1967–68 San Francisco Warriors season

The 1967–68 NBA season was the Warriors' 22nd season in the NBA and 6th in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Warriors entered the season hoping to improve upon their previous season output of 44-37.[1] They failed to do so, finishing the season with a 43-39 record, but they still made the playoffs.[2]

1967–68 San Francisco Warriors season
Head coachBill Sharman
ArenaCow Palace
Results
Record43–39 (.524)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Finals
(eliminated 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKRON-TV
RadioKSFO

Roster
San Francisco Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 16 United States Attles, Al 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) North Carolina A&T
F 31 United States Ellis, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) San Francisco
F 44 United States Hetzel, Fred 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Davidson
G 21 United States King, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Tulsa
F 35 United States LaRusso, Rudy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Dartmouth
F 47 United States Lattin, Dave 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UTEP
F/C 43 United States Lee, Clyde 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Vanderbilt
G/F 9 United States Lee, George 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Michigan
G 15 United States Lewis, Bobby 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) North Carolina
G 23 United States Mullins, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke
F/C 42 United States Thurmond, Nate 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Bowling Green
F 22 United States Turner, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Akron
G 11 United States Warlick, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Pepperdine
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks 5626.683–25–722–139–631–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers 5230.634430–1118–194–028–12
x-San Francisco Warriors 4339.5241327–1416–230–224–16
x-Chicago Bulls 2953.3542711–2212–246–711–29
Seattle SuperSonics 2359.2803310–217–246–1415–25
San Diego Rockets 1567.183418–334–263–811–29
x – clinched playoff spot

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 13Seattle116–144Fred Hetzel (24)1–0
2October 15St. Louis107–102Nate Thurmond (21)1–1
3October 17@ New York122–124Hetzel, Mullins (22)1–2
4October 18@ Cincinnati118–122Jim King (35)1–3
5October 19@ Chicago116–106Fred Hetzel (29)2–3
6October 21@ St. Louis110–115Jim King (22)2–4
7October 22San Diego126–137Nate Thurmond (37)3–4
8October 24Cincinnati106–116Jim King (37)4–4
9October 27Baltimore111–124Nate Thurmond (25)5–4
10October 29Chicago105–125Jim King (26)6–4
11October 31New York103–108Nate Thurmond (26)7–4
12November 1@ Detroit137–132Jim King (32)8–4
13November 4@ Philadelphia110–117Jim King (23)8–5
14November 7Seattle112–126Fred Hetzel (25)9–5
15November 10Philadelphia104–123Jeff Mullins (22)10–5
16November 11@ St. Louis93–94Nate Thurmond (24)10–6
17November 14@ Baltimore129–123Nate Thurmond (26)11–6
18November 15@ Boston110–113Rudy LaRusso (30)11–7
19November 17Chicago109–111Nate Thurmond (28)12–7
20November 18@ San Diego142–124Rudy LaRusso (29)13–7
21November 21Detroit98–124Fred Hetzel (23)14–7
22November 24Los Angeles121–122 (OT)Fred Hetzel (29)15–7
23November 25@ Los Angeles131–112Jim King (30)16–7
24November 28@ Baltimore117–110Nate Thurmond (28)17–7
25November 29@ Philadelphia113–95Jeff Mullins (22)18–7
26December 1St. Louis101–124Nate Thurmond (33)19–7
27December 2@ San Diego103–127Hetzel, LaRusso (22)19–8
28December 5Seattle121–133Jeff Mullins (29)20–8
29December 8San Diego137–107LaRusso, Mullins (16)20–9
30December 9Chicago112–119Hetzel, Mullins (27)21–9
31December 13Chicago109–104Fred Hetzel (26)21–10
32December 15@ Baltimore110–97Rudy LaRusso (26)22–10
33December 16@ St. Louis110–117Jeff Mullins (23)22–11
34December 17N St. Louis97–79Nate Thurmond (16)22–12
35December 20Detroit109–113Jeff Mullins (28)23–12
36December 22San Diego97–103Rudy LaRusso (26)24–12
37December 23Seattle124–131Jeff Mullins (26)25–12
38December 24@ Seattle127–113Jeff Mullins (31)26–12
39December 26@ Boston117–104Jeff Mullins (32)27–12
40December 28N Cincinnati122–126Rudy LaRusso (37)27–13
41December 29@ Chicago100–107Nate Thurmond (26)27–14
42December 31@ Seattle126–124Nate Thurmond (34)28–14
43January 2Los Angeles118–119Fred Hetzel (27)29–14
44January 4St. Louis106–98Jeff Mullins (31)29–15
45January 6Boston101–107Rudy LaRusso (32)30–15
46January 9Detroit118–102Rudy LaRusso (28)30–16
47January 12New York117–127Rudy LaRusso (26)31–16
48January 15@ Boston102–111Rudy LaRusso (27)31–17
49January 16@ Cincinnati121–148Fred Hetzel (27)31–18
50January 17@ Detroit109–117Nate Thurmond (32)31–19
51January 19Philadelphia120–131Jim King (26)32–19
52January 20@ Los Angeles122–151Fred Hetzel (36)32–20
53January 26Baltimore125–110Rudy LaRusso (27)32–21
54January 28@ New York130–133Rudy LaRusso (31)32–22
55January 30@ Chicago123–119LaRusso, Mullins (30)33–22
56February 1@ San Diego128–114Rudy LaRusso (40)34–22
57February 2San Diego121–127Rudy LaRusso (29)35–22
58February 4@ Philadelphia117–141Rudy LaRusso (25)35–23
59February 6@ Chicago126–124 (OT)Fred Hetzel (39)36–23
60February 8Cincinnati109–126King, Mullins (27)37–23
61February 9@ Los Angeles104–122Fred Hetzel (29)37–24
62February 11@ Seattle118–146Clyde Lee (23)37–25
63February 13Philadelphia112–105Fred Hetzel (27)37–26
64February 15@ San Diego134–114Fred Hetzel (33)38–26
65February 16Los Angeles116–118Hetzel, LaRusso (32)39–26
66February 18@ Detroit104–123Fred Hetzel (22)39–27
67February 20@ New York112–115 (OT)Jeff Mullins (25)39–28
68February 21@ Baltimore117–126Jeff Mullins (29)39–29
69February 23Boston122–127Clyde Lee (33)40–29
70February 24Cincinnati114–127Jeff Mullins (27)41–29
71February 27@ Philadelphia107–127Fred Hetzel (30)41–30
72February 28@ Boston110–135Jeff Mullins (26)41–31
73March 1Cincinnati122–101Rudy LaRusso (20)41–32
74March 2Baltimore109–117Rudy LaRusso (30)42–32
75March 5St. Louis134–117Rudy LaRusso (29)42–33
76March 9Los Angeles137–132 (OT)Rudy LaRusso (34)42–34
77March 10@ Seattle118–112Rudy LaRusso (25)43–34
78March 12Boston124–121 (OT)Jeff Mullins (28)43–35
79March 13@ Los Angeles106–142Rudy LaRusso (19)43–36
80March 15Detroit122–118Jeff Mullins (29)43–37
81March 17New York130–104Rudy LaRusso (28)43–38
82March 18New York123–118Rudy LaRusso (29)43–39

Playoffs
1968 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 22 @ St. Louis W 111–106 Jeff Mullins (29) Rudy LaRusso (17) Al Attles (7) Kiel Auditorium
5,018		 1–0
2 March 23 @ St. Louis L 103–111 Jeff Mullins (33) Clyde Lee (10) Al Attles (7) Kiel Auditorium
5,810		 1–1
3 March 26 St. Louis W 124–109 Jeff Mullins (33) Clyde Lee (22) Al Attles (7) Cow Palace
5,136		 2–1
4 March 29 St. Louis W 108–107 Jeff Mullins (35) Clyde Lee (12) Al Attles (12) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
12,325		 3–1
5 March 31 @ St. Louis L 103–129 Bob Warlick (21) Fred Hetzel (9) Jim King (6) Kiel Auditorium
4,118		 3–2
6 April 2 St. Louis W 111–106 Rudy LaRusso (30) Rudy LaRusso (13) Al Attles (9) Cow Palace
12,905		 4–2
Division Finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 5 @ Los Angeles L 105–133 Jeff Mullins (29) Clyde Lee (18) Jeff Mullins (5) The Forum
10,319		 0–1
2 April 10 @ Los Angeles L 112–115 Fred Hetzel (36) Rudy LaRusso (15) Al Attles (9) The Forum
11,270		 0–2
3 April 11 Los Angeles L 124–128 Fred Hetzel (27) Rudy LaRusso (13) Jeff Mullins (7) Cow Palace
9,232		 0–3
4 April 13 Los Angeles L 100–106 Fred Hetzel (27) Clyde Lee (17) Jeff Mullins (6) Cow Palace
9,623		 0–4
1968 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1966–67 San Francisco Warriors
  2. 1967–68 San Francisco Warriors
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