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1981–82 Atlanta Hawks season

{{short description|NBA professional basketball team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{NBA season

| team = Atlanta Hawks

| end_year = 1982

| wins = 42

| losses = 40

| division = Central

| division_place = 2

| conf_place = 6

| coach = Kevin Loughery

| gm = Stan Kasten

| owner = Ted Turner

| arena = The Omni

| playoffs = First round
(lost to 76ers 0–2)

| bbr_team = ATL

| television =

| radio = WSB

}}

The 1981–82 NBA season was the Hawks' 33rd season in the NBA and 14th season in Atlanta.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ATL/1982.html 1981-82 Atlanta Hawks]

Draft picks

{{main article|1981 NBA draft}}

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#00004d; color:#C41E3A" width="10%"| Round

! style="background:#00004d; color:#C41E3A" width="10%"| Pick

! style="background:#00004d; color:#C41E3A" width="20%"| Player

! style="background:#00004d; color:#C41E3A" width="15%"| Position

! style="background:#00004d; color:#C41E3A" width="15%"| Nationality

! style="background:#00004d; color:#C41E3A" width="20%"| College

style="text-align: center"

| 1

4Al WoodSF/SG{{USA}}North Carolina
style="text-align: center"

| 2

38Clyde Bradshaw{{USA}}DePaul
style="text-align: center"

| 3

52Rudy MacklinSF/SG{{USA}}Louisiana State
style="text-align: center"

| 4

75Kevin Figaro{{USA}}Louisiana-Lafayette
style="text-align: center"

| 5

98Steve Krafscisin{{USA}}Iowa
style="text-align: center"

| 6

121Darryl Warwick{{USA}}Hampton
style="text-align: center"

| 7

144Kevin Vesey{{USA}}Iona
style="text-align: center"

| 8

167Gilbert Salinas{{MEX}}
{{USA}}		Notre Dame
style="text-align: center"

| 9

189Howard Thompkins{{USA}}Wagner
style="text-align: center"

| 10

209Mike Frazier{{USA}}Georgetown

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=Atlanta Hawks|season=1981–82

| bg1 = #B50000 | color1 = #FFFFFF

| bg2 = #F4C934 | color2 = #000000

}}

{{player2 | num = 22 | first = John | last = Drew |dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 205 | college = Gardner-Webb}}

{{player2 | num = 34 | first = Mike | last = Glenn | pos =G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 175 | college = Southern Illinois}}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Steve | last = Hawes | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 220 | college = Washington}}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Eddie | last = Johnson | dab = basketball, born 1955 | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 180 | college = Auburn}}

{{player2 | num = 40 | first = Rudy | last = Macklin | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 205 | college = LSU}}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Wes | last = Matthews | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 170 | college = Wisconsin}}

{{player2 | num = 33 | first = Jim | last = McElroy | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 190 | college = Central Michigan}}

{{player2 | num = 54 | first = Tom | last = McMillen | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 11 | lbs = 215 | college = Maryland}}

{{player2 | num = 30 | first = Tree | last = Rollins | pos = C | ft = 7 | in = 1 | lbs = 235 | college = Clemson}}

{{player2 | num = 32 | first = Dan | last = Roundfield | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 205 | college = Central Michigan}}

{{player2 | num = 2 | first = Rory | last = Sparrow | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 175 | college = Villanova}}

{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Freeman | last = Williams | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 185 | college = Portland State}}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{1981–82 NBA Central standings|team=ATL}}

{{1981–82 NBA East standings|team=ATL}}

:z - clinched division title

:y - clinched division title

:x - clinched playoff spot

=Record vs. opponents=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
colspan=24|1981-82 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|ATL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"|CHI

!style="background:#FFD700;color:#8B0000;width=35"|CLE

!style="background:#008000;color:#00008B;width=35"|DAL

!style="background:#0000CD;color:#FFD700;width=35"|DEN

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF0000;width=35"|DET

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFD700;width=35"|GSW

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFD700;width=35"|HOU

!style="background:#000080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|IND

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|KCK

!style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|LAL

!style="background:#006400;color:#B22222;width=35"|MIL

!style="background:#B0170C;color:#00056D;width=35"|NJN

!style="background:#800000;color:#191970;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#0000FF;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#800080;color:#FF4500;width=35"|PHO

!style="background:#000000;color:#FF0000;width=35"|POR

!style="background:#000000;color:#C0C0C0;width=35"|SAS

!style="background:#87CEEB;color:#FF8C00;width=35"|SDC

!style="background:#005831;color:#FFC322;width=35"|SEA

!style="background:#36004A;color:#FFFF00;width=35"|UTA

!style="background:#DC143C;color:#0000CD;width=35"|WAS

style="text-align:left;" | Atlanta–1–52–34–21–11–12–40–22–04–21–10–23–33–25–13–31–12–01–11–11–12–02–4
style="text-align:left;" | Boston5–1–4–25–02–01–16–01–11–14–12–01–13–35–15–14–21–11–12–02–00–22–06–0
style="text-align:left;" | Chicago3–22–4–5–11–11–10–60–21–13–31–12–01–52–43–21–50–21–11–12–01–11–12–4
style="text-align:left;" | Cleveland2–40–51–5–2–00–21–51–11–11–51–10–20–60–60–60–50–21–10–21–10–22–01–5
style="text-align:left;" | Dallas1–10–21–10–2–1–51–10–52–41–14–21–41–12–01–10–22–32–31–52–31–43–31–1
style="text-align:left;" | Denver1–11–11–12–05–1–1–13–25–10–24–21–41–11–11–11–12–32–32–45–02–33–32–0
style="text-align:left;" | Detroit4–20–66–05–11–11–1–2–02–02–42–00–22–42–43–32–30–20–20–22–01–11–11–4
style="text-align:left;" | Golden State2–01–12–01–15–02–30–2–1–42–03–23–32–01–11–10–24–22–43–25–11–53–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | Houston0–21–11–11–14–21–50–24–1–2–03–31–41–11–11–11–13–24–13–34–12–36–02–0
style="text-align:left;" | Indiana2–41–53–35–11–12–04–20–20–2–1–10–20–64–23–20–61–11–12–02–01–11–11–5
style="text-align:left;" | Kansas City1–10–21–11–12–42–40–22–33–31–1–1–41–11–12–00–22–30–51–54–12–33–30–2
style="text-align:left;" | Los Angeles2–01–10–22–04–14–12–03–34–12–04–1–0–21–10–21–14–25–12–35–14–25–02–0
style="text-align:left;" | Milwaukee3–33–35–16–01–11–14–20–21–16–01–12–0–4–13–34–21–12–01–12–00–22–03–2
style="text-align:left;" | New Jersey2–31–54–26–00–21–14–21–11–12–41–11–11–4–4–23–32–01–11–12–00–22–04–2
style="text-align:left;" | New York1–51–52–36–01–11–13–31–11–12–30–22–03–32–4–1–50–21–10–22–00–22–01–5
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia3–32–45–15–02–01–13–22–01–16–02–01–12–43–35–1–1–12–00–22–02–02–06–0
style="text-align:left;" | Phoenix1–11–12–02–03–23–22–02–42–31–13–22–41–10–22–01–1–3–34–14–23–33–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | Portland0–21–11–11–13–23–22–04–21–41–15–01–50–21–11–10–23–3–3–24–23–34–10–2
style="text-align:left;" | San Antonio1–10–21–12–05–14–22–02–33–30–25–13–21–11–12–02–01–42–3–3–24–13–31–1
style="text-align:left;" | San Diego1–10–20–21–13–20–50–21–51–40–21–41–50–20–20–20–22–42–42–3–1–51–40–2
style="text-align:left;" | Seattle1–12–01–12–04–13–21–15–13–21–13–22–42–02–02–00–23–33–31–45–1–5–01–1
style="text-align:left;" | Utah0–20–21–10–23–33–31–12–30–61–13–30–50–20–20–20–22–31–43–34–10–5–1–1
style="text-align:left;" | Washington4–20–64–25–11–10–24–11–10–25–12–00–22–32–45–10–61–12–01–12–01–11–1—

Game log

=Regular season=

{{NBA game log start|Atlanta Hawks|end_year=1982|bgcolor=#D3222C|color=#FFFFFF|record=Total: 42–40 (home: 24–17; road: 18–23)}}

{{NBA game log section|Atlanta Hawks|October|first=yes|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|color=#D3222C

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 0

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| October 31

| Philadelphia

{{NBA game log section|Atlanta Hawks|November|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|color=#D3222C

| home_wins = 4

| home_losses = 3

| road_wins = 4

| road_losses = 1

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 4

| November 6

| @ Philadelphia

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 13

| November 28

| Boston

{{NBA game log section|Atlanta Hawks|December|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|color=#D3222C

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 4

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 7

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 14

| December 1

| Philadelphia

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 19

| December 11

| @ Boston

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 20

| December 12

| Boston

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 24

| December 20

| @ Los Angeles

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 26

| December 26

| @ San Antonio

{{NBA game log section|Atlanta Hawks|January|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|color=#D3222C

| home_wins = 4

| home_losses = 2

| road_wins = 3

| road_losses = 4

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 33

| January 13

| @ Boston

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 34

| January 15

| @ Philadelphia

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 38

| January 22

| San Antonio

{{NBA game log section|Atlanta Hawks|February|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|color=#D3222C

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 5

| road_wins = 4

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 45

| February 9

| Los Angeles

{{NBA game log section|Atlanta Hawks|March|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|color=#D3222C

| home_wins = 8

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 4

| road_losses = 4

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 56

| March 5

| @ Philadelphia

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 63

| March 17

| @ Boston

{{NBA game log section|Atlanta Hawks|April|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|color=#D3222C

| home_wins = 5

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 4

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 73

| April 2

| Boston

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 77

| April 9

| Philadelphia

{{NBA game log end|bbr_team=ATL|end_year=1982}}

=Playoffs=

{{NBA game log start|Atlanta Hawks|end_year=1982|playoffs=yes|bgcolor=#D3222C|color=#FFFFFF}}

{{NBA game log section|Atlanta Hawks|First round|show=no|first=yes|playoffs=yes|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|color=#D3222C

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 1

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| April 21

| @ Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198204210PHI.html L 76–111]

| John Drew (18)

| Dan Roundfield (11)

| Rory Sparrow (8)

| Spectrum
11,250

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| April 23

| Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198204230ATL.html W 95–98 (OT)]

| Dan Roundfield (29)

| Dan Roundfield (11)

| Eddie Johnson (4)

| Omni Coliseum
8,703

| 2–0

|-

{{NBA game log end|bbr_team=ATL|end_year=1982|playoffs=yes}}

Player statistics

{{NBA roster statistics legend}}

=Season=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%"
style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="10%" | Player

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | GP

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | GS

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | MPG

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | FG%

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | 3FG%

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | FT%

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | RPG

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | APG

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | SPG

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | BPG

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | PPG

Dan Roundfield

| 61

5836.346.620.076.011.82.71.01.518.6
John Drew

|70

|51

|29.1

|48.6

|33.3

|74.1

|5.4

|1.4

|0.9

|0.0

|18.5

Eddie Johnson

|68

|57

|34.0

|45.0

|23.3

|76.4

|2.8

|5.3

|1.5

|0.2

|17.8

Rory Sparrow

|82

|82

|31.8

|50.1

|6.7

|83.8

|2.7

|5.2

|1.1

|0.2

|10.5

Tom McMillen

|73

|23

|24.5

|50.9

|33.3

|82.4

|4.6

|1.8

|0.3

|0.3

|9.9

Steve Hawes

|49

|42

|26.9

|48.1

|40.0

|76.2

|6.5

|2.9

|0.7

|0.7

|9.3

Charlie Criss

|27

|0

|20.4

|40.0

|25.0

|89.0

|1.4

|2.8

|0.9

|0.1

|8.7

Mike Glenn

|49

|0

|17.0

|54.3

|50.0

|88.1

|1.2

|1.8

|0.5

|0.1

|7.7

Rudy Macklin

|79

|32

|19.2

|43.4

|0.0

|77.5

|3.3

|0.6

|0.5

|0.3

|7.0

Wes Matthews

|47

|5

|17.8

|44.0

|25.0

|75.9

|1.2

|3.0

|1.1

|0.0

|6.9

Jim McElroy

|20

|17

|17.5

|41.6

|20.0

|80.6

|0.9

|2.0

|0.4

|0.2

|6.7

Tree Rollins

|79

|39

|25.5

|58.4

|0.0

|61.2

|7.7

|0.7

|0.4

|2.8

|6.1

Al Wood

|19

|0

|12.5

|34.3

|0.0

|71.4

|2.3

|0.6

|0.5

|0.1

|4.8

Freeman Williams

|23

|0

|8.2

|38.2

|20.0

|84.6

|0.5

|0.8

|0.3

|0.0

|4.8

Sam Pellom

|69

|4

|15.0

|45.4

|0.0

|77.2

|3.3

|0.4

|0.4

|0.7

|4.2

Craig Shelton

|4

|0

|5.3

|33.3

|0.0

|50.0

|0.8

|0.0

|0.3

|0.0

|1.3

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%"
style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="10%" | Player

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | GP

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | GS

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | MPG

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | FG%

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | 3FG%

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | FT%

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | RPG

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | APG

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | SPG

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | BPG

! style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3A;" width="6%" | PPG

Dan Roundfield

|2

|

|42.5

|47.2

|0.0

|57.1

|11.0

|1.0

|1.0

|2.0

|21.0

John Drew

|2

|

|29.5

|36.4

|0.0

|58.3

|5.0

|0.5

|0.0

|0.0

|11.5

Eddie Johnson

|2

|

|33.5

|34.6

|0.0

|100.0

|3.0

|4.5

|0.0

|0.5

|11.0

Tom McMillen

|2

|

|23.5

|61.5

|0.0

|66.7

|3.5

|0.5

|1.5

|0.0

|10.0

Rory Sparrow

|2

|

|34.5

|41.7

|0.0

|100.0

|4.0

|5.5

|1.0

|0.0

|7.0

Rudy Macklin

|2

|

|15.0

|50.0

|0.0

|100.0

|1.5

|0.5

|0.0

|0.0

|7.0

Steve Hawes

|1

|

|12.0

|40.0

|0.0

|75.0

|5.0

|0.0

|0.0

|0.0

|7.0

Mike Glenn

|2

|

|17.5

|71.4

|0.0

|100.0

|0.5

|1.0

|1.5

|0.0

|6.0

Wes Matthews

|2

|

|14.0

|20.0

|0.0

|100.0

|0.0

|2.0

|0.0

|0.5

|4.0

Tree Rollins

|2

|

|32.5

|33.3

|0.0

|75.0

|4.0

|1.0

|0.0

|3.0

|3.5

Sam Pellom

| 1

4.033.30.00.01.00.00.00.02.0
Freeman Williams

|1

|

|4.0

|0.0

|0.0

|0.0

|0.0

|0.0

|0.0

|0.0

|0.0

Player Statistics Citation:{{Cite web|title=1981-82 Atlanta Hawks Roster and Stats|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ATL/1982.html|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Basketball-Reference.com|language=en}}

Awards and records

Transactions

{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

References

{{reflist}}

See also

{{1981-82 NBA season by team}}

{{Atlanta Hawks}}

{{Atlanta Hawks seasons}}

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