1967–68 Baltimore Bullets season

The 1967–68 season was the Bullets' 7th season in the league and fifth season in the city of Baltimore. After losing 61 games, the Bullets were forced to rebuild through the draft. With the first overall pick, the Bullets selected Earl Monroe. Monroe was a flashy player, a deft ball handler, and a creative, unconventional shot maker.[1] He was the first player to make the reverse spin on the dribble a trademark move.[1] In his rookie season he would lead the Bullets in scoring with 24.3 points per game, and win the Rookie of the Year Award. The Bullets improved by 15 games posting a 36–46 record.[1] The Bullets would still finish in last place.

1967–68 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachGene Shue
ArenaBaltimore Civic Center
Results
Record36–46 (.439)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWJZ-TV
RadioWBAL

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Philadelphia 76ers 6220.756–27–826–129–029–11
x-Boston Celtics 5428.659828–921–165–324–16
x-New York Knicks 4339.5241920–1721–162–619–21
x-Detroit Pistons 4042.4882221–1112–237–815–25
Cincinnati Royals 3943.4762318–1213–238–818–22
Baltimore Bullets 3646.4392617–1912–237–415–25

Record vs. opponents
1967-68 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SDR SFW SEA STL
Baltimore —3–52–55–34–43–43–50–87–02–55–22–5
Boston 5–3—5–23–56–24–36–24–47–04–36–14–3
Chicago 5–22–5—5–23–41–72–51–64–42–63–51–7
Cincinnati 3–55–32–5—4–41–63–53–57–04–36–11–6
Detroit 4–42–64–34–4—2–54–41–75–24–36–14–3
Los Angeles 4–33–47–16–15–2—4–32–57–14–44–46–2
New York 5–32–65–25–34–43–4—3–56–15–24–31–6
Philadelphia 8–04–46–15–37–15–25–3—6–14–37–05–2
San Diego 0–70–74–40–72–51–71–61–6—2–63–51–7
San Francisco 5–23–46–23–43–44–42–53–46–2—7–11–7
Seattle 2–51–65–31–61–64–43–40–75–31–7—0–8
St. Louis 5–23–47–16–13–42–66–12–57–17–18–0—

Game log
1967–68 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 18New York98–121Jack Marin (24)1–0
2October 21Boston125–109Ray Scott (27)1–1
3October 24N Seattle125–136LeRoy Ellis (26)2–1
4October 25@ San Diego125–109Monroe, Scott (27)3–1
5October 27@ San Francisco111–124Gus Johnson (22)3–2
6October 29@ Los Angeles105–118Kevin Loughery (21)3–3
7October 31@ St. Louis103–114Gus Johnson (16)3–4
8November 1@ Philadelphia111–136LeRoy Ellis (26)3–5
9November 3Detroit115–113Gus Johnson (36)3–6
10November 4@ Detroit118–127Don Ohl (37)3–7
11November 8Cincinnati100–122Johnny Egan (26)4–7
12November 10@ Boston114–115Ray Scott (27)4–8
13November 11Seattle129–134Ray Scott (31)5–8
14November 14San Francisco129–123Don Ohl (35)5–9
15November 17Los Angeles107–116Gus Johnson (29)6–9
16November 18@ New York101–93Jack Marin (22)7–9
17November 22Chicago105–100Gus Johnson (24)7–10
18November 25Boston118–126Don Ohl (32)8–10
19November 28San Francisco117–110Gus Johnson (24)8–11
20December 1Cincinnati109–123Don Ohl (27)9–11
21December 2@ Philadelphia121–130Don Ohl (19)9–12
22December 5@ New York117–148Gus Johnson (21)9–13
23December 6Los Angeles136–125Jack Marin (27)9–14
24December 8@ Boston108–123Don Ohl (26)9–15
25December 9Philadelphia123–109Earl Monroe (29)9–16
26December 10@ St. Louis112–114 (OT)Don Ohl (27)9–17
27December 12Detroit117–140Kevin Loughery (35)10–17
28December 13@ Cincinnati108–136Earl Monroe (24)10–18
29December 15San Francisco110–97Loughery, Scott (20)10–19
30December 19St. Louis98–117Earl Monroe (32)11–19
31December 21@ Chicago116–108Earl Monroe (25)12–19
32December 22Chicago112–117Earl Monroe (33)13–19
33December 25Philadelphia108–105Kevin Loughery (21)13–20
34December 29Cincinnati113–130Jack Marin (29)14–20
35January 1@ Chicago103–109LeRoy Ellis (32)14–21
36January 2N Detroit114–113Gus Johnson (33)14–22
37January 3Chicago113–94Earl Monroe (27)14–23
38January 6Los Angeles127–130 (OT)Earl Monroe (37)15–23
39January 9N Cincinnati118–121Earl Monroe (37)16–23
40January 10@ Cincinnati117–133Jack Marin (24)16–24
41January 11St. Louis108–101Earl Monroe (32)16–25
42January 12@ Philadelphia116–133Ray Scott (27)16–26
43January 13@ Chicago106–110Kevin Loughery (26)16–27
44January 16N Seattle142–116Earl Monroe (25)16–28
45January 17New York111–109Earl Monroe (26)16–29
46January 18N St. Louis119–116Don Ohl (32)16–30
47January 20Boston115–118Gus Johnson (33)17–30
48January 25@ San Diego127–113Earl Monroe (30)18–30
49January 26@ San Francisco125–110Earl Monroe (35)19–30
50January 27@ San Diego123–122Earl Monroe (34)20–30
51January 28N Seattle135–126Earl Monroe (36)20–31
52January 30@ New York134–131Earl Monroe (39)21–31
53January 31Detroit108–113Earl Monroe (35)22–31
54February 2@ Boston99–120Ray Scott (20)22–32
55February 3Philadelphia133–121Earl Monroe (45)22–33
56February 4@ Detroit115–117Earl Monroe (35)22–34
57February 5N San Diego108–121Earl Monroe (32)23–34
58February 7New York114–111Earl Monroe (30)23–35
59February 8N San Diego102–106Earl Monroe (23)24–35
60February 10@ Detroit114–109Earl Monroe (37)25–35
61February 11San Diego116–136Gus Johnson (44)26–35
62February 13Los Angeles119–116 (OT)Earl Monroe (56)26–36
63February 16Seattle118–147Kevin Loughery (29)27–36
64February 17@ Cincinnati115–117Earl Monroe (44)27–37
65February 20N St. Louis115–127Earl Monroe (35)28–37
66February 21San Francisco117–126Earl Monroe (29)29–37
67February 22N Cincinnati99–112Ray Scott (26)30–37
68February 23@ St. Louis110–118Earl Monroe (25)30–38
69February 24Detroit132–140Earl Monroe (49)31–38
70February 28New York126–122Earl Monroe (40)31–39
71March 1@ San Diego156–114Ray Scott (25)32–39
72March 2@ San Francisco109–117Earl Monroe (30)32–40
73March 3@ Los Angeles114–121Earl Monroe (24)32–41
74March 5@ Seattle126–121Gus Johnson (29)33–41
75March 8N Seattle116–122Earl Monroe (33)34–41
76March 10@ Los Angeles119–89Ray Scott (29)35–41
77March 12@ New York104–107Earl Monroe (37)35–42
78March 13Chicago100–96Jack Marin (23)35–43
79March 15@ Philadelphia115–122LeRoy Ellis (29)35–44
80March 16Boston136–111Earl Monroe (28)35–45
81March 17@ Boston147–139LeRoy Ellis (32)36–45
82March 20Philadelphia137–119Earl Monroe (46)36–46

Awards and honors

References
  1. Washington Wizards (1963–Present)
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