1968–69 Atlanta Hawks season

1968–69 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coach Richie Guerin
Arena Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record 48–34 (.585)
Place Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish West Division Finals
(Eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television WQXI-TV
Radio WQXI

The 1968–69 Atlanta Hawks season was the team's first season in Atlanta, after their relocation from St. Louis, where the franchise played the previous thirteen seasons. The franchise traded Lenny Wilkens to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for Walt Hazzard.[1] Hazzard would help lead the Hawks to a second-place finish with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses. In the playoffs, the Hawks eliminated the San Diego Rockets in six games. In the Western Conference Finals, the Hawks challenged the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers would eliminate the Hawks in 5 games.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
113Skip HarlickaGuard United StatesSouth Carolina
10131Dwight WallerForward United StatesTennessee State

[2]

Roster

Atlanta Hawks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 42 United States Abdul-Rahman, Mahdi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UCLA
C 31 United States Beaty, Zelmo 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Prairie View A&M
F/C 32 United States Bridges, Bill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Kansas
G/F 27 United States Caldwell, Joe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Arizona State
F/C 24 United States Davis, Jim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Colorado
G 18–19 United States Guerin, Richie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Iona
F 12 United States Hamilton, Dennis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Arizona State
G 21 United States Harlicka, Skip (DP) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) South Carolina
G/F 23 United States Hudson, Lou 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Minnesota
G 20 United States Lehmann, George 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Campbell College
G 10 United States Ohl, Don 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Illinois
F/C 29 United States Silas, Paul 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Creighton
F 16–34 United States Waller, Dwight (DP) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Tennessee State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers 5527.671–32–921–182–030–10
x-Atlanta Hawks 4834.585728–1218–212–126–14
x-San Francisco Warriors 4141.5001422–1918–211–120–20
x- San Diego Rockets 3745.4511825–168–254–420–20
Chicago Bulls 3349.4022219–2112–252–319–21
Seattle SuperSonics 3052.3662518–186–296–515–23
Phoenix Suns 1666.1953911–264–281–128–30

Record vs. opponents

1968–69 NBA records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —2–43–36–14–26–03–44–22–41–56–03–44–34–2
Baltimore 4–2—5–26–04–37–03–35–13–42–46–05–13–34–2
Boston 3–32–5—4–25–25–12–45–11–65–26–04–23–33–3
Chicago 1–60–62–4—1–53–33–45–12–41–54–23–34–34–3
Cincinnati 2–43–42–55–1—3–42–45–14–23–44–22–43–33–3
Detroit 0–60–71–53–34–3—3–32–43–43–44–23–32–44–2
Los Angeles 4–33–34–24–34–23–3—5–15–11–56–07–04–35–1
Milwaukee 2–41–51–51–51–54–21–5—0–60–66–24–23–33–5
New York 4–24–36–14–22–44–31–56–0—4–35–13–35–16–0
Philadelphia 5–14–22–55–14–34–35–16–03–4—5–14–22–46–0
Phoenix 0–60–60–62–42–42–40–62–61–51–5—1–72–43–3
San Diego 4–31–52–43–34–23–30–72–43–32–47–1—3–33–3
San Francisco 3–43–33–33–43–34–23–43–31–54–24–23–3—4–3
Seattle 2–42–43–33–43–32–41–55–30–60–63–33–33–4—

Game log

1968–69 Game Log
Total: 48–34
1968–69 Schedule

Playoffs

1969 Playoff Game Log
Total: 5–6
1968–69 Schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman8030.3.397.7073.35.911.2
Zelmo Beaty7235.8.470.73111.11.821.5
Bill Bridges8036.6.453.67714.23.711.8
Joe Caldwell8133.6.507.5373.74.015.8
Jim Davis7817.5.467.6676.81.28.8
Richie Guerin2717.5.423.7702.23.75.6
Dennis Hamilton255.6.552.4001.20.33.0
Skip Harlicka268.4.456.7740.61.44.1
Lou Hudson8135.4.492.7776.62.721.9
George Lehmann1112.5.388.6670.82.55.5
Don Ohl7626.3.427.7072.22.912.1
Paul Silas7923.5.419.6139.41.88.7
Dwight Waller112.6.222.4290.90.10.6

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman1132.7.393.7873.03.914.0
Zelmo Beaty1143.0.432.67212.92.322.5
Bill Bridges1140.2.442.70816.23.415.6
Joe Caldwell1136.7.485.4645.03.414.7
Jim Davis86.5.267.6252.10.11.6
Richie Guerin310.7.250.5001.72.31.0
Skip Harlicka11.0.000.0000.00.00.0
Lou Hudson1138.5.468.7695.42.922.0
Don Ohl1117.6.349.5911.21.56.6
Paul Silas1123.5.362.5148.41.95.5

Awards

Transactions

Atlanta Hawks

 Players Added

Via Draft

Via Trade

 Players Lost

Via Trade

References

  1. 1 2 Atlanta Hawks (1968–present)
  2. ↑ Atlanta Hawks (1949–) 1968 Stats, History, Awards and More
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.