The 1982–83 Atlanta Hawks season was the franchise's thirty-fourth season in the National Basketball Association and fifteenth in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to the start of the season, the Hawks made a blockbuster trade. The franchise sent John Drew and Freeman Williams to the Utah Jazz in exchange for first round draft pick Dominique Wilkins, a star at the University of Georgia.[1] Wilkins would make an impact as he averaged 17.5 points per game. The Hawks finished in second place with a 43–39 record. In the playoffs, the Hawks would however be eliminated 2–1 by the Boston Celtics.
See main article: 1982 NBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | SG | Purdue | |||
| 3 | 56 | Detroit Mercy | ||||
| 5 | 102 | Minnesota | ||||
| 6 | 126 | Mount St. Mary's | ||||
| 7 | 148 | Clemson | ||||
| 8 | 172 | Howard | ||||
| 9 | 194 | Elizabeth City State | ||||
| 10 | 216 | Old Dominion |
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 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | |
| Boston | 5–1 | – | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | |
| Chicago | 1–5 | 2–3 | – | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | |
| Cleveland | 0–6 | 1–5 | 1–5 | – | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
| Dallas | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | |
| Denver | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | – | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | |
| Detroit | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
| Golden State | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | – | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Houston | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 | – | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–6 | 1–1 | |
| Indiana | 0–6 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | |
| Kansas City | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–0 | |
| Los Angeles | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Milwaukee | 4–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| New Jersey | 4–2 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| New York | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | – | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
| Philadelphia | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | – | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | |
| Phoenix | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | – | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | |
| Portland | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | – | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| San Antonio | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | – | 4–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |
| San Diego | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–4 | – | 0–6 | 2–3 | 0–2 | |
| Seattle | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 6–0 | – | 5–0 | 1–1 | |
| Utah | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–5 | – | 0–2 | |
| Washington | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | |
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 19| @ Boston| L 95–103| Dan Roundfield (24)| Dan Roundfield (20)| Johnny Davis (11)| Boston Garden
15,320| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| April 22| Boston| W 95–93| Dan Roundfield (19)| Tree Rollins (14)| Johnny Davis (14)| Omni Coliseum
10,405| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| April 24| @ Boston| L 79–98| Tree Rollins (18)| Dan Roundfield (10)| three players tied (3)| Boston Garden
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| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Roundfield | 77 | 76 | 36.5 | 47.0 | 18.5 | 74.9 | 11.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 19.0 | |
| Dominique Wilkins | 82 | 82 | 32.9 | 49.3 | 18.2 | 68.2 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 17.5 | |
| Eddie Johnson | 61 | 57 | 29.7 | 45.3 | 34.1 | 78.5 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 16.0 | |
| Johnny Davis | 53 | 33 | 27.6 | 45.5 | 27.8 | 79.6 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.9 | |
| Rory Sparrow | 49 | 49 | 31.6 | 51.6 | 20.0 | 74.3 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 12.6 | |
| Tom McMillen | 61 | 4 | 22.4 | 46.7 | 0.0 | 81.2 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 8.3 | |
| Tree Rollins | 80 | 80 | 30.9 | 51.0 | 0.0 | 72.6 | 9.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 7.8 | |
| Mike Glenn | 73 | 4 | 15.4 | 51.8 | 0.0 | 83.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 7.3 | |
| Wes Matthews | 64 | 0 | 18.5 | 40.3 | 29.2 | 76.8 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 6.9 | |
| Rudy Macklin | 73 | 20 | 16.0 | 47.2 | 0.0 | 77.1 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.0 | |
| Steve Hawes | 46 | 3 | 18.7 | 37.3 | 14.3 | 74.2 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 5.0 | |
| Rickey Brown | 26 | 0 | 11.7 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.7 | |
| Randy Smith | 15 | 0 | 9.5 | 43.9 | 0.0 | 92.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 4.7 | |
| Keith Edmonson | 32 | 2 | 9.7 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 59.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | |
| Sam Pellom | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| George Johnson | 37 | 0 | 12.5 | 43.9 | 0.0 | 73.7 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | |
| Scott Hastings | 10 | 0 | 4.2 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Roundfield | 3 | 41.3 | 48.0 | 0.0 | 45.5 | 14.0 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 17.7 | ||
| Johnny Davis | 3 | 37.7 | 40.4 | 0.0 | 90.0 | 1.7 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | ||
| Dominique Wilkins | 3 | 36.3 | 40.5 | 100.0 | 85.7 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 15.7 | ||
| Rudy Macklin | 3 | 26.0 | 45.8 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10.0 | ||
| Tree Rollins | 3 | 39.3 | 48.1 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 9.7 | ||
| Mike Glenn | 3 | 22.3 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Tom McMillen | 3 | 13.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.3 | ||
| Wes Matthews | 3 | 12.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | ||
| Randy Smith | 2 | 7.5 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | ||
| Keith Edmonson | 1 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Rickey Brown | 2 | 7.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | ||
| George Johnson | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |