1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season

NBA professional basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 St. Louis Hawks 1968 yes 56 26 Western 1st Richie Guerin Kiel Auditorium KPLR-TV KMOX West Division Semifinals(Eliminated 2–4) STL Atlanta Hawks The 1967–68 St. Louis Hawks season was the 13th and last 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 1967 NBA draft 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 Roster St. Louis Hawks 1967–68 31 Zelmo Beaty C 6 9 225 Prairie View A&M 32 Bill Bridges basketball F/C 6 6 228 Kansas 27 Joe Caldwell F/G 6 5 195 Arizona State 24 & 25 Jim Davis basketball player C/F 6 9 225 Colorado 23 Lou Hudson F/G 6 5 210 Minnesota 20 George Lehmann G 6 0 180 Campbell (KS) 44 Jay Miller basketball SF 6 5 205 Notre Dame 30 Don Ohl G 6 3 190 Illinois 29 Paul Silas F/C 6 7 220 Creighton 10 Dick Snyder F/G 6 5 207 West Virginia 34 Bumper Tormohlen F/C 6 8 230 Tennessee 14 Lenny Wilkens G 6 1 180 Providence 12 Tom Workman basketball F/C 6 7 218 Seattle University Richie Guerin (Iona) Regular season Season standings STL Game log 1967–68 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 14 @ San Diego W 99–98 Zelmo Beaty (39) 1–0 2 October 15 @ San Francisco W 107–102 Lenny Wilkens (18) 2–0 3 October 17 @ San Diego W 123–105 Joe Caldwell (29) 3–0 4 October 19 Los Angeles W 100–95 Dick Snyder (22) 4–0 5 October 20 @ Chicago W 126–99 Joe Caldwell (26) 5–0 6 October 21 San Francisco W 115–110 Joe Caldwell (27) 6–0 7 October 24 @ New York W 135–130 (OT) Caldwell, Wilkens (30) 7–0 8 October 25 @ Boston L 104–118 Lenny Wilkens (18) 7–1 9 October 28 Seattle W 116–109 Zelmo Beaty (36) 8–1 10 October 31 Baltimore W 114–103 Zelmo Beaty (28) 9–1 11 November 1 @ Cincinnati W 101–96 Caldwell, Wilkens (24) 10–1 12 November 4 Boston W 111–104 Dick Snyder (25) 11–1 13 November 7 @ Chicago 111–106 Zelmo Beaty (24) 12–1 14 November 8 Seattle 96–111 Dick Snyder (21) 13–1 15 November 10 @ Detroit 143–140 (OT) Zelmo Beaty (41) 14–1 16 November 11 San Francisco 93–94 Lenny Wilkens (31) 15–1 17 November 12 San Diego 105–116 Bill Bridges (29) 16–1 18 November 14 vs. Detroit 107–124 Dick Snyder (22) 16–2 19 November 17 vs. Philadelphia 117–125 Lenny Wilkens (26) 16–3 20 November 18 Los Angeles 127–107 Zelmo Beaty (26) 16–4 21 November 22 Philadelphia 113–115 Joe Caldwell (28) 17–4 22 November 25 San Diego 109–110 Zelmo Beaty (22) 18–4 23 November 26 @ Los Angeles 105–109 Lenny Wilkens (21) 18–5 24 November 28 @ Los Angeles 117–134 Bill Bridges (23) 18–6 25 November 30 @ San Diego 129–87 Lenny Wilkens (34) 19–6 26 December 1 @ San Francisco 101–124 Joe Caldwell (31) 19–7 27 December 3 @ Seattle 123–109 Zelmo Beaty (42) 20–7 28 December 8 Cincinnati 95–101 Bill Bridges (23) 21–7 29 December 10 Baltimore 112–114 (OT) Paul Silas (25) 22–7 30 December 12 @ New York 145–142 (2OT) Lenny Wilkens (33) 23–7 31 December 15 @ Philadelphia 98–107 Lenny Wilkens (29) 23–8 32 December 16 San Francisco 110–117 Paul Silas (20) 24–8 33 December 17 vs. San Francisco 97–79 Lenny Wilkens (22) 25–8 34 December 19 @ Baltimore 98–117 Zelmo Beaty (24) 25–9 35 December 26 @ Detroit 110–127 Bill Bridges (37) 25–10 36 December 27 Boston 113–116 Beaty, Bridges (26) 26–10 37 December 29 vs. Detroit 122–111 Beaty, Wilkens (23) 27–10 38 December 30 Los Angeles 106–104 Joe Caldwell (31) 27–11 39 January 1 @ Seattle 115–94 Lenny Wilkens (28) 28–11 40 January 3 @ San Diego 124–126 (2OT) Zelmo Beaty (25) 28–12 41 January 4 @ San Francisco 106–98 Caldwell, Wilkens (24) 29–12 42 January 6 Philadelphia 107–96 Zelmo Beaty (27) 29–13 43 January 9 vs. Chicago 121–109 Lenny Wilkens (30) 30–13 44 January 10 @ Philadelphia 134–122 Silas, Wilkens (28) 31–13 45 January 11 @ Baltimore 108–101 Zelmo Beaty (30) 32–13 46 January 12 San Diego 89–111 Lenny Wilkens (29) 33–13 47 January 14 Chicago 92–99 Joe Caldwell (26) 34–13 48 January 17 @ Boston 102–114 Lenny Wilkens (32) 34–14 49 January 18 vs. Baltimore 119–116 Zelmo Beaty (35) 35–14 50 January 20 Seattle 115–120 Lenny Wilkens (39) 36–14 51 January 21 Chicago 90–98 Zelmo Beaty (32) 37–14 52 January 25 vs. Boston 105–93 Zelmo Beaty (42) 38–14 53 January 26 New York 94–103 Zelmo Beaty (25) 39–14 54 January 27 @ Cincinnati 120–111 Zelmo Beaty (30) 40–14 55 January 28 vs. Los Angeles 113–128 Lou Hudson (23) 40–15 56 January 31 @ Los Angeles 102–110 Zelmo Beaty (28) 40–16 57 February 1 @ Seattle 113–110 Lenny Wilkens (22) 41–16 58 February 3 @ Cincinnati 125–111 Zelmo Beaty (33) 42–16 59 February 4 Cincinnati 100–106 Lenny Wilkens (20) 43–16 60 February 6 @ New York 100–121 Lenny Wilkens (25) 43–17 61 February 7 @ Boston 101–102 Lenny Wilkens (26) 43–18 62 February 9 New York 111–121 Bill Bridges (32) 44–18 63 February 10 Chicago 107–108 Paul Silas (22) 45–18 64 February 11 vs. Philadelphia 93–119 Joe Caldwell (22) 45–19 65 February 13 vs. Cincinnati 123–111 Lou Hudson (28) 46–19 66 February 17 Boston 113–99 Don Ohl (19) 46–20 67 February 18 Chicago 113–107 Lenny Wilkens (29) 46–21 68 February 20 vs. Baltimore 115–127 Joe Caldwell (26) 46–22 69 February 22 vs. Detroit 151–128 Lenny Wilkens (30) 47–22 70 February 23 Baltimore 110–118 Zelmo Beaty (31) 48–22 71 February 25 Philadelphia 126–119 Joe Caldwell (24) 48–23 72 February 27 @ New York 108–102 Beaty, Wilkens (26) 49–23 73 February 29 vs. New York 105–102 (OT) Bill Bridges (22) 50–23 74 March 1 @ Detroit 121–131 Zelmo Beaty (26) 50–24 75 March 3 San Diego 104–106 Don Ohl (27) 51–24 76 March 5 @ San Francisco 134–117 Don Ohl (28) 52–24 77 March 6 @ Los Angeles 112–96 Zelmo Beaty (25) 53–24 78 March 7 vs. Seattle 150–133 Lenny Wilkens (33) 54–24 79 March 9 @ Chicago 115–109 Lenny Wilkens (32) 55–24 80 March 10 Detroit 133–121 Lou Hudson (24) 55–25 81 March 14 vs. Cincinnati 96–102 Zelmo Beaty (25) 55–26 82 March 16 Seattle 106–124 Zelmo Beaty (24) 56–26 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 PTSZelmo Beaty 82 3068 639 959 174 1733Lenny Wilkens 82 3169 546 438 679 1638Joe Caldwell 79 2641 564 3382401293Bill Bridges 82 3197 466 11022531279Paul Silas 82 2652 399 9581621097Dick Snyder 75 1622 257 194164643Bumper Tormohlen 77 714 98 22668229https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/STL/1968.html 1967-68 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Stats Playoffs St. Louis Hawks 1968 yes St. Louis Hawks Division Semifinals yes no yes 2 1 0 3 |- | 1 | March 22 | San Francisco | L 106–111 | Don Ohl (26) | Paul Silas (15) | Lenny Wilkens (9) | Kiel Auditorium5,018 | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 23 | San Francisco | W 111–103 | Zelmo Beaty (46) | Zelmo Beaty (22) | Lenny Wilkens (11) | Kiel Auditorium5,810 | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 26 | @ San Francisco | L 109–124 | three players tied (21) | Zelmo Beaty (16) | Lenny Wilkens (5) | Cow Palace5,136 | 1–2 |- | 4 | March 29 | @ San Francisco | L 107–108 | Zelmo Beaty (21) | Bill Bridges (14) | Lenny Wilkens (6) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena12,325 | 1–3 |- | 5 | March 31 | San Francisco | W 129–103 | Bill Bridges (28) | Lou Hudson (14) | Lenny Wilkens (10) | Kiel Auditorium4,118 | 2–3 |- | 6 | April 2 | @ San Francisco | L 106–111 | Lou Hudson (35) | Paul Silas (14) | Lenny Wilkens (6) | Cow Palace12,905 | 2–4 |- STL 1968 yes Awards and records Richie Guerin, NBA Coach of the Year Award Lou Hudson, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team References Category:Atlanta Hawks seasons St. Louis St. Louis Hawks St. Louis Hawks