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2011–12 Atlanta Hawks season

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Head coach
  
Larry Drew

Arena
  
Philips Arena

Owner(s)
  
Atlanta Spirit LLC

Record
  
40–26 (.606)

Place
  
Division: 2nd (Southeast) Conference: 5th (Eastern)

Playoff finish
  
(Lost in first round to Boston (2–4)

The 2011–12 Atlanta Hawks season was the 62nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 44th in Atlanta. The Hawks finished the lockout-shortened season in 5th place in the Eastern Conference with a 40–26 record and reached the 2012 NBA Playoffs where they lost in the first round against the Boston Celtics in six games.

Contents

Key dates

  • June 23: The 2011 NBA draft will take place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
  • December 27: The Hawks begin the regular season with a victory against the New Jersey Nets.
  • April 16: Atlanta secures a playoff spot with a 109–87 win against the Toronto Raptors.

    • Pre-season

    Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scraped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

    Regular season

  • a Statistics with the Atlanta Hawks.

    • Awards and milestones

  • Joe Johnson was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (March 19 – 25).
  • Ivan Johnson was named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for April.

    • All-Star

  • Joe Johnson was selected as a reserve for the East in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game and was scheduled to participate in the Three-Point Contest and Shooting Stars Competition but an injury didn't allow him to play. Rajon Rondo, Kevin Durant and teammate Jerry Stackhouse replaced him in each competition respectively.

    • Injuries and disciplinary actions

  • Kirk Hinrich missed the first 18 games of the regular season after having surgery on his left shoulder.
  • On January, Al Horford underwent surgery to repair a torn left pectoral muscle and missed the remainder of the regular season.
  • Ivan Johnson was fined USD 25,000 for making an obscene gesture to a fan after their Game 6 loss to the Boston Celtics in the playoffs.
  • Hawks co-owner Michael Gearon, Jr. received a $35,000 fine for comments made on Celtics forward Kevin Garnett and officials during the first round of the playoffs.

    • Free agents

    Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.

    References

    2011–12 Atlanta Hawks season Wikipedia
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