when did the hawks win the nba championship
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the NBA as part of the merger between the NBL and the Basketball Association of America (BAA), and briefly had Red Auerbach as coach. In 1951, Kerner moved the team to Milwaukee, where they changed their name to the Hawks. Kerner and the team moved again in 1955 to St. Louis, where they won their only NBA Championship in 1958 and qualified to play in the NBA Finals in 1957, 1960 and 1961. The Hawks played the Boston Celtics in all four of their trips to the NBA Finals. The St. Louis Hawks moved to Atlanta in 1968, when Kerner
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1958 NBA Finals The 1958 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series for the 1957–58 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. It pitted the Western Division champion St. Louis Hawks against the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. The Hawks won the series in six games to win the club's first and so far only NBA championship title. "Hawks win series 4–2" After suffering a heartbreaking loss to the Celtics in Game 7 of the 1957 NBA Finals, St. Louis survived a sometimes difficult 1957-58 NBA season, returning to the NBA Finals to face
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1971 NBA Finals The 1971 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series played at the conclusion of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 25th anniversary season of 1970–71. The Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks, who were founded just three years earlier, swept the Eastern Conference champion Baltimore Bullets in four games. Baltimore had dethroned the 1969–70 NBA champion New York Knicks. The Bucks were the first Western Conference champions to win the league's finals since the St. Louis Hawks did so in 1958. This was the first NBA Finals not played in the state of California in 10 years. It
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lead.Tom Heinsohn made two foul shots with 16 seconds left to cut it to 108-107. With the Boston defense converging on Pettit, Slater Martin tried a set shot that missed, but Pettit somehow fought his way through the mob of Celtics around him to tap the ball in and make a final Celtic field goal meaningless. Pettit had scored 50 points, including 18 of the Hawks' final 21 points propelling the Hawks' to the 1958 NBA Championship. The 1958 Hawks were the last team to win an NBA championship without a black player on the roster. 1958 NBA Finals The
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champion Celtics for more than a decade. With Bill Russell, the Celtics advanced to the 1957 NBA Finals and defeated the St. Louis Hawks in seven games, the first of a record 17 championships. Russell went on to win 11 championships, making him the most decorated player in NBA history. In 1958, the Celtics again advanced to the NBA Finals, this time losing to the Hawks in 6 games. However, with the acquisition of K.C. Jones that year, the Celtics began a dynasty that would last for more than a decade. In 1959, the Celtics won the NBA Championship after
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the NBA as part of the merger between the NBL and the Basketball Association of America (BAA), and briefly had Red Auerbach as coach. In 1951, Kerner moved the team to Milwaukee, where they changed their name to the Hawks. Kerner and the team moved again in 1955 to St. Louis, where they won their only NBA Championship in 1958 and qualified to play in the NBA Finals in 1957, 1960 and 1961. The Hawks played the Boston Celtics in all four of their trips to the NBA Finals. The St. Louis Hawks moved to Atlanta in 1968, when Kerner
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first round of the playoffs, of the teams who had previously won an NBA championship, the Chicago Bulls had the shortest drought at 17 years, having most recently won an NBA championship in 1998, while the Atlanta Hawks had the longest overall drought at 57 years, having won their only previous championship in 1958 when the franchise was based in St. Louis. For the first time since 1970, the Hawks made the Conference Finals (then called the Division Finals). Since 1970, they had lost all 15 Division or Conference Semifinal series they participated in. The Warriors made their first conference
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Boston Celtics vs. (1) St. Louis Hawks: "Celtics win series 4-3" Last Playoff Meeting: 1958 NBA Finals (St. Louis won 4-2) 1960 NBA Playoffs The 1960 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1959-60 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion St. Louis Hawks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. This was the second straight and third overall NBA title for Boston, who got revenge for the Hawks' win over them in 1958. The 1960 Finals was the third Celtics–Hawks Finals in the past four
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several NBA teams and scored more than 3,000 points. Hannum is mostly known for coaching the Wilt Chamberlain-led Philadelphia 76ers of 1966–67 to the NBA championship, ending the eight-year title streak of the Boston Celtics. He had also coached the Bob Pettit-led St. Louis Hawks team to the 1958 NBA Championship over the Celtics in the NBA Finals, thus making him the first of only three head coaches in NBA history to win championships with two different teams (the other two are Phil Jackson and Pat Riley). The aforementioned seasons were the only two in Bill Russell's 13-year career in
Alex Hannum
All Star Frankie Brian was the leading scorer on the 1950–51 Hawks during their last season in Moline. Eventually Kerner moved the Milwaukee Hawks to St. Louis in 1955. The St. Louis Hawks made the NBA Finals three times against Auerbach and the Celtics, winning the Championship in the 1958 NBA Finals. The Hawks would eventually settle in Atlanta in 1968 when Kerner sold the franchise. Red Auerbach was hired by Ben Kerner as Head Coach for the Blackhawks in 1949–50. Quitting when he discovered that Kerner had traded a player without consulting him, Auerbach became Coach of the Boston
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Lakers: "Lakers win series 2-0" Last Playoff Meeting: 1959 NBA Western Division Semifinals (Minneapolis won 2-1) Division Finals (1) St. Louis Hawks vs. (3) Minneapolis Lakers: "Hawks win series 4-3" Last Playoff Meeting: 1959 NBA Western Division Finals (Minneapolis won 4-2) Champion: Boston Celtics Division Semifinals (1) Boston Celtics have division semifinals bye. (2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (3) Syracuse Nationals: "Warriors win series 2-1" Last Playoff Meeting: 1958 NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (Philadelphia won 2-1) Division Finals (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Philadelphia Warriors: "Celtics win series 4-2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1959 NBA Eastern Division Finals (Boston won 4-0) (1)
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1960 NBA Playoffs The 1960 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1959-60 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion St. Louis Hawks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. This was the second straight and third overall NBA title for Boston, who got revenge for the Hawks' win over them in 1958. The 1960 Finals was the third Celtics–Hawks Finals in the past four years. Champion: St. Louis Hawks Division Semifinals (1) St. Louis Hawks have division semifinals bye. (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Minneapolis
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been drafted, with an additional four signed as undrafted free agents. Of the 50 drafted players, 28 played in at least one NBA (or ABA) game. Memphis has produced 13 first-round picks, including 8 top-ten picks and one number-one pick (Derrick Rose). Three former Tigers have been named NBA All Stars: Larry Kenon (two times), Anfernee Hardaway (4 times), and Derrick Rose (3 times). Three have gone on to win the NBA Championship: Win Wilfong with the St. Louis Hawks in 1958, William Bedford with the Detroit Pistons in 1990, and Earl Barron with the Miami Heat in 2006. In
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Semifinals (1) Boston Celtics have division semifinals byes. (2) Syracuse Nationals vs. (3) Philadelphia Warriors: "Warriors win series 2-1" Last Playoffs meeting: 1957 Eastern Division Semifinals (Syracuse won 2-0). Division Finals (1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Philadelphia Warriors: "Celtics win series 4-1" Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Celtics and Warriors. (1) Boston Celtics vs. (1) St. Louis Hawks: "Hawks win series 4-2" Last Playoffs meeting: 1957 NBA Finals (Boston won 4-3). 1958 NBA Playoffs The 1958 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1957-58 season. The tournament concluded with the Western
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Blake became manager of the Hawks in 1954, when the team was based in Milwaukee. From 1954 to 1970, Blake guided the team to seven division titles and one NBA championship (1958). One of Blake's most notable player acquisitions for the Hawks was Lenny Wilkens, a point guard from Providence College whom Blake had watched in the 1960 National Invitation Tournament. Blake selected Wilkens with the seventh pick of the 1960 NBA Draft, and Wilkens went on to have a Hall of Fame career as a player and a coach. At the 1970 NBA Draft, Blake became the first general
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St. Louis Cardinals from 1960 to 1987, and the St. Louis Rams from 1995 to 2015. The football Cardinals advanced to the NFL playoffs just three times (1974, 1975 and 1982), never hosting or winning in any appearance. The Cardinals moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1988. The Rams played at the Edward Jones Dome from 1995 to 2015 and went on to win Super Bowl XXXIV. The Rams returned to Los Angeles, California in 2016. The St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) played at Kiel Auditorium from 1955 to 1968. They won the NBA championship in 1958
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in Hess’ art. Window boxing is a technique where a figure appears to break out of the frame to make it appear larger than life. This technique can be seen in many of Hess’ early Euclid Tavern concert posters. Hess' technical understanding of human anatomy and fine art education has set him apart from other artists of his time. Hess had several instructors, including his father who were vets of WWII. These early drawing instructors instilled a tough work ethic in Hess. Learning anatomy as a fundamental of art began falling out of fashion with the invention of the camera.
Derek Hess
Hurst Show, which started in 1952, was the first to show teens dancing (from 11 a.m. to noon every Saturday) in a studio. The groundbreaking format influenced programs like “American Bandstand” and others. The 950 Club on radio, which preceded the Grady and Hurst Show, was the first teenage show to have a studio audience (by invitation only) dance to the music on the air. Hurst was on Philadelphia television from 1952 to 1978. During that time from 1952-1955, Hurst produced and performed on three television shows all airing on WPTZ-TV. They were the aforementioned "The Grady and Hurst Show,"
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Not only one family's tale, this is also a cherishable glimpse of a bygone time." . The book also received a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. Island Boy Island Boy is a 1988 book by Barbara Cooney. It tells the story of a boy named Matthias, who travels around the world but eventually returns to his home on Tibbetts Island in Maine. Cooney described it as being, with "Miss Rumphius" and "Hattie and the Wild Waves", the closest books she has written to her heart; it was her "hymn to Maine" . The book was also praised by Publisher's Weekly for
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at a company doing genetics research where she has just been made a department head. However, she says he must not mention his father's research into the evolution of super powers or consider continuing it. Mohinder talks with his mother about her decision to let his father go to the United States to look for people with superhuman abilities. She tells him for the first time about his sister, Shanti, who died when she was five and Mohinder was two, which is also mentioned in The Hard Part, in which he tells Molly that he was born a few months
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founded in 2005 by visionary members Brooke Nelson, Christine Healey, and Carol Fabrizio and others, and officially accepted into the union in 2006. Every year since inception, the "Lady Dolphins'" numbers have grown stronger and they have climbed the ranks of Southern California's and the Nation's best Women's Rugby programs. With a #6 National finish in 2014 and a #4 finish in 2015, they continue to battle for supremacy in the domestic game. Currently coached by former SMRC player Erica Sin, the Lady Dolphins are poised to compete at the top of the table in 2016. With beginnings as a
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championship in the 1980s. The Lakers won game one by going on an incredible 40-9 scoring spurt in the second half. The home team would win each of the remaining five contests. (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) Atlanta Hawks: "76ers win series 2-0" (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers: "76ers win series 4-2" (1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers: "76ers win series 4-3" (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (1) Los Angeles Lakers: "Lakers win series 4-2" 1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1981-82 NBA season was the 76ers 33rd season in the NBA and 19th season in Philadelphia. They would
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Not available (first playoff series) (2) Atlanta Hawks vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Pistons win series 4-1 Last Playoff Meeting: 1986 Eastern Conference First Round (Atlanta won 3-1) 1986–87 Atlanta Hawks season The 1986–87 NBA season was the Hawks' 38th season in the NBA and their 19th season in the city of Atlanta. 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
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for the title in 1985 and again in 1987, with Boston topping the Lakers again in 2008. This was the only Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals series that took place while the Lakers were based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They remained in Minneapolis one more year before moving to their current home of Los Angeles, California. Champion: Minneapolis Lakers Division Semifinals (1) St. Louis Hawks have division semifinals bye. (2) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Lakers win series 2-1" Last Playoff Meeting: 1957 NBA Western Division Semifinals (Minneapolis won 2-0) Division Finals (1) St. Louis Hawks vs. (2) Minneapolis Lakers: "Lakers win
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the Miami Heat in 5 games. The city of Seattle did not win another men's professional sports championship until the National Football League's Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII on 2 February 2014. The next time Seattle played Washington for a championship was in the 2018 WNBA Finals, when the Seattle Storm swept the Washington Mystics in 3 games to win their third overall championship. Coincidentally, as of the Seattle Mariners and Washington Nationals are the only two Major League Baseball franchises that have never played in a World Series. 1979 NBA Finals The 1979 NBA World
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2003–04 San Antonio Spurs season The 2003-04 NBA season was the Spurs' 28th season in the National Basketball Association, the 31st in San Antonio, and 37th season as a franchise. The Spurs entered the season as defending NBA champions, having defeated the New Jersey Nets in the 2003 NBA Finals in six games to win their second NBA championship. During the offseason, David Robinson, Danny Ferry, and Steve Kerr retired, Speedy Claxton signed with the Golden State Warriors, Stephen Jackson signed with the Atlanta Hawks, and Steve Smith signed with the New Orleans Hornets; in addition, the Spurs acquired Hedo
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