1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season
Introduction The '''1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season''' was the 13th and last season in city St. Louis for the franchise, before relocating to Atlanta for the following season. The Hawks won the Western Division title with a record of 56–26, before losing to the San Francisco Warriors in the West Semifinal, four games to two.
Draft picks  Round Pick Player Position Nationality  School/Club Team  1  8  Tom Workman      Seattle 3  25  Bob Verga  PG    Duke 4  37  Wes Bialosuknia  G    Connecticut 5  49  Mike Wittman      Miami (FL) 6  61  John Morrison      Canisius 7  73  Carl Fuller     Bethune-Cookman 8  85  Arvesta Kelly     Lincoln University of Missouri 9  96  Ed Biedenbach     North Carolina State 10  107  Rick Falkenbrush      Saint Michael's
Regular season ===Season standings======Record vs. opponents===1967–68 NBA recordsTeamBALBOSCHICINDETLALNYKPHISDRSFWSEASTL Baltimore  —  3–5  2–5  5–3  4–4  3–4  3–5  0–8  7–0  2–5  5–2  2–5 Boston  5–3  —  5–2  3–5  6–2  4–3  6–2  4–4  7–0  4–3  6–1  4–3 Chicago  5–2  2–5  —  5–2  3–4  1–7  2–5  1–6  4–4  2–6  3–5  1–7 Cincinnati  3–5  5–3  2–5  —  4–4  1–6  3–5  3–5  7–0  4–3  6–1  1–6 Detroit  4–4  2–6  4–3  4–4  —  2–5  4–4  1–7  5–2  4–3  6–1  4–3 Los Angeles  4–3  3–4  7–1  6–1  5–2  —  4–3  2–5  7–1  4–4  4–4  6–2 New York  5–3  2–6  5–2  5–3  4–4  3–4  —  3–5  6–1  5–2  4–3  1–6 Philadelphia  8–0  4–4  6–1  5–3  7–1  5–2  5–3  —  6–1  4–3  7–0  5–2 San Diego  0–7  0–7  4–4  0–7  2–5  1–7  1–6  1–6  —  2–6  3–5  1–7 San Francisco  5–2  3–4  6–2  3–4  3–4  4–4  2–5  3–4  6–2  —  7–1  1–7 Seattle  2–5  1–6  5–3  1–6  1–6  4–4  3–4  0–7  5–3  1–7  —  0–8 St. Louis  5–2  3–4  7–1  6–1  3–4  2–6  6–1  2–5  7–1  7–1  8–0  —===Game log=== 1967–68 Game log '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''High points'''  '''Record'''  1  October 14  @ San Diego  99–98  Zelmo Beaty (39)  1–0 2  October 15  @ San Francisco  107–102  Lenny Wilkens (18)  2–0 3  October 17  @ San Diego  123–105  Joe Caldwell (29)  3–0 4  October 19  Los Angeles  95–100  Dick Snyder (22)  4–0 5  October 20  @ Chicago  126–99  Joe Caldwell (26)  5–0 6  October 21  San Francisco  110–115  Joe Caldwell (27)  6–0 7  October 24  @ New York  135–130 (OT)  Caldwell, Wilkens (30)  7–0 8  October 25  @ Boston  104–118  Lenny Wilkens (18)  7–1 9  October 28  Seattle  109–116  Zelmo Beaty (36)  8–1 10  October 31  Baltimore  103–114  Zelmo Beaty (28)  9–1 11  November 1  @ Cincinnati  101–96  Caldwell, Wilkens (24)  10–1 12  November 4  Boston  104–111  Dick Snyder (25)  11–1 13  November 7  @ Chicago  111–106  Zelmo Beaty (24)  12–1 14  November 8  Seattle  96–111  Dick Snyder (21)  13–1 15  November 10  @ Detroit  143–140 (OT)  Zelmo Beaty (41)  14–1 16  November 11  San Francisco  93–94  Lenny Wilkens (31)  15–1 17  November 12  San Diego  105–116  Bill Bridges (29)  16–1 18  November 14  N Detroit  107–124  Dick Snyder (22)  16–2 19  November 17  N Philadelphia  117–125  Lenny Wilkens (26)  16–3 20  November 18  Los Angeles  127–107  Zelmo Beaty (26)  16–4 21  November 22  Philadelphia  113–115  Joe Caldwell (28)  17–4 22  November 25  San Diego  109–110  Zelmo Beaty (22)  18–4 23  November 26  @ Los Angeles  105–109  Lenny Wilkens (21)  18–5 24  November 28  @ Los Angeles  117–134  Bill Bridges (23)  18–6 25  November 30  @ San Diego  129–87  Lenny Wilkens (34)  19–6 26  December 1  @ San Francisco  101–124  Joe Caldwell (31)  19–7 27  December 3  @ Seattle  123–109  Zelmo Beaty (42)  20–7 28  December 8  Cincinnati  95–101  Bill Bridges (23)  21–7 29  December 10  Baltimore  112–114 (OT)  Paul Silas (25)  22–7 30  December 12  @ New York  145–142 (2OT)  Lenny Wilkens (33)  23–7 31  December 15  @ Philadelphia  98–107  Lenny Wilkens (29)  23–8 32  December 16  San Francisco  110–117  Paul Silas (20)  24–8 33  December 17  N San Francisco  97–79  Lenny Wilkens (22)  25–8 34  December 19  @ Baltimore  98–117  Zelmo Beaty (24)  25–9 35  December 26  @ Detroit  110–127  Bill Bridges (37)  25–10 36  December 27  Boston  113–116  Beaty, Bridges (26)  26–10 37  December 29  N Detroit  122–111  Beaty, Wilkens (23)  27–10 38  December 30  Los Angeles  106–104  Joe Caldwell (31)  27–11 39  January 1  @ Seattle  115–94  Lenny Wilkens (28)  28–11 40  January 3  @ San Diego  124–126 (2OT)  Zelmo Beaty (25)  28–12 41  January 4  @ San Francisco  106–98  Caldwell, Wilkens (24)  29–12 42  January 6  Philadelphia  107–96  Zelmo Beaty (27)  29–13 43  January 9  N Chicago  121–109  Lenny Wilkens (30)  30–13 44  January 10  @ Philadelphia  134–122  Silas, Wilkens (28)  31–13 45  January 11  @ Baltimore  108–101  Zelmo Beaty (30)  32–13 46  January 12  San Diego  89–111  Lenny Wilkens (29)  33–13 47  January 14  Chicago  92–99  Joe Caldwell (26)  34–13 48  January 17  @ Boston  102–114  Lenny Wilkens (32)  34–14 49  January 18  N Baltimore  119–116  Zelmo Beaty (35)  35–14 50  January 20  Seattle  115–120  Lenny Wilkens (39)  36–14 51  January 21  Chicago  90–98  Zelmo Beaty (32)  37–14 52  January 25  N Boston  105–93  Zelmo Beaty (42)  38–14 53  January 26  New York  94–103  Zelmo Beaty (25)  39–14 54  January 27  @ Cincinnati  120–111  Zelmo Beaty (30)  40–14 55  January 28  N Los Angeles  113–128  Lou Hudson (23)  40–15 56  January 31  @ Los Angeles  102–110  Zelmo Beaty (28)  40–16 57  February 1  @ Seattle  113–110  Lenny Wilkens (22)  41–16 58  February 3  @ Cincinnati  125–111  Zelmo Beaty (33)  42–16 59  February 4  Cincinnati  100–106  Lenny Wilkens (20)  43–16 60  February 6  @ New York  100–121  Lenny Wilkens (25)  43–17 61  February 7  @ Boston  101–102  Lenny Wilkens (26)  43–18 62  February 9  New York  111–121  Bill Bridges (32)  44–18 63  February 10  Chicago  107–108  Paul Silas (22)  45–18 64  February 11  N Philadelphia  93–119  Joe Caldwell (22)  45–19 65  February 13  N Cincinnati  123–111  Lou Hudson (28)  46–19 66  February 17  Boston  113–99  Don Ohl (19)  46–20 67  February 18  Chicago  113–107  Lenny Wilkens (29)  46–21 68  February 20  N Baltimore  115–127  Joe Caldwell (26)  46–22 69  February 22  N Detroit  151–128  Lenny Wilkens (30)  47–22 70  February 23  Baltimore  110–118  Zelmo Beaty (31)  48–22 71  February 25  Philadelphia  126–119  Joe Caldwell (24)  48–23 72  February 27  @ New York  108–102  Beaty, Wilkens (26)  49–23 73  February 29  N New York  105–102 (OT)  Bill Bridges (22)  50–23 74  March 1  @ Detroit  121–131  Zelmo Beaty (26)  50–24 75  March 3  San Diego  104–106  Don Ohl (27)  51–24 76  March 5  @ San Francisco  134–117  Don Ohl (28)  52–24 77  March 6  @ Los Angeles  112–96  Zelmo Beaty (25)  53–24 78  March 7  N Seattle  150–133  Lenny Wilkens (33)  54–24 79  March 9  @ Chicago  115–109  Lenny Wilkens (32)  55–24 80  March 10  Detroit  133–121  Lou Hudson (24)  55–25 81  March 14  N Cincinnati  96–102  Zelmo Beaty (25)  55–26 82  March 16  Seattle  106–124  Zelmo Beaty (24)  56–26
Player stats ''Note: GP= Games played; MIN = Minutes; FG = Field goals; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; AVG = Average''===Season=== Player GP MIN FG REB AST PTSZelmo Beaty  82  3068  639 959 174 1733Lenny Wilkens  82  3169  546 438 679 1638Joe Caldwell  79 2641  564 3382401293Bill Bridges  82 3197  466 11022531279Paul Silas  82 2652  399 9581621097Dick Snyder  75 1622  257 194164643Bumper Tormohlen  77 714  98 22668229
Playoffs  1 March 22 San Francisco  L 106–111 Don Ohl (26) Paul Silas (15) Lenny Wilkens (9) Kiel Auditorium5,018 0–1 2 March 23 San Francisco  W 111–103 Zelmo Beaty (46) Zelmo Beaty (22) Lenny Wilkens (11) Kiel Auditorium5,810 1–1 3 March 26 @ San Francisco  L 109–124 three players tied (21) Zelmo Beaty (16) Lenny Wilkens (5) Cow Palace5,136 1–2 4 March 29 @ San Francisco  L 107–108 Zelmo Beaty (21) Bill Bridges (14) Lenny Wilkens (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena12,325 1–3 5 March 31 San Francisco  W 129–103 Bill Bridges (28) Lou Hudson (14) Lenny Wilkens (10) Kiel Auditorium4,118 2–3 6 April 2 @ San Francisco  L 106–111 Lou Hudson (35) Paul Silas (14) Lenny Wilkens (6) Cow Palace12,905 2–4
Awards and records *Richie Guerin, NBA Coach of the Year Award*Lou Hudson, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
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