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
Record5626 (.683)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(Eliminated 2–4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPLR-TV
RadioKMOX

Draft picks

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 5626.68325–722–139–631–9
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 5–35–23–56–24–36–24–47–04–36–14–3
Chicago 5–22–55–23–41–72–51–64–42–63–51–7
Cincinnati 3–55–32–54–41–63–53–57–04–36–11–6
Detroit 4–42–64–34–42–54–41–75–24–36–14–3
Los Angeles 4–33–47–16–15–24–32–57–14–44–46–2
New York 5–32–65–25–34–43–43–56–15–24–31–6
Philadelphia 8–04–46–15–37–15–25–36–14–37–05–2
San Diego 0–70–74–40–72–51–71–61–62–63–51–7
San Francisco 5–23–46–23–43–44–42–53–46–27–11–7
Seattle 2–51–65–31–61–64–43–40–75–31–70–8
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

West Division Semifinals

(1) St. Louis Hawks vs. (3) San Francisco Warriors: Warriors win series 4-2

  • Game 1 @ St. Louis: San Francisco 111, St. Louis 106
  • Game 2 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 111, San Francisco 103
  • Game 3 @ San Francisco: San Francisco 124, St. Louis 109
  • Game 4 @ San Francisco: San Francisco 108, St. Louis 107
  • Game 5 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 129, San Francisco 103
  • Game 6 @ San Francisco: San Francisco 111, St. Louis 106

Awards and records

References

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