# Temporada 1971-72 de los Atlanta Hawks

La temporada 1971-72 fue la cuarta de los Atlanta Hawks en la NBA en su ubicación de Atlanta, la vigésimo tercera en la liga y la vigésimo sexta desde su fundación. La temporada regular acabó con 36 victorias y 46 derrotas, ocupando el cuarto puesto de la Conferencia Este, logrando clasificarse para los playoffs, cayendo en las semifinales de conferencia ante los Boston Celtics.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 5 | George Trapp | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Long Beach State |
| 2 | 22 | Ted McClain | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Tennessee State |
| 3 | 39 | Jeff Halliburton | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Drake |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| y-Baltimore Bullets | 38 | 44 | .463 | – | 18–15 | 16–24 | 4–5 | 9–9 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 36 | 46 | .439 | 2 | 22–19 | 13–26 | 1–1 | 9–9 |
| Cincinnati Royals | 30 | 52 | .366 | 8 | 20–18 | 8–32 | 2–2 | 11–9 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 59 | .280 | 15 | 13–28 | 8–30 | 2–1 | 9–11 |

## Playoffs
### Semifinales de Conferencia

Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 29 de marzo | Boston Celtics 126, Atlanta Hawks 108 | Boston |
| 31 de marzo | Atlanta Hawks 113, Boston Celtics 104 | Atlanta |
| 2 de abril | Boston Celtics 136, Atlanta Hawks 113 | Boston |
| 4 de abril | Atlanta Hawks 112, New York Knicks 110 | Atlanta |
| 7 de abril | Boston Celtics 124, Atlanta Hawks 114 | Boston |
| 9 de abril | Atlanta Hawks 118, Boston Celtics 127 | Atlanta |
| | Boston Celtics gana las series 4-2 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Lou Hudson | 27 | 77 | 39.5 | 10.1 | 20.0 | .503 | 4.5 | 5.6 | .812 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 24.7 |
| 2 | Bill Bridges | 32 | 14 | 39.0 | 3.6 | 9.6 | .381 | 2.2 | 3.1 | .705 | 13.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 9.5 |
| 3 | Walt Bellamy | 32 | 82 | 38.9 | 7.2 | 13.3 | .545 | 4.1 | 7.1 | .585 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 18.6 |
| 4 | Jim Washington | 28 | 67 | 36.1 | 4.9 | 10.9 | .446 | 3.0 | 3.8 | .785 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 12.7 |
| 5 | Pete Maravich | 24 | 66 | 34.9 | 7.0 | 16.3 | .427 | 5.4 | 6.6 | .811 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 19.3 |
| 6 | Don Adams | 24 | 70 | 29.0 | 4.4 | 11.1 | .394 | 2.9 | 3.9 | .747 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 11.7 |
| 7 | Herm Gilliam | 25 | 82 | 28.5 | 4.2 | 9.4 | .446 | 1.8 | 2.1 | .838 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 10.2 |
| 8 | Don May | 26 | 75 | 17.1 | 3.1 | 6.3 | .492 | 1.7 | 2.2 | .768 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Larry Siegfried | 32 | 21 | 16.0 | 1.2 | 3.7 | .325 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .870 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 10 | George Trapp | 23 | 60 | 14.8 | 2.4 | 6.5 | .371 | 1.8 | 2.3 | .755 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 6.6 |
| 11 | Milt Williams | 26 | 10 | 12.7 | 2.3 | 5.3 | .434 | 2.1 | 2.9 | .724 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 6.7 |
| 12 | John Vallely | 23 | 9 | 12.2 | 2.2 | 4.8 | .465 | 1.4 | 2.2 | .650 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| 13 | Jim Davis | 30 | 11 | 10.8 | 0.7 | 3.0 | .242 | 0.9 | 1.6 | .556 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 |
| 14 | Bob Christian | 25 | 56 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 2.5 | .465 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .721 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
| 15 | Jeff Halliburton | 22 | 37 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 3.6 | .459 | 0.7 | 0.8 | .833 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 4.0 |
| 16 | Tom Payne | 21 | 29 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 3.6 | .437 | 1.0 | 1.6 | .630 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 4.1 |
| 17 | Shaler Halimon | 26 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Lou Hudson | All-Star |