1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season

The 1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season was the 13th and last season in city St. Louis for the franchise, before relocating to Atlanta for the following season. The Hawks won the Western Division title with a record of 56–26, before losing to the San Francisco Warriors in the West Semifinal, four games to two.

1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season
Division champions
Head coachRichie Guerin
ArenaKiel Auditorium
Results
Record56–26 (.683)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(Eliminated 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPLR-TV
RadioKMOX

Draft picks
Main article: 1967 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
18Tom Workman United StatesSeattle
325Bob VergaPG United StatesDuke
437Wes BialosukniaG United StatesConnecticut
549Mike Wittman United StatesMiami (FL)
661John Morrison United StatesCanisius
773Carl Fuller United StatesBethune-Cookman
885Arvesta Kelly United StatesLincoln University of Missouri
996Ed Biedenbach United StatesNorth Carolina State
10107Rick Falkenbrush United StatesSaint Michael's

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks 5626.683–25–722–139–631–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers 5230.634430–1118–194–028–12
x-San Francisco Warriors 4339.5241327–1416–230–224–16
x-Chicago Bulls 2953.3542711–2212–246–711–29
Seattle SuperSonics 2359.2803310–217–246–1415–25
San Diego Rockets 1567.183418–334–263–811–29

Record vs. opponents
1967–68 NBA records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SDR SFW SEA STL
Baltimore —3–52–55–34–43–43–50–87–02–55–22–5
Boston 5–3—5–23–56–24–36–24–47–04–36–14–3
Chicago 5–22–5—5–23–41–72–51–64–42–63–51–7
Cincinnati 3–55–32–5—4–41–63–53–57–04–36–11–6
Detroit 4–42–64–34–4—2–54–41–75–24–36–14–3
Los Angeles 4–33–47–16–15–2—4–32–57–14–44–46–2
New York 5–32–65–25–34–43–4—3–56–15–24–31–6
Philadelphia 8–04–46–15–37–15–25–3—6–14–37–05–2
San Diego 0–70–74–40–72–51–71–61–6—2–63–51–7
San Francisco 5–23–46–23–43–44–42–53–46–2—7–11–7
Seattle 2–51–65–31–61–64–43–40–75–31–7—0–8
St. Louis 5–23–47–16–13–42–66–12–57–17–18–0—

Game log
1967–68 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 14@ San Diego99–98Zelmo Beaty (39)1–0
2October 15@ San Francisco107–102Lenny Wilkens (18)2–0
3October 17@ San Diego123–105Joe Caldwell (29)3–0
4October 19Los Angeles95–100Dick Snyder (22)4–0
5October 20@ Chicago126–99Joe Caldwell (26)5–0
6October 21San Francisco110–115Joe Caldwell (27)6–0
7October 24@ New York135–130 (OT)Caldwell, Wilkens (30)7–0
8October 25@ Boston104–118Lenny Wilkens (18)7–1
9October 28Seattle109–116Zelmo Beaty (36)8–1
10October 31Baltimore103–114Zelmo Beaty (28)9–1
11November 1@ Cincinnati101–96Caldwell, Wilkens (24)10–1
12November 4Boston104–111Dick Snyder (25)11–1
13November 7@ Chicago111–106Zelmo Beaty (24)12–1
14November 8Seattle96–111Dick Snyder (21)13–1
15November 10@ Detroit143–140 (OT)Zelmo Beaty (41)14–1
16November 11San Francisco93–94Lenny Wilkens (31)15–1
17November 12San Diego105–116Bill Bridges (29)16–1
18November 14N Detroit107–124Dick Snyder (22)16–2
19November 17N Philadelphia117–125Lenny Wilkens (26)16–3
20November 18Los Angeles127–107Zelmo Beaty (26)16–4
21November 22Philadelphia113–115Joe Caldwell (28)17–4
22November 25San Diego109–110Zelmo Beaty (22)18–4
23November 26@ Los Angeles105–109Lenny Wilkens (21)18–5
24November 28@ Los Angeles117–134Bill Bridges (23)18–6
25November 30@ San Diego129–87Lenny Wilkens (34)19–6
26December 1@ San Francisco101–124Joe Caldwell (31)19–7
27December 3@ Seattle123–109Zelmo Beaty (42)20–7
28December 8Cincinnati95–101Bill Bridges (23)21–7
29December 10Baltimore112–114 (OT)Paul Silas (25)22–7
30December 12@ New York145–142 (2OT)Lenny Wilkens (33)23–7
31December 15@ Philadelphia98–107Lenny Wilkens (29)23–8
32December 16San Francisco110–117Paul Silas (20)24–8
33December 17N San Francisco97–79Lenny Wilkens (22)25–8
34December 19@ Baltimore98–117Zelmo Beaty (24)25–9
35December 26@ Detroit110–127Bill Bridges (37)25–10
36December 27Boston113–116Beaty, Bridges (26)26–10
37December 29N Detroit122–111Beaty, Wilkens (23)27–10
38December 30Los Angeles106–104Joe Caldwell (31)27–11
39January 1@ Seattle115–94Lenny Wilkens (28)28–11
40January 3@ San Diego124–126 (2OT)Zelmo Beaty (25)28–12
41January 4@ San Francisco106–98Caldwell, Wilkens (24)29–12
42January 6Philadelphia107–96Zelmo Beaty (27)29–13
43January 9N Chicago121–109Lenny Wilkens (30)30–13
44January 10@ Philadelphia134–122Silas, Wilkens (28)31–13
45January 11@ Baltimore108–101Zelmo Beaty (30)32–13
46January 12San Diego89–111Lenny Wilkens (29)33–13
47January 14Chicago92–99Joe Caldwell (26)34–13
48January 17@ Boston102–114Lenny Wilkens (32)34–14
49January 18N Baltimore119–116Zelmo Beaty (35)35–14
50January 20Seattle115–120Lenny Wilkens (39)36–14
51January 21Chicago90–98Zelmo Beaty (32)37–14
52January 25N Boston105–93Zelmo Beaty (42)38–14
53January 26New York94–103Zelmo Beaty (25)39–14
54January 27@ Cincinnati120–111Zelmo Beaty (30)40–14
55January 28N Los Angeles113–128Lou Hudson (23)40–15
56January 31@ Los Angeles102–110Zelmo Beaty (28)40–16
57February 1@ Seattle113–110Lenny Wilkens (22)41–16
58February 3@ Cincinnati125–111Zelmo Beaty (33)42–16
59February 4Cincinnati100–106Lenny Wilkens (20)43–16
60February 6@ New York100–121Lenny Wilkens (25)43–17
61February 7@ Boston101–102Lenny Wilkens (26)43–18
62February 9New York111–121Bill Bridges (32)44–18
63February 10Chicago107–108Paul Silas (22)45–18
64February 11N Philadelphia93–119Joe Caldwell (22)45–19
65February 13N Cincinnati123–111Lou Hudson (28)46–19
66February 17Boston113–99Don Ohl (19)46–20
67February 18Chicago113–107Lenny Wilkens (29)46–21
68February 20N Baltimore115–127Joe Caldwell (26)46–22
69February 22N Detroit151–128Lenny Wilkens (30)47–22
70February 23Baltimore110–118Zelmo Beaty (31)48–22
71February 25Philadelphia126–119Joe Caldwell (24)48–23
72February 27@ New York108–102Beaty, Wilkens (26)49–23
73February 29N New York105–102 (OT)Bill Bridges (22)50–23
74March 1@ Detroit121–131Zelmo Beaty (26)50–24
75March 3San Diego104–106Don Ohl (27)51–24
76March 5@ San Francisco134–117Don Ohl (28)52–24
77March 6@ Los Angeles112–96Zelmo Beaty (25)53–24
78March 7N Seattle150–133Lenny Wilkens (33)54–24
79March 9@ Chicago115–109Lenny Wilkens (32)55–24
80March 10Detroit133–121Lou Hudson (24)55–25
81March 14N Cincinnati96–102Zelmo Beaty (25)55–26
82March 16Seattle106–124Zelmo Beaty (24)56–26

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; MIN = Minutes; FG = Field goals; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Season
Player GP MIN FG REB AST PTS
Zelmo Beaty8230686399591741733
Lenny Wilkens8231695464386791638
Joe Caldwell7926415643382401293
Bill Bridges82319746611022531279
Paul Silas8226523999581621097
Dick Snyder751622257194164643
Bumper Tormohlen777149822668229

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Playoffs
1968 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 22 San Francisco L 106–111 Don Ohl (26) Paul Silas (15) Lenny Wilkens (9) Kiel Auditorium
5,018		 0–1
2 March 23 San Francisco W 111–103 Zelmo Beaty (46) Zelmo Beaty (22) Lenny Wilkens (11) Kiel Auditorium
5,810		 1–1
3 March 26 @ San Francisco L 109–124 three players tied (21) Zelmo Beaty (16) Lenny Wilkens (5) Cow Palace
5,136		 1–2
4 March 29 @ San Francisco L 107–108 Zelmo Beaty (21) Bill Bridges (14) Lenny Wilkens (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
12,325		 1–3
5 March 31 San Francisco W 129–103 Bill Bridges (28) Lou Hudson (14) Lenny Wilkens (10) Kiel Auditorium
4,118		 2–3
6 April 2 @ San Francisco L 106–111 Lou Hudson (35) Paul Silas (14) Lenny Wilkens (6) Cow Palace
12,905		 2–4
1968 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. "1967-68 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Stats".
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