1971-72 Atlanta Hawks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 36-46
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Richie Guerin (36-46)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 230,784, Avg. 5,629 in 41 home dates

1971-72 Atlanta Hawks Roster
1971-72 Atlanta Hawks Results

The Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 36 wins and 46 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Hawks scored 8,982 points and conceded 9,127. Lou Hudson netted a team-leading 1,899 points for Atlanta, while Walt Bellamy and Pete Maravich contributed 18 or more per game, too. Walt Bellamy accounted for 1,049 rebounds. Pete Maravich dished out 393 assists for the squad.

Richie Guerin coached the team. The 1971-72 Atlanta Hawks lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Lou Hudson	F-G	77	3042	1540	775			430	349	385	309	225	1899
Walt Bellamy	C	82	3187	1089	593			581	340	1049	262	255	1526
Pete Maravich	G	66	2302	1077	460			438	355	256	393	207	1275
Jim Washington	F-C	67	2416	729	325			256	201	601	121	217	851
Herm Gilliam	G-F	82	2337	774	345			173	145	335	377	232	835
Don Adams	F	70	2030	779	307			273	204	494	137	259	818
Don May	F	75	1285	476	234			164	126	217	55	133	594
George Trapp	F-C	60	890	388	144			139	105	183	51	144	393
Bob Christian	C	56	485	142	66			61	44	181	28	77	176
Jeff Halliburton	G	37	288	133	61			30	25	37	20	50	147
Bill Bridges	F-C	14	546	134	51			44	31	190	40	50	133
Tom Payne	C	29	227	103	45			46	29	69	15	40	119
Larry Siegfried	F	21	335	77	25			23	20	32	52	32	70
Milt Williams	G	10	127	53	23			29	21	4	20	18	67
John Vallely	G	9	110	43	20			20	13	11	9	13	53
Jim Davis	C-F	11	119	33	8			18	10	36	8	14	26
Shaler Halimon	G-F	1	4	0	0			0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		767	19730	7570	3482	0	0	2725	2018	4080	1897	1967	8982

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Lou Hudson	F-G	77	39.5	50.3	81.2	5.0	4.0	2.9	24.7
Walt Bellamy	C	82	38.9	54.5	58.5	12.8	3.2	3.1	18.6
Pete Maravich	G	66	34.9	42.7	81.1	3.9	6.0	3.1	19.3
Jim Washington	F-C	67	36.1	44.6	78.5	9.0	1.8	3.2	12.7
Herm Gilliam	G-F	82	28.5	44.6	83.8	4.1	4.6	2.8	10.2
Don Adams	F	70	29.0	39.4	74.7	7.1	2.0	3.7	11.7
Don May	F	75	17.1	49.2	76.8	2.9	0.7	1.8	7.9
George Trapp	F-C	60	14.8	37.1	75.5	3.1	0.9	2.4	6.6
Bob Christian	C	56	8.7	46.5	72.1	3.2	0.5	1.4	3.1
Jeff Halliburton	G	37	7.8	45.9	83.3	1.0	0.5	1.4	4.0
Bill Bridges	F-C	14	39.0	38.1	70.5	13.6	2.9	3.6	9.5
Tom Payne	C	29	7.8	43.7	63.0	2.4	0.5	1.4	4.1
Larry Siegfried	F	21	16.0	32.5	87.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	3.3
Milt Williams	G	10	12.7	43.4	72.4	0.4	2.0	1.8	6.7
John Vallely	G	9	12.2	46.5	65.0	1.2	1.0	1.4	5.9
Jim Davis	C-F	11	10.8	24.2	55.6	3.3	0.7	1.3	2.4
Shaler Halimon	G-F	1	4.0			0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		767	25.7	46.0	74.1	5.3	2.5	2.6	11.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Pete Maravich	G	6	219	121	54			71	58	32	28	24	166
Lou Hudson	F-G	6	266	139	63			29	24	33	21	13	150
Walt Bellamy	C	6	247	86	42			43	27	82	11	20	111
Herm Gilliam	G-F	6	173	71	28			11	10	30	33	15	66
Jim Washington	F-C	6	209	58	28			16	9	48	10	20	65
Don Adams	F	6	188	56	20			23	16	38	12	25	56
George Trapp	F-C	6	66	44	19			8	3	18	5	13	41
Don May	F	3	31	9	3			8	6	8	1	3	12
Bob Christian	C	6	34	8	3			1	1	7	0	10	7
Tom Payne	C	1	5	1	1			5	2	4	0	1	4
Jeff Halliburton	G	1	2	1	0			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		53	1440	594	261	0	0	215	156	300	121	144	678

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Pete Maravich	G	6	36.5	44.6	81.7	5.3	4.7	4.0	27.7
Lou Hudson	F-G	6	44.3	45.3	82.8	5.5	3.5	2.2	25.0
Walt Bellamy	C	6	41.2	48.8	62.8	13.7	1.8	3.3	18.5
Herm Gilliam	G-F	6	28.8	39.4	90.9	5.0	5.5	2.5	11.0
Jim Washington	F-C	6	34.8	48.3	56.3	8.0	1.7	3.3	10.8
Don Adams	F	6	31.3	35.7	69.6	6.3	2.0	4.2	9.3
George Trapp	F-C	6	11.0	43.2	37.5	3.0	0.8	2.2	6.8
Don May	F	3	10.3	33.3	75.0	2.7	0.3	1.0	4.0
Bob Christian	C	6	5.7	37.5	100.0	1.2	0.0	1.7	1.2
Tom Payne	C	1	5.0	100.0	40.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	4.0
Jeff Halliburton	G	1	2.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		767	27.2	43.9	72.6	5.7	2.3	2.7	12.8