1986–87 Atlanta Hawks season
Division champions
Head coachMike Fratello
General managerStan Kasten
OwnersTed Turner / Turner Broadcasting System
ArenaOmni Coliseum
Results
Record57–25 (.695)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Central)
Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference semifinals
(lost to Pistons 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGNX
RadioWSB

The 1986–87 NBA season was the Hawks' 38th season in the NBA and their 19th season in the city of Atlanta.[1] The Hawks finished first place in the Central Division with a franchise-best record of 57–25. Dominique Wilkins made the All-NBA Second Team, and was selected for the 1987 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, the Hawks defeated the Indiana Pacers in four games, but lost in five games to the 3rd-seeded Detroit Pistons in the semifinals.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
119Billy ThompsonSF United StatesLouisville
232Cedric HendersonPF/SF United StatesGeorgia
240Augusto BinelliC Italy
242Ron KelloggSF United StatesKansas
365Dave HoppenC/PF United StatesNebraska
370Jim LesG United StatesBradley
488Efrem WintersPF United StatesIllinois
5111Nicky Jones United StatesVirginia Commonwealth
6134Alexander VolkovPF Ukraine
7157Valerie Tikhonenko Russia

Roster

1986–87 Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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
PF 44 Hastings, Scott 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1960-06-03 Arkansas
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
SF 40 McGee, Mike 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1959-07-29 Michigan
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 NC State
SF 21 Wilkins, Dominique (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1960-01-12 Georgia
SG 1 Williams, Gus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1953-10-10 USC
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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 14, 1987

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Atlanta Hawks 5725.695–35–622–1917–13
x-Detroit Pistons 5230.634532–920–2117–13
x-Milwaukee Bucks 5032.610732–918–2317–13
x-Indiana Pacers 4141.5001628–1313–2813–16
x-Chicago Bulls 4042.4881729–1211–3017–12
Cleveland Cavaliers 3151.3782625–166–358–22
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Boston Celtics5923.720–
2 y-Atlanta Hawks5725.6952
3 x-Detroit Pistons5230.6347
4 x-Milwaukee Bucks5032.6109
5 x-Philadelphia 76ers4537.54914
6 x-Washington Bullets4240.51217
7 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50018
8 x-Chicago Bulls4042.48819
9 Cleveland Cavaliers3151.37828
10 New Jersey Nets2458.29335
11 New York Knicks2458.29335

Notes

  • z, y – division champions
  • x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1986-87 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 —3–34–24–22–02–03–31–11–13–32–01–13–35–05–13–31–11–12–02–02–02–05–0
Boston 3–3—6–03–22–02–03–22–02–05–12–00–23–34–24–23–32–02–02–02–02–01–14–2
Chicago 2–40–6—5–11–11–13–30–20–23–22–00–24–23–24–23–31–11–11–11–12–00–23–3
Cleveland 2–42–31–5—0–21–11–51–10–23–32–00–21–54–24–12–41–11–11–11–11–10–22–4
Dallas 0–20–21–12–0—4–21–15–03–30–25–03–22–02–02–02–03–22–35–14–25–03–31–1
Denver 0–20–21–11–12–4—0–24–13–31–12–30–51–12–02–00–23–23–22–45–12–32–41–1
Detroit 3–32–33–35–11–12–0—1–11–13–32–01–13–35–16–05–01–10–21–11–12–01–13–3
Golden State 1–10–22–01–10–51–41–1—4–10–26–02–40–22–02–01–11–54–24–14–14–22–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–03–33–31–11–4—2–04–11–40–21–11–10–23–22–35–15–11–43–31–1
Indiana 3–31–52–33–32–01–13–32–00–2—2–00–22–45–13–22–41–10–21–12–01–11–14–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–20–53–20–20–61–40–2—0–60–21–10–20–21–50–61–41–42–42–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–12–02–02–02–35–01–14–24–12–06–0—1–12–02–02–05–15–15–04–14–23–21–1
Milwaukee 3–33–32–45–10–21–13–32–02–04–22–01–1—4–24–22–32–00–22–01–12–01–14–1
New Jersey 0–52–42–32–40–20–21–50–21–11–51–10–22–4—5–13–31–10–20–20–20–21–12–4
New York 1–52–42–41–40–20–20–60–21–12–32–00–22–41–5—3–31–10–22–01–10–21–12–4
Philadelphia 3–33–33–34–20–22–00–51–12–04–22–00–23–23–33–3—1–12–02–01–12–01–13–3
Phoenix 1–10–21–11–12–32–31–15–12–31–15–11–50–21–11–11–1—2–42–32–31–54–10–2
Portland 1–10–21–11–13–22–32–02–43–22–06–01–52–02–02–00–24–2—3–24–14–23–21–1
Sacramento 0–20–21–11–11–54–21–11–41–51–14–10–50–22–00–20–23–22–3—3–32–31–51–1
San Antonio 0–20–21–11–12–41–51–11–41–50–24–11–41–12–01–11–13–21–43–3—1–42–40–2
Seattle 0–20–20–21–10–53–20–22–44–11–14–22–40–22–02–00–25–12–43–24–1—3–21–1
Utah 0–21–12–02–03–34–21–13–23–31–13–22–31–11–11–11–11–42–35–14–22–3—1–1
Washington 0–52–43–34–21–11–13–32–01–12–42–01–11–44–24–23–32–01–11–12–01–11–1—

Game log

Regular season

1986–87 game log
Total: 57–25 (home: 35–6; road: 22–19)
November: 12–3 (home: 6–0; road: 6–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
December: 8–4 (home: 5–1; road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
January: 8–8 (home: 7–2; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
February: 7–6 (home: 5–2; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
March: 13–2 (home: 6–1; road: 7–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
April: 9–2 (home: 6–0; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1986–87 schedule

Playoffs

1987 playoff game log
First Round: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 24 Indiana W 110–94 Dominique Wilkins (35) Tree Rollins (11) Spud Webb (9) Omni Coliseum
16,522		 0–1
2 April 26 Indiana W 94–93 Dominique Wilkins (43) Kevin Willis (10) Spud Webb (14) Omni Coliseum
16,522		 0–2
3 April 29 @ Indiana L 87–96 Dominique Wilkins (22) Kevin Willis (7) Doc Rivers (10) Market Square Arena
12,303		 2–1
4 May 1 @ Indiana W 101–97 Dominique Wilkins (30) Dominique Wilkins (9) Doc Rivers (15) Market Square Arena
14,039		 3–1
Conference semifinals: 1–4 (home: 1–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 3 Detroit L 111–112 Kevin Willis (22) Kevin Willis (10) Doc Rivers (14) Omni Coliseum
14,361		 0–1
2 May 5 Detroit W 115–102 Randy Wittman (34) Kevin Willis (10) Doc Rivers (14) Omni Coliseum
16,522		 1–1
3 May 8 @ Detroit L 99–108 Kevin Willis (26) Kevin Willis (12) Doc Rivers (8) Pontiac Silverdome
24,544		 1–2
4 May 10 @ Detroit L 88–89 Wilkins, Battle (19) Dominique Wilkins (12) Doc Rivers (7) Pontiac Silverdome
17,269		 1–3
5 May 13 Detroit L 96–104 Dominique Wilkins (26) Dominique Wilkins (12) Doc Rivers (15) Omni Coliseum
16,522		 1–4
1987 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 797937.646.329.281.86.33.31.50.629.0
Kevin Willis 81 81 32.4 53.6 25.0 70.9 10.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 16.1
Doc Rivers 82 82 31.6 45.1 19.0 82.8 3.6 10.0 2.1 0.4 12.8
Randy Wittman 71 65 28.9 50.3 33.3 78.7 1.7 3.0 0.5 0.2 12.7
Mike McGee 76 6 18.7 45.9 37.6 58.4 2.1 2.0 0.8 0.0 10.4
Cliff Levingston 82 10 22.5 50.6 0.0 73.1 6.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 8.0
Spud Webb 33 0 16.1 43.8 16.7 76.2 1.8 5.1 1.0 0.1 6.8
John Battle 64 8 12.6 45.7 0.0 73.8 0.9 1.9 0.5 0.1 6.0
Jon Koncak 82 19 20.5 48.0 0.0 65.4 6.0 0.4 0.6 0.9 5.6
Tree Rollins 75 58 23.5 54.6 0.0 72.4 6.5 0.3 0.6 1.9 5.4
Antoine Carr 65 2 10.7 50.6 33.3 70.9 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.7 5.3
Gus Williams 33 0 14.6 36.3 27.8 67.5 1.2 4.2 0.5 0.2 4.2
Scott Hastings 40 0 6.4 33.8 16.7 79.3 1.8 0.3 0.3 0.2 1.8
Cedric Henderson 6 0 1.7 40.0 0.0 100.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
Michael Wilson 2 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Dominique Wilkins 9940.041.030.089.27.82.81.80.926.8
Randy Wittman 9 9 33.3 55.4 0.0 82.4 2.0 3.3 0.4 0.4 16.4
Kevin Willis 9 9 39.6 52.2 0.0 67.7 9.2 0.7 1.0 0.8 15.7
Antoine Carr 9 0 18.0 69.6 0.0 81.3 3.0 1.4 0.3 0.9 11.6
Doc Rivers 8 8 30.6 38.3 0.0 50.0 3.4 11.3 1.1 0.4 7.8
John Battle 8 0 9.8 44.1 40.0 91.3 1.3 1.0 0.1 0.0 6.6
Tree Rollins 9 9 24.6 53.6 0.0 71.4 5.9 0.3 0.3 1.8 4.4
Spud Webb 8 1 15.3 47.4 0.0 76.5 1.0 4.8 0.8 0.0 3.9
Mike McGee 8 0 12.6 25.6 14.3 50.0 2.5 1.9 0.5 0.0 3.4
Cliff Levingston 9 0 12.0 38.9 0.0 77.8 3.8 0.3 0.0 0.3 3.1
Jon Koncak 8 0 10.8 53.8 0.0 75.0 3.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.5
Scott Hastings 4 0 5.3 66.7 0.0 100.0 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.5

Player Statistics Citation:[2]

Awards and records

Transactions

References

  1. ↑ 1986-87 Atlanta Hawks
  2. ↑ "1986-87 Atlanta Hawks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2021.

See also

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