1978-1979 Atlanta Hawks: 46-36 .561
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 34-7 (4629 points scored, 4266 allowed) Road record: 12-29 (4321 points scored, 4513 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Hubie Brown 8950 points scored (12th of 22 teams), 8779 points allowed (3rd) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Charlie Criss 5'8 165 30 New Mexico State John Drew 6'6 205 24 Gardner-Webb Terry Furlow 6'4 190 24 Michigan State Jack Givens 6'5 205 22 Kentucky Steve Hawes 6'9 220 28 Washington Keith Herron 6'6 195 22 Villanova Armond Hill 6'4 190 25 Princeton Eddie Johnson 6'2 180 23 Auburn Butch Lee 6'0 185 22 Marquette Tom McMillen 6'11 215 26 Maryland Tree Rollins 7'1 235 23 Clemson Dan Roundfield 6'8 205 25 Central Michigan Rick Wilson 6'4 200 22 Louisville 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 79 2410 650 1375 0 0 495 677 225 297 522 119 128 16 211 332 1795 22.7 G Eddie Johnson 78 2413 501 982 0 0 243 292 65 105 170 360 121 11 213 241 1245 16.0 F Dan Roundfield 80 2539 462 916 0 0 300 420 326 539 865 131 87 176 209 358 1224 15.3 C Steve Hawes 81 2205 372 756 0 0 108 132 190 401 591 184 79 47 145 264 852 10.5 G Armond Hill 82 2527 296 682 0 0 246 288 41 123 164 480 102 16 202 292 838 10.2 C Tree Rollins 81 1900 297 555 0 0 89 141 219 369 588 49 46 254 87 328 683 8.4 F Jack Givens 74 1347 234 564 0 0 102 135 98 116 214 83 72 17 75 121 570 7.7 F Tom McMillen 82 1392 232 498 0 0 106 119 131 201 332 69 15 32 87 211 570 7.0 G Butch Lee 49 997 144 313 0 0 88 117 11 48 59 169 56 1 96 88 376 7.7 G Terry Furlow 29 576 113 235 0 0 60 70 32 39 71 81 18 13 47 42 286 9.9 G Charlie Criss 54 879 109 289 0 0 67 86 19 41 60 138 41 3 79 70 285 5.3 G Rick Wilson 61 589 81 197 0 0 24 44 20 56 76 72 30 8 41 66 186 3.0 G Keith Herron 14 81 14 48 0 0 12 13 4 6 10 3 6 2 5 11 40 2.9
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 10 Butch Lee 96 Marquette
1 16 Jack Givens 156 Kentucky [pick acquired from LA via NO]
2 25 Rick Wilson 66 Louisville [pick acquired from HOU]
3 54 Steve Grant Manhattan
5 98 Chris Potter Holy Cross
6 120 Gerald Glover Howard
7 141 Jim DeWeese Gonzaga
8 160 Ed Murphy Merrimack
9 177 Maurice Robinson West Virginia
10 192 Marshall Lester Florida Southern
Traded draft picks:
#2 to NYK (John Rudd)
#4 to BUF (Leroy McDonald)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern First Round
04/11/1979 at Houston Rockets W 109-106
04/13/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 100-91
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Eastern Semifinals
04/15/1979 at Washington Bullets L 89-103
04/17/1979 at Washington Bullets W 107-99
04/20/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 77-89
04/22/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 118-120 (OT)
04/24/1979 at Washington Bullets W 107-103
04/26/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 104-86
04/29/1979 at Washington Bullets L 94-100
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Dan Roundfield 9 338 61 133 36 45 44 62 106 25 8 23 23 44 158 17.6
F Eddie Johnson 9 262 65 128 18 25 8 15 23 45 4 2 19 22 148 16.4
F John Drew 9 275 55 131 35 46 20 40 60 7 9 4 16 36 145 16.1
G Terry Furlow 9 244 55 113 26 28 11 21 32 29 7 2 12 15 136 15.1
C Steve Hawes 9 243 40 81 9 12 27 36 63 29 8 3 5 33 89 9.9
G Armond Hill 9 267 29 71 8 12 2 15 17 50 12 1 23 33 66 7.3
F Tom McMillen 9 163 20 46 16 19 14 20 34 7 2 1 8 21 56 6.2
C Tree Rollins 9 212 21 51 9 13 19 52 71 5 3 24 14 29 51 5.7
G Charlie Criss 9 99 12 29 9 10 2 3 5 16 3 0 3 5 33 3.7
F Jack Givens 9 81 10 30 3 3 7 14 21 3 1 2 5 9 23 2.6
G Rick Wilson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 104-117 0-1 10/14/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 122-114 1-1 10/18/1978 vs Boston Celtics L 99-116 1-2 10/21/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 130-125 2-2 10/24/1978 at New York Knicks L 109-113 2-3 10/25/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 117-118 2-4 10/28/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 116-92 3-4 10/31/1978 at Washington Bullets W 110-108 4-4 11/02/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 106-113 4-5 11/04/1978 vs New Jersey Nets L 117-118 4-6 11/09/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 125-101 5-6 11/10/1978 at Boston Celtics W 115-103 6-6 11/11/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 102-95 7-6 11/15/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 100-109 7-7 11/18/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 124-116 8-7 11/21/1978 at San Diego Clippers W 113-107 9-7 11/22/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 113-111 10-7 11/24/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 117-119 10-8 11/25/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 109-103 11-8 11/28/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 98-112 11-9 11/30/1978 vs New York Knicks W 102-96 12-9 12/02/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 128-94 13-9 12/06/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 109-136 13-10 12/08/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 106-107 13-11 12/09/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 84-94 13-12 12/10/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 86-88 13-13 12/13/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 117-101 14-13 12/15/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 121-104 15-13 12/17/1978 at New York Knicks L 105-111 15-14 12/19/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 95-101 15-15 12/20/1978 vs New York Knicks W 121-112 16-15 12/22/1978 at Boston Celtics L 105-124 16-16 12/23/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 109-91 17-16 12/26/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 111-124 17-17 12/27/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 115-107 18-17 12/29/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 107-113 18-18 12/30/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 113-87 19-18 01/03/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 96-99 19-19 01/05/1979 at Houston Rockets W 109-106 20-19 01/06/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 102-106 20-20 01/07/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 97-112 20-21 01/10/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks W 117-113 21-21 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/12/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 100-93 22-21 01/13/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 124-119 23-21 01/14/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 115-105 24-21 01/17/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 111-110 25-21 01/20/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 118-94 26-21 01/21/1979 at New Orleans Jazz L 87-108 26-22 01/23/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 107-110 26-23 01/25/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 98-100 26-24 01/27/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 120-113 27-24 01/30/1979 at Washington Bullets L 105-109 27-25 01/31/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 130-118 28-25 02/06/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 104-101 29-25 02/07/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 108-124 29-26 02/09/1979 at Phoenix Suns W 105-102 30-26 02/11/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 87-91 30-27 02/14/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 104-116 30-28 02/18/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 101-116 30-29 02/20/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 119-109 31-29 02/21/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-83 32-29 02/24/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 110-85 33-29 02/27/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 125-111 34-29 03/01/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 104-86 35-29 03/03/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 119-101 36-29 03/06/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 94-91 37-29 03/07/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 122-120 38-29 03/11/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-111 39-29 03/13/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 82-103 39-30 03/14/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 98-113 39-31 03/16/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 110-111 39-32 03/17/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 111-118 39-33 03/20/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-109 40-33 03/21/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 111-104 41-33 03/23/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 115-108 42-33 03/24/1979 at Houston Rockets L 116-120 42-34 03/30/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 106-117 42-35 03/31/1979 at New Orleans Jazz L 107-109 42-36 04/01/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 109-98 43-36 04/04/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 118-109 44-36 04/06/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 112-96 45-36 04/07/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 103-102 46-36 |