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1968–69 Atlanta Hawks season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

(Eliminated 1–4) The 1968–69 Atlanta Hawks season was the team's first season in Atlanta, 20th in the NBA, and 23rd overall. The Hawks relocated from St. Louis, where the franchise played the previous thirteen seasons. Lenny Wilkens was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for Walt Hazzard, who would help lead the Hawks to a second-place finish with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses. In the playoffs, the Hawks eliminated the San Diego Rockets in six games. In the Western Conference Finals, the Hawks challenged the Los Angeles Lakers; the Lakers would eliminate the Hawks in 5 games.

Draft picks

Main article: 1968 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
113Skip HarlickaGuardUnited StatesSouth Carolina
10131Dwight WallerForwardUnited StatesTennessee State

Roster

  • Richie Guerin ()

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|- | 1 || October 16 || Cincinnati || 110–125 || Alexander Memorial Coliseum || 0–1 |- | 2 || October 19 || Milwaukee || 125–107 || Alexander Memorial Coliseum || 1–1 |- | 3 || October 23 || Chicago || 106–91 || Alexander Memorial Coliseum || 2–1 |- | 4 || October 25 || Seattle || 112–123 || Seattle Center Coliseum || 2–2 |- | 5 || October 27 || Phoenix || 123–100 || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum || 3–2 |- | 6 || October 29 || L.A. Lakers || 124–125 || The Forum || 3–3 |- | 7 || October 30 || San Diego || 116–127 || San Diego Sports Arena || 3–4

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Playoffs

|- | 1 | March 27 | San Diego | W 107–98 | Lou Hudson (39) | Bill Bridges (22) | Ohl, Hazzard (3) | Alexander Memorial Coliseum 4,194

1–0
2
March 29
San Diego
W 116–114
Zelmo Beaty (31)
Bill Bridges (14)
Joe Caldwell (8)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
6,006
2–0
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April 1
@ San Diego
L 97–104
Zelmo Beaty (31)
Zelmo Beaty (17)
Joe Caldwell (6)
San Diego Sports Arena
9,340
2–1
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April 4
@ San Diego
L 112–114
Walt Hazzard (34)
Beaty, Bridges (11)
Walt Hazzard (5)
San Diego Sports Arena
12,337
2–2
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April 6
San Diego
W 112–101
Joe Caldwell (26)
Bill Bridges (17)
Caldwell, Hazzard (5)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
4,007
3–2
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April 7
@ San Diego
W 108–106
Lou Hudson (27)
Bill Bridges (17)
Caldwell, Hazzard (4)
San Diego Sports Arena
10,117
4–2
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April 11
Los Angeles
L 93–95
Zelmo Beaty (29)
Bill Bridges (20)
Walt Hazzard (6)
The Forum
16,190
0–1
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April 13
@ Los Angeles
L 102–104
Joe Caldwell (34)
Caldwell, Bridges (10)
Bill Bridges (5)
The Forum
15,136
0–2
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April 15
Los Angeles
W 99–86
Zelmo Beaty (22)
Zelmo Beaty (15)
Lou Hudson (5)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
7,140
1–2
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April 17
Los Angeles
L 85–100
Lou Hudson (35)
Zelmo Beaty (20)
Bill Bridges (5)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
7,140
1–3
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April 20
@ Los Angeles
L 96–104
Zelmo Beaty (30)
Bill Bridges (22)
Lou Hudson (7)
The Forum
16,273
1–4
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Player statistics

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Walt Hazzard8030.3.397.7073.3**5.9**11.2
Zelmo Beaty7235.8.470.73111.11.821.5
Bill Bridges80**36.6**.453.677**14.2**3.711.8
Joe Caldwell**81**33.6.507.5373.74.015.8
Jim Davis7817.5.467.6676.81.28.8
Richie Guerin2717.5.423.7702.23.75.6
Dennis Hamilton255.6**.552**.4001.20.33.0
Skip Harlicka268.4.456.7740.61.44.1
Lou Hudson**81**35.4.492**.777**6.62.7**21.9**
George Lehmann1112.5.388.6670.82.55.5
Don Ohl7626.3.427.7072.22.912.1
Paul Silas7923.5.419.6139.41.88.7
Dwight Waller112.6.222.4290.90.10.6

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Walt Hazzard1132.7.393.7873.03.914.0
Zelmo Beaty1143.0.432.67212.92.322.5
Bill Bridges1140.2.442.70816.23.415.6
Joe Caldwell1136.7.485.4645.03.414.7
Jim Davis86.5.267.6252.10.11.6
Richie Guerin310.7.250.5001.72.31.0
Skip Harlicka11.0.000.0000.00.00.0
Lou Hudson1138.5.468.7695.42.922.0
Don Ohl1117.6.349.5911.21.56.6
Paul Silas1123.5.362.5148.41.95.5

Awards

  • Bill Bridges, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

Players AddedPlayers Lost

References

References

  1. [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/atlanta/atlhawks.html Atlanta Hawks (1968–present)]
  2. "Atlanta Hawks (1949–) 1968 Stats, History, Awards and More".
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