1974-1975 Atlanta Hawks: 31-51 .378
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-19 (4427 points scored, 4317 allowed) Road record: 9-31 (4107 points scored, 4325 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (86 points scored, 90 allowed) Head Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons 8620 points scored (4th of 18 teams), 8732 points allowed (16th) NBA Averages: 102.6 points/game (8416.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School John Brown 6'7 220 23 Missouri John Drew 6'6 205 20 Gardner-Webb Herm Gilliam 6'3 190 28 Purdue Tom Henderson 6'3 190 22 Hawaii Lou Hudson 6'4 210 30 Minnesota Dwight Jones 6'10 210 22 Houston Bob Kauffman 6'8 240 28 Guilford Clyde Lee 6'10 205 30 Vanderbilt Dean Meminger 6'0 175 26 Marquette Mike Sojourner 6'9 225 21 Utah Tom Van Arsdale 6'5 202 31 Indiana Jim Washington 6'6 210 31 Villanova John Wetzel 6'5 190 30 Virginia Tech Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F John Drew 78 2289 527 1230 0 0 388 544 357 479 836 138 119 39 0 274 1442 18.5 F Tom Van Arsdale 73 2570 544 1269 0 0 294 383 70 179 249 207 78 3 0 231 1382 18.9 G Tom Henderson 79 2131 367 893 0 0 168 241 51 161 212 314 105 7 0 149 902 11.4 C Mike Sojourner 73 2129 378 775 0 0 95 146 196 446 642 93 35 57 0 217 851 11.7 F John Brown 73 1986 315 684 0 0 185 250 180 254 434 133 54 15 0 228 815 11.2 F Dwight Jones 75 2086 323 752 0 0 132 183 236 461 697 152 51 51 0 226 778 10.4 G Herm Gilliam 60 1393 314 736 0 0 94 113 76 128 204 170 77 13 0 124 722 12.0 G Dean Meminger 80 2177 233 500 0 0 168 263 84 130 214 397 118 11 0 160 634 7.9 F Bob Kauffman 73 797 113 261 0 0 59 84 67 115 182 81 19 4 0 103 285 3.9 F Jim Washington 38 905 114 259 0 0 41 55 52 141 193 68 23 13 0 86 269 7.1 F Lou Hudson 11 380 97 225 0 0 48 57 14 33 47 40 13 2 0 33 242 22.0 G John Wetzel 63 785 87 204 0 0 68 77 34 80 114 77 51 8 0 108 242 3.8 F Clyde Lee 9 177 12 36 0 0 32 39 24 46 70 8 1 4 0 25 56 6.2
1974 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 7 Tom Henderson 650 Hawaii
1 10 Mike Sojourner 191 Utah [pick acquired from NO]
2 25 John Drew 739 Gardner-Webb
3 43 Darrell Elston 5 72 North Carolina
4 61 Ed Palubinskas Louisiana State
5 79 Tyrone Medley Utah
6 97 Sam Hervey Southern Methodist
7 115 Greg Lee 5 5 UCLA
8 133 Bill Butler Louisville
9 151 Lon Kruger Kansas State
10 168 Brendy Lee Nebraska
Traded draft picks:
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 115-120 0-1 10/19/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 118-112 1-1 10/22/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 125-92 2-1 10/24/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 97-116 2-2 10/25/1974 at Boston Celtics L 109-116 2-3 10/30/1974 at Detroit Pistons W 104-96 3-3 10/31/1974 at New York Knicks L 90-93 3-4 11/02/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 125-126 3-5 11/07/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 109-108 4-5 11/09/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 115-119 4-6 11/10/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 99-94 5-6 11/12/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 111-128 5-7 11/14/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 92-104 5-8 11/16/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 130-104 6-8 11/19/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 122-113 7-8 11/21/1974 vs New York Knicks L 95-101 7-9 11/22/1974 at New Orleans Jazz L 86-90 7-10 11/23/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 100-103 7-11 11/26/1974 vs Washington Bullets W 119-102 8-11 11/27/1974 at Washington Bullets L 104-114 8-12 11/29/1974 at Houston Rockets W 96-91 9-12 12/03/1974 at Phoenix Suns W 91-85 10-12 12/06/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 84-100 10-13 12/08/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 102-95 11-13 12/10/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 107-103 12-13 12/12/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 109-129 12-14 12/14/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 90-92 12-15 12/17/1974 vs Washington Bullets W 96-85 13-15 12/19/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 80-88 13-16 12/20/1974 at Buffalo Braves W 113-102 14-16 12/21/1974 vs Houston Rockets L 96-101 14-17 12/23/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 88-100 14-18 12/25/1974 at Washington Bullets L 92-110 14-19 12/26/1974 at Houston Rockets L 86-114 14-20 12/28/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 106-89 15-20 12/29/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 103-110 15-21 01/01/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 102-97 16-21 01/02/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 111-116 16-22 01/04/1975 vs Buffalo Braves L 108-121 16-23 01/07/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 113-112 17-23 01/08/1975 at Boston Celtics L 96-104 17-24 01/10/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 113-116 17-25 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/11/1975 vs Detroit Pistons L 113-118 17-26 01/16/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 108-85 18-26 01/18/1975 vs Buffalo Braves L 115-129 18-27 01/19/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 117-109 19-27 01/21/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 135-103 20-27 01/23/1975 vs Houston Rockets L 95-96 20-28 01/24/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 103-113 20-29 01/25/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 117-101 21-29 01/28/1975 at New York Knicks L 111-115 21-30 01/30/1975 vs New York Knicks L 115-117 21-31 01/31/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 101-111 21-32 02/01/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 109-112 21-33 02/04/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-97 22-33 02/06/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 111-98 23-33 02/07/1975 at Houston Rockets L 97-105 23-34 02/08/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz L 102-106 23-35 02/10/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 89-96 23-36 02/14/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 100-108 23-37 02/15/1975 at Phoenix Suns W 111-107 24-37 02/20/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 102-108 24-38 02/21/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 108-110 24-39 02/23/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 105-111 24-40 02/27/1975 vs Chicago Bulls L 91-111 24-41 03/01/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 108-95 25-41 03/04/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 109-97 26-41 03/05/1975 at Washington Bullets L 112-118 26-42 03/06/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 110-106 27-42 03/08/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 113-101 28-42 03/11/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 87-99 28-43 03/13/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 104-120 28-44 03/15/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 123-140 28-45 03/16/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 117-114 29-45 03/18/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 101-105 29-46 03/21/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 103-114 29-47 03/22/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 104-100 30-47 03/25/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 89-105 30-48 03/29/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-97 31-48 03/30/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 105-108 31-49 04/01/1975 at Houston Rockets L 104-113 31-50 04/05/1975 at Washington Bullets L 115-123 31-51 |