1997–98 Atlanta Hawks season

The 1997–98 NBA season was the Hawks' 49th season in the National Basketball Association, and 30th season in Atlanta.[1] Due to the demolition of The Omni, the Hawks played their home games at the Georgia Dome, and their original home from 1968 to 1972, the Alexander Memorial Coliseum (known as McDonald's Center at the time). The Hawks got off to a fast start winning their first eleven games, but later on struggled posting a 7-game losing streak between December and January. They finished fourth in the Central Division with a solid 50–32 record. Dikembe Mutombo and Steve Smith were both selected for the 1998 NBA All-Star Game. Mutombo was also named Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive time, while forward Alan Henderson won the Most Improved Player of The Year award. However, in the first round of the playoffs, the Hawks lost in four games to the Charlotte Hornets.

1997–98 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coachLenny Wilkens
ArenaGeorgia Dome, Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record50–32 (.610)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Central)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast First Round
(Lost to Hornets 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWATL
Fox Sports South
RadioWCNN

On March 27, 1998, the Hawks set a single game regular season attendance record of 62,046 fans in a game against the Chicago Bulls at the Georgia Dome. However, they lost 89–74.[2] Following the season, Christian Laettner was traded to the Detroit Pistons, and Eldridge Recasner signed as a free agent with the Charlotte Hornets.

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1997 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
122Ed GraySG United StatesCalifornia
249Alain DigbeuSG/SF France
250Chris CrawfordSF United StatesMarquette

Roster
Roster listing
Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
C 0 Anderson, Greg 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Houston
PG 11 Barry, Drew 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Georgia Tech
PG 10 Blaylock, Mookie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oklahoma
SF 52 Brown, Chucky 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) North Carolina State
SF 33 Corbin, Tyrone 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) DePaul
PF 4 Crawford, Chris 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Marquette
SG 22 Gray, Ed  (S) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) California
PF 44 Henderson, Alan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Indiana
PF 32 Laettner, Christian 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Duke
PF 2 Miller, Anthony 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Michigan State
C 55 Mutombo, Dikembe 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Georgetown
PG 3 Recasner, Eldridge 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Washington
SG 8 Smith, Steve 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Michigan State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Roster Notes
  • Rookie guard Ed Gray was suspended indefinitely for missing medical appointments.

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Chicago Bulls 6220.756–37–425–1621–7
x-Indiana Pacers 5824.707432–926–1519–9
x-Charlotte Hornets 5131.6221132–919–2216–12
x-Atlanta Hawks 5032.6101229–1221–2019–9
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 4735.5731527–1420–2114–14
Detroit Pistons 3745.4512525–1612–2912–16
Milwaukee Bucks 3646.4392621–2015–269–19
Toronto Raptors 1666.195469–327–342–26
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Chicago Bulls6220.756–
2 y-Miami Heat5527.6717
3 x-Indiana Pacers5824.7074
4 x-Charlotte Hornets5131.62211
5 x-Atlanta Hawks5032.61012
6 x-Cleveland Cavaliers4735.57315
7 x-New York Knicks4339.52419
8 x-New Jersey Nets4339.52419
9 Washington Wizards4240.51220
10 Orlando Magic4141.50021
11 Detroit Pistons3745.45125
12 Boston Celtics3646.43926
12 Milwaukee Bucks3646.43926
14 Philadelphia 76ers3151.37831
15 Toronto Raptors1666.19546
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1997-98 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA VAN WAS
Atlanta —2–14–01–34–02–02–02–22–01–11–32–00–21–33–10–21–22–22–23–10–21–12–01–11–14–00–22–04–0
Boston 1–2—1–21–31–31–11–12–21–11–10–42–01–10–42–21–12–22–22–23–10–21–11–10–21–13–00–22–03–2
Charlotte 0–42–1—1–32–22–02–03–11–12–03–12–01–13–13–11–12–21–33–12–11–12–01–11–11–14–01–12–02–2
Chicago 3–13–13–1—2–21–12–03–12–02–02–22–01–12–14–01–14–04–03–12–11–11–12–02–01–14–00–22–03–1
Cleveland 0–43–12–22–2—1–12–03–12–01–12–22–01–11–32–22–03–11–22–23–12–01–12–00–20–23–11–12–01–2
Dallas 0–21–10–21–11–1—3–10–21–30–41–11–30–40–20–22–20–21–10–20–20–40–40–40–42–21–10–44–01–1
Denver 0–21–10–20–20–21–3—0–21–30–40–22–20–40–20–21–30–20–20–20–20–42–21–30–40–40–20–41–31–1
Detroit 2–22–21–31–31–32–02–0—2–01–11–32–00–21–22–20–22–22–21–23–11–10–21–11–10–24–00–20–22–2
Golden State 0–21–11–10–20–23–13–10–2—1–30–21–31–30–20–20–40–21–11–10–20–41–32–21–31–30–20–41–30–2
Houston 1–11–10–20–21–14–04–01–13–1—1–14–01–30–21–11–31–11–10–21–11–31–34–02–21–32–00–43–11–1
Indiana 3–14–01–32–22–21–12–03–12–01–1—2–00–23–14–02–02–12–13–14–01–11–12–00–20–24–01–12–04–0
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–20–23–12–20–23–10–40–2—0–40–20–20–41–10–20–21–10–40–43–11–30–41–11–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 2–01–11–11–11–14–04–02–03–13–12–04–0—1–12–04–01–11–11–10–22–22–24–04–01–32–03–14–01–1
Miami 3–14–01–31–23–12–02–02–12–02–01–32–01–1—3–11–13–12–23–14–00–22–02–00–20–24–01–12–02–2
Milwaukee 1–32–21–30–42–22–02–02–22–01–10–42–00–21–3—1–10–43–12–12–20–22–02–00–21–13–10–21–11–2
Minnesota 2–01–11–11–10–22–23–12–04–03–10–24–00–41–11–1—2–01–10–22–03–11–33–11–31–31–11–34–00–2
New Jersey 2–12–22–20–41–32–02–02–22–01–11–21–11–11–34–00–2—2–23–13–11–11–12–01–10–23–10–22–01–3
New York 2–22–23–10–42–11–12–02–21–11–11–22–01–12–21–31–12–2—4–02–22–01–11–10–21–13–10–22–01–3
Orlando 2–22–21–31–32–22–02–02–11–12–01–32–01–11–31–22–01–30–4—4–00–22–00–20–21–13–10–22–03–1
Philadelphia 1–31–31–21–21–32–02–01–32–01–10–41–12–00–42–20–21–32–20–4—1–11–11–10–20–22–20–22–03–1
Phoenix 2–02–01–11–10–24–04–01–14–03–11–14–02–22–02–01–31–10–22–01–1—2–23–13–12–22–01–34–01–1
Portland 1–11–10–21–11–14–02–22–03–13–11–14–02–20–20–23–11–11–10–21–12–2—3–12–20–42–03–12–21–1
Sacramento 0–21–11–10–20–24–03–11–12–20–40–21–30–40–20–21–30–21–12–01–11–31–3—0–41–31–12–22–21–1
San Antonio 1–12–01–10–22–04–04–01–13–12–22–03–10–42–02–03–11–12–02–02–01–32–24–0—2–22–01–34–01–1
Seattle 1–11–11–11–12–02–24–02–03–13–12–04–03–12–01–13–12–01–11–12–02–24–03–12–2—2–02–24–01–1
Toronto 0–40–30–40–41–31–12–00–42–00–20–41–10–20–41–31–11–31–31–32–20–20–21–10–20–2—0–21–10–3
Utah 2–02–01–12–01–14–04–02–04–04–01–13–11–31–12–03–12–02–02–02–03–11–32–23–12–22–0—4–00–2
Vancouver 0–20–20–20–20–20–43–12–03–11–30–23–10–40–21–10–40–20–20–20–20–42–22–20–40–41–10–4—1–1
Washington 0–42–32–21–32–11–11–12–22–01–10–42–01–12–22–12–03–13–11–31–31–11–11–11–11–13–02–01–1—

Game log
1997–98 game log
Total: 50–32 (Home: 29–12; Road: 21–20)
October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
November: 13–2 (Home: 9–1; Road: 4–1)
December: 5–8 (Home: 1–3; Road: 4–5)
January: 9–8 (Home: 5–3; Road: 4–5)
February: 5–6 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–4)
March: 9–5 (Home: 6–1; Road: 3–4)
April: 8–3 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–1)
1997–98 schedule

Playoffs

East first round

(4) Charlotte Hornets vs. (5) Atlanta Hawks Last playoff meeting: This was the first meeting between the Hornets and Hawks.

Game Date Home Score Visitor Score Record

(CHA-ATL)

 Venue Box score
1 April 23 Charlotte 97 Atlanta 87 1–0 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina 1 TBS 7:00 et
2 April 25 Charlotte 92 Atlanta 85 2–0 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina 2 TNT 8:00 et
3 April 28 Atlanta 96 Charlotte 64 2–1 Georgia Dome, Atlanta 3 TNT 8:00 et
4 May 1 Atlanta 82 Charlotte 91 3–1 Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia 4 TNT 7:00 et
Charlotte wins series 3–1

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Greg Anderson5008.0.444.000.3902.4.3.4.21.8
Drew Barry2709.5.474.429.8461.31.8.4.02.1
Mookie Blaylock706938.6.392.269.7094.96.72.6.313.2
Chucky Brown77815.6.433.250.7242.4.7.3.25.0
Tyrone Corbin797934.2.439.348.7894.62.21.3.110.2
Chris Crawford4006.4.418.333.8381.0.2.3.23.8
Ed Gray30315.7.381.391.8461.51.1.5.47.6
Alan Henderson693329.0.485.500.6526.41.1.6.514.3
Christian Laettner744930.8.485.222.8646.62.61.01.013.8
Randy Livingston1206.8.250..800.5.4.6.2.8
Anthony Miller3706.2.558..5381.9.1.4.12.1
Dikembe Mutombo 828235.6.537..67011.41.0.43.413.4
Brian Oliver5012.2.368..2501.8.4.2.03.0
Eldridge Recasner591424.6.456.419.9372.42.0.7.09.3
Steve Smith737339.1.444.351.8554.24.01.00.420.1
Donald Whiteside305.3.500...3.3.0.0.7

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Greg Anderson104.0...0002.0..1.0.
Drew Barry202.5.000.000..5....
Mookie Blaylock4438.3.415.296.5835.08.32.3.314.8
Chucky Brown4012.5.467.500.5001.51.0..4.0
Tyrone Corbin4428.3.280.167.3.81.01.5.33.8
Chris Crawford104.0..1.0002.0..1.02.0
Alan Henderson4431.5.526.000.6115.51.0.8.312.8
Christian Laettner4021.8.343.000.8824.31.01.5.39.8
Anthony Miller408.3.375.1.0002.3.3.5.32.0
Dikembe Mutombo4434.0.458..62512.8.3.32.38.0
Eldridge Recasner4022.3.400.5831.0001.02.0.5.7.3
Steve Smith4440.0.574.500.6882.82.3.5.824.8

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

September 29, 1997

Free agents

September 26, 1997

October 2, 1997

October 8, 1997

  • Waived Chris King.

October 10, 1997

  • Signed Greg Anderson as a free agent.

October 19, 1997

  • Waived Drew Barry

November 7, 1997

November 20, 1997

  • Waived Randy Livingston.

December 9, 1997

  • Signed Randy Livingston as a free agent.

January 10, 1998

  • Waived Randy Livingston.

January 20, 1998

  • Signed Drew Barry to a 10-day contract.

February 11, 1998

  • Signed Drew Barry to a contract for the rest of the season.

February 13, 1998

February 15, 1998

  • Released Lloyd Daniels.

February 17, 1998

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See also

References
  1. 1997–98 Atlanta Hawks
  2. "62,046 Hawks Fans Break Mark". Augusta Chronicle. March 28, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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