Atlanta Hawks Playoff Rosters

1972-1973 Atlanta Hawks Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Walt Bellamy C 6-11 225 Jul 24, 1939 33 Indiana 11 1961 1st Rnd, #1, Chicago Zephyrs
Steve Bracey PG 6-1 175 Aug 1, 1950 22 Tulsa 0 1972 2nd Rnd, #21, Atlanta Hawks
Bob Christian C 6-10 255 May 11, 1946 26 Grambling State 2 1969 8th Rnd, #110, Atlanta Hawks
Herm Gilliam PG 6-3 190 May 5, 1946 26 Purdue 3 1968 13th Rnd, #163, Chicago Bulls
Lou Hudson GF 6-5 210 Jul 11, 1944 28 Minnesota 6 1966 1st Rnd, #4, St. Louis Hawks
Pete Maravich GF 6-5 197 Jun 22, 1947 25 LSU 2 1970 1st Rnd, #3, Atlanta Hawks
Eddie Mast PF 6-9 220 Oct 3, 1948 24 Temple 2 1969 3rd Rnd, #41, New York Knicks
George Trapp FC 6-8 205 Jul 11, 1948 24 Long Beach State 1 1971 1st Rnd, #10, Atlanta Hawks
John Tschogl SF 6-6 206 Apr 25, 1950 22 UC Santa Barbara 0 1972 4th Rnd, #60, Golden State Warriors
Jim Washington PF 6-6 210 Jul 1, 1943 29 Villanova 7 1965 1st Rnd, #9, St. Louis Hawks
John Wetzel GF 6-5 190 Oct 22, 1944 28 Virginia Tech 3 1966 8th Rnd, #75, Los Angeles Lakers

1972-1973 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Atlanta Hawks BOS in 6
Second Round #2 New York Knicks #3 Baltimore Bullets NYK in 5
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #2 New York Knicks NYK in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #1 Milwaukee Bucks #4 Golden State Warriors GSW in 6
Second Round #2 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Chicago Bulls LAL in 7
Conference Finals #2 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Golden State Warriors LAL in 5

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #2 Los Angeles Lakers #2 New York Knicks NYK in 5

1972-1973 Atlanta Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Lou Hudson 6 42.5 29.7 7.8 2.8
Pete Maravich 6 39.0 26.2 4.8 6.7
Walt Bellamy 6 41.2 13.7 12.2 2.2
Herm Gilliam 6 32.8 11.8 5.3 5.2
Steve Bracey 6 20.5 9.8 2.2 3.3
Jim Washington 6 37.7 7.2 10.0 2.3
George Trapp 6 16.5 4.2 3.5 0.5
John Tschogl 3 3.7 3.3 1.3 0.3
Eddie Mast 4 3.8 2.5 1.2 0.2
John Wetzel 3 11.0 2.0 0.7 1.3

1972-1973 Atlanta Hawks Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Atlanta Leaders Boston Leaders
Apr 1, 1973
@
Boston
L, 134-109 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals
0-1 PTS: 28. Lou Hudson
PTS: 54. J. Havlicek
Apr 4, 1973
v.
Boston
L, 113-126 Omni Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals
0-2 PTS: 34. P. Maravich
PTS: 29. J. Havlicek
Apr 6, 1973
@
Boston
W, 105-118 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals
1-2 PTS: 37. Lou Hudson
PTS: 23. Jo Jo White
Apr 8, 1973
v.
Boston
W, 97-94 Omni Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals
2-2 PTS: 37. P. Maravich
PTS: 21. J. Havlicek
Apr 11, 1973
@
Boston
L, 108-101 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals
2-3 PTS: 34. P. Maravich
PTS: 32. J. Havlicek
Apr 13, 1973
v.
Boston
L, 103-121 Omni Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals
2-4 PTS: 35. Lou Hudson
PTS: 33. Jo Jo White