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( December 2016 ) Pete Maravich Maravich in 1970 ( 1947 - 06 - 22 ) June 22, 1947 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania January 5, 1988 ( 1988 - 01 - 05 ) ( aged 40 ) Pasadena, California Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 5 in ( 1.96 m ) Listed weight 197 lb ( 89 kg ) Career information High school Daniel ( Central, South Carolina ) Broughton ( Raleigh, North Carolina ) Edwards Military Institute ( Salemburg, North Carolina ) College LSU ( 1967 -- 1970 ) NBA draft 1970 / Round : 1 / Pick : 3rd overall Selected by the Atlanta Hawks Playing career 1970 -- 1980 Position Shooting guard Number 44, 7, 19 Career history 1970 -- 1974 Atlanta Hawks 1974 -- 1980 New Orleans / Utah Jazz 1980 Boston Celtics Career highlights and awards 5 × NBA All - Star ( 1973, 1974, 1977 -- 1979 ) 2 × All - NBA First Team ( 1976, 1977 ) 2 × All - NBA Second Team ( 1973, 1978 ) NBA All - Rookie First Team ( 1971 ) NBA scoring champion ( 1977 ) No. 44 retired by Atlanta Hawks No. 7 retired by Utah Jazz No. 7 retired by New Orleans Pelicans NBA 's 50th Anniversary All - Time Team 2 × College national player of the year ( 1969, 1970 ) 3 × Consensus first - team All - American ( 1968 -- 1970 ) 3 × SEC Player of the Year ( 1968 -- 1970 ) 3 × NCAA Division I scoring leader ( 1968 -- 1970 ) NCAA Division I all - time scoring leader No. 23 retired by LSU Career statistics Points 15,948 ( 24.2 ppg ) Rebounds 2,747 ( 4.2 rpg ) Assists 3,563 ( 5.4 apg ) Stats at Basketball-Reference.com Basketball Hall of Fame as player College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 Peter Press Maravich ( June 22, 1947 -- January 5, 1988 ), known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player. Maravich was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, and raised in the Carolinas. Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University ( LSU ) and played for three NBA teams until injuries forced his retirement in 1980. He is the all - time leading NCAA Division I scorer with 3,667 points scored and an average of 44.2 points per game. All of his accomplishments were achieved before the adoption of the three point line and shot clock, and despite being unable to play varsity as a freshman under then - NCAA rules. One of the youngest players ever inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Maravich was cited by the Hall as `` perhaps the greatest creative offensive talent in history ''. In an April 2010 interview, Hall of Fame player John Havlicek said that `` the best ball - handler of all time was Pete Maravich ''. Contents 1 Early life 2 College career 2.1 NCAA career statistics 2.1. 1 Freshman 2.1. 2 Varsity 3 Professional career 3.1 Atlanta Hawks 3.2 New Orleans Jazz 3.3 Final season 4 NBA career statistics 4.1 Regular season 4.2 Playoffs 5 Later life and death 6 Legacy 7 Memorabilia 8 Honors, books, films and music 9 Collegiate awards 10 Collegiate records 11 NBA awards 12 NBA records 13 See also 14 References 15 Further reading 16 External links Early Life Pete Maravich was born to Petar `` Press '' Maravich ( 1915 -- 1987 ) and Helen Gravor Maravich ( 1925 -- 1974 ) in Aliquippa, a steel town in Beaver County in western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Maravich amazed his family and friends with his basketball abilities from an early age. He enjoyed a close but demanding father - son relationship that motivated him toward achievement and fame in the sport. Maravich 's father was the son of Serbian immigrants and a former professional player - turned - coach. He showed him the fundamentals starting when he was seven years old. Obsessively, Maravich spent hours practicing ball control tricks, passes, head fakes, and long - range shots. Maravich played high school varsity ball at Daniel High School in Central, South Carolina, a year before being old enough to attend the school. While at Daniel from 1961 to 1963, Maravich participated in the school 's first - ever game against a team from an all - black school. In 1963 his father departed from his position as head basketball coach at Clemson University and joined the coaching staff at North Carolina State University. The Maravich family 's subsequent move to Raleigh, North Carolina, allowed Pete to attend Needham B. Broughton High School. His high school years also saw the birth of his famous moniker. From his habit of shooting the ball from his side, as if he were holding a revolver, Maravich became known as `` Pistol '' Pete Maravich. He graduated from Needham B. Broughton High School in 1965 and then attended Edwards Military Institute, where he averaged 33 points per game. College career Later in life Maravich would tell friends he always desired to play basketball for West Virginia University and was originally ready to be a Mountaineer, but his father was the head coach for LSU Men 's Basketball and offered him a spot at the school. At that time NCAA rules prohibited first - year students from playing at varsity level, which forced Maravich to play on the freshman team. In his first game, Maravich put up 50 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists against Southeastern Louisiana College. Maravich at LSU in 1967 In only three years playing on the varsity team ( and under his father 's coaching ) at LSU, Maravich scored 3,667 points -- 1,138 of those in 1967 - 68, 1,148 in 1968 - 69, and 1,381 in 1969 - 70 -- while averaging 43.8, 44.2, and 44.5 points per game. For his collegiate career, the 6'5 '' ( 1.96 m ) guard averaged 44.2 points per game in 83 contests and led the NCAA in scoring for each of his three seasons. Maravich 's long - standing collegiate scoring record is particularly notable when three factors are taken into account : First, because of the NCAA rules that prohibited him from taking part in varsity competition during his first year as a student, Maravich was prevented from adding to his career record for a full quarter of his time at LSU. During this first year, Maravich scored 741 points in freshman competition. Second, Maravich played before the advent of the three - point line. This significant difference has raised speculation regarding just how much higher his records would be, given his long - range shooting ability and how such a component might have altered his play. Writing for ESPN.com, Bob Carter stated, `` Though Maravich played before (... ) the 3 - point shot was established, he loved gunning from long range. '' It has been reported that former LSU coach Dale Brown charted every shot Maravich scored and concluded that, if his shots from three - point range had been counted as three points, Maravich 's average would have totaled 57 points per game. Third, the shot clock had also not yet been instituted in NCAA play during Maravich 's college career. ( A time limit on ball possession speeds up play, mandates an additional number of field goal attempts, eliminates stalling, and increases the number of possessions throughout the game, all resulting in higher overall scoring. ) More than 40 years later, however, many of his NCAA and LSU records still stand. Maravich was a three - time All - American. Though he never appeared in the NCAA tournament, Maravich played a key role in turning around a lackluster program that had posted a 3 -- 20 record in the season prior to his arrival. Pete Maravich finished his college career in the 1970 National Invitation Tournament, where LSU finished fourth. NCAA career statistics Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG % Field goal percentage 3P % 3 - point field goal percentage FT % Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high Freshman Year Team GP GS MPG FG % 3P % FT % RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1966 -- 67 Louisiana State 19....... 452.... 833 10.4......... 43.6 Varsity Year Team GP GS MPG FG % 3P % FT % RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1967 -- 68 Louisiana State 26....... 423.... 811 7.5 4.0...... 43.8 1968 -- 69 Louisiana State 26....... 444.... 746 6.5 4.9...... 44.2 1969 -- 70 Louisiana State 31....... 447.... 773 5.3 6.2...... 44.5 Career 83....... 438.... 775 6.5 5.1...... 44.2 Professional career Atlanta Hawks Maravich ( with the ball ) in 1974 The Atlanta Hawks selected Maravich with the third pick in the first round of the 1970 NBA draft, where he played for coach Richie Guerin. He was not a natural fit in Atlanta, as the Hawks already boasted a top - notch scorer at the guard position in Lou Hudson. In fact, Maravich 's flamboyant style stood in stark contrast to the conservative play of Hudson and star center Walt Bellamy. And it did not help that many of the veteran players resented the $1.9 million contract that Maravich received from the team -- a very large salary at that time. Maravich appeared in 81 games and averaged 23.2 points per contest -- good enough to earn NBA All - Rookie Team honors. And he managed to blend his style with his teammates, so much so that Hudson set a career high by scoring 26.8 points per game. But the team stumbled to a 36 -- 46 record -- 12 wins fewer than in the previous season. Still, the Hawks qualified for the playoffs, where they lost to the New York Knicks in the first round. Maravich struggled somewhat during his second season. His scoring average dipped to 19.3 points per game, and the Hawks finished with another disappointing 36 -- 46 record. Once again they qualified for the playoffs, and once again they were eliminated in the first round. However, Atlanta fought hard against the Boston Celtics, with Maravich averaging 27.7 points in the series. Maravich erupted in his third season, averaging 26.1 points ( 5th in the NBA ) and dishing out 6.9 assists per game ( 6th in the NBA ). With 2,063 points, he combined with Hudson ( 2,029 points ) to become only the second set of teammates in league history to each score over 2,000 points in a single season. The Hawks soared to a 46 -- 36 record, but again bowed out in the first round of the playoffs. However, the season was good enough to earn Maravich his first - ever appearance in the NBA All - Star Game, and also All - NBA Second Team honors. The following season ( 1973 -- 74 ) was his best yet -- at least in terms of individual accomplishments. Maravich posted 27.7 points per game -- second in the league behind Bob McAdoo -- and earned his second appearance in the All - Star Game. However, Atlanta sank to a disappointing 35 -- 47 record and missed the postseason entirely. New Orleans Jazz Maravich playing for the Jazz in 1977 In the summer of 1974, an expansion franchise was preparing for its first season of competition in the NBA. The New Orleans Jazz were looking for something or someone to generate excitement among their new basketball fans. With his exciting style of play, Maravich was seen as the perfect man for the job. Additionally, he was already a celebrity in the state due to accomplishments at LSU. To acquire Maravich, the Jazz traded two players and four draft picks to Atlanta. The expansion team struggled mightily in its first season. Maravich managed to score 21.5 points per game, but shot a career - worst 41.9 percent from the floor. The Jazz posted a 23 -- 59 record, worst in the NBA. Jazz management did its best to give Maravich a better supporting cast. The team posted a 38 -- 44 record in its second season ( 1975 -- 76 ) but did not qualify for postseason play, despite the dramatic improvement. Maravich struggled with injuries that limited him to just 62 games that season, but he averaged 25.9 points per contest ( third behind McAdoo and Kareem Abdul - Jabbar ) and continued his crowd - pleasing antics. He was elected to the All - NBA First Team that year. The following season ( 1976 -- 77 ) was his most productive in the NBA. He led the league in scoring with an average of 31.1 points per game. He scored 40 points or more in 13 different games, and 50 or more in 4 games. His 68 - point masterpiece against the Knicks was at the time the most points ever scored by a guard in a single game, and only two players at any position had ever scored more : Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor. Baylor was head coach of the Jazz at that time. Maravich earned his third all - star game appearance and was honored as All - NBA First Team for the second consecutive season. The following season, injuries to both knees forced him to miss 32 games during the 1977 -- 78 season. Despite being robbed of some quickness and athleticism, he still managed to score 27.0 points per game, and he also added 6.7 assists per contest, his highest average as a member of the Jazz. Many of those assists went to new teammate Truck Robinson, who had joined the franchise as a free agent during the off - season. In his first year in New Orleans, he averaged 22.7 points and a league - best 15.7 rebounds per game. His presence prevented opponents from focusing their defensive efforts entirely on Maravich, and it lifted the Jazz to a 39 -- 43 record -- just short of making the club 's first - ever appearance in the playoffs. Knee problems plagued Maravich for the rest of his career. He played in just 49 games during the 1978 -- 79 season. He scored 22.6 points per game that season and earned his fifth and final All - Star appearance. But his scoring and passing abilities were severely impaired. The team struggled on the court, and faced serious financial trouble as well. Management became desperate to make some changes. The Jazz traded Robinson to the Phoenix Suns, receiving draft picks and some cash in return. However, in 1979, team owner Sam Battistone moved the Jazz to Salt Lake City. Final season The Utah Jazz began play in the 1979 -- 80 season. Maravich moved with the team to Salt Lake City, but his knee problems were worse than ever. He appeared in 17 games early in the season, but his injuries prevented him from practicing much, and new coach Tom Nissalke had a strict rule that players who did n't practice were not allowed to play in games. Thus, Maravich was parked on the bench for 24 straight games, much to the dismay of Utah fans and to Maravich himself. During that time, Adrian Dantley emerged as the team 's franchise player. The Jazz placed Maravich on waivers in January 1980. He signed with the Celtics, the top team in the league that year, led by rookie superstar Larry Bird. Maravich adjusted to a new role as part - time contributor, giving Boston a `` hired gun '' off the bench. He helped the team post a 61 -- 21 record in the regular season, best in the league. And, for the first time since his early career in Atlanta, Maravich was able to participate in the NBA playoffs. He appeared in nine games during that postseason, but the Celtics were upended by Julius Erving and the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference finals, four games to one. Realizing that his knee problems would never go away, Maravich retired at the end of that season. The NBA instituted the 3 - point shot just in time for Maravich 's last season in the league. He had always been famous for his long - range shooting, and his final year provided an official statistical gauge of his abilities. Between his limited playing time in Utah and Boston, he made 10 of 15 3 - point shots, giving him a career 66 % completion rate behind the arc. During his ten - year career in the NBA, Maravich played in 658 games, averaging 24.2 points and 5.4 assists per contest. In 1987, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and his No. 7 jersey has been retired by both the Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans, as well as his No. 44 jersey by the Atlanta Hawks. NBA career statistics Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG % Field goal percentage 3P % 3 - point field goal percentage FT % Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high Regular season Year Team GP GS MPG FG % 3P % FT % RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1970 -- 71 Atlanta 81... 36.1. 458.... 800 3.7 4.4...... 23.2 1971 -- 72 Atlanta 66... 34.9. 427.... 811 3.9 6.0...... 19.3 1972 -- 73 Atlanta 79... 39.1. 441.... 800 4.4 6.9...... 26.1 1973 -- 74 Atlanta 76... 38.2. 457.... 826 4.9 5.2 1.5. 2 27.7 1974 -- 75 New Orleans 79... 36.1. 419.... 811 5.3 6.2 1.5. 2 21.5 1975 -- 76 New Orleans 62... 38.3. 459.... 811 4.8 5.4 1.4. 4 25.9 1976 -- 77 New Orleans 73... 41.7. 433.... 835 5.1 5.4 1.2. 3 31.1 1977 -- 78 New Orleans 50... 40.8. 444.... 870 3.6 6.7 2.0. 2 27.0 1978 -- 79 New Orleans 49... 37.2. 421.... 841 2.5 5.0 1.2. 4 22.6 1979 -- 80 Utah 17... 30.7. 412. 636. 820 2.4 3.2. 9. 2 17.1 1979 -- 80 Boston 26 17.0. 494. 750. 909 1.5. 3. 1 11.5 Career 658... 37.0. 441. 667. 820 4.2 5.4 1.4. 3 24.2 All - Star 19.8. 409.... 778 2.0 3.8 1.0 0.0 10.8 Playoffs Year Team GP GS MPG FG % 3P % FT % RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1971 Atlanta 5... 39.8. 377.... 692 5.2 4.8...... 22.0 1972 Atlanta 6... 36.5. 446.... 817 5.3 4.7...... 27.7 1973 Atlanta 6... 39.0. 419.... 794 4.8 6.7...... 26.2 1980 Boston 9... 11.6. 490. 333. 667. 9. 7. 3. 0 6.0 Career 26... 29.1. 423. 333. 784 3.6 3.8...... 18.7 Later Life and death After injuries forced his retirement from the game in the fall of 1980, Maravich became a recluse for two years. Through it all, Maravich said he was searching `` for life ''. He tried the practices of yoga and Hinduism, read Trappist monk Thomas Merton 's The Seven Storey Mountain and took an interest in the field of ufology, the study of unidentified flying objects. He also explored vegetarianism and macrobiotics. Eventually, he embraced evangelical Christianity. A few years before his death, Maravich said, `` I want to be remembered as a Christian, a person that serves Him ( Jesus ) to the utmost, not as a basketball player. '' On January 5, 1988, Maravich collapsed and died of heart failure at age 40 while playing in a pickup basketball game in the gym at First Church of the Nazarene in Pasadena, California, with a group that included evangelical author James Dobson. Maravich had flown out from his home in Louisiana to tape a segment for Dobson 's radio show that aired later that day. Dobson has said that Maravich 's last words, less than a minute before he died, were `` I feel great. I just feel great. '' An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be a rare congenital defect ; he had been born with a missing left coronary artery, a vessel that supplies blood to the muscle fibers of the heart. His right coronary artery was grossly enlarged and had been compensating for the defect. Maravich died the year after his father 's passing and a number of years after his mother, who had committed suicide with a self - inflicted gunshot. Maravich is buried at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Legacy Maravich was survived by his wife Jackie and his two sons Jaeson, who was 8 years old, and Josh, aged 5. Only the previous year, Maravich had taken Jaeson to the 1987 NBA All - Star Game in Seattle, Washington, and introduced him to Michael Jordan. Since Maravich 's children were very young when he died, Jackie Maravich initially shielded them from unwanted media attention, not even allowing Jaeson and Josh to attend their father 's funeral. However, a proclivity to basketball seemed to be an inherited trait. During a 2003 interview, Jaeson told USA Today that, when he was still only a toddler, `` My dad passed me a ( Nerf ) basketball, and I 've been hooked ever since... My dad said I shot and missed, and I got mad and I kept shooting. He said his dad told him he did the same thing. '' Despite some setbacks coping with their father 's death and without the benefit that his tutelage might have provided, both sons eventually were inspired to play high school and collegiate basketball -- Josh at his father 's alma mater, LSU. On June 27, 2014, Governor Bobby Jindal proposed that LSU erect a statue of Maravich outside the Assembly Center which already bears the basketball star 's name. Former coach Dale Brown opposes such a monument, but Maravich 's widow, Jackie McLachlan, said that she had been promised a statue after the passing of her husband. McLachlan said that she has noticed how fans struggle to get the Maravich name on the Assembly Center into a camera frame. In February 2016, the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame Committee unanimously approved a proposal that a statue honoring Maravich be installed on the campus. Memorabilia Maravich 's untimely death and mystique have made memorabilia associated with him among the most highly prized of any basketball collectibles. Game - used Maravich jerseys bring more money at auction than similar items from anybody other than George Mikan, with the most common items selling for $10,000 and up and a game - used LSU jersey selling for $94,300 in a 2001 Grey Flannel auction. The signed game ball from his career - high 68 point night on February 25, 1977, sold for $131,450 in a 2009 Heritage auction. Honors, books, films and music In 1987, roughly a year before his death, Maravich co-authored an autobiography titled Heir to a Dream that devoted much focus to his life after retirement from basketball and his later devotion to Christianity. After Maravich 's death, Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer signed a proclamation officially renaming the LSU home court the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. In 1991, a biographical film dramatizing his 8th grade season entitled The Pistol : The Birth of a Legend was released. In 1996, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History by a panel made up of NBA historians, players, and coaches. He was the only deceased player on the list. At the 1997 All - Star Game in Cleveland, he was represented by his two sons at halftime. In 2001, a comprehensive 90 - minute documentary film debuted on CBS entitled Pistol Pete : The Life and Times of Pete Maravich. In 2005, ESPNU named Maravich the greatest college basketball player of all time. In 2007, two biographies of Maravich were released : Maravich by Wayne Federman and Marshall Terrill and Pistol by Mark Kriegel. The Ziggens, a band from Southern California, wrote a song about Maravich entitled `` Pistol Pete ''. Collegiate awards The Sporting News College Player of the Year ( 1970 ) USBWA College Player of the Year ( 1969, 1970 ) Naismith Award Winner ( 1970 ) Helms Foundation Player of the Year ( 1970 ) UPI Player of the Year ( 1970 ) Sporting News Player of the Year ( 1970 ) AP College Player of the Year ( 1970 ) The Sporting News All - America First Team ( 1968, 1969, 1970 ) Three - time AP and UPI First - Team All - America ( 1968, 1969, 1970 ) Led the NCAA Division I in scoring with 43.8 ppg ( 1968 ) ; 44.2 ( 1969 ) and 44.5 ppg ( 1970 ) Averaged 43.6 ppg on the LSU freshman team ( 1967 ) Scored a career - high 69 points vs. Alabama ( February 7, 1970 ) ; 66 vs. Tulane ( February 10, 1969 ) ; 64 vs. Kentucky ( February 21, 1970 ) ; 61 vs. Vanderbilt ( December 11, 1969 ) Holds LSU records for most field goals made ( 26 ) and attempted ( 57 ) in a game against Vanderbilt on January 29, 1969 All - Southeastern Conference ( 1968, 1969, 1970 ) # 23 Jersey retired by LSU ( 2007 ) In 1970, Maravich led LSU to a 20 -- 8 record and a fourth - place finish in the National Invitation Tournament Collegiate records Points, career : 3,667 ( three seasons ) Highest scoring average, points per game, career : 44.2 ( 3,667 points / 83 games ) Points, season : 1,381 ( 1970 ) Highest scoring average, points per game, season : 44.5 ( 1,381 / 31 ) ( 1970 ) Games scoring 50 or more points, career : 28 Games scoring 50 or more points, season : 10 ( 1970 ) Field goals made, career : 1,387 Field goals made, season : 522 ( 1970 ) Field goal attempts, career : 3,166 Field goal attempts, season : 1,168 ( 1970 ) Free throws made, game : 30 ( in 31 attempts ), vs. Oregon State, December 22, 1969 Tied by Ben Woodside, North Dakota State, on December 6, 2008 NBA awards This section does not cite any sources. 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( March 2009 ) NBA All - Rookie Team All - NBA First Team ( 1976, 1977 ) All - NBA Second Team ( 1973, 1978 ) Five - time NBA All - Star ( 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979 ) Led the league in scoring ( 31.1 ppg ) in 1977, his career best Scored a career - high 68 points against the New York Knicks on Feb. 25, 1977 # 7 jersey retired by the Utah Jazz ( 1985 ) # 7 jersey retired by the Superdome ( 1988 ) NBA 50th Anniversary All - Time Team ( 1996 ) # 7 jersey retired by the New Orleans Hornets ( now Pelicans ) ( 2002 ), even though he never played for them -- one of only four players to have a number retired by a team they did not play for ; Maravich did play professionally for the New Orleans Jazz, however, and has remained a greatly admired figure amongst New Orleans sports fans ever since. # 44 jersey retired by the Atlanta Hawks ( 2017 ) NBA records Free throws made, quarter : 14, Pete Maravich, third quarter, Atlanta Hawks vs. Buffalo Braves, November 28, 1973 Broken by Vince Carter on December 23, 2005 Free throw attempts, quarter : 16, Pete Maravich, second quarter, Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls, January 2, 1973 Broken by Ben Wallace on December 11, 2005 Second pair of teammates in NBA history to score 2,000 or more points in a season : 2, Atlanta Hawks ( 1972 -- 73 ) Maravich : 2,063 Lou Hudson : 2,029 Third pair of teammates in NBA history to score 40 or more points in the same game : New Orleans Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets, April 10, 1977 Maravich : 45 Nate Williams : 41 David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets also scored 40 points in this game. Ranks 4th in NBA history -- Free throws made, none missed, game : 18 -- 18, Pete Maravich, Atlanta Hawks vs. Buffalo Braves, November 28, 1973 Ranks 5th in NBA history -- Free throws made, game : 23, Pete Maravich, New Orleans Jazz vs. New York Knicks, October 26, 1975 ( 2 OT ) See also List of individual National Basketball Association scoring leaders by season List of National Basketball Association players with most points in a game List of NCAA Division I men 's basketball players with 60 or more points in a game List of NCAA Division I men 's basketball season scoring leaders List of NCAA Division I men 's basketball career scoring leaders List of NCAA Division I men 's basketball career free throw scoring leaders List of National Basketball Association annual minutes leaders References Jump up ^ http://www.anb.org/articles/19/19-00449.html Jump up ^ `` Peter Maravich at Basketball Hall of Fame ''. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved 2007 - 09 - 17. 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Jump up ^ `` Pistol Pete Lyric Meaning -- The Ziggens Meanings ''. Songmeanings.net. Retrieved October 17, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Remember the Name : Ben Woodside ''. Sports.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 09. Jump up ^ New Jersey Nets vs. Miami Heat -- Play By Play -- December 23, 2005 -- ESPN ( 4th quarter ) NB : While this link only backs up the fact that Carter made 16 free throws in a quarter, there is no mention of any records broken or set. Jump up ^ Detroit Pistons vs. Los Angeles Clippers -- Recap -- December 11, 2005 -- ESPN NB : While this link only backs up the fact that Wallace attempted 20 free throws in a quarter, there is no mention of any records broken or set. Further reading Berger, Phil ( 1999 ). Forever Showtime : The Checkered Life of Pistol Pete Maravich. Taylor Trade. ISBN 0 - 87833 - 237 - 5. Federman, Wayne and Terrill, Marshall ( 2007 ). Maravich. SportClassic Books. ISBN 1 - 894963 - 52 - 0. Federman, Wayne and Terrill, Marshall ( 2008 ). Pete Maravich : The Authorized Biography of Pistol Pete. Focus on the Family / Tyndale House Publishers. ISBN 1 - 58997 - 535 - 9. Gutman, Bill ( 1972 ). Pistol Pete Maravich : The making of a basketball superstar. Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN 0 - 448 - 01973 - 6. Kriegel, Mark ( 2007 ). Pistol : The Life of Pete Maravich. Free Press. ISBN 0 - 7432 - 8497 - 6. Maravich, Pete and Campbell, Darrel ( 1987 ). Heir To A Dream. Nashville : Thomas Nelson. ISBN 0 - 8407 - 7609 - 8. Towle, Mike ( 2000 ). I Remember Pete Maravich. Nashville : Cumberland House. ISBN 1 - 58182 - 148 - 4. Towle, Mike ( 2003 ). Pete Maravich : Magician of the Hardwood. Nashville : Cumberland House. ISBN 1 - 58182 - 374 - 6. Brown, Danny ( 2008 ). Shooting the Pistol : Courtside Photographs of Pete Maravich at LSU. 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Young 1968 NCAA Men 's Basketball Consensus All - Americans First Team Lew Alcindor Elvin Hayes Pete Maravich Larry Miller Wes Unseld Second Team Lucius Allen Bob Lanier Don May Calvin Murphy Jo Jo White 1969 NCAA Men 's Basketball Consensus All - Americans First Team Lew Alcindor Spencer Haywood Pete Maravich Rick Mount Calvin Murphy Second Team Dan Issel Mike Maloy Bud Ogden Charlie Scott Jo Jo White 1970 NCAA Men 's Basketball Consensus All - Americans First Team Dan Issel Bob Lanier Pete Maravich Rick Mount Calvin Murphy Second Team Austin Carr Jim Collins John Roche Charlie Scott Sidney Wicks Southeastern Conference Men 's Basketball Player of the Year 1965 : Lee 1966 : Lee & Riley 1967 : Widby 1968 : Maravich 1969 : Maravich 1970 : Maravich 1971 : Neumann 1972 : Edwards & Parker 1973 : Grevey & Hudson 1974 : van Breda Kolff 1975 : Grevey & B. King 1976 : B. King 1977 : Grunfeld & B. King 1978 : R. King 1979 : R. 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Davis 2013 : Caldwell - Pope 2014 : Wilbekin 2015 : Portis 2016 : Ulis 2017 : Monk & Thornwell 2018 : Maten & Williams Atlanta Hawks Founded in 1946 Formerly the Buffalo Bisons ( 1946 ) and the Tri-Cities Blackhawks ( 1946 -- 1951 ) ; played in Milwaukee ( 1951 -- 1955 ) and St. Louis ( 1955 -- 1968 ) Based in Atlanta, Georgia Franchise Franchise All - time roster Draft history Seasons Head coaches Current season Arenas Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Wharton Field House Milwaukee Arena Kiel Auditorium St. Louis Arena Alexander Memorial Coliseum Omni Coliseum Lakefront Arena Georgia Dome Philips Arena G League affiliate Erie BayHawks NBA Championships ( 1 ) 1958 Conference Championships ( 4 ) 1957 1958 1960 1961 Retired numbers 9 21 23 44 55 59 Ted Turner ( Hawks Logo ) Lore The Human Highlight Film Pistol Pete Phantom Buzzer Game Media TV Peachtree TV FS South Fox Sports Southeast Radio 790 The Zone Announcers Bob Rathbun Dominique Wilkins Steve Holman Personnel Owner ( s ) Tony Ressler Grant Hill Sara Blakely Jesse Itzler Steven Price Rick Schnall Utah Jazz Founded in 1974 Played in New Orleans ( 1974 -- 1979 ) Based in Salt Lake City, Utah Franchise Franchise Summer League 1974 Expansion Draft All - time roster Draft history Records Head coaches Seasons Current season Arenas Loyola Field House New Orleans Municipal Auditorium Louisiana Superdome Salt Palace Vivint Smart Home Arena Personnel Checketts Gardner Rigby G League affiliate Salt Lake City Stars Administration Owner : Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc. 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