah

He was like KG

#quarantine got me finding some NBA gems

McAdoo's stat line:45:00 min. 20-32 FG 10-14 FT 21 REB. 1 AST. 4 F 50PTS www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197504180BUF.html

McaDoo was a real show