1971-1972 Atlanta Hawks: 36-46 .439
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-19 (4620 points scored, 4553 allowed) Road record: 13-26 (4136 points scored, 4347 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (226 points scored, 227 allowed) Head Coach: Richie Guerin 8982 points scored (8th of 17 teams), 9127 points allowed (12th) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Don Adams 6'6 210 24 Northwestern Walt Bellamy 6'10 225 32 Indiana Bill Bridges 6'5 228 32 Kansas Bob Christian 6'10 255 25 Grambling State Jim Davis 6'9 225 30 Colorado Herm Gilliam 6'3 190 25 Purdue Jeff Halliburton 6'5 193 22 Drake Lou Hudson 6'4 210 27 Minnesota Pete Maravich 6'5 197 24 Louisiana State Don May 6'4 200 25 Dayton Tom Payne 7'2 240 21 Kentucky Larry Siegfried 6'3 190 32 Ohio State George Trapp 6'8 205 23 Cal State Long Beach John Vallely 6'3 185 23 UCLA Jim Washington 6'6 210 28 Villanova Milt Williams 6'2 182 26 Lincoln (MO) 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 77 3042 775 1540 0 0 349 430 0 0 385 309 0 0 0 225 1899 24.7 C Walt Bellamy 82 3187 593 1089 0 0 340 581 0 0 1049 262 0 0 0 255 1526 18.6 G Pete Maravich 66 2302 460 1077 0 0 355 438 0 0 256 393 0 0 0 207 1275 19.3 F Jim Washington 67 2416 325 729 0 0 201 256 0 0 601 121 0 0 0 217 851 12.7 G Herm Gilliam 82 2337 345 774 0 0 145 173 0 0 335 377 0 0 0 232 835 10.2 F Don Adams 70 2030 307 779 0 0 204 273 0 0 494 137 0 0 0 259 818 11.7 F Don May 75 1285 234 476 0 0 126 164 0 0 217 55 0 0 0 133 594 7.9 F George Trapp 60 890 144 388 0 0 105 139 0 0 183 51 0 0 0 144 393 6.5 C Bob Christian 56 485 66 142 0 0 44 61 0 0 181 28 0 0 0 77 176 3.1 G Jeff Halliburton 37 288 61 133 0 0 25 30 0 0 37 20 0 0 0 50 147 4.0 F Bill Bridges 14 546 51 134 0 0 31 44 0 0 190 40 0 0 0 50 133 9.5 C Tom Payne 29 227 45 103 0 0 29 46 0 0 69 15 0 0 0 40 119 4.1 G Larry Siegfried 21 335 25 77 0 0 20 23 0 0 32 52 0 0 0 32 70 3.3 G Milt Williams 10 127 23 53 0 0 21 29 0 0 4 20 0 0 0 18 67 6.7 G John Vallely 9 110 20 43 0 0 13 20 0 0 11 9 0 0 0 13 53 5.9 C Jim Davis 11 119 8 33 0 0 10 18 0 0 36 8 0 0 0 14 26 2.4
1971 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 5 George Trapp 379 Long Beach State
2 22 Ted McClain 178 377 Tennessee State
3 39 Jeff Halliburton 92 Drake
4 56 Jim Welch Houston
6 90 Willie Humes Idaho
7 107 Mike Jordan Savannah State
8 124 Jim Smith Kentucky Wesleyan
9 140 Ernie Fleming Jacksonville
10 156 Ron Rippitoe David Lipscomb
11 172 Levi Wyatt Alcorn A&M
12 186 Roger Moore Columbus College
13 198 Ed Jenkins Michigan Lutheran
Traded draft picks:
#5 to CIN (Tyrone Marionneaux)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
03/29/1972 at Boston Celtics L 108-126
03/31/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 113-104
04/02/1972 at Boston Celtics L 113-136
04/04/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 112-110
04/07/1972 at Boston Celtics L 114-124
04/09/1972 vs Boston Celtics L 118-127
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Pete Maravich 6 219 54 121 58 71 32 28 24 166 27.7
F Lou Hudson 6 266 63 139 24 29 33 21 13 150 25.0
C Walt Bellamy 6 247 42 86 27 43 82 11 20 111 18.5
G Herm Gilliam 6 173 28 71 10 11 30 33 15 66 11.0
F Jim Washington 6 209 28 58 9 16 48 10 20 65 10.8
F Don Adams 6 188 20 56 16 23 38 12 25 56 9.3
F George Trapp 6 66 19 44 3 8 18 5 13 41 6.8
F Don May 3 31 3 9 6 8 8 1 3 12 4.0
C Bob Christian 6 34 3 8 1 1 7 0 10 7 1.2
C Tom Payne 1 5 1 1 2 5 4 0 1 4 4.0
G Jeff Halliburton 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1971 at Cincinnati Royals L 113-127 0-1 10/16/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 102-104 0-2 10/20/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 104-126 0-3 10/22/1971 vs Boston Celtics L 108-115 0-4 10/23/1971 at New York Knicks W 95-89 1-4 10/25/1971 at Boston Celtics L 116-136 1-5 10/27/1971 vs New York Knicks W 110-96 2-5 10/29/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 98-97 3-5 10/30/1971 vs Detroit Pistons L 99-104 3-6 11/03/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 100-113 3-7 11/05/1971 vs Buffalo Braves L 117-122 3-8 11/06/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-101 3-9 11/10/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 110-116 3-10 11/12/1971 vs Golden State Warriors W 106-104 4-10 11/17/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics L 104-112 4-11 11/20/1971 vs Phoenix Suns W 115-109 5-11 11/23/1971 at Buffalo Braves L 97-102 5-12 11/24/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 107-141 5-13 11/26/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets L 105-118 5-14 11/27/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 95-103 5-15 11/28/1971 at Boston Celtics L 108-130 5-16 11/30/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 85-86 5-17 12/01/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 117-103 6-17 12/04/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 126-109 7-17 12/07/1971 at Golden State Warriors W 116-113 8-17 12/09/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 115-135 8-18 12/10/1971 at Houston Rockets L 88-95 8-19 12/12/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 95-104 8-20 12/15/1971 vs Houston Rockets L 115-117 8-21 12/17/1971 at Baltimore Bullets L 103-114 8-22 12/18/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 123-94 9-22 12/19/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 101-99 10-22 12/22/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 106-103 11-22 12/23/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 110-115 11-23 12/25/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 140-117 12-23 12/26/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 92-114 12-24 12/27/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 135-121 13-24 12/30/1971 at Houston Rockets L 115-129 13-25 01/02/1972 at Phoenix Suns W 116-111 14-25 01/04/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 103-91 15-25 01/05/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 116-127 15-26 01/07/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 90-134 15-27 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1972 at Baltimore Bullets L 102-110 15-28 01/12/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 104-102 16-28 01/14/1972 at Cincinnati Royals L 102-126 16-29 01/15/1972 vs Boston Celtics L 106-122 16-30 01/16/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 124-116 17-30 01/21/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 111-113 17-31 01/23/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks W 118-113 18-31 01/25/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 123-110 19-31 01/26/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics L 119-131 19-32 01/28/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 124-106 20-32 01/30/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 103-105 20-33 02/03/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 115-132 20-34 02/05/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 120-117 21-34 02/06/1972 at Houston Rockets L 113-120 21-35 02/09/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 113-117 21-36 02/11/1972 at Chicago Bulls L 91-102 21-37 02/12/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 106-117 21-38 02/13/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 133-119 22-38 02/15/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 113-105 23-38 02/16/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 105-103 24-38 02/18/1972 at Baltimore Bullets L 81-106 24-39 02/20/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals L 92-101 24-40 02/23/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 120-118 25-40 02/25/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers L 110-114 25-41 02/27/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 113-110 26-41 02/29/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 99-89 27-41 03/03/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 104-114 27-42 03/04/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 120-101 28-42 03/05/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 110-112 28-43 03/08/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 96-98 28-44 03/12/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 135-114 29-44 03/14/1972 at New York Knicks L 107-115 29-45 03/15/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 134-96 30-45 03/17/1972 at Detroit Pistons L 112-121 30-46 03/18/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 115-106 31-46 03/19/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-105 32-46 03/21/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 117-111 33-46 03/22/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 107-106 34-46 03/24/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 118-102 35-46 03/26/1972 vs New York Knicks W 120-106 36-46 |