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Despite this, the Hawks were one of the league's worst teams, and in 1955 the Hawks moved, this time to St. Louis, Missouri, Milwaukee's rival in the beer industry, and became the St. Louis Hawks. In 1956, Bob Pettit captured the league's first official Most Valuable Player award , and the St. Louis Hawks drafted legendary Bill Russell in the ...
State Farm Arena has been home to the Hawks since 1999. This is a list of seasons completed by the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In its 75-year history, the franchise has represented the cities of Buffalo, New York (1946), Moline, Illinois (1946–51), Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1951–55), St. Louis, Missouri (1955–68) and Atlanta, Georgia (since 1968).
A decade after winning the NBA title, in 1968, the Hawks came to Atlanta. [4] The Hawks have won six division titles and 18 playoff series since moving to Atlanta. The Hawks' NBA G League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks, is based in College Park (immediately southwest of Atlanta). [citation needed]
The team has had five names since its inception; the Buffalo Bisons (1946), the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1946–1951), the Milwaukee Hawks (1951–1955), the St. Louis Hawks (1955–1968), and the Atlanta Hawks (1968–present). [2] The Hawks won their only NBA championship in 1958, and have not returned to the NBA Finals since 1960.
In 1955 the Hawks moved to St. Louis, Missouri and became the St. Louis Hawks. And in 1965 moved to Atlanta, Georgia which became the Atlanta Hawks. The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Atlanta Hawks franchise.
The Atlanta Hawks, however, had other ideas. Despite trailing 68-38 with just over four minutes to go until halftime, the Hawks erased the 30-point deficit and soared to a shocking 120-118 victory ...
The Omni was home to the NBA's Atlanta Hawks from 1972 to 1997. [ 5 ] [ 8 ] [ 6 ] The Hawks played their first game at the Omni on October 15, 1972, defeating the New York Knicks , 109–101. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Their final game at the Omni was a Game 4 loss to Michael Jordan , and the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals during ...
[needs update] The largest crowd ever for an Atlanta Hawks basketball game at the arena was Game 6 of the 2008 Eastern Conference First Round on May 2, 2008 (against the Boston Celtics), where there was an announced attendance of 20,425. [1]