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Arena : Philips Arena
Championships : None
Headcoach : Michael Woodson

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In the late 1950s and early 1960s the St. Louis Hawks were among the best teams in professional basketball, reaching the NBA Finals four out of five years from 1955 to 1959. The Hawks won the franchise's only NBA title in 1958. Top players included Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, Ed Macauley, and Lenny Wilkens. Notable players since the team moved to Atlanta have included Pete Maravich and Dominique Wilkins.

The club began in 1946 as the Tri-City Blackhawks of the National Basketball League (NBL). The NBL and the rival Basketball Association of America merged in 1949 to form the NBA, and the Blackhawks, coached by Red Auerbach, reached the playoffs in the new league's 1949-50 season.

In 1951 the team moved to Milwaukee and became the Hawks. Despite drafting Pettit in 1953, the Hawks remained near the bottom of the league. Before the 1955-56 season the club moved to St. Louis, and Pettit led the league in scoring and rebounding and was named NBA most valuable player (MVP).

In the 1956-57 season the team bolstered its lineup with trades that brought Cliff Hagan and Ed Macauley to St. Louis, and in 1957 the franchise advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time, facing the Boston Celtics. The Celtics prevailed in double overtime in the seventh and final game, winning 126-124. Under coach Alex Hannum the Hawks again met the Celtics in the 1958 NBA Finals. Hagan, Macauley, and Pettit, who led the team in scoring during the regular season, continued to do so in the finals. Pettit scored 50 points in the deciding sixth game to give the Hawks their only NBA title.