Atlanta Hawks Playoff Rosters

1969-1970 Atlanta Hawks Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Butch Beard PG 6-3 185 May 4, 1947 22 Louisville 0 1969 1st Rnd, #11, Atlanta Hawks
Walt Bellamy C 6-11 225 Jul 24, 1939 30 Indiana 8 1961 1st Rnd, #1, Chicago Zephyrs
Bill Bridges FC 6-6 228 Apr 4, 1939 30 Kansas 7 1961 3rd Rnd, #32, Chicago Zephyrs
Joe Caldwell GF 6-5 195 Nov 1, 1941 28 Arizona State 5 1964 1st Rnd, #4, Detroit Pistons
Jim Davis C 6-9 225 Dec 18, 1941 28 Colorado 3 1964 4th Rnd, #29, Detroit Pistons
Gary Gregor SF 6-7 225 Aug 13, 1945 24 South Carolina 1 1967 3rd Rnd, #24, New York Knicks
Richie Guerin SG 6-4 195 May 29, 1932 37 Iona 12 1954 2nd Rnd, #17, New York Knicks
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman PG 6-2 185 Apr 15, 1942 27 UCLA 5 1964 Territorial Pick, Los Angeles Lakers
Lou Hudson GF 6-5 210 Jul 11, 1944 25 Minnesota 3 1966 1st Rnd, #4, St. Louis Hawks
Dave Newmark C 7-1 214 Sep 11, 1946 23 Columbia 1 1968 3rd Rnd, #31, Chicago Bulls
Don Ohl SG 6-3 190 Apr 18, 1936 33 Illinois 9 1958 5th Rnd, #37, Philadelphia Warriors
Gene Tormohlen FC 6-8 230 May 12, 1937 32 Tennessee 5 1959 2nd Rnd, #13, Syracuse Nationals

1969-1970 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #1 New York Knicks #3 Baltimore Bullets NYK in 7
Second Round #2 Milwaukee Bucks #4 Philadelphia Sixers MIL in 5
Second Round W1 Atlanta Hawks W3 Chicago Bulls ATL in 5
Second Round W2 Los Angeles Lakers W4 Phoenix Suns LAL in 7
Conference Finals #1 New York Knicks #2 Milwaukee Bucks NYK in 5
Conference Finals W1 Atlanta Hawks W2 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 4
NBA Finals #1 New York Knicks W2 Los Angeles Lakers NYK in 7

1969-1970 Atlanta Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Joe Caldwell 9 43.7 25.0 5.0 4.2
Lou Hudson 9 40.0 21.9 4.4 3.7
Walt Bellamy 9 40.9 16.8 15.6 3.9
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 7 36.4 21.4 3.4 7.7
Bill Bridges 9 42.3 11.6 17.1 3.2
Butch Beard 9 16.2 9.0 2.9 0.9
Jim Davis 9 13.0 4.2 3.3 0.7
Dave Newmark 6 7.0 5.7 2.0 0.3
Richie Guerin 2 28.0 16.5 4.0 2.0
Gary Gregor 7 9.6 2.3 2.4 0.3

1969-1970 Atlanta Hawks Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Atlanta Leaders Chicago Leaders
Mar 25, 1970
v.
Chicago
W, 129-111 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 39. Joe Caldwell
PTS: 17. Chet Walker
Mar 28, 1970
v.
Chicago
W, 124-104 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Semi Finals
2-0 PTS: 30. Lou Hudson
PTS: 23. T. Boerwinkle
Mar 31, 1970
@
Chicago
W, 101-106 Chicago Stadium
Conference Semi Finals
3-0 PTS: 32. M. Abdul-Rahman
PTS: 22. S. Halimon
Apr 3, 1970
@
Chicago
L, 131-120 Chicago Stadium
Conference Semi Finals
3-1 PTS: 38. Joe Caldwell
PTS: 39. Chet Walker
Apr 5, 1970
v.
Chicago
W, 113-107 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Semi Finals
4-1 PTS: 24. Joe Caldwell
PTS: 22. Clem Haskins

1969-1970 Atlanta Hawks Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Atlanta Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Apr 12, 1970
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 115-119 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Finals
0-1 PTS: 29. M. Abdul-Rahman
PTS: 38. Jerry West
Apr 14, 1970
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 94-105 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Finals
0-2 PTS: 20. Walt Bellamy
PTS: 24. Dick Garrett
Apr 17, 1970
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 115-114 The Forum
Conference Finals
0-3 PTS: 22. Butch Beard
PTS: 35. Jerry West
Apr 19, 1970
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 133-114 The Forum
Conference Finals
0-4 PTS: 31. R. Guerin
PTS: 39. Jerry West