# Temporada 1977-78 de los Atlanta Hawks

La temporada 1977-78 fue la décima de los Atlanta Hawks en la NBA en su ubicación de Atlanta, la vigésimo novena en la liga y la trigésimo segunda desde su fundación. La temporada regular acabó con 41 victorias y 41 derrotas, ocupando el sexto puesto de la Conferencia Este, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante Washington Bullets.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 14 | Tree Rollins | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Clemson |
| 3 | 48 | Sam Smith | Escolta | Estados Unidos | UNLV |
| 3 | 49 | Eddie Johnson | Base | Estados Unidos | Auburn |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 32–9 | 20–21 | 15–5 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 44 | 38 | .537 | 8 | 29–12 | 15–26 | 14–6 |
| x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 | 27–14 | 16–25 | 9–11 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 41 | 41 | .500 | 11 | 29–12 | 12–29 | 8–12 |
| New Orleans Jazz | 39 | 43 | .476 | 13 | 27–14 | 12–29 | 8–12 |
| Houston Rockets | 28 | 54 | .341 | 24 | 21-20 | 7-34 | 6–14 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Washington Bullets vs. Atlanta Hawks
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 12 de abril | Washington Bullets 103, Atlanta Hawks 94 | Landover |
| 14 de abril | Atlanta Hawks 103, Washington Bullets 107 | Atlanta |
| | Washington Bullets gana las series 2-0 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | John Drew | 23 | 70 | 31.5 | 8.5 | 17.7 | .480 | 6.2 | 8.2 | .760 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 23.2 |
| 2 | Steve Hawes | 27 | 75 | 31.0 | 5.2 | 11.4 | .453 | 2.3 | 2.9 | .818 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 12.7 |
| 3 | Armond Hill | 24 | 82 | 30.9 | 3.7 | 8.9 | .415 | 2.3 | 2.7 | .848 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 9.7 |
| 4 | Charlie Criss | 29 | 77 | 25.1 | 4.1 | 9.8 | .425 | 3.1 | 3.8 | .797 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 11.4 |
| 5 | Ken Charles | 26 | 21 | 24.8 | 3.5 | 8.8 | .397 | 2.0 | 2.4 | .840 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Tom McMillen | 25 | 68 | 24.8 | 4.1 | 8.4 | .493 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .800 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 9.9 |
| 7 | Eddie Johnson | 22 | 79 | 23.7 | 4.2 | 8.7 | .484 | 2.1 | 2.5 | .816 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 10.5 |
| 8 | Tree Rollins | 22 | 80 | 22.4 | 3.2 | 6.5 | .487 | 1.3 | 1.9 | .703 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 7.6 |
| 9 | Ron Behagen | 27 | 26 | 22.0 | 4.5 | 9.6 | .470 | 2.0 | 2.7 | .729 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 11.0 |
| 10 | John Brown | 26 | 75 | 21.3 | 2.6 | 5.4 | .474 | 2.2 | 2.7 | .825 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 7.3 |
| 11 | Ollie Johnson | 28 | 82 | 20.8 | 3.6 | 7.5 | .472 | 1.4 | 1.6 | .854 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 8.5 |
| 12 | Tony Robertson | 22 | 63 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 6.0 | .441 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .698 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 5.9 |
| 13 | Claude Terry | 28 | 27 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 2.5 | .368 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .818 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.2 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Hubie Brown | Entrenador del año de la NBA |