1971–72 Atlanta Hawks season

The 1971–72 NBA season was the Hawks' 23rd season in the NBA and fourth season in Atlanta.[1]

1971–72 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coachRichie Guerin
ArenaAlexander Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record36–46 (.439)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Central)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Conference Semifinals
(eliminated 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWQXI-TV
RadioWQXI

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1971 NBA draft

Roster
Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 10 Adams, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Northwestern
C 8 Bellamy, Walt 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Indiana
C 31 Christian, Bob 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Grambling State
G 3 Gilliam, Herm 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Purdue
G 42 Halliburton, Jeff 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Drake
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 22 May, Don 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Dayton
PG 20 Siegfried, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Ohio State
F 12 Washington, Jim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Villanova
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 3844.463–18–1516–244–59–9
x-Atlanta Hawks 3646.439222–1913–261–19–9
Cincinnati Royals 3052.366820–188–322–211–9
Cleveland Cavaliers 2359.2801513–288–302–19–11
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Boston Celtics5626.683
2 y-Baltimore Bullets3844.463
3 x-New York Knicks4834.585
4 x-Atlanta Hawks3646.439
5 Philadelphia 76ers3052.366
5 Cincinnati Royals3052.366
7 Cleveland Cavaliers2359.280
8 Buffalo Braves2260.268
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1971–72 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET GSW HOU LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta —2–40–44–20–53–34–23–23–21–40–52–33–13–33–24–01–4
Baltimore 4–2—2–23–31–44–21–53–21–43–21–40–52–44–04–13–12–3
Boston 4–02–2—6–03–24–25–15–02–35–01–42–33–36–02–34–02–3
Buffalo 2–43–30–6—1–33–34–22–41–30–40–40–41–53–30–42–40–4
Chicago 5–04–12–33–1—3–14–05–13–35–11–32–43–24–15–16–02–3
Cincinnati 3–32–42–43–31–3—6–22–32–30–41–40–52–22–22–32–20–5
Cleveland 2–45–11–52–40–42–6—1–30–42–21–30–41–52–40–44–20–4
Detroit 2–32–30–54–21–53–23–1—0–53–31–41–51–41–42–42–20–4
Golden State 2–34–13–23–13–33–24–05–0—5–11–52–22–34–12–34–24–2
Houston 4–12–30–54–01–54–02–23–31–5—1–50–50–54–11–34–23–3
Los Angeles 5–04–14–14–03–14–13–14–15–15–1—4–14–15–04–26–05–1
Milwaukee 3–25–03–24–04–25–04–05–12–25–01–4—2–34–14–26–06–0
New York 1–34–23–35–12–32–25–14–13–25–01–43–2—3–31–43–13–2
Philadelphia 3–30–40–63–31–42–24–24–11–41–40–51–43–3—1–42–24–1
Phoenix 2–31–43–24–01–53–24–04–23–23–12–42–44–14–1—6–03–2
Portland 0–41–30–44–20–62–22–42–22–42–40–60–61–32–20–6—0–6
Seattle 4–13–23–24–03–25–04–04–02–43–31–50–62–31–42–36–0—

Game log
1971–72 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 12@ Cincinnati113–127Lou Hudson (26)0–1
2October 16Philadelphia104–102Lou Hudson (32)0–2
3October 20Los Angeles126–104Lou Hudson (37)0–3
4October 22Boston115–108Lou Hudson (31)0–4
5October 23@ New York95–89Lou Hudson (27)1–4
6October 25@ Boston116–136Herm Gilliam (25)1–5
7October 27New York96–110Lou Hudson (28)2–5
8October 29@ Cleveland98–97Don May (28)3–5
9October 30Detroit104–99Walt Bellamy (41)3–6
10November 3Chicago113–100Lou Hudson (32)3–7
11November 5Buffalo122–117 (OT)George Trapp (34)3–8
12November 6@ Philadelphia96–101Milt Williams (24)3–9
13November 10Milwaukee116–110Lou Hudson (41)3–10
14November 12Golden State104–106Lou Hudson (28)4–10
15November 17Seattle112–104Walt Bellamy (28)4–11
16November 20Phoenix109–115Walt Bellamy (29)5–11
17November 23@ Buffalo97–102Jim Washington (25)5–12
18November 24@ Milwaukee107–141Walt Bellamy (26)5–13
19November 26Baltimore118–105Jim Washington (23)5–14
20November 27Cleveland103–95Jim Washington (22)5–15
21November 28@ Boston108–130Bellamy, Hudson (15)5–16
22November 30@ Chicago85–86Lou Hudson (30)5–17
23December 1@ Detroit117–103Lou Hudson (26)6–17
24December 4Philadelphia109–126Lou Hudson (30)7–17
25December 7N Golden State113–116Lou Hudson (30)8–17
26December 9@ Phoenix115–135Lou Hudson (41)8–18
27December 10@ Houston88–95Lou Hudson (27)8–19
28December 12@ Los Angeles95–104Walt Bellamy (22)8–20
29December 15Houston117–115 (OT)Lou Hudson (34)8–21
30December 17@ Baltimore103–114Pete Maravich (31)8–22
31December 18Baltimore94–123Walt Bellamy (23)9–22
32December 19Cincinnati99–101Pete Maravich (27)10–22
33December 22@ Cincinnati106–103Pete Maravich (28)11–22
34December 23@ Cleveland110–115Walt Bellamy (21)11–23
35December 25Buffalo117–140Walt Bellamy (40)12–23
36December 26@ Milwaukee92–114Lou Hudson (27)12–24
37December 27Portland121–135Lou Hudson (31)13–24
38December 30@ Houston115–129Lou Hudson (28)13–25
39January 2@ Phoenix116–111Walt Bellamy (30)14–25
40January 4@ Portland103–91Walt Bellamy (24)15–25
41January 5@ Seattle116–127Walt Bellamy (30)15–26
42January 7Los Angeles134–90Pete Maravich (17)15–27
43January 8@ Baltimore102–110Pete Maravich (26)15–28
44January 12Milwaukee102–104Walt Bellamy (29)16–28
45January 14@ Cincinnati102–126Lou Hudson (28)16–29
46January 15Boston122–106Jim Washington (27)16–30
47January 16Philadelphia116–124Pete Maravich (50)17–30
48January 21Golden State113–111Lou Hudson (36)17–31
49January 23@ Milwaukee118–113Pete Maravich (35)18–31
50January 25@ Buffalo123–110Pete Maravich (28)19–31
51January 26Seattle131–119Walt Bellamy (36)19–32
52January 28Detroit106–124Lou Hudson (30)20–32
53January 30@ Phoenix103–105Walt Bellamy (27)20–33
54February 3@ Golden State115–132George Trapp (26)20–34
55February 5Cleveland117–120Pete Maravich (50)21–34
56February 6@ Houston113–120Lou Hudson (27)21–35
57February 9Los Angeles117–113Pete Maravich (28)21–36
58February 11@ Chicago91–102Walt Bellamy (18)21–37
59February 12Chicago117–106Lou Hudson (36)21–38
60February 13Buffalo119–133Lou Hudson (41)22–38
61February 15@ Detroit113–105Lou Hudson (26)23–38
62February 16Baltimore103–105Pete Maravich (30)24–38
63February 18@ Baltimore81–106Walt Bellamy (23)24–39
64February 20Cincinnati101–92Lou Hudson (20)24–40
65February 23Phoenix118–120Jim Washington (28)25–40
66February 25N Philadelphia114–110Lou Hudson (23)25–41
67February 27Portland110–113Lou Hudson (32)26–41
68February 29@ Buffalo99–89Pete Maravich (33)27–41
69March 3@ Los Angeles104–114Adams, Bellamy (21)27–42
70March 4@ Portland120–101Lou Hudson (34)28–42
71March 5@ Seattle110–112Lou Hudson (29)28–43
72March 8Chicago98–96Lou Hudson (33)28–44
73March 12Cleveland114–135Lou Hudson (31)29–44
74March 14@ New York107–115Walt Bellamy (26)29–45
75March 15Seattle96–134Lou Hudson (30)30–45
76March 17@ Detroit112–121Walt Bellamy (30)30–46
77March 18Cincinnati106–115Pete Maravich (32)31–46
78March 19@ Cleveland115–105Herm Gilliam (30)32–46
79March 21@ Philadelphia117–111Lou Hudson (36)33–46
80March 22Houston106–107Lou Hudson (27)34–46
81March 24Golden State102–118Pete Maravich (23)35–46
82March 26New York106–120Pete Maravich (27)36–46

Playoffs
1972 playoff game log
Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 29 @ Boston L 108–126 Lou Hudson (29) Don Adams (12) Herm Gilliam (8) Boston Garden
12,815		 0–1
2 March 31 Boston W 113–104 Lou Hudson (41) Walt Bellamy (18) Herm Gilliam (9) Alexander Memorial Coliseum
6,955		 1–1
3 April 2 @ Boston L 113–136 Pete Maravich (37) Jim Washington (11) Pete Maravich (6) Boston Garden
12,094		 1–2
4 April 4 Boston W 112–110 Pete Maravich (36) Walt Bellamy (15) Don Adams (4) Alexander Memorial Coliseum
7,192		 2–2
5 April 7 @ Boston L 114–124 three players tied (21) Walt Bellamy (13) Pete Maravich (8) Boston Garden
15,315		 2–3
6 April 9 Boston L 118–127 Pete Maravich (37) Walt Bellamy (15) Pete Maravich (5) Alexander Memorial Coliseum
7,192		 2–4
1972 schedule

References
  1. 1971–72 Atlanta Hawks Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
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