Atlanta Hawks Playoff Rosters

1979-1980 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 28 Missouri 6 1973 1st Rnd, #10, Atlanta Hawks
Charlie Criss PG 5-8 165 Nov 6, 1948 31 New Mexico State 2 1970 NBA Draft, Undrafted
John Drew GF 6-6 205 Sep 30, 1954 25 Gardner-Webb 5 1974 2nd Rnd, #25, Atlanta Hawks
Jack Givens SF 6-5 205 Sep 21, 1956 23 Kentucky 1 1978 1st Rnd, #16, Atlanta Hawks
Steve Hawes C 6-9 220 May 26, 1950 29 Washington 5 1972 2nd Rnd, #24, Cleveland Cavaliers
Armond Hill PG 6-4 190 Mar 31, 1953 27 Princeton 3 1976 1st Rnd, #18, Atlanta Hawks
Eddie Johnson, Jr. PG 6-2 180 Feb 24, 1955 25 Auburn 2 1977 3rd Rnd, #49, Atlanta Hawks
Jim McElroy PG 6-3 190 Oct 4, 1953 26 Central Michigan 0 1975 3rd Rnd, #42, New Orleans Jazz
Tom McMillen F-C 6-11 215 May 26, 1952 27 Maryland 4 1974 1st Rnd, #9, Buffalo Braves
Sam Pellom PF 6-9 225 Oct 2, 1951 28 Buffalo State 0 1978 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Tree Rollins C 7-1 235 Jun 15, 1953 26 Clemson 2 1977 1st Rnd, #14, Atlanta Hawks
Dan Roundfield F-C 6-8 205 May 26, 1953 26 Central Michigan 3 1975 2nd Rnd, #31, Cleveland Cavaliers

1979-1980 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 Washington Bullets PHI in 2
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 San Antonio Spurs HOU in 3
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Houston Rockets BOS in 4
Second Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Atlanta Hawks PHI in 5
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Philadelphia Sixers PHI in 5

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #6 Portland Trail Blazers SEA in 3
First Round #4 Phoenix Suns #5 Kansas City Kings PHX in 3
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Phoenix Suns LAL in 5
Second Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #2 Milwaukee Bucks SEA in 7
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Seattle SuperSonics LAL in 5

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Philadelphia Sixers LAL in 6

1979-1980 Atlanta Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Eddie Johnson, Jr. 5 37.6 19.4 3.6 4.2 1.6 0.4 2.2
Dan Roundfield 5 34.8 17.2 11.6 2.2 0.8 1.6 2.2
John Drew 5 30.0 14.6 6.0 0.8 1.4 0.0 2.4
Charlie Criss 5 30.4 14.0 1.0 4.4 1.2 0.0 2.2
Steve Hawes 5 29.8 10.4 7.0 2.4 1.8 0.2 1.6
Tree Rollins 5 26.8 8.4 7.6 0.6 0.4 2.8 1.2
Armond Hill 5 21.8 7.0 1.2 3.0 0.8 0.2 2.2
Jim McElroy 5 6.4 2.4 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4
John Brown 5 11.6 2.0 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.0
Jack Givens 4 9.0 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.8
Sam Pellom 4 4.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0

1979-1980 Atlanta Hawks Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Atlanta Leaders Philadelphia Leaders
Apr 6, 1980
@
Philadelphia
L, 107-104 Spectrum
Conference Semi Finals
0-1 PTS: 26. E. Johnson, Jr.
PTS: 28. J. Erving
Apr 9, 1980
@
Philadelphia
L, 99-92 Spectrum
Conference Semi Finals
0-2 PTS: 23. D. Roundfield
PTS: 22. D. Dawkins
Apr 10, 1980
v.
Philadelphia
W, 105-93 Omni Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals
1-2 PTS: 20. Steve Hawes
PTS: 26. J. Erving
Apr 13, 1980
v.
Philadelphia
L, 83-107 Omni Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals
1-3 PTS: 17. D. Roundfield
PTS: 20. L. Hollins
Apr 15, 1980
@
Philadelphia
L, 105-100 Spectrum
Conference Semi Finals
1-4 PTS: 29. John Drew
PTS: 30. D. Dawkins