Atlanta Hawks Playoff Rosters

1977-1978 Atlanta Hawks Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
John Brown SF 6-7 220 Dec 14, 1951 26 Missouri 4 1973 1st Rnd, #10, Atlanta Hawks
Charlie Criss PG 5-8 165 Nov 6, 1948 29 New Mexico State 1 1970 NBA Draft, Undrafted
John Drew GF 6-6 205 Sep 30, 1954 23 Gardner-Webb 3 1974 2nd Rnd, #25, Atlanta Hawks
Steve Hawes C 6-9 220 May 26, 1950 27 Washington 3 1972 2nd Rnd, #24, Cleveland Cavaliers
Armond Hill PG 6-4 190 Mar 31, 1953 25 Princeton 1 1976 1st Rnd, #18, Atlanta Hawks
Ollie Johnson SF 6-6 200 May 11, 1949 28 Temple 5 1972 2nd Rnd, #30, Portland Trail Blazers
Eddie Johnson, Jr. PG 6-2 180 Feb 24, 1955 23 Auburn 0 1977 3rd Rnd, #49, Atlanta Hawks
Tom McMillen F-C 6-11 215 May 26, 1952 25 Maryland 2 1974 1st Rnd, #9, Buffalo Braves
Tony Robertson GF 6-5 195 Jan 1, 1956 22 West Virginia 0 1977 4th Rnd, #88, Los Angeles Lakers
Tree Rollins C 7-1 235 Jun 15, 1953 24 Clemson 0 1977 1st Rnd, #14, Atlanta Hawks
Claude Terry GF 6-4 195 Jan 12, 1950 28 Stanford 1 1972 3rd Rnd, #42, Phoenix Suns

1977-1978 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Washington Bullets #6 Atlanta Hawks WAS in 2
First Round #4 Cleveland Cavaliers #5 New York Knicks NYK in 2
Second Round #1 Philadelphia Sixers #5 New York Knicks PHI in 4
Second Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #3 Washington Bullets WAS in 6
Conference Finals #1 Philadelphia Sixers #3 Washington Bullets WAS in 6

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Phoenix Suns #6 Milwaukee Bucks MIL in 2
First Round #4 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Los Angeles Lakers SEA in 3
Second Round #1 Portland Trail Blazers #4 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 6
Second Round #2 Denver Nuggets #6 Milwaukee Bucks DEN in 7
Conference Finals #2 Denver Nuggets #4 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 6

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #4 Seattle SuperSonics #3 Washington Bullets WAS in 7

1977-1978 Atlanta Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
John Drew 2 39.5 26.0 7.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 2.0
Eddie Johnson, Jr. 2 32.0 15.5 3.0 3.0 4.0 0.5 2.5
Charlie Criss 2 32.5 13.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 0.5 2.5
Tom McMillen 2 37.5 13.0 11.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.5
Tree Rollins 2 25.5 8.0 4.5 0.5 0.5 2.0 1.5
Armond Hill 2 30.5 8.0 1.5 3.5 1.0 0.0 2.5
Steve Hawes 2 35.5 8.0 8.5 4.0 0.5 1.0 3.0
Ollie Johnson 2 10.5 4.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0
Tony Robertson 2 6.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
John Brown 2 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

1977-1978 Atlanta Hawks Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Atlanta Leaders Washington Leaders
Apr 12, 1978
@
Washington
L, 103-94 US Airways Arena
Opening Round
0-1 PTS: 25. John Drew
PTS: 20. B. Dandridge
Apr 14, 1978
v.
Washington
L, 103-107 Omni Coliseum
Opening Round
0-2 PTS: 27. John Drew
PTS: 41. Kevin Grevey