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November 11, 2008

This Day in Buffalo Sports History

   Nov. 11, 1970 -- Progress comes slowly for most expansion teams. A month into their first regular season, the Buffalo Braves took a baby step forward.

   They defeated the Atlanta Hawks, 134-118. That was the first time that the Braves had ever beaten an established NBA team. Buffalo had wins over Cleveland and Portland, the other two expansion teams from 1970, by that time, but beating a team with players such as Pete Maravich, Lou Hudson and Walt Bellamy was pretty good.

--- Budd Bailey

Posted at 12:05 AM in History |

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