1968-69 Atlanta Hawks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 48-34
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 5-6 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated San Diego Rockets 4-2
Division Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Coach: Richie Guerin (48-34)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 178,979, Avg. 4,474 in 40 home dates

1968-69 Atlanta Hawks Roster
1968-69 Atlanta Hawks Results

The Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.

The Hawks scored 9,123 points and allowed 8,942. Lou Hudson netted a team-leading 1,770 points for Atlanta, while Zelmo Beaty averaged 18 or more per game, too. Bill Bridges contributed 1,132 rebounds. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman dished out 474 assists for the squad.

Richie Guerin coached the team. The 1968-69 Atlanta Hawks lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Lou Hudson	F-G	81	2869	1455	716			435	338	533	216	248	1770
Zelmo Beaty	C	72	2578	1251	588			506	370	798	131	272	1546
Joe Caldwell	F-G	81	2720	1106	561			296	159	303	320	231	1281
Bill Bridges	F-C	80	2930	775	351			353	239	1132	298	290	941
Don Ohl	G	76	1995	901	385			208	147	170	221	232	917
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	80	2420	869	345			294	208	266	474	264	898
Paul Silas	F-C	79	1853	575	241			333	204	745	140	166	686
Jim Davis	C-F	78	1367	568	265			231	154	529	97	239	684
Richie Guerin	G	27	472	111	47			74	57	59	99	66	151
Skip Harlicka	G	26	218	90	41			31	24	16	37	29	106
Dennis Hamilton	F	25	141	67	37			5	2	29	8	19	76
George Lehmann	G	11	138	67	26			12	8	9	27	18	60
Dwight Waller	F	11	29	9	2			7	3	10	1	8	7
Totals		727	19730	7844	3605	0	0	2785	1913	4599	2069	2082	9123

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Lou Hudson	F-G	81	35.4	49.2	77.7	6.6	2.7	3.1	21.9
Zelmo Beaty	C	72	35.8	47.0	73.1	11.1	1.8	3.8	21.5
Joe Caldwell	F-G	81	33.6	50.7	53.7	3.7	4.0	2.9	15.8
Bill Bridges	F-C	80	36.6	45.3	67.7	14.2	3.7	3.6	11.8
Don Ohl	G	76	26.3	42.7	70.7	2.2	2.9	3.1	12.1
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	80	30.3	39.7	70.7	3.3	5.9	3.3	11.2
Paul Silas	F-C	79	23.5	41.9	61.3	9.4	1.8	2.1	8.7
Jim Davis	C-F	78	17.5	46.7	66.7	6.8	1.2	3.1	8.8
Richie Guerin	G	27	17.5	42.3	77.0	2.2	3.7	2.4	5.6
Skip Harlicka	G	26	8.4	45.6	77.4	0.6	1.4	1.1	4.1
Dennis Hamilton	F	25	5.6	55.2	40.0	1.2	0.3	0.8	3.0
George Lehmann	G	11	12.5	38.8	66.7	0.8	2.5	1.6	5.5
Dwight Waller	F	11	2.6	22.2	42.9	0.9	0.1	0.7	0.6
Averages		727	27.1	46.0	68.7	6.3	2.8	2.9	12.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Zelmo Beaty	C	11	473	236	102			64	43	142	25	47	247
Lou Hudson	F-G	11	424	216	101			52	40	59	32	43	242
Bill Bridges	F-C	11	442	156	69			48	34	178	37	48	172
Joe Caldwell	F-G	11	404	134	65			69	32	55	37	40	162
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	11	360	135	53			61	48	33	43	38	154
Don Ohl	G	11	194	86	30			22	13	13	16	25	73
Paul Silas	F-C	11	258	58	21			37	19	92	21	32	61
Jim Davis	C-F	8	52	15	4			8	5	17	1	7	13
Richie Guerin	G	3	32	4	1			2	1	5	7	8	3
Skip Harlicka	G	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		89	2640	1040	446	0	0	363	235	594	219	289	1127

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Zelmo Beaty	C	11	43.0	43.2	67.2	12.9	2.3	4.3	22.5
Lou Hudson	F-G	11	38.5	46.8	76.9	5.4	2.9	3.9	22.0
Bill Bridges	F-C	11	40.2	44.2	70.8	16.2	3.4	4.4	15.6
Joe Caldwell	F-G	11	36.7	48.5	46.4	5.0	3.4	3.6	14.7
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	11	32.7	39.3	78.7	3.0	3.9	3.5	14.0
Don Ohl	G	11	17.6	34.9	59.1	1.2	1.5	2.3	6.6
Paul Silas	F-C	11	23.5	36.2	51.4	8.4	1.9	2.9	5.5
Jim Davis	C-F	8	6.5	26.7	62.5	2.1	0.1	0.9	1.6
Richie Guerin	G	3	10.7	25.0	50.0	1.7	2.3	2.7	1.0
Skip Harlicka	G	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		727	29.7	42.9	64.7	6.7	2.5	3.2	12.7