1998–99 Atlanta Hawks season
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The Hawks continued to split their home games between the Georgia Dome, and the Alexander Memorial Coliseum for the second consecutive season.[17] In the off-season, the team signed free agents LaPhonso Ellis,[18][19] second-year guard Anthony Johnson and re-signed former Hawks forward Grant Long.[20][21][17] Ellis would reunite with his former teammate of the Denver Nuggets, 3-time Defensive Player of the Year Dikembe Mutombo. However, Ellis would be out for the remainder of the season with a hernia injury after just 20 games,[22][23] being replaced by second-year forward Chris Crawford as the team's starting small forward. The Hawks played around .500 with a 9–9 start, then later on posted a 7-game winning streak in April, and won nine of their final eleven games. The team finished second in the Central Division with a 31–19 record.[24]
In the Eastern Conference First Round of the
Following the season, Smith and second-year guard Ed Gray were both traded to the Portland Trail Blazers,[43][44][45][46] while Blaylock was traded to the Golden State Warriors after seven seasons in Atlanta,[47][48][49][50] Long signed as a free agent with the Vancouver Grizzlies,[51][52] and Tyrone Corbin re-signed with the Sacramento Kings.[53]
Offseason
Draft picks
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1 | 20 | Roshown McLeod | SF | United States | Duke |
2 | 49 | Cory Carr | SG | United States | Texas Tech |
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
Central Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y-Indiana Pacers | 33 | 17 | .660 | – | 18–7 | 15–10 | 15–7 | 50 |
x-Atlanta Hawks | 31 | 19 | .620 | 2.0 | 16–9 | 15–10 | 15–8 | 50 |
x-Detroit Pistons | 29 | 21 | .580 | 4.0 | 17–8 | 12–13 | 13–8 | 50 |
x-Milwaukee Bucks | 28 | 22 | .560 | 5.0 | 17–8 | 11–14 | 13–11 | 50 |
Charlotte Hornets | 26 | 24 | .520 | 7.0 | 16–9 | 10–15 | 12–10 | 50 |
Toronto Raptors | 23 | 27 | .460 | 10.0 | 14–11 | 9–16 | 9–14 | 50 |
Cleveland Cavaliers | 22 | 28 | .440 | 11.0 | 15–10 | 7–18 | 9–13 | 50 |
Chicago Bulls | 13 | 37 | .260 | 20.0 | 8–17 | 5–20 | 4–19 | 50 |
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1 | c-Miami Heat * | 33 | 17 | .660 | – | 50 |
2 | y-Indiana Pacers * | 33 | 17 | .660 | – | 50 |
3 | x-Orlando Magic | 33 | 17 | .660 | – | 50 |
4 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 31 | 19 | .620 | 2.0 | 50 |
5 | x-Detroit Pistons | 29 | 21 | .580 | 4.0 | 50 |
6 | x-Philadelphia 76ers | 28 | 22 | .560 | 5.0 | 50 |
7 | x-Milwaukee Bucks | 28 | 22 | .560 | 5.0 | 50 |
8 | x-New York Knicks | 27 | 23 | .540 | 6.0 | 50 |
9 | Charlotte Hornets | 26 | 24 | .520 | 7.0 | 50 |
10 | Toronto Raptors | 23 | 27 | .460 | 10.0 | 50 |
11 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 22 | 28 | .440 | 11.0 | 50 |
12 | Boston Celtics | 19 | 31 | .380 | 14.0 | 50 |
13 | Washington Wizards | 18 | 32 | .360 | 15.0 | 50 |
14 | New Jersey Nets | 16 | 34 | .320 | 17.0 | 50 |
15 | Chicago Bulls | 13 | 37 | .260 | 20.0 | 50 |
- z - clinched division title
- y - clinched division title
- x - clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NYK | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | TOR | UTA | VAN | WAS |
Atlanta | – | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Boston | 0–3 | – | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
Charlotte | 0–3 | 2–1 | – | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Chicago | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | – | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Cleveland | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Dallas | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Denver | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | – | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Detroit | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Golden State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | – | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
Houston | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | – | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
Indiana | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
L.A. Clippers | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | – | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
L.A. Lakers | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Miami | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
Milwaukee | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | – | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Minnesota | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
New Jersey | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | – | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
New York | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | – | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Orlando | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | – | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Philadelphia | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | – | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Phoenix | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
Portland | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | – | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
Sacramento | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | – | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
San Antonio | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | – | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
Seattle | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | – | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Toronto | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
Utah | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | – | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Vancouver | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | – | 0–0 |
Washington | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
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Player statistics
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
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Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Mookie Blaylock | 48 | 48 | 36.7 | .379 | .307 | .758 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 2.1 | .2 | 13.3 |
Tyrone Corbin | 47 | 6 | 22.7 | .391 | .319 | .650 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | .1 | 7.5 |
Chris Crawford | 42 | 30 | 18.7 | .431 | .333 | .814 | 2.1 | .6 | .2 | .3 | 6.9 |
LaPhonso Ellis | 20 | 20 | 27.0 | .421 | .200 | .705 | 5.5 | .9 | .4 | .4 | 10.2 |
Ed Gray | 30 | 3 | 11.2 | .291 | .286 | .757 | .9 | .4 | .4 | . | 4.9 |
Alan Henderson | 38 | 37 | 30.1 | .442 | .000 | .671 | 6.6 | .7 | .9 | .5 | 12.5 |
Anthony Johnson | 49 | 2 | 18.1 | .404 | .263 | .695 | 1.5 | 2.2 | .7 | .1 | 5.0 |
Grant Long | 50 | 13 | 27.6 | .421 | .167 | .783 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | .3 | 9.8 |
Roshown McLeod | 34 | 0 | 10.2 | .380 | .100 | .822 | 1.5 | .4 | .1 | . | 4.8 |
Dikembe Mutombo | 50 | 50 | 36.6 | .512 | . | .684 | 12.2 | 1.1 | .3 | 2.9 | 10.8 |
Jeff Sheppard | 18 | 5 | 10.3 | .385 | .286 | .615 | 1.2 | .9 | .2 | . | 2.2 |
Steve Smith | 36 | 36 | 36.5 | .402 | .338 | .849 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.0 | .3 | 18.7 |
Mark West | 49 | 0 | 10.2 | .373 | . | .356 | 2.6 | .3 | .1 | .4 | 1.2 |
Shammond Williams | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | . | .750 | . | .5 | . | . | 1.5 |
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Mookie Blaylock | 9 | 9 | 39.8 | .326 | .353 | .467 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 12.6 |
Tyrone Corbin | 9 | 4 | 29.8 | .417 | .261 | .750 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 7.7 |
Chris Crawford | 6 | 5 | 20.8 | .333 | .286 | .885 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 9.8 |
Ed Gray | 8 | 0 | 8.9 | .366 | .364 | .909 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 5.5 |
Alan Henderson | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Anthony Johnson | 9 | 0 | 12.3 | .276 | .500 | .700 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
Grant Long | 9 | 9 | 39.8 | .409 | .250 | .727 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.7 |
Roshown McLeod | 6 | 0 | 8.2 | .524 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.3 | |
Dikembe Mutombo | 9 | 9 | 42.2 | .563 | .702 | 13.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 12.6 | |
Jeff Sheppard | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Steve Smith | 9 | 9 | 39.6 | .353 | .273 | .907 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 17.3 |
Mark West | 9 | 0 | 7.6 | .300 | .500 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
Awards and records
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team
Transactions
Trades
June 24, 1998
- Traded Cory Carr, a 1999 second round draft pick and a 2000 second round draft pick to the Chicago Bulls for Shammond Williams.
January 22, 1999
- Traded Christian Laettner to the Detroit Pistons for Scot Pollard and a 1999 first round draft pick.
Free agents
January 21, 1999
- Signed Jeff Sheppard as a free agent.
- Signed Anthony Johnson as a free agent.
- Signed Mark West as a free agent.
January 30, 1999
- Signed LaPhonso Ellis as a free agent.
February 1, 1999
- Signed Grant Long as a free agent.
February 16, 1999
- Waived Jeff Sheppard.
February 19, 1999
- Waived Scot Pollard.
- Waived Shammond Williams.
February 22, 1999
- Signed Jeff Sheppard as a free agent.
March 4, 1999
- Waived Jeff Sheppard.
March 19, 1999
- Signed Jeff Sheppard to the first of two 10-day contracts.
April 8, 1999
- Signed Jeff Sheppard to a contract for the rest of the season.
Player Transactions Citation:[54]
See also
- 1998-99 NBA season
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