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

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

Draft picks

Roster

Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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
  • (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 Div
y-Washington Bullets 6022.732–36–524–1722–8
x-Houston Rockets 4141.5001929–1212–2916–14
Cleveland Cavaliers 4042.4882029–1211–3017–13
Atlanta Hawks 3151.3782922–199–3211–19
New Orleans Jazz 2359.2803720–213–389–21
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6022.732–
2 y-Washington Bullets6022.732–
3 x-Buffalo Braves4933.59811
4 x-Houston Rockets4141.50019
5 x-New York Knicks4042.48820
6 Cleveland Cavaliers4042.48820
7 Philadelphia 76ers3448.41526
8 Atlanta Hawks3151.37829
9 New Orleans Jazz2359.28037
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1974–75 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NOJ NYK PHI PHO POR SEA WAS
Atlanta —0–41–30–43–42–21–32–52–22–22–23–50–42–24–01–33–13–5
Boston 4–0—5–43–13–13–11–34–02–24–04–04–07–25–33–14–02–22–2
Buffalo 3–14–5—1–33–12–23–12–21–34–01–34–05–36–33–12–23–12–2
Chicago 4–01–33–1—2–24–53–12–24–53–13–54–03–12–22–22–24–01–3
Cleveland 4–31–31–32–2—2–22–24–42–22–21–36–11–33–12–22–22–23–5
Detroit 2–21–32–25–42–2—1–32–22–63–13–64–02–23–12–23–12–21–3
Golden State 3–13–11–31–32–23–1—2–22–25–23–12–23–13–15–35–34–31–3
Houston 5–20–42–22–24–42–22–2—4–02–23–15–31–32–22–22–21–32–5
Kansas City-Omaha 2–22–23–15–42–26–22–20–4—3–16–32–22–21–33–13–11–31–3
Los Angeles 2–20–40–41–32–21–32–52–21–3—4–03–10–43–14–42–52–61–3
Milwaukee 2–20–43–15–33–16–31–31–33–60–4—3–13–13–12–22–21–30–4
New Orleans 5–30–40–40–41–60–42–23–52–21–31–3—2–22–21–32–21–30–7
New York 4–02–73–51–33–12–21–33–12–24–01–32–2—4–53–12–22–21–3
Philadelphia 2–23–53–62–21–31–31–32–23–11–31–32–25–4—2–22–22–21–3
Phoenix 0–41–31–32–22–22–23–52–21–34–42–23–11–32–2—1–64–31–3
Portland 3–10–42–22–22–21–33–52–21–35–22–22–22–22–26–1—2–61–3
Seattle 1–32–21–30–42–22–23–43–13–16–23–13–12–22–23–46–2—1–3
Washington 5–32–22–23–15–33–13–15–23–13–14–07–03–13–13–13–13–1—

Game log

1974–75 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 18@ Chicago115–120 (OT)John Drew (32)0–1
2October 19Houston112–118Lou Hudson (26)1–1
3October 22Philadelphia92–125John Drew (41)2–1
4October 24Cleveland116–97John Drew (25)2–2
5October 25@ Boston109–116Lou Hudson (36)2–3
6October 30@ Detroit104–96Lou Hudson (24)3–3
7October 31@ New York90–93John Drew (27)3–4
8November 2Boston126–125Lou Hudson (25)3–5
9November 7Phoenix108–109John Brown (24)4–5
10November 9Portland119–115Hudson, Van Arsdale (23)4–6
11November 10@ Milwaukee99–94Tom Van Arsdale (23)5–6
12November 12@ Golden State111–128Tom Van Arsdale (24)5–7
13November 14@ Portland92–104John Drew (31)5–8
14November 16New Orleans104–130John Drew (44)6–8
15November 19Seattle113–122John Drew (34)7–8
16November 21New York101–95Tom Van Arsdale (23)7–9
17November 22@ New Orleans86–90John Drew (23)7–10
18November 23Kansas City–Omaha103–100Tom Van Arsdale (21)7–11
19November 26Washington102–119Tom Van Arsdale (33)8–11
20November 27@ Washington104–114Dean Meminger (26)8–12
21November 29@ Houston96–91Tom Van Arsdale (20)9–12
22December 3@ Phoenix91–85Tom Van Arsdale (22)10–12
23December 6@ Los Angeles84–100Dean Meminger (22)10–13
24December 8@ Seattle102–95John Drew (27)11–13
25December 10@ Portland107–103Drew, Henderson, Jones (16)12–13
26December 12Golden State129–109John Drew (32)12–14
27December 14Boston92–90 (OT)Tom Van Arsdale (28)12–15
28December 17Washington85–96John Drew (24)13–15
29December 19Chicago88–80John Drew (18)13–16
30December 20@ Buffalo113–102John Drew (26)14–16
31December 21Houston101–96Tom Van Arsdale (23)14–17
32December 23@ Philadelphia88–100John Drew (26)14–18
33December 25@ Washington92–110John Brown (28)14–19
34December 26@ Houston86–114Jim Washington (16)14–20
35December 28Los Angeles89–106John Drew (40)15–20
36December 29@ Cleveland103–110Tom Henderson (27)15–21
37January 1@ Kansas City–Omaha102–97John Drew (22)16–21
38January 2@ Milwaukee111–116Tom Van Arsdale (20)16–22
39January 4Buffalo121–108Drew, Gilliam (22)16–23
40January 7Cleveland112–113 (OT)Tom Henderson (30)17–23
41January 8@ Boston96–104Tom Henderson (25)17–24
42January 10@ Chicago113–116John Drew (26)17–25
43January 11Detroit118–113John Drew (28)17–26
44January 16Washington85–108Tom Henderson (30)18–26
45January 18Buffalo129–115Tom Van Arsdale (26)18–27
46January 19Seattle109–117Tom Van Arsdale (32)19–27
47January 21New Orleans103–135Tom Van Arsdale (27)20–27
48January 23Houston96–95Tom Van Arsdale (28)20–28
49January 24@ Detroit103–113Tom Van Arsdale (23)20–29
50January 25Milwaukee101–117Tom Van Arsdale (28)21–29
51January 28@ New York111–115Herm Gilliam (22)21–30
52January 30New York117–115Tom Van Arsdale (27)21–31
53January 31@ Buffalo101–111Tom Van Arsdale (24)21–32
54February 1@ Cleveland109–112 (OT)Tom Henderson (32)21–33
55February 4Cleveland97–111Tom Henderson (27)22–33
56February 6Detroit98–111John Drew (23)23–33
57February 7@ Houston97–105John Drew (19)23–34
58February 8New Orleans106–102Dwight Jones (23)23–35
59February 10@ New Orleans89–96John Brown (19)23–36
60February 14@ Los Angeles100–108John Drew (31)23–37
61February 15@ Phoenix111–107Tom Van Arsdale (35)24–37
62February 20@ Golden State102–108Tom Van Arsdale (25)24–38
63February 21@ Seattle108–110Herm Gilliam (26)24–39
64February 23@ Cleveland105–111 (OT)Tom Van Arsdale (30)24–40
65February 27Chicago111–91John Drew (21)24–41
66March 1Kansas City–Omaha95–108John Drew (29)25–41
67March 4Los Angeles97–109John Drew (27)26–41
68March 5@ Washington112–118Mike Sojourner (29)26–42
69March 6Golden State106–110John Drew (38)27–42
70March 8New Orleans101–113Tom Van Arsdale (27)28–42
71March 11Washington99–87Herm Gilliam (18)28–43
72March 13Milwaukee120–104Mike Sojourner (23)28–44
73March 15@ New Orleans123–140Herm Gilliam (24)28–45
74March 16Phoenix114–117Tom Van Arsdale (27)29–45
75March 18@ Kansas City–Omaha101–105Herm Gilliam (22)29–46
76March 21@ Philadelphia103–114Dwight Jones (24)29–47
77March 22Philadelphia100–104Tom Van Arsdale (23)30–47
78March 25Portland105–89Mike Sojourner (22)30–48
79March 29Cleveland97–103Tom Henderson (25)31–48
80March 30@ New Orleans105–108Herm Gilliam (22)31–49
81April 1@ Houston104–113Herm Gilliam (24)31–50
82April 5@ Washington115–123Jones, Van Arsdale (22)31–51

Awards and records

References

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