1970–71 Atlanta Hawks season

The 1970–71 NBA season was the Hawks' 22nd season in the NBA and third season in Atlanta.[1]

1970–71 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coachRichie Guerin
ArenaAlexander Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record36–46 (.439)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Central)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Conference Semifinals
(eliminated 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWQXI-TV
RadioWQXI

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1970 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 3 Pete Maravich SG  United States LSU
1 14 John Vallely SG  United States UCLA

Roster
1970–71 Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 8 Bellamy, Walt 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Indiana
F/C 32 Bridges, Bill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Kansas
F 33 Chambers, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Utah
PF 25 Chappell, Len 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Wake Forest
C 31 Christian, Bob 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Grambling State
F/C 24 Davis, Jim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Colorado
G 42 Hazzard, Walt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UCLA
G/F 23 Hudson, Lou 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Minnesota
G 44 Maravich, Pete 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 197 lb (89 kg) LSU
G 40 Vallely, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UCLA
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Baltimore Bullets 4240.512–24–1316–252–210–6
x-Atlanta Hawks 3646.439621–2014–261–09–7
Cincinnati Royals 3349.402917–1611–285–516–6
Cleveland Cavaliers 1567.1832711–302–372–01–13
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-New York Knicks5230.634
2 y-Baltimore Bullets4240.512
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers4735.573
4 x-Atlanta Hawks3646.439
5 Boston Celtics4438.537
6 Cincinnati Royals3349.402
7 Buffalo Braves2260.268
8 Cleveland Cavaliers1567.183
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3—3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3—4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4—0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0—4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4—5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5—2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2—2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2—1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1—1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1—2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2—3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3—4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4—0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0—2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2—3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Game log
1970–71 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 17Milwaukee107–98Lou Hudson (27)0–1
2October 21San Francisco100–102Walt Hazzard (29)1–1
3October 22@ Detroit101–120Pete Maravich (23)1–2
4October 24Boston113–109Lou Hudson (34)1–3
5October 26@ Cincinnati107–126Lou Hudson (28)1–4
6October 31San Diego121–117Jerry Chambers (34)1–5
7November 1@ Cleveland131–107Lou Hudson (43)2–5
8November 4Detroit117–105Lou Hudson (21)2–6
9November 6@ Philadelphia112–118Bridges, Maravich (20)2–7
10November 7Phoenix107–100Lou Hudson (32)2–8
11November 10Philadelphia104–109Lou Hudson (32)3–8
12November 11@ Buffalo118–134Lou Hudson (21)3–9
13November 13@ Boston116–114Lou Hudson (35)4–9
14November 14Chicago120–116Lou Hudson (36)4–10
15November 17@ Los Angeles105–116Hudson, Maravich (28)4–11
16November 18@ Portland131–146Lou Hudson (49)4–12
17November 21Baltimore103–130Pete Maravich (32)5–12
18November 22Philadelphia115–125Pete Maravich (32)6–12
19November 24@ New York119–128Pete Maravich (40)6–13
20November 25New York114–111Lou Hudson (25)6–14
21November 27@ San Diego127–128Lou Hudson (32)6–15
22November 29@ Seattle107–130Pete Maravich (23)6–16
23December 1@ San Francisco106–113Lou Hudson (40)6–17
24December 2@ Phoenix112–126Lou Hudson (19)6–18
25December 5Seattle100–106Lou Hudson (35)7–18
26December 8@ Milwaukee104–125Lou Hudson (30)7–19
27December 9@ Cincinnati106–118Hudson, Maravich (32)7–20
28December 11@ Chicago86–87Davis, Maravich (17)7–21
29December 12Portland101–107Bill Bridges (26)8–21
30December 13Buffalo91–110Walt Hazzard (26)9–21
31December 16San Diego117–128Walt Hazzard (31)10–21
32December 18N Baltimore112–116Lou Hudson (29)11–21
33December 19Los Angeles116–104Lou Hudson (31)11–22
34December 22@ Los Angeles119–115Walt Hazzard (32)12–22
35December 23@ San Diego102–133Lou Hudson (30)12–23
36December 25@ Phoenix115–127Lou Hudson (33)12–24
37December 26Cincinnati130–118Lou Hudson (35)12–25
38December 28San Francisco115–104Pete Maravich (29)12–26
39December 29@ Detroit97–99Lou Hudson (19)12–27
40December 31Cleveland85–119Pete Maravich (32)13–27
41January 2@ New York112–108Walt Bellamy (24)14–27
42January 3Boston140–128Hudson, Maravich (22)14–28
43January 5Detroit98–90Lou Hudson (32)14–29
44January 7Baltimore110–102Lou Hudson (36)14–30
45January 8@ Baltimore104–115Walt Hazzard (27)14–31
46January 10Phoenix116–105Pete Maravich (27)14–32
47January 15@ Boston123–134Pete Maravich (35)14–33
48January 16Los Angeles123–127Walt Hazzard (31)15–33
49January 18@ Buffalo123–113Pete Maravich (41)16–33
50January 20Seattle112–108Walt Hazzard (29)16–34
51January 22@ Milwaukee117–110Walt Bellamy (25)17–34
52January 24Milwaukee142–120Pete Maravich (30)17–35
53January 26@ Philadelphia122–129Pete Maravich (34)17–36
54January 27New York116–108Walt Hazzard (26)17–37
55January 29Cleveland111–119Pete Maravich (38)18–37
56January 31San Diego120–131Walt Hazzard (26)19–37
57February 2@ San Francisco99–101Pete Maravich (27)19–38
58February 4@ Portland123–137Walt Bellamy (32)19–39
59February 5@ Seattle121–120 (OT)Walt Bellamy (39)20–39
60February 7Cincinnati118–121Lou Hudson (27)21–39
61February 9@ New York114–109Pete Maravich (27)22–39
62February 10Boston102–114Pete Maravich (28)23–39
63February 12New York116–125Walt Bellamy (33)24–39
64February 14Milwaukee124–88Pete Maravich (15)24–40
65February 16@ Chicago102–118Bellamy, Hudson (22)24–41
66February 20@ Baltimore122–115Hudson, Maravich (31)25–41
67February 21Baltimore121–119Walt Bellamy (29)25–42
68February 24Portland107–118Lou Hudson (30)26–42
69February 26@ Boston129–136 (OT)Lou Hudson (37)26–43
70February 27Buffalo117–134Lou Hudson (35)27–43
71February 28Detroit106–105Pete Maravich (30)27–44
72March 2@ Seattle128–116Lou Hudson (34)28–44
73March 3@ San Francisco109–105Pete Maravich (33)29–44
74March 5@ Los Angeles105–104Lou Hudson (30)30–44
75March 7Cincinnati112–122Hudson, Maravich (30)31–44
76March 10Phoenix98–139Pete Maravich (37)32–44
77March 12@ Cleveland119–107Pete Maravich (28)33–44
78March 13@ Cincinnati127–136Pete Maravich (44)33–45
79March 14Philadelphia101–108Pete Maravich (25)34–45
80March 16@ Philadelphia130–125Lou Hudson (43)35–45
81March 19Chicago111–112 (OT)Hudson, Maravich (22)36–45
82March 20@ Chicago121–138Jerry Chambers (27)36–46

Playoffs
1971 playoff game log
Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 25 @ New York L 101–112 Pete Maravich (23) Bill Bridges (13) Hazzard, Maravich (5) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 0–1
2 March 27 @ New York W 113–104 Lou Hudson (35) Bill Bridges (36) Pete Maravich (5) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 1–1
3 March 28 New York L 95–110 Walt Bellamy (29) Walt Bellamy (18) Walt Hazzard (7) Alexander Memorial Coliseum
7,192		 1–2
4 March 30 New York L 107–113 Walt Bellamy (25) Bill Bridges (18) Walt Hazzard (9) Alexander Memorial Coliseum
7,192		 1–3
5 April 1 @ New York L 107–111 Lou Hudson (29) Bellamy, Bridges (20) Walt Bellamy (5) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 1–4
1971 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1970–71 Atlanta Hawks
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