1979-1980 Atlanta Hawks: 50-32 .610
Previous Season Home record: 32-9 (4411 points scored, 4161 allowed) Road record: 18-22 (4065 points scored, 4065 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (97 points scored, 108 allowed) Head Coach: Hubie Brown 8573 points scored (19th of 22 teams), 8334 points allowed (1st) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School John Brown 6'7 220 28 Missouri Charlie Criss 5'8 165 31 New Mexico State John Drew 6'6 205 25 Gardner-Webb Terry Furlow 6'4 190 25 Michigan State Jack Givens 6'5 205 23 Kentucky Steve Hawes 6'9 220 29 Washington Armond Hill 6'4 190 26 Princeton Eddie Johnson 6'2 180 24 Auburn Ron Lee 6'3 193 27 Oregon Jim McElroy 6'3 190 26 Central Michigan Tom McMillen 6'11 215 27 Maryland Sam Pellom 6'9 225 28 SUNY - Buffalo Tree Rollins 7'1 235 24 Clemson Dan Roundfield 6'8 205 26 Central Michigan Rick Wilson 6'4 200 23 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 80 2306 535 1182 0 7 489 646 203 268 471 101 91 23 240 313 1559 19.5 G Eddie Johnson 79 2622 590 1212 5 13 280 338 95 105 200 370 120 24 189 216 1465 18.5 F Dan Roundfield 81 2588 502 1007 0 4 330 465 293 544 837 184 101 139 233 317 1334 16.5 C Steve Hawes 82 1853 304 605 3 8 150 182 148 348 496 144 74 29 121 205 761 9.3 C Tree Rollins 82 2123 287 514 0 0 157 220 283 491 774 76 54 244 99 322 731 8.9 G Charlie Criss 81 1794 249 578 1 17 172 212 27 89 116 246 74 4 130 133 671 8.3 G Armond Hill 79 2092 177 431 1 4 124 146 31 107 138 424 107 8 171 261 479 6.1 F Jack Givens 82 1254 182 473 0 2 106 128 114 128 242 59 51 19 59 132 470 5.7 F Tom McMillen 53 1071 191 382 0 1 81 107 70 150 220 62 36 14 64 126 463 8.7 G Terry Furlow 21 404 66 161 1 9 44 51 23 19 42 72 19 9 34 19 177 8.4 G Jim McElroy 31 516 66 171 2 7 37 53 20 29 49 65 21 5 43 45 171 5.5 F Sam Pellom 44 373 44 108 0 0 21 30 28 64 92 18 12 12 18 70 109 2.5 F John Brown 28 361 37 98 0 0 34 44 21 41 62 14 3 4 24 66 108 3.9 G Ron Lee 30 364 29 91 0 3 9 17 11 22 33 67 15 4 33 65 67 2.2 G Rick Wilson 5 59 2 14 0 0 4 6 2 1 3 11 4 1 8 3 8 1.6
1979 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 35 James Bradley Memphis State
2 38 Larry Wilson Nicholls State [pick acquired from HOU]
3 57 Don March Franklin & Marshall
5 101 Tiny Pinder North Carolina State
6 121 Dwight Williams Gardner-Webb
7 141 Tim Waterman St. Bonaventure
8 160 John Goedeke Maryland-Baltimore County
9 178 Cedric Oliver Hamilton
10 196 Chad Nelson Drake
Traded draft picks:
#1 to IND (Dudley Bradley)
#4 to LA (Ray White)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/06/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 104-107
04/09/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 92-99
04/10/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 105-93
04/13/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 83-107
04/15/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 100-105
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Eddie Johnson 5 188 38 74 0 0 21 28 3 15 18 21 8 2 11 12 97 19.4
F Dan Roundfield 5 174 32 69 0 1 22 35 25 33 58 11 4 8 11 22 86 17.2
F John Drew 5 150 24 63 0 0 25 35 10 20 30 4 7 0 12 21 73 14.6
G Charlie Criss 5 152 29 59 1 3 11 12 0 5 5 22 6 0 11 12 70 14.0
C Steve Hawes 5 149 18 41 0 0 16 18 13 22 35 12 9 1 8 22 52 10.4
C Tree Rollins 5 134 18 31 0 0 6 10 18 20 38 3 2 14 6 25 42 8.4
G Armond Hill 5 109 12 30 0 1 11 12 2 4 6 15 4 1 11 14 35 7.0
G Jim McElroy 5 32 4 9 0 1 4 5 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 1 12 2.4
F John Brown 5 58 4 13 0 1 2 2 2 8 10 1 1 1 5 9 10 2.0
F Jack Givens 4 36 3 14 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 3 2 0 3 7 6 1.5
F Sam Pellom 4 18 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0.2
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 vs New York Knicks W 121-104 1-0 10/13/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 101-115 1-1 10/16/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 116-118 1-2 10/17/1979 at Washington Bullets L 97-100 1-3 10/18/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 115-85 2-3 10/20/1979 at Houston Rockets L 102-107 2-4 10/23/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 121-111 3-4 10/24/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 128-118 4-4 10/26/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 94-90 5-4 10/27/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 95-100 5-5 10/31/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 102-97 6-5 11/02/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers W 85-81 7-5 11/03/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 110-107 8-5 11/06/1979 at New York Knicks W 98-96 9-5 11/07/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 115-107 10-5 11/10/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 109-105 11-5 11/13/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 82-101 11-6 11/14/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 108-97 12-6 11/17/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 100-102 12-7 11/20/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 109-105 13-7 11/21/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 93-96 13-8 11/23/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 98-103 13-9 11/24/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 101-106 13-10 11/27/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 143-120 14-10 11/28/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-99 15-10 11/30/1979 at Houston Rockets L 95-106 15-11 12/01/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 106-96 16-11 12/02/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 108-126 16-12 12/05/1979 at Boston Celtics W 120-92 17-12 12/08/1979 at Washington Bullets L 95-96 17-13 12/09/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 122-85 18-13 12/12/1979 vs New York Knicks W 114-102 19-13 12/14/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers W 103-98 20-13 12/15/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 112-96 21-13 12/18/1979 at New York Knicks L 99-101 21-14 12/19/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 119-112 22-14 12/20/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 122-103 23-14 12/22/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 110-130 23-15 12/27/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 112-110 24-15 12/29/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 115-104 25-15 01/03/1980 vs New Jersey Nets L 119-126 25-16 01/05/1980 vs Kansas City Kings L 107-112 25-17 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-107 26-17 01/11/1980 at Boston Celtics L 93-108 26-18 01/12/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 120-101 27-18 01/13/1980 at San Antonio Spurs W 107-104 28-18 01/16/1980 at San Diego Clippers L 108-111 28-19 01/17/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 99-101 28-20 01/18/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 102-108 28-21 01/22/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 89-101 28-22 01/23/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 96-98 28-23 01/26/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 109-104 29-23 01/27/1980 at San Antonio Spurs W 118-111 30-23 01/29/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 98-82 31-23 01/31/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 111-107 32-23 02/07/1980 at Utah Jazz W 92-90 33-23 02/10/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 98-96 34-23 02/12/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers W 95-89 35-23 02/13/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 86-93 35-24 02/15/1980 at Denver Nuggets L 98-111 35-25 02/17/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 108-99 36-25 02/20/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 106-103 37-25 02/22/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 111-104 38-25 02/26/1980 at Boston Celtics L 97-108 38-26 02/27/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 116-111 39-26 02/29/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-103 40-26 03/02/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 100-93 41-26 03/04/1980 vs Houston Rockets L 83-93 41-27 03/07/1980 at Indiana Pacers W 99-94 42-27 03/08/1980 at Houston Rockets W 97-79 43-27 03/09/1980 vs New York Knicks W 98-92 44-27 03/11/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 97-102 44-28 03/14/1980 vs Boston Celtics W 88-87 45-28 03/16/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 95-90 46-28 03/18/1980 at New York Knicks L 110-111 46-29 03/19/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 109-93 47-29 03/21/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 108-95 48-29 03/23/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 103-95 49-29 03/26/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 81-84 49-30 03/27/1980 vs New Jersey Nets W 117-100 50-30 03/28/1980 at Washington Bullets L 80-100 50-31 03/30/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 102-111 50-32 |