1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season

1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season
Head coach Richie Guerin
Arena Kiel Auditorium
Results
Record 5626 (.683)
Place Division: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish West Division Semifinals
(Eliminated 2–4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
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The 1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season was the 13th and final season in 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  United States Seattle
3 25 Bob Verga PG  United States Duke
4 37 Wes Bialosuknia G  United States Connecticut
5 49 Mike Wittman  United States Miami (FL)
6 61 John Morrison  United States Canisius
7 73 Carl Fuller  United States Bethune-Cookman
8 85 Arvesta Kelly  United States Lincoln University of Missouri
9 96 Ed Biedenbach  United States North Carolina State
10 107 Rick Falkenbrush  United States Saint Michael's

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks 56 26 .683 25–7 22–13 9–6 31–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers 52 30 .634 4 30–11 18–19 4–0 28–12
x-San Francisco Warriors 43 39 .524 13 27–14 16–23 0–2 24–16
x-Chicago Bulls 29 53 .354 27 11–22 12–24 6–7 11–29
Seattle SuperSonics 23 59 .280 33 10–21 7–24 6–14 15–25
San Diego Rockets 15 67 .183 41 8–33 4–26 3–8 11–29

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 PTS
Zelmo Beaty 82 3068 639 959 174 1733
Lenny Wilkens 82 3169 546 438 679 1638
Joe Caldwell 79 2641 564 3382401293
Bill Bridges 82 3197 466 11022531279
Paul Silas 82 2652 399 9581621097
Dick Snyder 75 1622 257 194164643
Bumper Tormohlen 77 714 98 22668229

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Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) St. Louis Hawks vs. (3) San Francisco Warriors: Warriors win series 4-2

Awards and records

References