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===Draft picks===
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Latest revision as of 05:47, 24 January 2024

1974–75 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coachCotton Fitzsimmons
ArenaOmni Coliseum
Results
Record31–51 (.378)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Central)
Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTCG
RadioWSB
< 1973–74 1975–76 >

The 1974–75 NBA season was the Hawks' 26th season in the NBA and seventh season in Atlanta.[1]

An unusually high total of eight Hawk players averaged double figures in points per game for the season, though Lou Hudson only played in eleven games.[1]

Offseason

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Draft picks

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Main article: 1974 NBA draft

Roster

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Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
F 50 Brown, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Missouri
G 22 Drew, John 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Gardner–Webb
G 14 Henderson, Tom 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Hawaiʻi
F 44 Kauffman, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Guilford
G/F 23 Hudson, Lou 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Minnesota
C 13 Jones, Dwight 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Houston
G 7 Meminger, Dean 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Marquette
C 40 Sojourner, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Utah
G/F 5 Van Arsdale, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Indiana
G/F 25 Wetzel, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Virginia Tech
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

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Season standings

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Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Washington Bullets 60 22 .732 – 36–5 24–17 22–8
x-Houston Rockets 41 41 .500 19 29–12 12–29 16–14
Cleveland Cavaliers 40 42 .488 20 29–12 11–30 17–13
Atlanta Hawks 31 51 .378 29 22–19 9–32 11–19
New Orleans Jazz 23 59 .280 37 20–21 3–38 9–21
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics 60 22 .732 –
2 y-Washington Bullets 60 22 .732 –
3 x-Buffalo Braves 49 33 .598 11
4 x-Houston Rockets 41 41 .500 19
5 x-New York Knicks 40 42 .488 20
6 Cleveland Cavaliers 40 42 .488 20
7 Philadelphia 76ers 34 48 .415 26
8 Atlanta Hawks 31 51 .378 29
9 New Orleans Jazz 23 59 .280 37
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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1974–75 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NOJ NYK PHI PHO POR SEA WAS
Atlanta — 0–4 1–3 0–4 3–4 2–2 1–3 2–5 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–5 0–4 2–2 4–0 1–3 3–1 3–5
Boston 4–0 — 5–4 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–3 4–0 2–2 4–0 4–0 4–0 7–2 5–3 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–2
Buffalo 3–1 4–5 — 1–3 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 4–0 1–3 4–0 5–3 6–3 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–2
Chicago 4–0 1–3 3–1 — 2–2 4–5 3–1 2–2 4–5 3–1 3–5 4–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 4–0 1–3
Cleveland 4–3 1–3 1–3 2–2 — 2–2 2–2 4–4 2–2 2–2 1–3 6–1 1–3 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–5
Detroit 2–2 1–3 2–2 5–4 2–2 — 1–3 2–2 2–6 3–1 3–6 4–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–3
Golden State 3–1 3–1 1–3 1–3 2–2 3–1 — 2–2 2–2 5–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 5–3 5–3 4–3 1–3
Houston 5–2 0–4 2–2 2–2 4–4 2–2 2–2 — 4–0 2–2 3–1 5–3 1–3 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–5
Kansas City-Omaha 2–2 2–2 3–1 5–4 2–2 6–2 2–2 0–4 — 3–1 6–3 2–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 3–1 1–3 1–3
Los Angeles 2–2 0–4 0–4 1–3 2–2 1–3 2–5 2–2 1–3 — 4–0 3–1 0–4 3–1 4–4 2–5 2–6 1–3
Milwaukee 2–2 0–4 3–1 5–3 3–1 6–3 1–3 1–3 3–6 0–4 — 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 0–4
New Orleans 5–3 0–4 0–4 0–4 1–6 0–4 2–2 3–5 2–2 1–3 1–3 — 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–2 1–3 0–7
New York 4–0 2–7 3–5 1–3 3–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 2–2 4–0 1–3 2–2 — 4–5 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–3
Philadelphia 2–2 3–5 3–6 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–3 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–3 2–2 5–4 — 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3
Phoenix 0–4 1–3 1–3 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–5 2–2 1–3 4–4 2–2 3–1 1–3 2–2 — 1–6 4–3 1–3
Portland 3–1 0–4 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 3–5 2–2 1–3 5–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 6–1 — 2–6 1–3
Seattle 1–3 2–2 1–3 0–4 2–2 2–2 3–4 3–1 3–1 6–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–4 6–2 — 1–3
Washington 5–3 2–2 2–2 3–1 5–3 3–1 3–1 5–2 3–1 3–1 4–0 7–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 —

Game log

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1974–75 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 18 @ Chicago 115–120 (OT) John Drew (32) 0–1
2 October 19 Houston 112–118 Lou Hudson (26) 1–1
3 October 22 Philadelphia 92–125 John Drew (41) 2–1
4 October 24 Cleveland 116–97 John Drew (25) 2–2
5 October 25 @ Boston 109–116 Lou Hudson (36) 2–3
6 October 30 @ Detroit 104–96 Lou Hudson (24) 3–3
7 October 31 @ New York 90–93 John Drew (27) 3–4
8 November 2 Boston 126–125 Lou Hudson (25) 3–5
9 November 7 Phoenix 108–109 John Brown (24) 4–5
10 November 9 Portland 119–115 Hudson, Van Arsdale (23) 4–6
11 November 10 @ Milwaukee 99–94 Tom Van Arsdale (23) 5–6
12 November 12 @ Golden State 111–128 Tom Van Arsdale (24) 5–7
13 November 14 @ Portland 92–104 John Drew (31) 5–8
14 November 16 New Orleans 104–130 John Drew (44) 6–8
15 November 19 Seattle 113–122 John Drew (34) 7–8
16 November 21 New York 101–95 Tom Van Arsdale (23) 7–9
17 November 22 @ New Orleans 86–90 John Drew (23) 7–10
18 November 23 Kansas City–Omaha 103–100 Tom Van Arsdale (21) 7–11
19 November 26 Washington 102–119 Tom Van Arsdale (33) 8–11
20 November 27 @ Washington 104–114 Dean Meminger (26) 8–12
21 November 29 @ Houston 96–91 Tom Van Arsdale (20) 9–12
22 December 3 @ Phoenix 91–85 Tom Van Arsdale (22) 10–12
23 December 6 @ Los Angeles 84–100 Dean Meminger (22) 10–13
24 December 8 @ Seattle 102–95 John Drew (27) 11–13
25 December 10 @ Portland 107–103 Drew, Henderson, Jones (16) 12–13
26 December 12 Golden State 129–109 John Drew (32) 12–14
27 December 14 Boston 92–90 (OT) Tom Van Arsdale (28) 12–15
28 December 17 Washington 85–96 John Drew (24) 13–15
29 December 19 Chicago 88–80 John Drew (18) 13–16
30 December 20 @ Buffalo 113–102 John Drew (26) 14–16
31 December 21 Houston 101–96 Tom Van Arsdale (23) 14–17
32 December 23 @ Philadelphia 88–100 John Drew (26) 14–18
33 December 25 @ Washington 92–110 John Brown (28) 14–19
34 December 26 @ Houston 86–114 Jim Washington (16) 14–20
35 December 28 Los Angeles 89–106 John Drew (40) 15–20
36 December 29 @ Cleveland 103–110 Tom Henderson (27) 15–21
37 January 1 @ Kansas City–Omaha 102–97 John Drew (22) 16–21
38 January 2 @ Milwaukee 111–116 Tom Van Arsdale (20) 16–22
39 January 4 Buffalo 121–108 Drew, Gilliam (22) 16–23
40 January 7 Cleveland 112–113 (OT) Tom Henderson (30) 17–23
41 January 8 @ Boston 96–104 Tom Henderson (25) 17–24
42 January 10 @ Chicago 113–116 John Drew (26) 17–25
43 January 11 Detroit 118–113 John Drew (28) 17–26
44 January 16 Washington 85–108 Tom Henderson (30) 18–26
45 January 18 Buffalo 129–115 Tom Van Arsdale (26) 18–27
46 January 19 Seattle 109–117 Tom Van Arsdale (32) 19–27
47 January 21 New Orleans 103–135 Tom Van Arsdale (27) 20–27
48 January 23 Houston 96–95 Tom Van Arsdale (28) 20–28
49 January 24 @ Detroit 103–113 Tom Van Arsdale (23) 20–29
50 January 25 Milwaukee 101–117 Tom Van Arsdale (28) 21–29
51 January 28 @ New York 111–115 Herm Gilliam (22) 21–30
52 January 30 New York 117–115 Tom Van Arsdale (27) 21–31
53 January 31 @ Buffalo 101–111 Tom Van Arsdale (24) 21–32
54 February 1 @ Cleveland 109–112 (OT) Tom Henderson (32) 21–33
55 February 4 Cleveland 97–111 Tom Henderson (27) 22–33
56 February 6 Detroit 98–111 John Drew (23) 23–33
57 February 7 @ Houston 97–105 John Drew (19) 23–34
58 February 8 New Orleans 106–102 Dwight Jones (23) 23–35
59 February 10 @ New Orleans 89–96 John Brown (19) 23–36
60 February 14 @ Los Angeles 100–108 John Drew (31) 23–37
61 February 15 @ Phoenix 111–107 Tom Van Arsdale (35) 24–37
62 February 20 @ Golden State 102–108 Tom Van Arsdale (25) 24–38
63 February 21 @ Seattle 108–110 Herm Gilliam (26) 24–39
64 February 23 @ Cleveland 105–111 (OT) Tom Van Arsdale (30) 24–40
65 February 27 Chicago 111–91 John Drew (21) 24–41
66 March 1 Kansas City–Omaha 95–108 John Drew (29) 25–41
67 March 4 Los Angeles 97–109 John Drew (27) 26–41
68 March 5 @ Washington 112–118 Mike Sojourner (29) 26–42
69 March 6 Golden State 106–110 John Drew (38) 27–42
70 March 8 New Orleans 101–113 Tom Van Arsdale (27) 28–42
71 March 11 Washington 99–87 Herm Gilliam (18) 28–43
72 March 13 Milwaukee 120–104 Mike Sojourner (23) 28–44
73 March 15 @ New Orleans 123–140 Herm Gilliam (24) 28–45
74 March 16 Phoenix 114–117 Tom Van Arsdale (27) 29–45
75 March 18 @ Kansas City–Omaha 101–105 Herm Gilliam (22) 29–46
76 March 21 @ Philadelphia 103–114 Dwight Jones (24) 29–47
77 March 22 Philadelphia 100–104 Tom Van Arsdale (23) 30–47
78 March 25 Portland 105–89 Mike Sojourner (22) 30–48
79 March 29 Cleveland 97–103 Tom Henderson (25) 31–48
80 March 30 @ New Orleans 105–108 Herm Gilliam (22) 31–49
81 April 1 @ Houston 104–113 Herm Gilliam (24) 31–50
82 April 5 @ Washington 115–123 Jones, Van Arsdale (22) 31–51

Awards and records

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References

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  1. ^ a b 1974–75 Atlanta Hawks
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