1995–96 Atlanta Hawks season

1995–96 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coach Lenny Wilkens
Owner(s) Ted Turner
Arena The Omni
Results
Record 4636 (.561)
Place Division: 4th (Central)
Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish East Semifinals
(eliminated 1-4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television SportSouth, WTBS, WATL
Radio WCNN

The 1995–96 NBA season was the Hawks' 47th season in the NBA and 28th season in Atlanta.[1] During the offseason, Spud Webb would return to the Hawks as they acquired him from the Sacramento Kings. Head coach Lenny Wilkens reached a significant milestone, becoming the first NBA coach to reach 1,000 victories. Midway through the season, Webb was sent along with Andrew Lang to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Christian Laettner and Sean Rooks. The Hawks finished fourth in the Central Division with a 46-36 record. In the playoffs, the Hawks faced the Indiana Pacers for the third consecutive season. They would eliminate the third seed Pacers in a hard fought five-game series. In the Eastern Conference semifinals, they would be eliminated by the Orlando Magic in five games.[2]

For the season, the Hawks changed their logo and uniforms. The jerseys had the Hawks' logo on the front which lasted until 1999. Their primary logo lasted until 2007.

Draft picks

Main article: 1995 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 16 Alan Henderson PF  United States Indiana
2 42 Donnie Boyce SG  United States Colorado
2 45 Tony Brown PF/C  United States Providence

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Roster

Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
SF 2 United States Augmon, Stacey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) UNLV
PG 10 United States Blaylock, Mookie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oklahoma
SG 24 United States Boyce, Donnie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Colorado
PF 50 United States Bullard, Matt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Iowa
SG 3 United States Ehlo, Craig 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Washington State
PF 44 United States Henderson, Alan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Indiana
PG 22 United States Jordan, Reggie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) New Mexico State
C 32 United States Laettner, Christian 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Duke
PF 43 United States Long, Grant 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Eastern Michigan
SF 5 United States Norman, Ken  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Illinois
C 45 United States Rooks, Sean 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Arizona
SG 8 United States Smith, Steve 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Michigan State
Head coach

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

RosterTransactions

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Chicago Bulls 72 10 .878 39–2 33–8 24–4
x-Indiana Pacers 52 30 .634 20 32–9 20–21 19–9
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 47 35 .573 25 26–15 21–20 13–15
x-Atlanta Hawks 46 36 .561 26 26–15 20–21 15–13
x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 26 30–11 16–25 15–13
Charlotte Hornets 41 41 .500 31 25–16 16–25 13–15
Milwaukee Bucks 25 57 .305 47 14–27 11–30 8–20
Toronto Raptors 21 61 .256 51 15–26 6–35 5–23
Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Chicago Bulls 72 10 .878
2 y-Orlando Magic 60 22 .732 12
3 x-Indiana Pacers 52 30 .634 20
4 x-Cleveland Cavaliers 47 35 .573 25
5 x-New York Knicks 47 35 .573 25
6 x-Atlanta Hawks 46 36 .561 26
7 x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 26
8 x-Miami Heat 42 40 .512 30
9 Charlotte Hornets 41 41 .500 31
10 Washington Bullets 39 43 .476 33
11 Boston Celtics 33 49 .402 39
12 New Jersey Nets 30 52 .366 42
13 Milwaukee Bucks 25 57 .305 47
14 Toronto Raptors 21 61 .256 51
15 Philadelphia 76ers 18 64 .220 54

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Game log

1995–96 game log
Total: 46–36 (Home: 26–15; Road: 20–21)
1995–96 season schedule

Playoffs

East First Round

3) Indiana Pacers vs. (6) Atlanta Hawks Last Playoff Meeting: 1995 Eastern Conference First Round (Indiana won 3-0)

Game Date Home Score Visitor Score Record

(IND-ATL)

Venue Recap Television
1 April 25 Indiana 80 Atlanta 92 0-1 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana 1 TNT 8:00et
2* April 27 Indiana 102 Atlanta 94 1-1 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana 2 TNT 8:00et
3 April 29 Atlanta 90 Indiana 83 1-2 Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia 3 TNT 8:00et
4 May 2 Atlanta 75 Indiana 83 2-2 Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia 4 TNT 7:00et
5 May 5 Indiana 87 Atlanta 89 2-3 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana 5 NBC 12:30et
Atlanta wins series 3–2

*Required overtime

East Conference Semifinals

(2) Orlando Magic vs. (6) Atlanta Hawks Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Magic and Hawks.

Game Date Home Score Visitor Score Record

(ORL-ATL)

Venue Recap Television
1 May 8 Orlando 117 Atlanta 95 1-0 Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida 1 TNT 8:00et
2 May 10 Orlando 120 Atlanta 94 2-0 Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida 2 TNT 7:00et
3 May 12 Atlanta 96 Orlando 102 3-0 Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia 3 NBC 12:30et
4 May 13 Atlanta 104 Orlando 99 3-1 Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia 4 TNT 8:00et
5 May 15 Orlando 96 Atlanta 88 4-1 Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida 5 TNT 8:00et
Orlando wins series 4–1

Player statistics

Legend

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Stacey Augmon 77 49 29.8 .491 .250 .792 3.9 1.8 1.4 .4 12.7
Mookie Blaylock 81 81 35.7 .405 .371 .747 4.1 5.9 2.6 .2 15.7
Donnie Boyce 8 0 5.1 .391 .500 .500 1.3 .4 .4 .1 3.0
Matt Bullard 46 0 10.0 .407 .361 .800 1.3 .4 .4 .2 3.8
Craig Ehlo 79 8 22.3 .428 .371 .786 3.2 1.7 1.1 .1 8.5
Ron Grandison 4 0 4.8 .500 .000 . 1.5 .3 .0 .0 1.0
Alan Henderson 79 4 17.9 .442 .000 .595 4.5 .6 .6 .5 6.4
Reggie Jordan 24 0 10.3 .507 . .579 2.2 1.2 .5 .3 3.9
Tim Kempton 3 0 3.7 . . . .7 .3 .0 .0 .0
Christian Laettner 30 27 32.6 .489 .000 .823 7.9 2.3 1.0 .9 14.2
Andrew Lang 51 51 35.6 .454 .000 .805 6.5 1.2 .7 1.7 12.9
Grant Long 82 82 36.7 .471 .360 .763 9.6 2.2 1.3 .4 13.1
Todd Mundt 24 0 4.9 .406 . .625 1.0 .1 .0 .2 1.3
Howard Nathan 5 0 3.0 .556 . .750 .0 .4 .6 .0 2.6
Ken Norman 34 28 22.6 .465 .393 .354 3.9 1.9 .4 .5 8.9
Sean Rooks 16 0 13.4 .552 .000 .674 3.2 .6 .3 .9 5.8
Steve Smith 80 80 35.7 .432 .331 .826 4.1 2.8 .9 .2 18.1
Spud Webb 51 0 16.0 .468 .316 .851 1.2 2.7 .5 .0 5.9

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Stacey Augmon 10 10 31.4 .486 .000 .825 3.6 2.7 1.1 .6 10.3
Mookie Blaylock 10 10 42.6 .421 .393 .667 4.3 6.4 2.2 .8 17.1
Donnie Boyce 1 0 2.0 .000 .000 . . . . . .
Matt Bullard 4 0 12.8 .333 .500 .500 1.5 . . .5 3.5
Craig Ehlo 9 0 19.0 .293 .278 .714 2.0 1.0 1.0 .2 4.0
Alan Henderson 10 0 14.5 .575 . .700 2.7 .7 .1 .4 5.3
Reggie Jordan 10 0 5.9 .538 . .429 .6 .9 .5 .1 1.7
Christian Laettner 10 10 33.4 .484 .333 .704 6.9 1.5 1.2 1.0 15.7
Grant Long 10 10 36.2 .396 .250 .800 8.6 2.8 .7 .4 11.4
Sean Rooks 10 0 14.0 .571 . .619 2.7 .7 .4 .4 4.5
Steve Smith 10 10 42.1 .439 .410 .808 4.1 3.2 1.3 1.3 21.7

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Trades

February 22, 1996

Free Agents

October 5, 1995

October 30, 1995

December 14, 1995

January 5, 1996

January 16, 1996

February 22, 1996

March 2, 1996

March 6, 1996

March 9, 1996

March 26, 1996

Additions

Player Signed Former team

Subtractions

Player Left New team

See also

References

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