Atlanta Hawks Playoff Rosters

1968-1969 Atlanta Hawks Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Zelmo Beaty FC 6-9 225 Oct 25, 1939 29 Prairie View A&M 6 1962 1st Rnd, #5, St. Louis Hawks
Bill Bridges FC 6-6 228 Apr 4, 1939 29 Kansas 6 1961 3rd Rnd, #32, Chicago Zephyrs
Joe Caldwell GF 6-5 195 Nov 1, 1941 27 Arizona State 4 1964 1st Rnd, #4, Detroit Pistons
Jim Davis C 6-9 225 Dec 18, 1941 27 Colorado 2 1964 4th Rnd, #29, Detroit Pistons
Richie Guerin SG 6-4 195 May 29, 1932 36 Iona 11 1954 2nd Rnd, #17, New York Knicks
Dennis Hamilton PF 6-8 210 May 8, 1944 24 Arizona State 1 1966 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Skip Harlicka PG 6-1 185 Oct 14, 1946 22 South Carolina 0 1968 1st Rnd, #13, St. Louis Hawks
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman PG 6-2 185 Apr 15, 1942 26 UCLA 4 1964 Territorial Pick, Los Angeles Lakers
Lou Hudson GF 6-5 210 Jul 11, 1944 24 Minnesota 2 1966 1st Rnd, #4, St. Louis Hawks
Don Ohl SG 6-3 190 Apr 18, 1936 32 Illinois 8 1958 5th Rnd, #37, Philadelphia Warriors
Paul Silas PF 6-7 225 Jul 12, 1943 25 Creighton 4 1964 2nd Rnd, #12, St. Louis Hawks
Dwight Waller GF 6-6 220 Oct 5, 1945 23 Tennessee State 0 1968 10th Rnd, #131, Atlanta Hawks

1968-1969 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #1 Baltimore Bullets #3 New York Knicks NYK in 4
Second Round #2 Philadelphia Sixers #4 Boston Celtics BOS in 5
Second Round W1 Los Angeles Lakers W3 San Francisco Warriors LAL in 6
Second Round W2 Atlanta Hawks W4 San Diego Rockets ATL in 6
Conference Finals #3 New York Knicks #4 Boston Celtics BOS in 6
Conference Finals W1 Los Angeles Lakers W2 Atlanta Hawks LAL in 5
NBA Finals W1 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Boston Celtics BOS in 7

1968-1969 Atlanta Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Zelmo Beaty 11 43.0 22.5 12.9 2.3
Lou Hudson 11 38.5 22.0 5.4 2.9
Bill Bridges 11 40.2 15.6 16.2 3.4
Joe Caldwell 11 36.7 14.7 5.0 3.4
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 11 32.7 14.0 3.0 3.9
Don Ohl 11 17.6 6.6 1.2 1.5
Paul Silas 11 23.5 5.5 8.4 1.9
Jim Davis 8 6.5 1.6 2.1 0.1
Richie Guerin 3 10.7 1.0 1.7 2.3
Skip Harlicka 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1968-1969 Atlanta Hawks Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Atlanta Leaders San Diego Leaders
Mar 27, 1969
v.
San Diego
W, 107-98 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 39. Lou Hudson
PTS: 31. Elvin Hayes
Mar 29, 1969
v.
San Diego
W, 116-114 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Semi Finals
2-0 PTS: 31. Zelmo Beaty
PTS: 26. Rick Adelman
Apr 1, 1969
@
San Diego
L, 104-97 Valley View Casino Center
Conference Semi Finals
2-1 PTS: 31. Zelmo Beaty
PTS: 26. Elvin Hayes
Apr 4, 1969
@
San Diego
L, 114-112 Valley View Casino Center
Conference Semi Finals
2-2 PTS: 34. M. Abdul-Rahman
PTS: 30. Elvin Hayes
Apr 6, 1969
v.
San Diego
W, 112-101 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Semi Finals
3-2 PTS: 26. Joe Caldwell
PTS: 27. Elvin Hayes
Apr 7, 1969
@
San Diego
W, 106-108 Valley View Casino Center
Conference Semi Finals
4-2 PTS: 27. Lou Hudson
PTS: 26. Elvin Hayes

1968-1969 Atlanta Hawks Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Atlanta Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Apr 11, 1969
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 95-93 The Forum
Conference Finals
0-1 PTS: 29. Zelmo Beaty
PTS: 25. Jerry West
Apr 13, 1969
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 104-102 The Forum
Conference Finals
0-2 PTS: 34. Joe Caldwell
PTS: 23. W. Chamberlain
Apr 15, 1969
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 99-86 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Finals
1-2 PTS: 22. Zelmo Beaty
PTS: 19. Johnny Egan
Apr 17, 1969
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 85-100 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Finals
1-3 PTS: 35. Lou Hudson
PTS: 25. W. Chamberlain
Apr 20, 1969
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 104-96 The Forum
Conference Finals
1-4 PTS: 30. Zelmo Beaty
PTS: 29. Elgin Baylor