1995–96 Atlanta Hawks season

Atlanta Hawks
1995–96 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens
Owner(s)	Ted Turner
Arena	The Omni
Results
Record	46–36 (.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
< 1994–95	1996–97 >

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. 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. They 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 #3 seed Pacers in a hard fought 5-game series. In the Eastern Semifinals, they would be eliminated by the Orlando Magic in 5 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.

Offseason

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Draft picks

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.	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
SF	2	Augmon, Stacey	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	UNLV
PG	10	Blaylock, Mookie	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oklahoma
SG	24	Boyce, Donnie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	Colorado
PF	50	Bullard, Matt	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Iowa
SG	3	Ehlo, Craig	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Washington State
PF	44	Henderson, Alan	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Indiana
PG	22	Jordan, Reggie	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	New Mexico State
C	32	Laettner, Christian	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Duke
PF	43	Long, Grant	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Eastern Michigan
SF	5	Norman, Ken	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Illinois
C	45	Rooks, Sean	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Arizona
SG	8	Smith, Steve	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Michigan State

Head coach

Lenny Wilkens

Legend

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

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	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 v t e
#	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)

November: 9–5 (Home: 4–2; Road: 5–3)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 3	vs Indiana Pacers	L 106-111	The Omni	0-1
2	November 4	vs Orlando Magic	W 124-91	The Omni	1-1
3	November 6	at Utah Jazz	L 96-105	Delta Center	1-2
4	November 8	at Los Angeles Clippers	W 100-92	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	2-2
5	November 9	at Golden State Warriors	W 125-121	Oakland Coliseum Arena	3-2
6	November 11	at Dallas Mavericks	W 113-100	Reunion Arena	4-2
7	November 14	vs Charlotte Hornets	W 111-104	The Omni	5-2
8	November 17	vs Miami Heat	L 88-91	The Omni	5-3
9	November 19	at Sacramento Kings	W 108-94	ARCO Arena	6-3
10	November 21	at Denver Nuggets	L 99-107	McNichols Sports Arena	6-4
11	November 22	at Phoenix Suns	L 112-117	America West Arena	6-5
12	November 25	vs Toronto Raptors	W 114-102	The Omni	7-5
13	November 28	at New York Knicks	W 102-97 (OT)	Madison Square Garden	8-5
14	November 29	vs Philadelphia 76ers	W 106-81	The Omni	9-5

December: 4–10 (Home: 3–6; Road: 1–4)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
15	December 1	vs Dallas Mavericks	L 98-106	The Omni	9-6
16	December 2	at Detroit Pistons	L 96-104	The Palace Of Auburn Hills	9-7
17	December 6	at Washington Bullets	L 79-96	US Airways Arena	9-8
18	December 7	vs San Antonio Spurs	L 102-104	The Omni	9-9
19	December 9	vs New York Knicks	L 92-101	The Omni	9-10
20	December	at Boston Celtics	W 108-103	Fleet Center	10-10
21	December 12	vs Minnesota Timberwolves	L 78-85	The Omni	10-11
22	December 14	vs Chicago Bulls	L 108-127	The Omni	10-12
23	December 16	vs Denver Nuggets	W 95-86	The Omni	11-12
24	December 22	vs New Jersey Nets	W 94-91	The Omni	12-12
25	December 23	at Milwaukee Bucks	L 111-115	Bradley Center	12-13
26	December 26	vs Los Angeles Clippers	W 94-88	The Omni	13-13
27	December 29	vs Golden State Warriors	L 96-117	The Omni	13-14
28	December 30	at Chicago Bulls	L 93-95	United Center	13-15

January: 11–4 (Home: 8–2; Road: 3–2)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
29	January 2	vs Seattle SuperSonics	L 88-111	The Omni	13-16
30	January 4	vs Toronto Raptors	W 104-101 (OT)	The Omni	14-16
31	January 6	at Charlotte Hornets	L 90-96	Charlotte Coliseum	14-17
32	January 9	vs Sacramento Kings	W 104-88	The Omni	15-17
33	January 11	at Toronto Raptors	W 87-79	SkyDome	16-17
34	January 13	vs Boston Celtics	W 108-105	The Omni	17-17
35	January 15	vs Detroit Pistons	W 96-88	The Omni	18-17
36	January 17	vs Indiana Pacers	W 102-93	The Omni	19-17
37	January 19	at Philadelphia 76ers	W 82-77	The Spectrum	20-17
38	January 20	vs Miami Heat	W 98-78	The Omni	21-17
39	January 22	vs Houston Rockets	W 105-96	The Omni	22-17
40	January 23	at Cleveland Cavaliers	W 84-72	Gund Arena	23-17
41	January 26	vs Orlando Magic	W 96-84	The Omni	24-17
42	January 30	at Indiana Pacers	L 90-107	Market Square Arena	24-18
43	January 31	vs Phoenix Suns	L 84-120	The Omni	24-19

February: 7–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 4–4)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
44	February 2	at Orlando Magic	L 95-108	Orlando Arena	24-20
45	February 4	vs Charlotte Hornets	W 106-104	The Omni	25-20
46	February 7	at Miami Heat	L 89-101	Miami Arena	25-21
47	February 8	vs Washington Bullets	W 98-92	The Omni	26-21
48	February 14	at Los Angeles Lakers	L 86-87	Great Western Forum	26-22
49	February 16	at Vancouver Grizzlies	W 110-100	General Motors Place	27-22
50	February 18	at Portland Trail Blazers	W 93-90	Rose Garden Arena	28-22
51	February 19	at Seattle SuperSonics	L 94-102	KeyArena at Seattle Center	28-23
52	February 22	vs Chicago Bulls	L 91-96	The Omni	28-24
53	February 23	at New York Knicks	W 108-97	Madison Square Garden	29-24
54	February 25	at Minnesota Timberwolves	W 92-76	Target Center	30-24
55	February 28	vs Portland Trail Blazers	W 90-88	The Omni	31-24

March: 9–7 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–6)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
56	March 1	vs Cleveland Cavaliers	W 74-68	The Omni	32-24
57	March 2	at Milwaukee Bucks	L 106-110	Bradley Center	32-25
58	March 4	at Detroit Pistons	L 93-99	The Palace Of Auburn Hills	32-26
59	March 7	at Cleveland Cavaliers	W 83-72	Gund Arena	33-26
60	March 8	vs Milwaukee Bucks	W 94-91	The Omni	34-26
61	March 10	at Washington Bullets	L 91-99	US Airways Arena	34-27
62	March 12	vs Utah Jazz	W 115-89	The Omni	35-27
63	March 14	at Houston Rockets	L 106-114	The Summit	35-28
64	March 16	at San Antonio Spurs	L 92-119	Alamodome	35-29
65	March 20	vs Vancouver Grizzlies	W 98-93	The Omni	36-29
66	March 22	at Charlotte Hornets	W 117-92	Charlotte Coliseum	37-29
67	March 23	vs Detroit Pistons	W 92-84	The Omni	38-29
68	March 26	at Toronto Raptors	W 114-111	SkyDome	39-29
69	March 28	at Chicago Bulls	L 80-111	United Center	39-30
70	March 29	vs Los Angeles Lakers	L 89-102	The Omni	39-31
71	March 31	at Boston Celtics	W 93-92	Fleet Center	40-31

April: 6–5 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–2)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
72	April 2	vs Boston Celtics	W 109-89	The Omni	41-31
73	April 4	vs Washington Bullets	L 110-113	The Omni	41-32
74	April 5	at New Jersey Nets	W 82-70	Brendan Byrne Arena	42-32
75	April 6	vs Philadelphia 76ers	L 99-100	The Omni	42-33
76	April 8	at Indiana Pacers	L 95-97	Market Square Arena	42-34
77	April 12	vs Milwaukee Bucks	W 104-97	The Omni	43-34
78	April 14	at New Jersey Nets	W 99-90	Brendan Byrne Arena	44-34
79	April 16	vs Cleveland Cavaliers	L 77-80	The Omni	44-35
80	April 18	at Orlando Magic	L 104-119	Orlando Arena	44-36
81	April 20	vs New Jersey Nets	W 121-99	The Omni	45-36
82	April 21	at Miami Heat	W 104-92	Miami Arena	46-36

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

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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

Mookie Blaylock, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Records

Transactions

Trades

February 22, 1996

Traded Andrew Lang, and Spud Webb to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Christian Laettner, and Sean Rooks.

Free Agents

October 5, 1995

Signed Howard Nathan as a free agent.
Signed Matt Bullard as a free agent.

October 30, 1995

Signed Todd Mundt as a free agent.
Waived Cuonzo Martin.
Waived Gaylon Nickerson.

December 14, 1995

Signed Tim Kempton as a free agent.
Waived Howard Nathan.

January 5, 1996

Waived Tim Kempton.

January 16, 1996

Signed Ron Grandison as a free agent.

February 22, 1996

Signed Howard Nathan to a 10-day contract.

March 2, 1996

Waived Howard Nathan.

March 6, 1996

Signed Reggie Jordan to the first of two 10-day contracts.

March 9, 1996

Waived Todd Mundt.

March 26, 1996

Signed Reggie Jordan to a contract for the rest of the season.

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

References

[1] 1995-96 Atlanta Hawks

[2] Atlanta Hawks (1968-Present)

[3] Atlanta Hawks (1949 - ) 1995 Stats, History, Awards and More

[4] 1995-96 NBA Season Summary - Basketball-Reference.com

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v t e Atlanta Hawks
Founded in 1946 Formerly the Buffalo Bisons (1946) and the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1946–1951); played in Milwaukee (1951–1955) and St. Louis (1955–1968) Based in Atlanta, Georgia
Franchise	All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Wharton Field House Milwaukee Arena Kiel Auditorium St. Louis Arena Alexander Memorial Coliseum Omni Coliseum Lakefront Arena Georgia Dome State Farm Arena
Personnel	Owner(s) Tony Ressler Jami Gertz Grant Hill Sara Blakely Jesse Itzler Steven Price Rick Schnall President Vacant General manager Travis Schlenk Head coach Nate McMillan (interim)
G League affiliate	College Park Skyhawks
Retired numbers	9 21 23 44 55 59
NBA Championships	1958
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1995–96 Atlanta Hawks season

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Regular season

Season standings

Game log

Playoffs

East First Round

East Conference Semifinals

Player statistics

Legend

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Playoffs

Awards and records

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