1978-79 Atlanta Hawks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 46-36
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 5-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Houston Rockets 2-0
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Washington Bullets 4-3
Coach: Hubie Brown (46-36)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 329,064, Avg. 8,026 in 41 home dates

1978-79 Atlanta Hawks Roster
1978-79 Atlanta Hawks Results

The Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 46 wins and 36 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-4.

The Hawks scored 8,950 points and gave up 8,779. John Drew netted a team-leading 1,795 points for Atlanta, and Dan Roundfield accounted for 865 rebounds. Armond Hill dished out 480 assists for the squad.

On defense, John Drew added 128 thefts, while Tree Rollins blocked 254 shots.

Hubie Brown coached the team. The 1978-79 Atlanta Hawks lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
John Drew	F-G	79	0	2410	1375	650			677	495	225	297	522	119	128	16	211	332	1795
Eddie Johnson	G	78	0	2413	982	501			292	243	65	105	170	360	121	11	213	241	1245
Dan Roundfield	F-C	80	0	2539	916	462			420	300	326	539	865	131	87	176	209	358	1224
Steve Hawes	C-F	81	0	2205	756	372			132	108	190	401	591	184	79	47	145	264	852
Armond Hill	G	82	0	2527	682	296			288	246	41	123	164	480	102	16	202	292	838
Tree Rollins	C	81	45	1900	555	297			141	89	219	369	588	49	46	254	87	328	683
Tom McMillen	F-C	82	0	1392	498	232			119	106	131	201	332	69	15	32	87	211	570
Jack Givens	F-G	74	0	1347	564	234			135	102	98	116	214	83	72	17	75	121	570
Butch Lee	G	49	0	997	313	144			117	88	11	48	59	169	56	1	96	88	376
Terry Furlow	G-F	29	0	576	235	113			70	60	32	39	71	81	18	13	47	42	286
Charlie Criss	G	54	0	879	289	109			86	67	19	41	60	138	41	3	79	70	285
Rick Wilson	G	61	0	589	197	81			44	24	20	56	76	72	30	8	41	66	186
Keith Herron	G-F	14	0	81	48	14			13	12	4	6	10	3	6	2	5	11	40
Totals		844	45	19855	7410	3505	0	0	2534	1940	1381	2341	3722	1938	801	596	1497	2424	8950

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
John Drew	F-G	79	0	30.5	47.3	73.1	2.8	3.8	6.6	1.5	1.6	0.2	2.7	4.2	22.7
Eddie Johnson	G	78	0	30.9	51.0	83.2	0.8	1.3	2.2	4.6	1.6	0.1	2.7	3.1	16.0
Dan Roundfield	F-C	80	0	31.7	50.4	71.4	4.1	6.7	10.8	1.6	1.1	2.2	2.6	4.5	15.3
Steve Hawes	C-F	81	0	27.2	49.2	81.8	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.3	1.0	0.6	1.8	3.3	10.5
Armond Hill	G	82	0	30.8	43.4	85.4	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.6	10.2
Tree Rollins	C	81	45	23.5	53.5	63.1	2.7	4.6	7.3	0.6	0.6	3.1	1.1	4.0	8.4
Tom McMillen	F-C	82	0	17.0	46.6	89.1	1.6	2.5	4.0	0.8	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.6	7.0
Jack Givens	F-G	74	0	18.2	41.5	75.6	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.1	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.6	7.7
Butch Lee	G	49	0	20.3	46.0	75.2	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.4	1.1	0.0	2.0	1.8	7.7
Terry Furlow	G-F	29	0	19.9	48.1	85.7	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.4	9.9
Charlie Criss	G	54	0	16.3	37.7	77.9	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.3	5.3
Rick Wilson	G	61	0	9.7	41.1	54.5	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.1	3.0
Keith Herron	G-F	14	0	5.8	29.2	92.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.8	2.9
Averages		844	45	23.5	47.3	76.6	1.6	2.8	4.4	2.3	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.9	10.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Roundfield	F-C	9	338	133	61			45	36	44	62	106	25	8	23	23	44	158
Eddie Johnson	G	9	262	128	65			25	18	8	15	23	45	4	2	19	22	148
John Drew	F-G	9	275	131	55			46	35	20	40	60	7	9	4	16	36	145
Terry Furlow	G-F	9	244	113	55			28	26	11	21	32	29	7	2	12	15	136
Steve Hawes	C-F	9	243	81	40			12	9	27	36	63	29	8	3	5	33	89
Armond Hill	G	9	267	71	29			12	8	2	15	17	50	12	1	23	33	66
Tom McMillen	F-C	9	163	46	20			19	16	14	20	34	7	2	1	8	21	56
Tree Rollins	C	9	212	51	21			13	9	19	52	71	5	3	24	14	29	51
Charlie Criss	G	9	99	29	12			10	9	2	3	5	16	3	0	3	5	33
Jack Givens	F-G	9	81	30	10			3	3	7	14	21	3	1	2	5	9	23
Rick Wilson	G	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		91	2185	813	368	0	0	213	169	154	278	432	216	57	62	128	247	905

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Roundfield	F-C	9	37.6	45.9	80.0	4.9	6.9	11.8	2.8	0.9	2.6	2.6	4.9	17.6
Eddie Johnson	G	9	29.1	50.8	72.0	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.0	0.4	0.2	2.1	2.4	16.4
John Drew	F-G	9	30.6	42.0	76.1	2.2	4.4	6.7	0.8	1.0	0.4	1.8	4.0	16.1
Terry Furlow	G-F	9	27.1	48.7	92.9	1.2	2.3	3.6	3.2	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.7	15.1
Steve Hawes	C-F	9	27.0	49.4	75.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.3	0.6	3.7	9.9
Armond Hill	G	9	29.7	40.8	66.7	0.2	1.7	1.9	5.6	1.3	0.1	2.6	3.7	7.3
Tom McMillen	F-C	9	18.1	43.5	84.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	6.2
Tree Rollins	C	9	23.6	41.2	69.2	2.1	5.8	7.9	0.6	0.3	2.7	1.6	3.2	5.7
Charlie Criss	G	9	11.0	41.4	90.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.6	3.7
Jack Givens	F-G	9	9.0	33.3	100.0	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.6
Rick Wilson	G	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		844	24.0	45.3	79.3	1.7	3.1	4.7	2.4	0.6	0.7	1.4	2.7	9.9