1985–86 Atlanta Hawks season

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1985–86 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coachMike Fratello
General managerStan Kasten
OwnersTed Turner / Turner Broadcasting System
ArenaThe Omni
Results
Record50–32 (.610)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Central)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference Semifinals
(Lost to Celtics 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWVEU
RadioWSB
< 1984–85 1986–87 >
A ticket for a March 1986 game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Dallas Mavericks.

The Hawks entered the season with rookies Jon Koncak and Spud Webb. The Hawks were transformed into one of the youngest teams in the NBA. The Hawks were led by "The Human Highlight Reel" Dominique Wilkins. He would have an outstanding year as he led the NBA in scoring with an average of 30.3 points per game. One of the highlights of the season came when Webb (measuring five feet, seven inches) won the NBA Slam Dunk contest during All-Star Weekend. In the second half of the season, the Hawks would be one of the strongest teams in the league. The club won 35 of their final 52 games to finish the season with a record of 50 wins and 32 losses. In the playoffs, the Hawks would eliminate the Detroit Pistons in 4 games. In the 2nd round, the Hawks would be defeated by the Boston Celtics in 5 games.[1]

Draft picks[]

Main article: 1985 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 5 Jon Koncak C  United States Southern Methodist
2 41 Lorenzo Charles SF  United States North Carolina State
3 59 Sedric Toney PG  United States Dayton
4 77 Arvydas Sabonis C  Lithuania
4 84 John Battle PG  United States Rutgers
5 100  United States Hampton
6 123  United States Lafayette
7 146 Bob Ferry PF/C  United States Harvard

Roster[]

1985–86 Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
SG 12 Battle, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1962-11-09 Rutgers
PF 33 Carr, Antoine 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1961-07-23 Wichita State
SF 43 Charles, Lorenzo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1963-11-25 North Carolina State
SG 16 Davis, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1955-10-21 Dayton
PF 44 Hastings, Scott 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1960-06-03 Arkansas
SG 3 Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955-02-24 Auburn
C 32 Koncak, Jon 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1963-05-17 SMU
PF 53 Levingston, Cliff 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1961-01-04 Wichita State
PG 25 Rivers, Doc (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1961-10-13 Marquette
C 30 Rollins, Tree 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1955-06-16 Clemson
PG 4 Webb, Spud 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 133 lb (60 kg) 1963-07-13 North Carolina State
SF 21 Wilkins, Dominique (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1960-01-12 Georgia
PG 1 Williams, Ray 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1954-10-14 Minnesota
PF 42 Willis, Kevin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1962-09-06 Michigan State
SG 10 Wittman, Randy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1959-10-28 Indiana
Head coach
  • Mike Fratello
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 10, 1986

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Central Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 57 25 .695 – 33–8 24–17 21–9
x-Atlanta Hawks 50 32 .610 7 34–7 16–25 21–9
x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 11 31–10 15–26 18–12
x-Chicago Bulls 30 52 .366 27 22–19 8–33 10–20
Cleveland Cavaliers 29 53 .354 28 16–25 13–28 10–19
Indiana Pacers 26 56 .317 31 19–22 7–34 9–20
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics 67 15 .817 –
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks 57 25 .695 10
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers 54 28 .659 13
4 x-Atlanta Hawks 50 32 .610 17
5 x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 21
6 x-Washington Bullets 39 43 .476 28
7 x-New Jersey Nets 39 43 .476 28
8 x-Chicago Bulls 30 52 .366 37
9 Cleveland Cavaliers 29 53 .354 38
10 Indiana Pacers 26 56 .317 41
11 New York Knicks 23 59 .280 44
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[]

1985-86 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta — 0–6 5–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 4–2 5–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–4
Boston 6–0 — 5–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 5–0 4–2 5–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–1
Chicago 1–5 1–5 — 3–3 0–2 2–0 2–4 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 1–5 2–3 4–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4
Cleveland 2–4 1–5 3–3 — 1–1 1–1 1–5 0–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–5 3–3 4–1 0–6 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–5
Dallas 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 — 3–3 0–2 4–1 1–5 2–0 2–3 1–4 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 5–0 2–3 3–3 4–2 3–2 5–1 1–1
Denver 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 — 1–1 3–2 3–3 2–0 4–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 3–3 3–3 2–3 3–3 2–0
Detroit 2–4 1–4 4–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 4–2 4–1 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–2
Golden State 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–4 2–3 1–1 — 0–5 1–1 5–1 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–5 2–3 2–3 2–4 2–3 1–1
Houston 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 5–1 3–3 1–1 5–0 — 2–0 3–2 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 4–2 5–1 3–2 3–3 2–0
Indiana 1–5 1–5 3–3 2–3 0–2 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–2 — 2–0 0–2 2–4 2–3 2–4 0–6 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 5–1
L.A. Clippers 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–4 0–2 1–5 2–3 0–2 — 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–4 2–4 5–0 1–4 3–3 3–2 0–2
L.A. Lakers 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–1 4–2 4–1 2–0 4–2 — 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 6–0 5–0 4–1 4–2 5–0 2–0
Milwaukee 3–3 0–5 5–1 5–1 2–0 0–2 4–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–2 — 4–2 6–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–2
New Jersey 2–4 2–4 3–2 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 — 5–1 2–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–4
New York 1–5 1–5 2–4 1–4 1���1 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 4–2 0–2 1–1 0–6 1–5 — 0–6 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–3
Philadelphia 1–4 2–4 5–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 6–0 2–0 0–2 1–4 4–2 6–0 — 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3
Phoenix 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 1–4 2–0 4–2 2–3 1–1 4–2 1–5 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 — 2–4 2–3 3–2 5–1 1–4 1–1
Portland 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 5–1 2–3 2–0 4–2 0–6 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 4–2 — 3–2 1–4 5–1 2–3 0–2
Sacramento 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 2–0 3–2 2–4 2–0 0–5 0–5 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–3 — 5–1 5–0 2–4 1–1
San Antonio 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 3–3 1–1 3–2 1–5 1–1 4–1 1–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 4–1 1–5 — 2–3 2–4 2–0
Seattle 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 4–2 2–3 0–2 3–3 2–4 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–5 0–5 3–2 — 2–3 1–1
Utah 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–5 3–3 1–1 3–2 3–3 2–0 2–3 0–5 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 4–2 3–2 — 1–1
Washington 4–1 1–5 4–1 5–1 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–5 2–0 0–2 2–4 4–2 3–3 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 —

Game log[]

Regular season[]

1985–86 game log
Total: 50–32 (Home: 34–7; Road: 16–25)
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 25 Washington L 91-100 Dominque Wilkins (32) Tree Rollins (9) Spud Webb (10) Omni Coliseum
10,129 		0–1
2 October 26 @ Milwaukee L 91-117 Dominique Wilkins (18) Cliff Levingston (9) Ray Williams (7) MECCA Arena
10,237 		0–2
3 October 29 New York W 102-87 Dominique Wilkins (22) Dominique Wilkins (13) Ray Williams (8) Omni Coliseum
9,901 		1–2
November: 7–9 (Home: 5–2; Road: 2–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 November 1 @ Boston L 105-109 Dominique Wilkins (40) Dominique Wilkins (10) Randy Wittman (5) Boston Garden
14,890 		1–3
5 November 2 Philadelphia W 114-113 (OT) Dominique Wilkins (28) Levingston, Koncak (9) Spud Webb (11) Omni Coliseum
12,214 		2–3
6 November 5 @ Denver L 113-128 Jon Koncak (21) Kevin Willis (10) Eddie Johnson (6) McNichols Sports Arena
8,691 		2–4
7 November 6 @ Phoenix W 114-106 Dominique Wilkins (34) Dominique Wilkins (9) Spud Webb (5) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9,805 		3–4
8 November 8 @ Golden State L 119-130 Cliff Levingston (23) Levingston, Koncak, Willis (6) Williams, Johnson, Webb (5) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
14,780 		3–5
9 November 9 @ L.A. Clippers W 97-94 Cliff Levingston (20) Dominique Wilkins (14) Eddie Johnson (8) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
8,716 		4–5
10 November 13 Phoenix W 108-101 Cliff Levingston (23) Cliff Levingston (11) Eddie Johnson (10) Omni Coliseum
4,608 		5–5
11 November 15 Detroit W 122-118 Dominique Wilkins (30) Cliff Levingston (10) Wittman, Johnson (6) Omni Coliseum
12,924 		6–5
12 November 16 @ New York L 96-103 Dominique Wilkins (19) Tree Rollins (8) Eddie Johnson (7) Madison Square Garden
15,422 		6–6
13 November 20 Chicago W 116-101 Dominique Wilkins (28) Cliff Levingston (17) Eddie Johnson (7) Omni Coliseum
7,179 		7–6
14 November 23 Utah L 106-116 Dominique Wilkins (31) Wilkins, Koncak, Rollins (7) Eddie Johnson (8) Omni Coliseum
6,115 		7–7
15 November 24 @ Cleveland L 90-98 Cliff Levingston (17) Cliff Levingston (11) Randy Wittman (8) Richfield Coliseum
6,145 		7–8
16 November 26 New York W 104-94 Dominique Wilkins (35) Dominique Wilkins (9) Randy Wittman (5) Omni Coliseum
7,488 		8–8
17 November 27 @ Milwaukee L 96-114 Eddie Johnson (24) Tree Rollins (8) Eddie Johnson (8) MECCA Arena
10,879 		8–9
18 November 29 @ New Jersey L 97-107 Dominique Wilkins (30) Dominique Wilkins (9) Eddie Johnson (5) Brenden Byrne Arena
10,329 		8–10
19 November 30 Boston
December: 7–4 (Home: 6–1; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
20 December 4 Portland
21 December 6 Milwaukee
22 December 10 @ Boston
23 December 11 Seattle
24 December 13 @ Indiana
25 December 14 Philadelphia
26 December 17 New Jersey
27 December 19 Dallas
28 December 21 Houston
29 December 27 @ Washington
30 December 28 @ New York
January: 11–4 (Home: 9–1; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
31 January 3 Detroit
32 January 4 @ Chicago
33 January 7 L.A. Clippers
34 January 9 @ Detroit
35 January 10 @ Boston
36 January 14 Sacramento
37 January 16 Cleveland
38 January 18 Boston
39 January 20 Milwaukee
40 January 22 Golden State
41 January 24 New York
42 January 25 @ Washington
43 January 28 Indiana
44 January 29 @ Detroit
45 January 31 Detroit
February: 8–6 (Home: 4–0; Road: 4–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
46 February 1 @ New Jersey
47 February 4 @ Cleveland
48 February 6 @ Indiana
49 February 11 @ Houston
50 February 13 @ Sacramento
51 February 14 @ L.A. Lakers
52 February 16 @ Portland
53 February 17 @ Seattle
54 February 19 @ Utah
55 February 21 Indiana
56 February 22 New Jersey
57 February 24 L.A. Lakers
58 February 26 Cleveland
59 February 28 @ Detroit
March: 12–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 7–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
60 March 1 San Antonio
61 March 4 Philadelphia
62 March 5 @ Philadelphia
63 March 7 @ Chicago
64 March 8 Milwaukee
65 March 11 Denver
66 March 12 @ New Jersey
67 March 14 Boston
68 March 15 @ New York
69 March 17 Chicago
70 March 19 @ San Antonio
71 March 21 @ Dallas
72 March 22 @ Milwaukee
73 March 25 @ Cleveland
74 March 26 @ Philadelphia
75 March 28 @ Indiana
76 March 29 Cleveland
April: 4–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
77 April 1 Washington
78 April 4 @ Washington
79 April 5 @ Chicago
80 April 8 Chicago
81 April 10 New Jersey
82 April 12 Indiana
1985–86 schedule

Playoffs[]

1986 playoff game log
First Round: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 17 Detroit W 140–122 Dominique Wilkins (28) Rollins, Levingston (8) Doc Rivers (16) Omni Coliseum
12,538 		1--0
2 April 19 Detroit W 137–125 Randy Wittman (35) Tree Rollins (14) Spud Webb (18) Omni Coliseum
12,964 		2–0
3 April 22 @ Detroit L 97–106 Dominique Wilkins (21) Wilkins, Levingston (7) Doc Rivers (8) Pontiac Silverdome
13,312 		2–1
4 April 25 @ Detroit W 114–113 (2OT) Dominique Wilkins (38) Doc Rivers (13) Doc Rivers (9) Pontiac Silverdome
15,288 		3–1
Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 27 @ Boston L 91–103 Kevin Willis (18) Kevin Willis (8) Spud Webb (5) Boston Garden
14,890 		0–1
2 April 29 @ Boston L 108–119 Kevin Willis (23) Willis, Rollins (10) Doc Rivers (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		0–2
3 May 2 Boston L 107–111 Dominique Wilkins (38) Kevin Willis (12) Doc Rivers (14) Omni Coliseum
12,357 		0–3
4 May 4 Boston W 106–94 Dominique Wilkins (37) Tree Rollins (16) Spud Webb (12) Omni Coliseum
12,357 		1–3
5 May 6 @ Boston L 99–132 Spud Webb (15) Tree Rollins (8) Spud Webb (8) Boston Garden
14,890 		1–4
1986 schedule

Player statistics[]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season[]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Dominique Wilkins 78 78 39.1 46.8 18.6 81.8 7.9 2.6 1.8 0.6 30.3
Randy Wittman 81 79 34.1 53.0 31.3 77.0 2.1 3.8 1.0 0.2 12.9
Kevin Willis 82 59 28.0 51.7 0.0 65.4 8.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 12.3
Doc Rivers 53 50 29.6 47.4 0.0 60.8 3.1 8.4 2.3 0.2 11.5
Eddie Johnson 39 5 22.1 47.3 25.0 71.8 1.9 5.6 0.3 0.0 10.1
Cliff Levingston 81 35 24.0 53.4 0.0 67.8 6.6 0.9 0.9 0.5 9.3
Ray Williams 19 13 19.3 39.9 36.4 85.4 2.4 3.5 1.5 0.1 8.4
Jon Koncak 82 15 20.7 50.7 0.0 60.7 5.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 8.3
Spud Webb 79 8 15.6 48.3 18.2 78.5 1.6 4.3 1.0 0.1 7.8
Antoine Carr 17 0 15.2 52.7 0.0 66.7 3.1 0.8 0.4 0.9 6.8
Tree Rollins 74 61 24.1 49.9 0.0 76.7 6.2 0.6 0.5 2.3 5.6
Johnny Davis 27 7 14.9 43.0 50.0 86.4 0.7 4.1 0.5 0.0 5.3
John Battle 64 0 10.0 45.5 0.0 72.8 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.0 4.3
Lorenzo Charles 36 0 7.6 55.7 0.0 66.7 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 3.4
Scott Hastings 62 0 10.5 40.9 75.0 85.7 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 3.1
Sedric Toney 3 0 8.0 28.6 0.0 100.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.7

Playoffs[]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Dominique Wilkins 9 9 40.0 43.3 20.0 86.1 6.0 2.8 1.0 0.2 28.6
Randy Wittman 9 9 38.7 52.6 0.0 69.2 2.7 3.3 1.1 0.1 17.8
Kevin Willis 9 9 31.1 56.1 0.0 65.2 7.2 0.6 0.8 0.9 13.9
Doc Rivers 9 9 29.1 43.5 50.0 73.8 4.7 8.7 2.0 0.0 12.7
Spud Webb 9 0 20.3 51.9 0.0 78.8 3.4 7.2 0.4 0.1 12.2
Tree Rollins 9 9 27.6 55.3 0.0 63.6 8.7 0.3 0.2 1.7 6.6
Jon Koncak 9 0 21.4 48.3 0.0 56.5 3.8 0.6 0.7 1.1 6.0
Cliff Levingston 9 0 20.0 59.5 100.0 77.8 4.6 0.3 0.4 1.0 5.8
Scott Hastings 9 0 5.4 78.6 25.0 45.5 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 3.1
Johnny Davis 8 0 8.1 36.0 0.0 100.0 0.8 1.9 0.3 0.0 2.8
John Battle 6 0 4.5 36.4 0.0 75.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.8
Lorenzo Charles 4 0 3.8 75.0 0.0 100.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.8

Player Statistics Citation:[2]

Awards and records[]

Awards[]

Records[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Free Agents[]

See also[]

  • 1985-86 NBA season

References[]

  1. ^ Atlanta Hawks (1968-Present)
  2. ^ "1985-86 Atlanta Hawks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
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