1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season

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.

1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season
Division champions
Head coachRichie Guerin
ArenaKiel Auditorium
Results
Record56–26 (.683)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(Eliminated 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPLR-TV
RadioKMOX

Draft picks
Main article: 1967 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
18Tom Workman United StatesSeattle
325Bob VergaPG United StatesDuke
437Wes BialosukniaG United StatesConnecticut
549Mike Wittman United StatesMiami (FL)
661John Morrison United StatesCanisius
773Carl Fuller United StatesBethune-Cookman
885Arvesta Kelly United StatesLincoln University of Missouri
996Ed Biedenbach United StatesNorth Carolina State
10107Rick Falkenbrush United StatesSaint Michael's

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks 5626.683–25–722–139–631–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers 5230.634430–1118–194–028–12
x-San Francisco Warriors 4339.5241327–1416–230–224–16
x-Chicago Bulls 2953.3542711–2212–246–711–29
Seattle SuperSonics 2359.2803310–217–246–1415–25
San Diego Rockets 1567.183418–334–263–811–29

Record vs. opponents
1967–68 NBA records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SDR SFW SEA STL
Baltimore —3–52–55–34–43–43–50–87–02–55–22–5
Boston 5–3—5–23–56–24–36–24–47–04–36–14–3
Chicago 5–22–5—5–23–41–72–51–64–42–63–51–7
Cincinnati 3–55–32–5—4–41–63–53–57–04–36–11–6
Detroit 4–42–64–34–4—2–54–41–75–24–36–14–3
Los Angeles 4–33–47–16–15–2—4–32–57–14–44–46–2
New York 5–32–65–25–34–43–4—3–56–15–24–31–6
Philadelphia 8–04–46–15–37–15–25–3—6–14–37–05–2
San Diego 0–70–74–40–72–51–71–61–6—2–63–51–7
San Francisco 5–23–46–23–43–44–42–53–46–2—7–11–7
Seattle 2–51–65–31–61–64–43–40–75–31–7—0–8
St. Louis 5–23–47–16–13–42–66–12–57–17–18–0—

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 Beaty8230686399591741733
Lenny Wilkens8231695464386791638
Joe Caldwell7926415643382401293
Bill Bridges82319746611022531279
Paul Silas8226523999581621097
Dick Snyder751622257194164643
Bumper Tormohlen777149822668229

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Playoffs
1968 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 22 San Francisco L 106–111 Don Ohl (26) Paul Silas (15) Lenny Wilkens (9) Kiel Auditorium
5,018		 0–1
2 March 23 San Francisco W 111–103 Zelmo Beaty (46) Zelmo Beaty (22) Lenny Wilkens (11) Kiel Auditorium
5,810		 1–1
3 March 26 @ San Francisco L 109–124 three players tied (21) Zelmo Beaty (16) Lenny Wilkens (5) Cow Palace
5,136		 1–2
4 March 29 @ San Francisco L 107–108 Zelmo Beaty (21) Bill Bridges (14) Lenny Wilkens (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
12,325		 1–3
5 March 31 San Francisco W 129–103 Bill Bridges (28) Lou Hudson (14) Lenny Wilkens (10) Kiel Auditorium
4,118		 2–3
6 April 2 @ San Francisco L 106–111 Lou Hudson (35) Paul Silas (14) Lenny Wilkens (6) Cow Palace
12,905		 2–4
1968 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. "1967-68 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Stats".
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