The 1981–82 NBA season was the Hawks' 33rd season in the NBA and 14th season in Atlanta.[1]
See main article: article and 1981 NBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | SF/SG | North Carolina | |||
| 2 | 38 | DePaul | ||||
| 3 | 52 | SF/SG | Louisiana State | |||
| 4 | 75 | Louisiana-Lafayette | ||||
| 5 | 98 | Iowa | ||||
| 6 | 121 | Hampton | ||||
| 7 | 144 | Iona | ||||
| 8 | 167 | | Notre Dame | |||
| 9 | 189 | Wagner | ||||
| 10 | 209 | Georgetown |
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
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| width=100 | Team | ATL | BOS | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | KCK | LAL | MIL | NJN | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SAS | SDC | SEA | UTA | WAS |
| Atlanta | – | 1–5 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | |
| Boston | 5–1 | – | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| Chicago | 3–2 | 2–4 | – | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | |
| Cleveland | 2–4 | 0–5 | 1–5 | – | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | |
| Dallas | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 | |
| Denver | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | – | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | |
| Detroit | 4–2 | 0–6 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Golden State | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | – | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Houston | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 4–1 | – | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 | |
| Indiana | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | |
| Kansas City | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | – | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | |
| Los Angeles | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| New Jersey | 2–3 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | – | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | |
| New York | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | – | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | |
| Philadelphia | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | – | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| Phoenix | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Portland | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | – | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | |
| San Antonio | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | – | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | |
| San Diego | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | – | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 | |
| Seattle | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 5–1 | – | 5–0 | 1–1 | |
| Utah | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–5 | – | 1–1 | |
| Washington | 4–2 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | |
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 31| Philadelphia|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 4| November 6| @ Philadelphia|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 13| November 28| Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 14| December 1| Philadelphia|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 19| December 11| @ Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 20| December 12| Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 24| December 20| @ Los Angeles|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 26| December 26| @ San Antonio|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 33| January 13| @ Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 34| January 15| @ Philadelphia|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 38| January 22| San Antonio|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 45| February 9| Los Angeles|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 56| March 5| @ Philadelphia|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 63| March 17| @ Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 73| April 2| Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 77| April 9| Philadelphia
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 21| @ Philadelphia| L 76–111| John Drew (18)| Dan Roundfield (11)| Rory Sparrow (8)| Spectrum
11,250| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| April 23| Philadelphia| W 95–98 (OT)| Dan Roundfield (29)| Dan Roundfield (11)| Eddie Johnson (4)| Omni Coliseum
8,703| 2–0|-
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Roundfield | 61 | 58 | 36.3 | 46.6 | 20.0 | 76.0 | 11.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 18.6 | |
| John Drew | 70 | 51 | 29.1 | 48.6 | 33.3 | 74.1 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 18.5 | |
| Eddie Johnson | 68 | 57 | 34.0 | 45.0 | 23.3 | 76.4 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 17.8 | |
| Rory Sparrow | 82 | 82 | 31.8 | 50.1 | 6.7 | 83.8 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 10.5 | |
| Tom McMillen | 73 | 23 | 24.5 | 50.9 | 33.3 | 82.4 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9.9 | |
| Steve Hawes | 49 | 42 | 26.9 | 48.1 | 40.0 | 76.2 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 9.3 | |
| Charlie Criss | 27 | 0 | 20.4 | 40.0 | 25.0 | 89.0 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.7 | |
| Mike Glenn | 49 | 0 | 17.0 | 54.3 | 50.0 | 88.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 7.7 | |
| Rudy Macklin | 79 | 32 | 19.2 | 43.4 | 0.0 | 77.5 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 7.0 | |
| Wes Matthews | 47 | 5 | 17.8 | 44.0 | 25.0 | 75.9 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 6.9 | |
| Jim McElroy | 20 | 17 | 17.5 | 41.6 | 20.0 | 80.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 6.7 | |
| Tree Rollins | 79 | 39 | 25.5 | 58.4 | 0.0 | 61.2 | 7.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 6.1 | |
| Al Wood | 19 | 0 | 12.5 | 34.3 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.8 | |
| Freeman Williams | 23 | 0 | 8.2 | 38.2 | 20.0 | 84.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 | |
| Sam Pellom | 69 | 4 | 15.0 | 45.4 | 0.0 | 77.2 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4.2 | |
| Craig Shelton | 4 | 0 | 5.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Roundfield | 2 | 42.5 | 47.2 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 21.0 | ||
| John Drew | 2 | 29.5 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 58.3 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.5 | ||
| Eddie Johnson | 2 | 33.5 | 34.6 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 11.0 | ||
| Tom McMillen | 2 | 23.5 | 61.5 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Rory Sparrow | 2 | 34.5 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||
| Rudy Macklin | 2 | 15.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||
| Steve Hawes | 1 | 12.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||
| Mike Glenn | 2 | 17.5 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||
| Wes Matthews | 2 | 14.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | ||
| Tree Rollins | 2 | 32.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | ||
| Sam Pellom | 1 | 4.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Freeman Williams | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |