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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
< 1970–71 1972–73 >

Offseason

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Draft picks

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Main article: 1971 NBA draft

Roster

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Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
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
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Regular season

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Season standings

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Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Baltimore Bullets 38 44 .463 – 18–15 16–24 4–5 9–9
x-Atlanta Hawks 36 46 .439 2 22–19 13–26 1–1 9–9
Cincinnati Royals 30 52 .366 8 20–18 8–32 2–2 11–9
Cleveland Cavaliers 23 59 .280 15 13–28 8–30 2–1 9–11
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Boston Celtics 56 26 .683
2 y-Baltimore Bullets 38 44 .463
3 x-New York Knicks 48 34 .585
4 x-Atlanta Hawks 36 46 .439
5 Philadelphia 76ers 30 52 .366
5 Cincinnati Royals 30 52 .366
7 Cleveland Cavaliers 23 59 .280
8 Buffalo Braves 22 60 .268
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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1971–72 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET GSW HOU LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta — 2–4 0–4 4–2 0–5 3–3 4–2 3–2 3–2 1–4 0–5 2–3 3–1 3–3 3–2 4–0 1–4
Baltimore 4–2 — 2–2 3–3 1–4 4–2 1–5 3–2 1–4 3–2 1–4 0–5 2–4 4–0 4–1 3–1 2–3
Boston 4–0 2–2 — 6–0 3–2 4–2 5–1 5–0 2–3 5–0 1–4 2–3 3–3 6–0 2–3 4–0 2–3
Buffalo 2–4 3–3 0–6 — 1–3 3–3 4–2 2–4 1–3 0–4 0–4 0–4 1–5 3–3 0–4 2–4 0–4
Chicago 5–0 4–1 2–3 3–1 — 3–1 4–0 5–1 3–3 5–1 1–3 2–4 3–2 4–1 5–1 6–0 2–3
Cincinnati 3–3 2–4 2–4 3–3 1–3 — 6–2 2–3 2–3 0–4 1–4 0–5 2–2 2–2 2–3 2–2 0–5
Cleveland 2–4 5–1 1–5 2–4 0–4 2–6 — 1–3 0–4 2–2 1–3 0–4 1–5 2–4 0–4 4–2 0–4
Detroit 2–3 2–3 0–5 4–2 1–5 3–2 3–1 — 0–5 3–3 1–4 1–5 1–4 1–4 2–4 2–2 0–4
Golden State 2–3 4–1 3–2 3–1 3–3 3–2 4–0 5–0 — 5–1 1–5 2–2 2–3 4–1 2–3 4–2 4–2
Houston 4–1 2–3 0–5 4–0 1–5 4–0 2–2 3–3 1–5 — 1–5 0–5 0–5 4–1 1–3 4–2 3–3
Los Angeles 5–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–1 — 4–1 4–1 5–0 4–2 6–0 5–1
Milwaukee 3–2 5–0 3–2 4–0 4–2 5–0 4–0 5–1 2–2 5–0 1–4 — 2–3 4–1 4–2 6–0 6–0
New York 1–3 4–2 3–3 5–1 2–3 2–2 5–1 4–1 3–2 5–0 1–4 3–2 — 3–3 1–4 3–1 3–2
Philadelphia 3–3 0–4 0–6 3–3 1–4 2–2 4–2 4–1 1–4 1–4 0–5 1–4 3–3 — 1–4 2–2 4–1
Phoenix 2–3 1–4 3–2 4–0 1–5 3–2 4–0 4–2 3–2 3–1 2–4 2–4 4–1 4–1 — 6–0 3–2
Portland 0–4 1–3 0–4 4–2 0–6 2–2 2–4 2–2 2–4 2–4 0–6 0–6 1–3 2–2 0–6 — 0–6
Seattle 4–1 3–2 3–2 4–0 3–2 5–0 4–0 4–0 2–4 3–3 1–5 0–6 2–3 1–4 2–3 6–0 —

Game log

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1971–72 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 12 @ Cincinnati 113–127 Lou Hudson (26) 0–1
2 October 16 Philadelphia 104–102 Lou Hudson (32) 0–2
3 October 20 Los Angeles 126–104 Lou Hudson (37) 0–3
4 October 22 Boston 115–108 Lou Hudson (31) 0–4
5 October 23 @ New York 95–89 Lou Hudson (27) 1–4
6 October 25 @ Boston 116–136 Herm Gilliam (25) 1–5
7 October 27 New York 96–110 Lou Hudson (28) 2–5
8 October 29 @ Cleveland 98–97 Don May (28) 3–5
9 October 30 Detroit 104–99 Walt Bellamy (41) 3–6
10 November 3 Chicago 113–100 Lou Hudson (32) 3–7
11 November 5 Buffalo 122–117 (OT) George Trapp (34) 3–8
12 November 6 @ Philadelphia 96–101 Milt Williams (24) 3–9
13 November 10 Milwaukee 116–110 Lou Hudson (41) 3–10
14 November 12 Golden State 104–106 Lou Hudson (28) 4–10
15 November 17 Seattle 112–104 Walt Bellamy (28) 4–11
16 November 20 Phoenix 109–115 Walt Bellamy (29) 5–11
17 November 23 @ Buffalo 97–102 Jim Washington (25) 5–12
18 November 24 @ Milwaukee 107–141 Walt Bellamy (26) 5–13
19 November 26 Baltimore 118–105 Jim Washington (23) 5–14
20 November 27 Cleveland 103–95 Jim Washington (22) 5–15
21 November 28 @ Boston 108–130 Bellamy, Hudson (15) 5–16
22 November 30 @ Chicago 85–86 Lou Hudson (30) 5–17
23 December 1 @ Detroit 117–103 Lou Hudson (26) 6–17
24 December 4 Philadelphia 109–126 Lou Hudson (30) 7–17
25 December 7 N Golden State 113–116 Lou Hudson (30) 8–17
26 December 9 @ Phoenix 115–135 Lou Hudson (41) 8–18
27 December 10 @ Houston 88–95 Lou Hudson (27) 8–19
28 December 12 @ Los Angeles 95–104 Walt Bellamy (22) 8–20
29 December 15 Houston 117–115 (OT) Lou Hudson (34) 8–21
30 December 17 @ Baltimore 103–114 Pete Maravich (31) 8–22
31 December 18 Baltimore 94–123 Walt Bellamy (23) 9–22
32 December 19 Cincinnati 99–101 Pete Maravich (27) 10–22
33 December 22 @ Cincinnati 106–103 Pete Maravich (28) 11–22
34 December 23 @ Cleveland 110–115 Walt Bellamy (21) 11–23
35 December 25 Buffalo 117–140 Walt Bellamy (40) 12–23
36 December 26 @ Milwaukee 92–114 Lou Hudson (27) 12–24
37 December 27 Portland 121–135 Lou Hudson (31) 13–24
38 December 30 @ Houston 115–129 Lou Hudson (28) 13–25
39 January 2 @ Phoenix 116–111 Walt Bellamy (30) 14–25
40 January 4 @ Portland 103–91 Walt Bellamy (24) 15–25
41 January 5 @ Seattle 116–127 Walt Bellamy (30) 15–26
42 January 7 Los Angeles 134–90 Pete Maravich (17) 15–27
43 January 8 @ Baltimore 102–110 Pete Maravich (26) 15–28
44 January 12 Milwaukee 102–104 Walt Bellamy (29) 16–28
45 January 14 @ Cincinnati 102–126 Lou Hudson (28) 16–29
46 January 15 Boston 122–106 Jim Washington (27) 16–30
47 January 16 Philadelphia 116–124 Pete Maravich (50) 17–30
48 January 21 Golden State 113–111 Lou Hudson (36) 17–31
49 January 23 @ Milwaukee 118–113 Pete Maravich (35) 18–31
50 January 25 @ Buffalo 123–110 Pete Maravich (28) 19–31
51 January 26 Seattle 131–119 Walt Bellamy (36) 19–32
52 January 28 Detroit 106–124 Lou Hudson (30) 20–32
53 January 30 @ Phoenix 103–105 Walt Bellamy (27) 20–33
54 February 3 @ Golden State 115–132 George Trapp (26) 20–34
55 February 5 Cleveland 117–120 Pete Maravich (50) 21–34
56 February 6 @ Houston 113–120 Lou Hudson (27) 21–35
57 February 9 Los Angeles 117–113 Pete Maravich (28) 21–36
58 February 11 @ Chicago 91–102 Walt Bellamy (18) 21–37
59 February 12 Chicago 117–106 Lou Hudson (36) 21–38
60 February 13 Buffalo 119–133 Lou Hudson (41) 22–38
61 February 15 @ Detroit 113–105 Lou Hudson (26) 23–38
62 February 16 Baltimore 103–105 Pete Maravich (30) 24–38
63 February 18 @ Baltimore 81–106 Walt Bellamy (23) 24–39
64 February 20 Cincinnati 101–92 Lou Hudson (20) 24–40
65 February 23 Phoenix 118–120 Jim Washington (28) 25–40
66 February 25 N Philadelphia 114–110 Lou Hudson (23) 25–41
67 February 27 Portland 110–113 Lou Hudson (32) 26–41
68 February 29 @ Buffalo 99–89 Pete Maravich (33) 27–41
69 March 3 @ Los Angeles 104–114 Adams, Bellamy (21) 27–42
70 March 4 @ Portland 120–101 Lou Hudson (34) 28–42
71 March 5 @ Seattle 110–112 Lou Hudson (29) 28–43
72 March 8 Chicago 98–96 Lou Hudson (33) 28–44
73 March 12 Cleveland 114–135 Lou Hudson (31) 29–44
74 March 14 @ New York 107–115 Walt Bellamy (26) 29–45
75 March 15 Seattle 96–134 Lou Hudson (30) 30–45
76 March 17 @ Detroit 112–121 Walt Bellamy (30) 30–46
77 March 18 Cincinnati 106–115 Pete Maravich (32) 31–46
78 March 19 @ Cleveland 115–105 Herm Gilliam (30) 32–46
79 March 21 @ Philadelphia 117–111 Lou Hudson (36) 33–46
80 March 22 Houston 106–107 Lou Hudson (27) 34–46
81 March 24 Golden State 102–118 Pete Maravich (23) 35–46
82 March 26 New York 106–120 Pete Maravich (27) 36–46

Playoffs

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1972 playoff game log
Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
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

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