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1986–87 Atlanta Hawks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the Atlanta Hawks

Season of National Basketball Association team the Atlanta Hawks

(lost to Pistons 1–4)

The 1986–87 Atlanta Hawks season was the Hawks' 38th season in the NBA and their 19th season in the city of Atlanta. The Hawks finished first place in the Central Division with a franchise-best record of 57–25. Dominique Wilkins made the All-NBA Second Team, and was selected for the 1987 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, the Hawks defeated the Indiana Pacers in four games, but lost in five games to the 3rd-seeded Detroit Pistons in the semifinals.

Draft picks

Main article: 1986 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
119Billy ThompsonSFLouisville
232Cedric HendersonPF/SFGeorgia
240Augusto BinelliC
242Ron KelloggSFKansas
365Dave HoppenC/PFNebraska
370Jim LesGBradley
488Efrem WintersPFIllinois
5111Nicky JonesVirginia Commonwealth
6134Alexander VolkovPF
7157Valerie Tikhonenko

Roster

  • Mike Fratello
  • Brian Hill
  • Willis Reed
  • Brendan Suhr

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

  • z, y – division champions
  • x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 24 | Indiana | W 110–94 | Dominique Wilkins (35) | Tree Rollins (11) | Spud Webb (9) | Omni Coliseum 16,522 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 26 | Indiana | W 94–93 | Dominique Wilkins (43) | Kevin Willis (10) | Spud Webb (14) | Omni Coliseum 16,522 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 29 | @ Indiana | L 87–96 | Dominique Wilkins (22) | Kevin Willis (7) | Doc Rivers (10) | Market Square Arena 12,303 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 1 | @ Indiana | W 101–97 | Dominique Wilkins (30) | Dominique Wilkins (9) | Doc Rivers (15) | Market Square Arena 14,039

3–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
1
May 3
Detroit
L 111–112
Kevin Willis (22)
Kevin Willis (10)
Doc Rivers (14)
Omni Coliseum
14,361
0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
May 5
Detroit
W 115–102
Randy Wittman (34)
Kevin Willis (10)
Doc Rivers (14)
Omni Coliseum
16,522
1–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
3
May 8
@ Detroit
L 99–108
Kevin Willis (26)
Kevin Willis (12)
Doc Rivers (8)
Pontiac Silverdome
24,544
1–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
4
May 10
@ Detroit
L 88–89
Wilkins, Battle (19)
Dominique Wilkins (12)
Doc Rivers (7)
Pontiac Silverdome
17,269
1–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
5
May 13
Detroit
L 96–104
Dominique Wilkins (26)
Dominique Wilkins (12)
Doc Rivers (15)
Omni Coliseum
16,522
1–4
-

Player statistics

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Dominique Wilkins797937.646.329.281.86.33.31.50.629.0
Kevin Willis818132.453.625.070.910.50.80.80.816.1
Doc Rivers828231.645.119.082.83.610.02.10.412.8
Randy Wittman716528.950.333.378.71.73.00.50.212.7
Mike McGee76618.745.937.658.42.12.00.80.010.4
Cliff Levingston821022.550.60.073.16.50.50.60.88.0
Spud Webb33016.143.816.776.21.85.11.00.16.8
John Battle64812.645.70.073.80.91.90.50.16.0
Jon Koncak821920.548.00.065.46.00.40.60.95.6
Tree Rollins755823.554.60.072.46.50.30.61.95.4
Antoine Carr65210.750.633.370.92.40.50.20.75.3
Gus Williams33014.636.327.867.51.24.20.50.24.2
Scott Hastings4006.433.816.779.31.80.30.30.21.8
Cedric Henderson601.740.00.0100.00.50.00.00.00.8
Michael Wilson201.00.00.00.00.00.50.00.00.0

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Dominique Wilkins9940.041.030.089.27.82.81.80.926.8
Randy Wittman9933.355.40.082.42.03.30.40.416.4
Kevin Willis9939.652.20.067.79.20.71.00.815.7
Antoine Carr9018.069.60.081.33.01.40.30.911.6
Doc Rivers8830.638.30.050.03.411.31.10.47.8
John Battle809.844.140.091.31.31.00.10.06.6
Tree Rollins9924.653.60.071.45.90.30.31.84.4
Spud Webb8115.347.40.076.51.04.80.80.03.9
Mike McGee8012.625.614.350.02.51.90.50.03.4
Cliff Levingston9012.038.90.077.83.80.30.00.33.1
Jon Koncak8010.853.80.075.03.10.40.40.52.5
Scott Hastings405.366.70.0100.01.50.00.30.31.5

Player statistics citation:

Awards and records

  • Stan Kasten, NBA Executive of the Year Award
  • Dominique Wilkins, All-NBA Second Team

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ATL/1987.html 1986-87 Atlanta Hawks]
  2. "1986-87 Atlanta Hawks Roster and Stats".
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