1997–98 Atlanta Hawks season

1997–98 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens
Arena	Georgia Dome, Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	50–32 (.610)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East First Round (Eliminated 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports South, WTBS, WATL
Radio	WCNN

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 was named Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive time, and was selected for the 1998 NBA All-Star Game along with Steve Smith, 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.

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 signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons, and Eldridge Recasner signed with the Charlotte Hornets.

Offseason

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	22	Ed Gray	SG	United States	California
2	49	Alain Digbeu	SG/SF	France
2	50	Chris Crawford	SF	United States	Marquette

Roster

Atlanta Hawks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
6.0 !C	0	USA !	Anderson, Greg	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Houston
1.0 !PG	11	USA !	Barry, Drew	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	Georgia Tech
1.0 !PG	10	USA !	Blaylock, Mookie	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oklahoma
3.0 !SF	52	USA !	Brown, Chucky	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	North Carolina State
3.0 !SF	33	USA !	Corbin, Tyrone	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	DePaul
4.5 !PF	4	USA !	Crawford, Chris	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Marquette
2.0 !SG	22	USA !	Gray, Ed (S)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	UC Berkeley
4.5 !PF	44	USA !	Henderson, Alan	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Indiana
4.5 !PF	32	USA !	Laettner, Christian	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Duke
4.5 !PF	2	USA !	Miller, Anthony	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Michigan State
6.0 !C	55	COD !	Mutombo, Dikembe	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Georgetown
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	Recasner, Eldridge	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Washington
2.0 !SG	8	USA !	Smith, Steve	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Michigan State

Head coach

Lenny Wilkens (Providence)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions

Roster Notes

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

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Reserve	Inactive
C	Dikembe Mutombo	Greg Anderson
PF	Alan Henderson	Christian Laettner	Chris Crawford Anthony Miller
SF	Tyrone Corbin	Chucky Brown
SG	Steve Smith			Ed Gray
PG	Mookie Blaylock	Eldridge Recasner	Drew Barry

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Chicago Bulls	62	20	.756	–	37–4	25–16	21–7
x-Indiana Pacers	58	24	.707	4	32–9	26–15	19–9
x-Charlotte Hornets	51	31	.622	11	32–9	19–22	16–12
x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	12	29–12	21–20	19–9
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	47	35	.573	15	27–14	20–21	14–14
Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	25	25–16	12–29	12–16
Milwaukee Bucks	36	46	.439	26	21–20	15–26	9–19
Toronto Raptors	16	66	.195	46	9–32	7–34	2–26

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Chicago Bulls	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Miami Heat	55	27	.671	7
3	x-Indiana Pacers	58	24	.707	4
4	x-Charlotte Hornets	51	31	.622	11
5	x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	12
6	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	47	35	.573	15
7	x-New York Knicks	43	39	.524	19
8	x-New Jersey Nets	43	39	.524	19

9	Washington Wizards	42	40	.512	20
10	Orlando Magic	41	41	.500	21
11	Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	25
12	Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	26
12	Milwaukee Bucks	36	46	.439	26
14	Philadelphia 76ers	31	51	.378	31
15	Toronto Raptors	16	66	.195	46

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	—	2–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	4–0
Boston	1–2	—	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
Charlotte	0–4	2–1	—	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Chicago	3–1	3–1	3–1	—	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	3–1
Cleveland	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2
Dallas	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–1	0–4	4–0	1–1
Denver	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1
Detroit	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	0–2	2–2
Golden State	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	—	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	0–4	3–1	1–1
Indiana	3–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–0
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–2	—	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	4–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1
Miami	3–1	4–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Milwaukee	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	—	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–2
Minnesota	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	4–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	4–0	0–2
New Jersey	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	—	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3
New York	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	—	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3
Orlando	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–4	—	4–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–4	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–1
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	4–0	1–1
Portland	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	—	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	—	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	4–0	—	2–2	2–0	1–3	4–0	1–1
Seattle	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–2	—	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–1
Toronto	0–4	0–3	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	0–2	1–1	0–3
Utah	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	—	4–0	0–2
Vancouver	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	0–4	—	1–1
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	—

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)

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
Anderson, Greg !Greg Anderson	50	0	8.0	.444	.000	.390	2.4	.3	.4	.2	1.8
Barry, Drew !Drew Barry	27	0	9.5	.474	.429	.846	1.3	1.8	.4	.0	2.1
Blaylock, Mookie !Mookie Blaylock	70	69	38.6	.392	.269	.709	4.9	6.7	2.6	.3	13.2
Brown, Chucky !Chucky Brown	77	8	15.6	.433	.250	.724	2.4	.7	.3	.2	5.0
Corbin, Tyrone !Tyrone Corbin	79	79	34.2	.439	.348	.789	4.6	2.2	1.3	.1	10.2
Crawford, Chris !Chris Crawford	40	0	6.4	.418	.333	.838	1.0	.2	.3	.2	3.8
Gray, Ed !Ed Gray	30	3	15.7	.381	.391	.846	1.5	1.1	.5	.4	7.6
Henderson, Alan !Alan Henderson	69	33	29.0	.485	.500	.652	6.4	1.1	.6	.5	14.3
Laettner, Christian !Christian Laettner	74	49	30.8	.485	.222	.864	6.6	2.6	1.0	1.0	13.8
Livingston, Randy !Randy Livingston	12	0	6.8	.250	.	.800	.5	.4	.6	.2	.8
Miller, Anthony !Anthony Miller	37	0	6.2	.558	.	.538	1.9	.1	.4	.1	2.1
Mutombo, Dikembe !Dikembe Mutombo	82	82	35.6	.537	.	.670	11.4	1.0	.4	3.4	13.4
Oliver, Brian !Brian Oliver	5	0	12.2	.368	.	.250	1.8	.4	.2	.0	3.0
Recasner, Eldridge !Eldridge Recasner	59	14	24.6	.456	.419	.937	2.4	2.0	.7	.0	9.3
Smith, Steve !Steve Smith	73	73	39.1	.444	.351	.855	4.2	4.0	1.0	0.4	20.1
Whiteside, Donald !Donald Whiteside	3	0	5.3	.500	.	.	.3	.3	.0	.0	.7

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Anderson, Greg !Greg Anderson	1	0	4.0	.	.	.000	2.0	.	.	1.0	.
Barry, Drew !Drew Barry	2	0	2.5	.000	.000	.	.5	.	.	.	.
Blaylock, Mookie !Mookie Blaylock	4	4	38.3	.415	.296	.583	5.0	8.3	2.3	.3	14.8
Brown, Chucky !Chucky Brown	4	0	12.5	.467	.500	.500	1.5	1.0	.	.	4.0
Corbin, Tyrone !Tyrone Corbin	4	4	28.3	.280	.167	.	3.8	1.0	1.5	.3	3.8
Crawford, Chris !Chris Crawford	1	0	4.0	.	.	1.000	2.0	.	.	1.0	2.0
Henderson, Alan !Alan Henderson	4	4	31.5	.526	.000	.611	5.5	1.0	.8	.3	12.8
Laettner, Christian !Christian Laettner	4	0	21.8	.343	.000	.882	4.3	1.0	1.5	.3	9.8
Miller, Anthony !Anthony Miller	4	0	8.3	.375	.	1.000	2.3	.3	.5	.3	2.0
Mutombo, Dikembe !Dikembe Mutombo	4	4	34.0	.458	.	.625	12.8	.3	.3	2.3	8.0
Recasner, Eldridge !Eldridge Recasner	4	0	22.3	.400	.583	1.000	1.0	2.0	.5	.	7.3
Smith, Steve !Steve Smith	4	4	40.0	.574	.500	.688	2.8	2.3	.5	.8	24.8

Awards and records

References

↑ 1997–98 Atlanta Hawks
↑ "62,046 Hawks fans break mark". Augusta Chronicle. March 28, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2017.

1997–98 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington
Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

Atlanta Hawks
Founded in 1946 Formerly the Buffalo Bisons (1946) and the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1946–1951); played in Milwaukee (1951–1955) and St. Louis (1955–1968) Based in Atlanta, Georgia
Franchise	Franchise All-time roster Draft history Seasons Head coaches Current season
Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Wharton Field House Milwaukee Arena Kiel Auditorium St. Louis Arena Alexander Memorial Coliseum Omni Coliseum Lakefront Arena Georgia Dome Philips Arena
G League affiliate	Erie BayHawks
NBA Championships (1)	1958
Conference Championships (4)	1957 1958 1960 1961
Retired numbers	9 21 23 44 55 Ted Turner (Hawks Logo)
Lore	The Human Highlight Film Pistol Pete Phantom Buzzer Game
Media	TV Peachtree TV FS South Fox Sports Southeast Radio 790 The Zone Announcers Bob Rathbun Dominique Wilkins Steve Holman

Tri-Cities Blackhawks–Milwaukee / St. Louis / Atlanta Hawks seasons

1950s

1957–58

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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1997–98 Atlanta Hawks season

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

Roster Notes

Depth chart

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

East first round

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

See also

References