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1975-1976 Atlanta Hawks: 29-53 .354
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 20-21 (4257 points scored, 4220 allowed) Road record: 8-32 (4054 points scored, 4339 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (100 points scored, 91 allowed)

Head Coaches: Cotton Fitzsimmons (28-46), Gene Tormholen (1-7) 8411 points scored (15th of 18 teams), 8650 points allowed (11th) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School John Brown 6'7 220 24 Missouri Jim Creighton 6'8 200 25 Colorado John Drew 6'6 205 21 Gardner-Webb Dennis Duval 6'3 175 23 Syracuse Connie Hawkins 6'8 210 33 Iowa Tom Henderson 6'3 190 23 Hawaii Wilbur Holland 6'0 175 24 New Orleans Lou Hudson 6'4 210 31 Minnesota Dwight Jones 6'10 210 23 Houston Dean Meminger 6'0 175 27 Marquette Mike Sojourner 6'9 225 22 Utah Tom Van Arsdale 6'5 202 32 Indiana Bill Willoughby 6'8 205 18 None
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F John Drew 77 2351 586 1168 0 0 488 656 286 374 660 150 138 30 0 261 1660 21.6 F Lou Hudson 81 2558 569 1205 0 0 237 291 104 196 300 214 124 17 0 241 1375 17.0 G Tom Henderson 81 2900 469 1136 0 0 216 305 58 207 265 374 137 10 0 195 1154 14.2 F Tom Van Arsdale 75 2026 346 785 0 0 126 166 35 151 186 146 57 7 0 202 818 10.9 F Dwight Jones 66 1762 251 542 0 0 163 219 171 353 524 83 52 61 0 214 665 10.1 F Connie Hawkins 74 1907 237 530 0 0 136 191 102 343 445 212 80 46 0 172 610 8.2 F John Brown 75 1758 215 486 0 0 162 209 146 257 403 126 45 16 0 235 592 7.9 C Mike Sojourner 67 1602 248 524 0 0 80 119 126 323 449 58 38 40 0 174 576 8.6 G Dean Meminger 68 1418 155 379 0 0 100 152 65 86 151 222 54 8 0 116 410 6.0 F Bill Willoughby 62 870 113 284 0 0 66 100 103 185 288 31 37 29 0 87 292 4.7 G Wilbur Holland 33 351 85 213 0 0 22 34 15 26 41 26 20 2 0 48 192 5.8 G Dennis Duval 13 130 15 43 0 0 6 9 1 7 8 20 6 2 0 15 36 2.8 F Jim Creighton 32 172 12 43 0 0 7 16 13 32 45 4 2 9 0 23 31 1.0
1975 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    1  David Thompson           509     83   North Carolina State             [pick acquired from NO]
  1    3  Marvin Webster           579     38   Morgan State                   
  2   19  Bill Willoughby          488          Dwight Morrow (NJ) HS            [pick acquired from NO]
  4   57  Monte Towe                51     64   North Carolina State           
  5   75  Wilbur Holland           276          New Orleans                    
  6   93  Danny Williams                        Mississippi                    
  7  111  Gus Johnson                           Winona State                   
  8  129  Oscar Jackson                         Duquesne                       
  9  146  Dave Schlesser                        Morningside                    
 10  162  Vic Kelly                             Hawaii                         

Traded draft picks:

#2 to SEA (Bruce Seals)
#3 to PHI (Jimmie Baker)

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/23/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 109-91 1-0 10/25/1975 vs Detroit Pistons L 102-108 1-1 11/02/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 113-116 1-2 11/04/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 98-97 2-2 11/06/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 108-113 2-3 11/08/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 107-94 3-3 11/11/1975 at Boston Celtics W 100-91 4-3 11/12/1975 at Detroit Pistons W 109-106 5-3 11/14/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 97-88 6-3 11/15/1975 at New York Knicks L 86-92 6-4 11/16/1975 vs New York Knicks W 97-96 7-4 11/19/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 104-98 8-4 11/20/1975 at Washington Bullets L 96-105 8-5 11/22/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz L 85-89 8-6 11/23/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 115-111 9-6 11/26/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 113-108 10-6 11/28/1975 at Boston Celtics L 107-114 10-7 12/04/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 94-87 11-7 12/06/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 104-111 11-8 12/10/1975 at Kansas City Kings L 94-100 11-9 12/11/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 122-99 12-9 12/13/1975 vs Kansas City Kings W 115-101 13-9 12/16/1975 at New York Knicks L 96-97 13-10 12/18/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-98 14-10 12/19/1975 at Houston Rockets L 107-113 14-11 12/20/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 123-108 15-11 12/21/1975 vs Chicago Bulls L 90-97 15-12 12/25/1975 at Washington Bullets L 94-99 15-13 12/26/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 98-97 16-13 12/27/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 87-82 17-13 01/02/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 95-111 17-14 01/03/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 89-100 17-15 01/06/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 91-87 18-15 01/08/1976 vs Houston Rockets L 106-115 18-16 01/10/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 100-106 18-17 01/11/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 109-116 18-18 01/14/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics L 110-112 18-19 01/15/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 98-91 19-19 01/17/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 97-91 20-19 01/20/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 100-86 21-19 01/21/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 94-102 21-20 01/23/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 104-119 21-21
Date Opponent Result Record 01/24/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 116-130 21-22 01/25/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 109-112 21-23 01/27/1976 at New York Knicks W 114-113 22-23 01/28/1976 at Boston Celtics L 99-110 22-24 01/29/1976 vs New York Knicks W 112-109 23-24 01/31/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz L 95-108 23-25 02/01/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 84-80 24-25 02/05/1976 vs Detroit Pistons L 108-111 24-26 02/07/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 90-103 24-27 02/08/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 89-97 24-28 02/10/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 111-89 25-28 02/12/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 104-113 25-29 02/13/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-119 25-30 02/15/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 112-104 26-30 02/17/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 92-112 26-31 02/21/1976 at Washington Bullets L 95-103 26-32 02/22/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 94-102 26-33 02/26/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 97-115 26-34 02/29/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-102 26-35 03/04/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 103-98 27-35 03/06/1976 at Houston Rockets L 97-101 27-36 03/07/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 123-106 28-36 03/11/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 99-104 28-37 03/12/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 107-109 28-38 03/14/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 113-114 28-39 03/17/1976 at Houston Rockets L 112-124 28-40 03/19/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 101-108 28-41 03/20/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 99-107 28-42 03/23/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 100-118 28-43 03/25/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 98-107 28-44 03/26/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 85-107 28-45 03/28/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 112-127 28-46 03/30/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 126-130 28-47 04/02/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 93-101 28-48 04/03/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 106-115 28-49 04/04/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 92-120 28-50 04/05/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 105-133 28-51 04/09/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 108-116 28-52 04/10/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 123-109 29-52 04/11/1976 vs Houston Rockets L 111-122 29-53

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