1969-1970 Atlanta Hawks: 48-34 .585
Next Season Home record: 25-13 (4416 points scored, 4307 allowed) Road record: 18-15 (3940 points scored, 3973 allowed) Other sites: 5-6 (1290 points scored, 1332 allowed) Head Coach: Richie Guerin 9646 points scored (6th of 14 teams), 9612 points allowed (8th) NBA Averages: 116.7 points/game (9569.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Butch Beard 6'3 185 22 Louisville Walt Bellamy 6'10 225 30 Indiana Bill Bridges 6'5 228 30 Kansas Joe Caldwell 6'5 195 28 Arizona State Jim Davis 6'9 225 28 Colorado Gary Gregor 6'7 225 24 South Carolina Richie Guerin 6'4 195 37 Iona Walt Hazzard 6'2 185 27 UCLA Lou Hudson 6'4 210 25 Minnesota Dave Newmark 7'0 240 23 Columbia Grady O'Malley 6'5 205 21 Manhattan Don Ohl 6'3 190 33 Illinois Gene Tormohlen 6'8 230 32 Tennessee Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Lou Hudson 80 3091 830 1564 0 0 371 450 0 0 373 276 0 0 0 225 2031 25.4 F Joe Caldwell 82 2857 674 1329 0 0 379 551 0 0 407 287 0 0 0 255 1727 21.1 G Walt Hazzard 82 2757 493 1056 0 0 267 330 0 0 329 561 0 0 0 264 1253 15.3 F Bill Bridges 82 3269 443 932 0 0 331 451 0 0 1181 345 0 0 0 292 1217 14.8 C Jim Davis 82 2623 438 943 0 0 240 318 0 0 796 238 0 0 0 335 1116 13.6 F Gary Gregor 81 1603 286 661 0 0 88 113 0 0 397 63 0 0 0 159 660 8.1 G Butch Beard 72 941 183 392 0 0 135 163 0 0 140 121 0 0 0 124 501 7.0 G Don Ohl 66 984 176 372 0 0 58 72 0 0 71 98 0 0 0 113 410 6.2 C Walt Bellamy 23 855 141 287 0 0 75 124 0 0 310 88 0 0 0 97 357 15.5 C Dave Newmark 64 612 127 296 0 0 59 77 0 0 174 42 0 0 0 128 313 4.9 F Grady O'Malley 24 113 21 60 0 0 8 19 0 0 26 10 0 0 0 12 50 2.1 G Richie Guerin 8 64 3 11 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 9 7 0.9 C Gene Tormohlen 2 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 4 2.0
1969 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 10 Butch Beard 605 Louisville
2 25 Wally Anderzunas 44 Creighton
4 53 Billy Hann Tennessee
4 55 Don Griffin Stanford [pick acquired from LA]
5 67 Mike Mitchell West Texas State
6 81 Guy Mackner South Dakota
7 95 Bob Bundy Vanderbilt
8 109 Bob Christian 246 2 Grambling
9 123 Pete Gayeska Massachusetts
10 137 Dick Stewart Rutgers
11 151 Loran Bracci San Fernando Valley State
12 164 Dave Jones LaVerne
13 176 Dick Barton Riverside
14 185 Mike Dahl Oglethorpe
15 193 Norm Carmichael Virginia
16 199 Buddy Cornelius Jacksonville State
17 205 John Tolmie Navy
18 210 Cliff Parsons Air Force
19 214 Grady O'Malley 24 Manhattan
20 217 Carl Rodwell California-Riverside
Traded draft picks:
#3 to PHO (Lloyd Kerr)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/25/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 129-111
03/28/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 124-104
03/31/1970 at Chicago Bulls W 106-101
04/03/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 120-131
04/05/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 113-107
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Western Finals
04/12/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 115-119
04/14/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 94-105
04/17/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 114-115 (OT)
04/19/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 114-133
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Joe Caldwell 9 393 93 198 39 60 45 38 34 225 25.0
F Lou Hudson 9 360 78 187 41 50 40 33 34 197 21.9
C Walt Bellamy 9 368 59 126 33 46 140 35 32 151 16.8
G Walt Hazzard 7 255 65 130 20 32 24 54 23 150 21.4
F Bill Bridges 9 381 44 110 16 27 154 29 37 104 11.6
G Butch Beard 9 146 31 65 19 26 26 8 19 81 9.0
C Jim Davis 9 117 14 37 10 17 30 6 24 38 4.2
C Dave Newmark 6 42 15 33 4 4 12 2 8 34 5.7
G Richie Guerin 2 56 13 21 7 7 8 4 6 33 16.5
F Gary Gregor 7 67 6 21 4 6 17 2 14 16 2.3
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1969 vs Seattle Supersonics W 124-119 1-0 10/18/1969 vs Phoenix Suns W 121-116 2-0 10/22/1969 vs San Francisco Warriors L 93-94 2-1 10/24/1969 at Boston Celtics W 122-110 3-1 10/25/1969 vs Detroit Pistons L 104-125 3-2 10/28/1969 at New York Knicks L 104-128 3-3 10/29/1969 vs San Diego Rockets W 117-113 4-3 11/01/1969 at Baltimore Bullets W 140-137 5-3 11/02/1969 vs Seattle Supersonics W 125-113 6-3 11/05/1969 vs Boston Celtics W 128-121 7-3 11/08/1969 vs San Francisco Warriors W 106-93 8-3 11/10/1969 vs Chicago Bulls W 133-132 9-3 11/11/1969 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 124-107 10-3 11/14/1969 at San Francisco Warriors W 120-109 11-3 11/15/1969 at San Diego Rockets L 118-133 11-4 11/16/1969 at Phoenix Suns L 118-139 11-5 11/19/1969 at Seattle Supersonics W 137-116 12-5 11/21/1969 at Detroit Pistons W 118-106 13-5 11/22/1969 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 116-132 13-6 11/25/1969 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 115-130 13-7 11/26/1969 vs New York Knicks L 108-138 13-8 11/28/1969 at Boston Celtics W 130-105 14-8 11/29/1969 vs Cincinnati Royals W 128-111 15-8 12/04/1969 vs Seattle Supersonics W 119-111 16-8 12/05/1969 at Cincinnati Royals L 127-156 16-9 12/07/1969 at Los Angeles Lakers W 104-103 17-9 12/09/1969 at San Francisco Warriors W 117-115 18-9 12/10/1969 at San Diego Rockets L 107-126 18-10 12/12/1969 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 121-107 19-10 12/13/1969 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 100-121 19-11 12/16/1969 at New York Knicks W 125-124 20-11 12/17/1969 vs Baltimore Bullets L 133-138 20-12 12/18/1969 at Chicago Bulls L 112-114 20-13 12/20/1969 vs Boston Celtics W 122-106 21-13 12/21/1969 vs Chicago Bulls W 118-111 22-13 12/26/1969 at Cincinnati Royals L 110-130 22-14 12/27/1969 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 112-107 23-14 12/29/1969 vs San Diego Rockets W 122-118 24-14 12/31/1969 vs Baltimore Bullets W 122-111 25-14 01/02/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers L 117-121 25-15 01/03/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals L 102-104 25-16 01/04/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks W 126-125 26-16 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/06/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics W 101-97 27-16 01/07/1970 at Boston Celtics W 112-106 28-16 01/09/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 112-127 28-17 01/10/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 109-130 28-18 01/12/1970 at Detroit Pistons L 100-113 28-19 01/13/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers L 105-136 28-20 01/14/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors L 101-103 28-21 01/16/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals W 117-100 29-21 01/18/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 125-107 30-21 01/25/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 116-131 30-22 01/26/1970 at San Francisco Warriors W 131-104 31-22 01/28/1970 at Seattle Supersonics L 119-120 31-23 01/29/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 102-111 31-24 01/30/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 87-102 31-25 02/01/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets L 124-133 31-26 02/02/1970 vs Detroit Pistons W 125-121 32-26 02/04/1970 vs New York Knicks W 111-96 33-26 02/06/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 104-93 34-26 02/08/1970 at Chicago Bulls W 142-137 35-26 02/08/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 107-117 35-27 02/10/1970 at San Francisco Warriors L 104-113 35-28 02/11/1970 at San Diego Rockets W 155-131 36-28 02/12/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 114-136 36-29 02/15/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 146-125 37-29 02/18/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals W 139-125 38-29 02/21/1970 at New York Knicks W 122-106 39-29 02/22/1970 vs Detroit Pistons L 114-116 39-30 02/24/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers W 118-106 40-30 02/25/1970 at Seattle Supersonics L 112-120 40-31 02/27/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 107-114 40-32 03/01/1970 vs Phoenix Suns L 98-109 40-33 03/03/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 101-93 41-33 03/05/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks W 126-117 42-33 03/08/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 119-130 42-34 03/10/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 140-127 43-34 03/11/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 122-121 44-34 03/15/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 126-111 45-34 03/17/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers W 128-125 46-34 03/20/1970 vs New York Knicks W 110-102 47-34 03/22/1970 at Detroit Pistons W 130-126 48-34 |