# 1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season

The 1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season was the 13th and last season in St. Louis for the franchise, before relocating to Atlanta for the following season. The Hawks won the Western Division title with a record of 56–26, before losing to the San Francisco Warriors in the West Semifinal, four games to two.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
| 1 | 8 | Tom Workman | | United States | Seattle |
| 3 | 25 | Bob Verga | PG | United States | Duke |
| 4 | 37 | Wes Bialosuknia | G | United States | Connecticut |
| 5 | 49 | Mike Wittman | | United States | Miami (FL) |
| 6 | 61 | John Morrison | | United States | Canisius |
| 7 | 73 | Carl Fuller | | United States | Bethune-Cookman |
| 8 | 85 | Arvesta Kelly | | United States | Lincoln University of Missouri |
| 9 | 96 | Ed Biedenbach | | United States | North Carolina State |
| 10 | 107 | Rick Falkenbrush | | United States | Saint Michael's |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
| x-St. Louis Hawks | 56 | 26 | .683 | – | 25–7 | 22–13 | 9–6 | 31–9 |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 52 | 30 | .634 | 4 | 30–11 | 18–19 | 4–0 | 28–12 |
| x-San Francisco Warriors | 43 | 39 | .524 | 13 | 27–14 | 16–23 | 0–2 | 24–16 |
| x-Chicago Bulls | 29 | 53 | .354 | 27 | 11–22 | 12–24 | 6–7 | 11–29 |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 23 | 59 | .280 | 33 | 10–21 | 7–24 | 6–14 | 15–25 |
| San Diego Rockets | 15 | 67 | .183 | 41 | 8–33 | 4–26 | 3–8 | 11–29 |

### Record vs. opponents

1967–68 NBA records :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SDR | SFW | SEA | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 3–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 0–8 | 7–0 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 2–5 |
| Boston | 5–3 | — | 5–2 | 3–5 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 4–3 |
| Chicago | 5–2 | 2–5 | — | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–7 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 4–4 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 1–7 |
| Cincinnati | 3–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | — | 4–4 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 1–6 |
| Detroit | 4–4 | 2–6 | 4–3 | 4–4 | — | 2–5 | 4–4 | 1–7 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 4–3 |
| Los Angeles | 4–3 | 3–4 | 7–1 | 6–1 | 5–2 | — | 4–3 | 2–5 | 7–1 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 6–2 |
| New York | 5–3 | 2–6 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–5 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 1–6 |
| Philadelphia | 8–0 | 4–4 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 7–1 | 5–2 | 5–3 | — | 6–1 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 5–2 |
| San Diego | 0–7 | 0–7 | 4–4 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 1–7 | 1–6 | 1–6 | — | 2–6 | 3–5 | 1–7 |
| San Francisco | 5–2 | 3–4 | 6–2 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 6–2 | — | 7–1 | 1–7 |
| Seattle | 2–5 | 1–6 | 5–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 0–7 | 5–3 | 1–7 | — | 0–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–2 | 3–4 | 7–1 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–6 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 7–1 | 7–1 | 8–0 | — |

### Game log
## Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; MIN = Minutes; FG = Field goals; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

### Season

| Player | GP | MIN | FG | REB | AST | PTS |
| Zelmo Beaty | 82 | 3068 | 639 | 959 | 174 | 1733 |
| Lenny Wilkens | 82 | 3169 | 546 | 438 | 679 | 1638 |
| Joe Caldwell | 79 | 2641 | 564 | 338 | 240 | 1293 |
| Bill Bridges | 82 | 3197 | 466 | 1102 | 253 | 1279 |
| Paul Silas | 82 | 2652 | 399 | 958 | 162 | 1097 |
| Dick Snyder | 75 | 1622 | 257 | 194 | 164 | 643 |
| Bumper Tormohlen | 77 | 714 | 98 | 226 | 68 | 229 |

## Playoffs

1968 playoff game log :
Division Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 22
San Francisco
L 106–111
Don Ohl (26)
Paul Silas (15)
Lenny Wilkens (9)
Kiel Auditorium 5,018
0–1
2
March 23
San Francisco
W 111–103
Zelmo Beaty (46)
Zelmo Beaty (22)
Lenny Wilkens (11)
Kiel Auditorium 5,810
1–1
3
March 26
@ San Francisco
L 109–124
three players tied (21)
Zelmo Beaty (16)
Lenny Wilkens (5)
Cow Palace 5,136
1–2
4
March 29
@ San Francisco
L 107–108
Zelmo Beaty (21)
Bill Bridges (14)
Lenny Wilkens (6)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,325
1–3
5
March 31
San Francisco
W 129–103
Bill Bridges (28)
Lou Hudson (14)
Lenny Wilkens (10)
Kiel Auditorium 4,118
2–3
6
April 2
@ San Francisco
L 106–111
Lou Hudson (35)
Paul Silas (14)
Lenny Wilkens (6)
Cow Palace 12,905
2–4 :
1968 schedule :

## Awards and records

* Richie Guerin, NBA Coach of the Year Award
* Lou Hudson, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team