1997-98 Atlanta Hawks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 50-32
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 1-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Charlotte Hornets 3-1
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (50-32)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 715,452, Avg. 17,450 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Atlanta Hawks Roster
1997-98 Atlanta Hawks Results

The Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 50 wins and 32 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-3.

The Hawks scored 7,860 points and allowed 7,572. Steve Smith netted a team-leading 1,464 points for Atlanta, while Dikembe Mutombo racked up 932 rebounds. Mookie Blaylock dished out 469 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Mookie Blaylock added 183 steals, and Dikembe Mutombo swatted 277 opponent shot attempts.

Lenny Wilkens coached the team. The 1997-98 Atlanta Hawks lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Steve Smith	G	73	73	2857	1101	489	276	97	455	389	133	176	309	292	75	29	176	219	1464
Dikembe Mutombo	C	82	82	2917	743	399	0	0	452	303	276	656	932	82	34	277	168	254	1101
Christian Laettner	F-C	74	49	2282	730	354	27	6	354	306	142	345	487	190	71	73	183	246	1020
Alan Henderson	F	69	33	2000	753	365	6	3	388	253	199	243	442	73	42	36	110	175	986
Mookie Blaylock	G	70	69	2700	938	368	334	90	134	95	81	260	341	469	183	21	176	122	921
Tyrone Corbin	G-F	79	79	2699	747	328	141	49	128	101	78	284	362	173	105	7	86	197	806
Eldridge Recasner	G	59	14	1454	452	206	148	62	79	74	32	110	142	117	41	1	91	94	548
Chucky Brown	F	77	8	1202	372	161	8	2	87	63	57	126	183	55	23	13	51	100	387
Ed Gray	G	30	3	472	202	77	46	18	65	55	9	36	45	34	15	11	30	73	227
Chris Crawford	F	40	0	256	110	46	3	1	68	57	20	21	41	9	12	7	18	27	150
Greg Anderson	F-C	50	0	398	81	36	5	0	41	16	39	79	118	15	19	10	17	85	88
Anthony Miller	F	37	0	228	52	29	0	0	39	21	30	40	70	3	15	3	14	41	79
Drew Barry	G	27	0	256	38	18	21	9	13	11	5	30	35	49	10	1	30	28	56
Brian Oliver	G	5	0	61	19	7	0	0	4	1	3	6	9	2	1	0	1	4	15
Randy Livingston	G	12	0	82	12	3	0	0	5	4	1	5	6	5	7	2	6	6	10
Donald Whiteside	G	3	0	16	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Totals		787	410	19880	6352	2887	1016	337	2314	1749	1105	2418	3523	1569	653	491	1158	1671	7860

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Steve Smith	G	73	73	39.1	44.4	35.1	85.5	1.8	2.4	4.2	4.0	1.0	0.4	2.4	3.0	20.1
Dikembe Mutombo	C	82	82	35.6	53.7		67.0	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.0	3.1	13.4
Christian Laettner	F-C	74	49	30.8	48.5	22.2	86.4	1.9	4.7	6.6	2.6	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.3	13.8
Alan Henderson	F	69	33	29.0	48.5	50.0	65.2	2.9	3.5	6.4	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.5	14.3
Mookie Blaylock	G	70	69	38.6	39.2	26.9	70.9	1.2	3.7	4.9	6.7	2.6	0.3	2.5	1.7	13.2
Tyrone Corbin	G-F	79	79	34.2	43.9	34.8	78.9	1.0	3.6	4.6	2.2	1.3	0.1	1.1	2.5	10.2
Eldridge Recasner	G	59	14	24.6	45.6	41.9	93.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.6	9.3
Chucky Brown	F	77	8	15.6	43.3	25.0	72.4	0.7	1.6	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.3	5.0
Ed Gray	G	30	3	15.7	38.1	39.1	84.6	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.1	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.4	7.6
Chris Crawford	F	40	0	6.4	41.8	33.3	83.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.7	3.8
Greg Anderson	F-C	50	0	8.0	44.4	0.0	39.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	1.7	1.8
Anthony Miller	F	37	0	6.2	55.8		53.8	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.1	2.1
Drew Barry	G	27	0	9.5	47.4	42.9	84.6	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.8	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.0	2.1
Brian Oliver	G	5	0	12.2	36.8		25.0	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	3.0
Randy Livingston	G	12	0	6.8	25.0		80.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.8
Donald Whiteside	G	3	0	5.3	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7
Averages		787	410	25.3	45.5	33.2	75.6	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.0	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	10.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Steve Smith	G	4	160	68	39	20	10	16	11	2	9	11	9	2	3	5	17	99
Mookie Blaylock	G	4	153	53	22	27	8	12	7	6	14	20	33	9	1	9	8	59
Alan Henderson	F	4	126	38	20	1	0	18	11	10	12	22	4	3	1	6	13	51
Christian Laettner	F-C	4	87	35	12	3	0	17	15	3	14	17	4	6	1	8	16	39
Dikembe Mutombo	C	4	136	24	11	0	0	16	10	13	38	51	1	1	9	8	10	32
Eldridge Recasner	G	4	89	25	10	12	7	2	2	0	4	4	8	2	0	2	7	29
Chucky Brown	F	4	50	15	7	2	1	2	1	1	5	6	4	0	0	2	5	16
Tyrone Corbin	G-F	4	113	25	7	6	1	0	0	3	12	15	4	6	1	3	10	15
Anthony Miller	F	4	33	8	3	0	0	2	2	5	4	9	1	2	1	3	5	8
Chris Crawford	F	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	2
Greg Anderson	F-C	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0
Drew Barry	G	2	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		40	960	292	131	72	27	89	61	44	116	160	68	31	19	49	94	350

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Steve Smith	G	4	40.0	57.4	50.0	68.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.3	24.8
Mookie Blaylock	G	4	38.3	41.5	29.6	58.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.3	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	14.8
Alan Henderson	F	4	31.5	52.6	0.0	61.1	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	3.3	12.8
Christian Laettner	F-C	4	21.8	34.3	0.0	88.2	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	4.0	9.8
Dikembe Mutombo	C	4	34.0	45.8		62.5	3.3	9.5	12.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	2.5	8.0
Eldridge Recasner	G	4	22.3	40.0	58.3	100.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.8	7.3
Chucky Brown	F	4	12.5	46.7	50.0	50.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.3	4.0
Tyrone Corbin	G-F	4	28.3	28.0	16.7		0.8	3.0	3.8	1.0	1.5	0.3	0.8	2.5	3.8
Anthony Miller	F	4	8.3	37.5		100.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.3	2.0
Chris Crawford	F	1	4.0			100.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Greg Anderson	F-C	1	4.0			0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Drew Barry	G	2	2.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		787	24.0	44.9	37.5	68.5	1.1	2.9	4.0	1.7	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.4	8.8