1967–68 Philadelphia 76ers season

The 1967–68 season of the Philadelphia 76ers was the team's fifteenth season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its fifth season since moving from Syracuse, as well as its first season at its new home in South Philadelphia, the Spectrum. The 76ers finished the regular season with a record of 62–20, and for the third straight year had the best record in the entire NBA.

1967–68 Philadelphia 76ers season
Division champions
Head coachAlex Hannum
General managerJack Ramsay
Owner(s)Irv Kosloff
ArenaThe Spectrum
Results
Record62–20 (.756)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Finals
(Eliminated 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWPHL-TV
RadioWCAU

Background

During the playoffs, the Sixers eliminated the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, 4 games to 2. The series win proved costly, as Billy Cunningham, their sixth man, injured his non-shooting wrist and was out for the remainder of the playoffs.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Sixers became the first team in NBA history to blow a 3–1 series lead as the team lost to the Boston Celtics in 7 games. What was so damaging about this series loss was that Games five and seven were at the Spectrum and Cunningham was not available. Instead, the team had the services of forward Johnny Green, who had been a four-time NBA All-Star during the 1960s and 1970s.

After the season, head coach Alex Hannum resigned to take a position in the ABA, and Wilt Chamberlain was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for guard Archie Clark, center Darrall Imhoff, and forward Jerry Chambers (who never played with the team).[1]

Philadelphia subsequently won only a single home playoff game from 1969 to 1971 (game six, 1971 playoffs vs. Baltimore), going 0–7 for the remaining home games from 1969 to 1971. It would be nine seasons before the team won a single post-season series.[2]

Offseason

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 18Los Angeles87–103Billy Cunningham (20)1–0
2October 21Detroit111–116Hal Greer (41)2–0
3October 24N Detroit124–102Hal Greer (38)3–0
4October 25New York114–117Hal Greer (33)4–0
5October 27Seattle115–132Hal Greer (26)5–0
6October 28@ Boston95–104Chet Walker (17)5–1
7November 1Baltimore111–136Hal Greer (27)6–1
8November 4San Francisco110–117Wali Jones (29)7–1
9November 7@ San Diego130–105Hal Greer (30)8–1
10November 8@ San Diego129–114Billy Cunningham (33)9–1
11November 10@ San Francisco104–123Billy Cunningham (24)9–2
12November 11@ Los Angeles115–111Hal Greer (36)10–2
13November 14Cincinnati102–122Wilt Chamberlain (27)11–2
14November 15@ Detroit120–123Hal Greer (39)11–3
15November 17N St. Louis117–125Billy Cunningham (38)12–3
16November 18Boston116–111Billy Cunningham (31)12–4
17November 22@ St. Louis113–115Hal Greer (34)12–5
18November 23San Diego117–128Wilt Chamberlain (31)13–5
19November 24@ Chicago122–104Wilt Chamberlain (34)14–5
20November 25Chicago119–114Hal Greer (37)14–6
21November 28@ New York110–108Lucious Jackson (30)15–6
22November 29San Francisco113–95Chet Walker (24)15–7
23December 1N Seattle109–133Wilt Chamberlain (52)16–7
24December 2Baltimore121–130Chamberlain, Greer (27)17–7
25December 5Los Angeles128–122 (OT)Wilt Chamberlain (31)17–8
26December 6@ Cincinnati108–107Wilt Chamberlain (29)18–8
27December 8New York109–117Wilt Chamberlain (26)19–8
28December 9@ Baltimore123–109Billy Cunningham (33)20–8
29December 12N Seattle107–118Hal Greer (38)21–8
30December 14@ Boston101–102Hal Greer (20)21–9
31December 15St. Louis98–107Wilt Chamberlain (23)22–9
32December 16@ Chicago143–123Wilt Chamberlain (68)23–9
33December 17@ Seattle139–124Wilt Chamberlain (47)24–9
34December 20@ Seattle160–122Wilt Chamberlain (53)25–9
35December 25@ Baltimore108–105Cunningham, Greer (27)26–9
36December 26Cincinnati121–126Chet Walker (28)27–9
37December 27@ New York114–105Hal Greer (28)28–9
38December 29Boston123–133Billy Cunningham (36)29–9
39December 30N Detroit122–107Wilt Chamberlain (30)30–9
40January 3New York129–115Wilt Chamberlain (39)30–10
41January 5Los Angeles113–125Wilt Chamberlain (35)31–10
42January 6@ St. Louis107–96Lucious Jackson (27)32–10
43January 7@ Cincinnati118–134Wilt Chamberlain (36)32–11
44January 10St. Louis134–122Wilt Chamberlain (32)32–12
45January 12Baltimore116–133Wilt Chamberlain (36)33–12
46January 13@ Detroit115–106Wilt Chamberlain (27)34–12
47January 17@ Los Angeles116–125Wali Jones (20)34–13
48January 19@ San Francisco120–131Billy Cunningham (25)34–14
49January 20@ Chicago135–111Hal Greer (26)35–14
50January 25@ Detroit123–108Hal Greer (35)36–14
51January 26Cincinnati113–123Hal Greer (36)37–14
52January 28@ Boston103–115Wilt Chamberlain (19)37–15
53January 30Boston118–125Hal Greer (27)38–15
54February 2Detroit121–131Hal Greer (23)39–15
55February 3@ Baltimore133–121Hal Greer (31)40–15
56February 4San Francisco117–141Hal Greer (29)41–15
57February 7N San Diego103–125Hal Greer (27)42–15
58February 9Chicago113–118Hal Greer (35)43–15
59February 10@ New York97–115Chet Walker (25)43–16
60February 11N St. Louis93–119Billy Cunningham (23)44–16
61February 13@ San Francisco112–105Hal Greer (30)45–16
62February 14N Seattle149–125Wilt Chamberlain (35)46–16
63February 16@ San Diego124–108Billy Cunningham (26)47–16
64February 17@ Los Angeles135–134 (2OT)Wilt Chamberlain (32)48–16
65February 18@ San Diego106–111Wilt Chamberlain (34)48–17
66February 20Seattle108–140Hal Greer (32)49–17
67February 23Detroit117–138Wilt Chamberlain (31)50–17
68February 25@ St. Louis126–119Hal Greer (32)51–17
69February 27San Francisco107–127Wilt Chamberlain (33)52–17
70March 3@ Boston133–127Hal Greer (43)53–17
71March 5San Diego103–134Wilt Chamberlain (31)54–17
72March 6@ Cincinnati106–108Wilt Chamberlain (22)54–18
73March 7N Cincinnati125–117Wilt Chamberlain (38)55–18
74March 8Boston96–101Hal Greer (27)56–18
75March 10@ New York119–108Chamberlain, Greer (28)57–18
76March 12N Chicago139–115Hal Greer (30)58–18
77March 13New York130–120Hal Greer (28)58–19
78March 15Baltimore115–122Hal Greer (29)59–19
79March 16@ Chicago144–122Wilt Chamberlain (35)60–19
80March 18Los Angeles128–158Wilt Chamberlain (53)61–19
81March 19Cincinnati131–130 (OT)Hal Greer (26)61–20
82March 20@ Baltimore137–119Wilt Chamberlain (26)62–20

Playoffs
1968 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 22 New York W 118–110 Wilt Chamberlain (37) Wilt Chamberlain (29) Wilt Chamberlain (7) Spectrum
5,093		 1–0
2 March 23 @ New York L 117–128 Chamberlain, Greer (24) Wilt Chamberlain (17) Wilt Chamberlain (8) Madison Square Garden III
15,911		 1–1
3 March 27 New York W 138–132 (2OT) Chet Walker (32) Wilt Chamberlain (24) Wilt Chamberlain (8) Spectrum
6,951		 2–1
4 March 30 @ New York L 98–107 Wilt Chamberlain (23) Wilt Chamberlain (27) Hal Greer (6) Madison Square Garden III
18,262		 2–2
5 March 31 New York W 123–105 Hal Greer (38) Wilt Chamberlain (21) Chamberlain, Greer (7) Spectrum
6,979		 3–2
6 April 1 @ New York W 113–97 Hal Greer (35) Wilt Chamberlain (27) Hal Greer (4) Madison Square Garden III
18,014		 4–2
Division Finals: 3–4 (home: 1–3; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 5 Boston L 118–127 Wilt Chamberlain (33) Wilt Chamberlain (25) Chamberlain, Jones (5) Spectrum
14,412		 0–1
2 April 10 @ Boston W 115–106 Wali Jones (24) Wilt Chamberlain (19) Wilt Chamberlain (8) Boston Garden
14,780		 1–1
3 April 11 Boston W 122–114 Hal Greer (31) Wilt Chamberlain (25) Hal Greer (9) Spectrum
15,102		 2–1
4 April 14 @ Boston W 110–105 Hal Greer (28) Wilt Chamberlain (16) Wilt Chamberlain (8) Boston Garden
10,503		 3–1
5 April 15 Boston L 104–122 Wilt Chamberlain (28) Wilt Chamberlain (30) Wilt Chamberlain (7) Spectrum
15,202		 3–2
6 April 17 @ Boston L 106–114 Hal Greer (40) Wilt Chamberlain (27) Wilt Chamberlain (8) Boston Garden
14,780		 3–3
7 April 19 Boston L 96–100 Hal Greer (22) Wilt Chamberlain (34) Chamberlain, Greer (5) Spectrum
15,202		 3–4
1968 schedule

Awards and honors

References
  1. Goldaper, Sam (July 10, 1968). "76ers, Citing Star's Demands, Confirm Chamberlain Trade". The New York Times.
  2. Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
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