# 1973–74 Atlanta Hawks season

The 1973–74 Atlanta Hawks season was the 28th season of the franchise, 27th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Although "Pistol" Pete Maravich finished second in the league in scoring with 27.7 points per game, the Hawks missed the playoffs for the first time in 12 seasons. Following the season, the Hawks would trade Maravich to the expansion New Orleans Jazz in exchange for Dean Meminger, Bob Kauffman, and four draft picks.

## Draft picks

| Round | Player | Nationality | College |
| 1 | Dwight Jones | United States | Houston |
| 1 | John Brown | United States | Missouri |
| 2 | Tom Ingelsby | United States | Villanova |
| 3 | Ted Manakas | United States | Princeton |
| 3 | Leonard Gray | United States | Long Beach State |
| 4 | James Brown | United States | Harvard |
| 5 | Dave Winfield | United States | Minnesota |
| 6 | John Williamson | United States | New Mexico State |
| 7 | Pete Harris | United States | Stephen F. Austin |
| 8 | Tim Dominey | United States | Valdosta State |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Central Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
| y-Capital Bullets | 47 | 35 | .573 | – | 31–10 | 15–25 | 1–0 | 14–8 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 35 | 47 | .427 | 12 | 23–18 | 12–25 | 0–4 | 13–9 |
| Houston Rockets | 32 | 50 | .390 | 15 | 18–23 | 13–25 | 1–2 | 9–13 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 29 | 53 | .354 | 18 | 18–23 | 11–28 | 0–2 | 8–14 |
| # | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | z-Boston Celtics | 56 | 26 | .683 | – |
| 2 | x-New York Knicks | 49 | 33 | .598 | 7 |
| 3 | y-Capital Bullets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 9 |
| 4 | x-Buffalo Braves | 42 | 40 | .512 | 14 |
| 5 | Atlanta Hawks | 35 | 47 | .427 | 21 |
| 6 | Houston Rockets | 32 | 50 | .390 | 24 |
| 7 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 29 | 53 | .354 | 27 |
| 8 | Philadelphia 76ers | 25 | 57 | .305 | 31 |

### Record vs. opponents

1973–74 NBA records :
| Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CAP | CHI | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | KCO | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA |
| Atlanta | — | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Boston | 5–1 | — | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Buffalo | 4–2 | 2–5 | — | 3–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Capital | 4–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Chicago | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| Cleveland | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Detroit | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| Golden State | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–5 | — | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 |
| Houston | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Kansas City-Omaha | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–5 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 |
| Los Angeles | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 5–1 | — | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 |
| Milwaukee | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2–4 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 |
| New York | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Philadelphia | 3–3 | 1–7 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Phoenix | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | 3–3 | 4–3 |
| Portland | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 |
| Seattle | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — |

### Game log

1973–74 game log :
October
GameDateTeamScoreLocation AttendanceRecord
110/09/1973Capital Bullets114–128The Omni 7,5031–0
210/11/1973Los Angeles Lakers102–129The Omni 6,0212–0
310/12/1973@ Detroit Pistons105–122Cobo Arena 5,0202–1
410/13/1973Kansas City–Omaha Kings117–102The Omni 11,4762–2
510/20/1973@ Phoenix Suns108–118Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,0092–3
610/21/1973@ Los Angeles Lakers119–100The Forum 14,8753–3
710/24/1973@ Seattle SuperSonics131–106Seattle Center Coliseum 9,6264–3
810/26/1973@ Portland Trail Blazers110–127Memorial Coliseum 7,7144–4
910/27/1973@ Golden State Warriors125–116Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,0735–4
1010/30/1973Phoenix Suns101–122The Omni 9,0706–4 :
November
GameDateTeamScoreLocation AttendanceRecord
1111/2/1973@ Houston Rockets125–123Hofheinz Pavilion 3,5687–4
1211/3/1973Boston Celtics122–109The Omni 10,2387–5
1311/4/1973@ Cleveland Cavaliers115–110Cleveland Arena 3,5678–5
1411/8/1973Detroit Pistons129–115The Omni 8,6118–6
1511/10/1973Philadelphia 76ers97–120The Omni 6,2199–6
1611/13/1973@ Buffalo Braves114–121Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 6,8859–7
1711/15/1973Portland Trail Blazers114–123The Omni 6,76310–7
1811/17/1973Capital Bullets115–109The Omni 9,22910–8
1911/22/1973Golden State Warriors101–99The Omni 6,15410–9
2011/23/1973@ Capital Bullets86–101Capital Centre 9,04610–10
2111/24/1973Milwaukee Bucks112–92The Omni 9,11110–11
2211/27/1973@ Kansas City–Omaha Kings129–110Omaha Civic Auditorium 7,99711–11
2311/28/1973Buffalo Braves106–130The Omni 9,53112–11 :
December
GameDateTeamScoreLocation AttendanceRecord
2412/1/1973Seattle SuperSonics110–120The Omni 7,19413–11
2512/5/1973@ Kansas City–Omaha Kings105–117Omaha Civic Auditorium 5,22713–12
2612/7/1973@ Boston Celtics112–116Boston Garden 13,57713–13
2712/8/1973@ New York Knicks100–117Madison Square Garden 19,69413–14
2812/11/1973Buffalo Braves132–127 (OT)The Omni 9,11513–15
2912/15/1973@ Milwaukee Bucks82–116Milwaukee Arena 9,78513–16
3012/18/1973@ Capital Bullets98–91Capital Centre 9,13514–16
3112/19/1973New York Knicks105–107The Omni 7,39815–16
3212/21/1973@ Houston Rockets124–110Hofheinz Pavilion 4,54716–16
3312/22/1973Cleveland Cavaliers108–98The Omni 5,60216–17
3412/26/1973Philadelphia 76ers118–145The Omni 9,91417–17
3512/28/1973@ Chicago Bulls94–118Chicago Stadium 10,23117–18
3612/29/1973Houston Rockets110–114The Omni 8,38818–18
3712/30/1973@ Cleveland Cavaliers99–94Cleveland Arena 6,44219–18 :
January
GameDateTeamScoreLocation AttendanceRecord
381/1/1974@ New York Knicks89–99Madison Square Garden 19,69419–19
391/2/1974Phoenix Suns116–113The Omni 9,23219–20
401/5/1974Cleveland Cavaliers86–99The Omni 7,37020–20
411/6/1974N Buffalo Braves117–109Maple Leaf Gardens 7,48420–21
421/8/1974@ Buffalo Braves96–100Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 10,47220–22
431/10/1974Chicago Bulls116–104The Omni 9,19420–23
441/11/1974N Philadelphia 76ers121–100Hersheypark Arena 3,52820–24
451/13/1974Boston Celtics128–105The Omni 4,26020–25
461/17/1974Portland Trail Blazers99–126The Omni 8,03121–25
471/18/1974@ Boston Celtics94–98Boston Garden 13,15721–26
481/19/1974Seattle SuperSonics109–127The Omni 6,93822–26
491/22/1974@ Chicago Bulls89–102Chicago Stadium 7,11822–27
501/23/1974Houston Rockets115–104The Omni 8,10322–28
511/26/1974Buffalo Braves122–132The Omni 8,53323–28
521/27/1974New York Knicks111–89The Omni 7,08823–29
531/29/1974@ Cleveland Cavaliers111–118Cleveland Arena 4,45323–30
541/30/1974Golden State Warriors129–122The Omni 8,69623–31 :
February
GameDateTeamScoreLocation AttendanceRecord
552/2/1974Houston Rockets107–117The Omni 7,57324–31
562/3/1974@ Houston Rockets112–123Hofheinz Pavilion 4,12624–32
572/5/1974Capital Bullets103–121The Omni 6,26525–32
582/6/1974Los Angeles Lakers103–107The Omni 5,48726–32
592/8/1974@ Philadelphia 76ers84–104Spectrum 2,66726–33
602/9/1974Cleveland Cavaliers90–99The Omni 5,53427–33
612/11/1974Philadelphia 76ers116–95The Omni 6,00727–34
622/14/1974@ Golden State Warriors105–121Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 6,32627–35
632/16/1974@ Phoenix Suns123–124 (OT)Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,51027–36
642/17/1974@ Los Angeles Lakers113–110The Forum 16,11428–36
652/20/1974N Milwaukee Bucks110–94Wisconsin Field House 9,45528–37
662/23/1974@ New York Knicks90–98Madison Square Garden 19,69428–38
672/24/1974N Boston Celtics111–96Providence Civic Center 5,81928–39
682/27/1974Kansas City–Omaha Kings85–76The Omni 6,85928–40 :
March
GameDateTeamScoreLocation AttendanceRecord
693/1/1974Milwaukee Bucks89–105The Omni 8,47029–40
703/2/1974Houston Rockets122–129The Omni 6,09130–40
713/5/1974@ Capital Bullets89–103Capital Centre 9,87830–41
723/6/1974New York Knicks96–94The Omni 5,81930–42
733/9/1974Chicago Bulls99–106The Omni 8,01831–42
743/10/1974Detroit Pistons116–111The Omni 6,88931–43
753/12/1974@ Cleveland Cavaliers84–95Cleveland Arena 4,51431–44
763/15/1974@ Seattle SuperSonics126–107Seattle Center Coliseum 14,07832–44
773/16/1974@ Portland Trail Blazers127–128Memorial Coliseum 8,16232–45
783/20/1974Boston Celtics89–99The Omni 6,82133–45
793/22/1974@ Philadelphia 76ers107–106Spectrum 6,22034–45
803/23/1974Capital Bullets108–119 (OT)The Omni 8,11335–45
813/24/1974@ Capital Bullets92–120Capital Centre 11,76635–46
823/26/1974@ Detroit Pistons108–109Cobo Arena 8,40935–47 :
1973–74 schedule :

## Awards and records
### Awards

* John Brown, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team