Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, that competes in the National Basketball Association. They are part of the league's Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. They play their home games at Philips Arena. Their origins can be traced to the establishment of the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in 1946, a member of the National Basketball League. In 1949, they joined the National Basketball Association as part of the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America merger. In 1951, the team moved to Milwaukee, where they changed their name to the Hawks. The team moved again in 1955 to St. Louis, where they won their only NBA championship in 1958. The Hawks moved to Atlanta in 1968. The Hawks currently own the second-longest drought of not winning an NBA championship at 57 seasons. The franchise's lone NBA championship, as well as all four NBA Finals appearances, occurred when the team was based in St. Louis. Meanwhile, they went 48 years without advancing past the second round of the playoffs in any format, until finally breaking through in 2015.

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