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Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are a NBA team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference along with the Miami Heat, Charlotte Bobcats, Orlando Magic, and Washington Wizards.

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About Atlanta Hawks

The franchise was formed in 1946 as the National Basketball League's Buffalo Bisons. On December 27, 1946 — only thirteen games into their inaugural season — owner Ben Kerner moved the team to Moline, Illinois and renamed the team the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in reference to the Black Hawk War that was mostly fought in Illinois. The Blackhawks became one of the National Basketball Association's 17 original teams after a merger in 1949 of the 12-year-old NBL and the three-year-old Basketball Association of America.

In 1951, the franchise relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and became the Milwaukee Hawks. In 1953, the Hawks drafted Bob Pettit, a future NBA MVP. Despite this, the Hawks were one of the league's worst teams, and in 1955 the Hawks moved yet again, this time to St. Louis, Missouri.

In 1958, the Hawks again advanced to the NBA Finals where they avenged their previous year's defeat against the Boston Celtics, winning the series 4-2. Bob Pettit scored 50 points in Game 6 in front of a crowd of 10,218 in St. Louis. The victory gave the Hawks their first and only NBA Championship.

In 1968, the team was sold to Atlanta real estate developer Tom Cousins and former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders and moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

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