1968–69 Baltimore Bullets season

The 1968–69 Baltimore Bullets season was their eighth season in the NBA and sixth season in the city of Baltimore. The Bullets continued to rebuild through the draft by selecting center Wes Unseld, a 2-time All-American from Louisville.[1] Unseld would have an immediate impact for the Bullets. He finished 2nd in the NBA in rebounding with 18.2 rebounds per game as the Bullets went from worst to first posting a league best 57–25 record. Rookie Wes Unseld won both the Rookie of the Year and MVP.[1] In the playoffs, the Bullets would show their inexperience as they were swept in 4 straight games by the New York Knicks.[1]

1968–69 Baltimore Bullets season
Division champions
Head coachGene Shue
General managerJoe Sachs
Owner(s)Abe Pollin
ArenaBaltimore Civic Center
Results
Record57–25 (.695)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to Knicks 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWBAL-TV
RadioWBAL

Roster
1968–69 Baltimore Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 23 Ellis, Leroy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) St. John's
F 25 Johnson, Gus 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Idaho
G 22 Loughery, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. John's
F 24 Marin, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Duke
G 10 Monroe, Earl 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Winston-Salem State
G 33 Orms, Barry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Saint Louis
F 15 Quick, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Xavier
F 31 Scott, Ray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Portland
F 41 Unseld, Wes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Louisville
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Baltimore Bullets 5725.695–29–924–154–126–14
x-Philadelphia 76ers 5527.671226–824–165–323–17
x-New York Knicks 5428.659330–719–205–126–14
x-Boston Celtics 4834.585924–1221–193–323–17
Cincinnati Royals 4141.5001615-1316–2110–720–20
Detroit Pistons 3250.3902521–177–304–313–27
Milwaukee Bucks 2755.3293015–198–274–97–29

Record vs. opponents
1968–69 NBA records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —2–43–36–14–26–03–44–22–41–56–03–44–34–2
Baltimore 4–2—5–26–04–37–03–35–13–42–46–05–13–34–2
Boston 3–32–5—4–25–25–12–45–11–65–26–04–23–33–3
Chicago 1–60–62–4—1–53–33–45–12–41–54–23–34–34–3
Cincinnati 2–43–42–55–1—3–42–45–14–23–44–22–43–33–3
Detroit 0–60–71–53–34–3—3–32–43–43–44–23–32–44–2
Los Angeles 4–33–34–24–34–23–3—5–15–11–56–07–04–35–1
Milwaukee 2–41–51–51–51–54–21–5—0–60–66–24–23–33–5
New York 4–24–36–14–22–44–31–56–0—4–35–13–35–16–0
Philadelphia 5–14–22–55–14–34–35–16–03–4—5–14–22–46–0
Phoenix 0–60–60–62–42–42–40–62–61–51–5—1–72–43–3
San Diego 4–31–52–43–34–23–30–72–43–32–47–1—3–33–3
San Francisco 3–43–33–33–43–34–23–43–31–54–24–23–3—4–3
Seattle 2–42–43–33–43–32–41–55–30–60–63–33–33–4—

Game log
1968–69 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16Detroit116–124Gus Johnson (29)1–0
2October 19Philadelphia124–121Earl Monroe (30)1–1
3October 20@ Phoenix134–122Earl Monroe (30)2–1
4October 21N Seattle104–111Ellis, Monroe (24)3–1
5October 24@ San Diego119–115Earl Monroe (35)4–1
6October 25@ Los Angeles111–117Gus Johnson (27)4–2
7October 26@ San Francisco106–107Earl Monroe (30)4–3
8October 27@ Seattle126–114Earl Monroe (32)5–3
9October 29@ Milwaukee129–112Kevin Loughery (29)6–3
10October 30San Francisco110–112 (OT)Gus Johnson (31)7–3
11November 1@ New York119–103Kevin Loughery (33)8–3
12November 6Atlanta119–140Earl Monroe (29)9–3
13November 9San Diego107–109Earl Monroe (35)10–3
14November 12Cincinnati126–115Ray Scott (27)10–4
15November 13@ Cincinnati115–111Earl Monroe (33)11–4
16November 15Milwaukee102–129Gus Johnson (28)12–4
17November 20San Diego110–114Earl Monroe (28)13–4
18November 22@ Philadelphia110–121Kevin Loughery (27)13–5
19November 23Detroit127–128Gus Johnson (32)14–5
20November 24@ Atlanta118–111Earl Monroe (28)15–5
21November 26Atlanta99–102Earl Monroe (29)16–5
22November 27N San Diego123–107Kevin Loughery (21)16–6
23November 29Phoenix106–124Kevin Loughery (23)17–6
24December 1Chicago100–110Earl Monroe (25)18–6
25December 3Cincinnati129–127Kevin Loughery (28)18–7
26December 4@ Detroit112–106Wes Unseld (28)19–7
27December 5Los Angeles90–108Earl Monroe (26)20–7
28December 10@ Boston115–101Earl Monroe (23)21–7
29December 11New York110–118Johnson, Unseld (22)22–7
30December 14Boston101–110Earl Monroe (25)23–7
31December 18San Francisco100–109Kevin Loughery (26)24–7
32December 20N Chicago102–125Earl Monroe (24)25–7
33December 21Phoenix117–131Kevin Loughery (30)26–7
34December 25Seattle112–118Earl Monroe (25)27–7
35December 26@ Philadelphia120–125Jack Marin (33)27–8
36December 27Milwaukee122–136Earl Monroe (32)28–8
37December 29@ Atlanta99–101Earl Monroe (33)28–9
38December 31@ New York110–121Gus Johnson (27)28–10
39January 3@ Cincinnati130–125Earl Monroe (35)29–10
40January 4Philadelphia112–117Wes Unseld (29)30–10
41January 7Los Angeles100–93Earl Monroe (22)30–11
42January 8@ San Diego108–107Jack Marin (27)31–11
43January 10@ San Diego106–104Kevin Loughery (26)32–11
44January 11@ Phoenix118–107Jack Marin (30)33–11
45January 20Boston109–122Kevin Loughery (38)34–11
46January 21@ Chicago116–93Earl Monroe (32)35–11
47January 22Seattle98–94Kevin Loughery (27)35–12
48January 25Atlanta112–109Earl Monroe (31)35–13
49January 26@ Boston86–124Kevin Loughery (19)35–14
50January 27Detroit106–126Kevin Loughery (37)36–14
51January 30New York109–106Earl Monroe (33)36–15
52January 31@ Philadelphia108–105Earl Monroe (27)37–15
53February 2@ Detroit128–106Ray Scott (26)38–15
54February 3Chicago122–132Kevin Loughery (35)39–15
55February 5Boston112–124Earl Monroe (30)40–15
56February 7@ Milwaukee114–107Earl Monroe (41)41–15
57February 8@ New York100–106Kevin Loughery (31)41–16
58February 9@ Atlanta102–101Earl Monroe (29)42–16
59February 11@ Chicago124–116Earl Monroe (33)43–16
60February 12San Francisco110–120Earl Monroe (29)44–16
61February 14Milwaukee122–132Monroe, Unseld (28)45–16
62February 17Cincinnati117–112Earl Monroe (30)45–17
63February 19Los Angeles88–110Earl Monroe (34)46–17
64February 20N Phoenix121–124Earl Monroe (30)47–17
65February 23@ Cincinnati126–109Earl Monroe (23)48–17
66February 24Detroit119–123Kevin Loughery (31)49–17
67February 27@ Milwaukee117–126Kevin Loughery (25)49–18
68February 28@ Detroit134–116Kevin Loughery (29)50–18
69March 4@ Los Angeles116–108Earl Monroe (35)51–18
70March 5@ San Francisco107–114Earl Monroe (42)51–19
71March 7@ San Francisco130–135 (OT)Kevin Loughery (43)51–20
72March 8@ Seattle117–138Earl Monroe (22)51–21
73March 9@ Los Angeles109–120Loughery, Monroe (29)51–22
74March 10@ Phoenix140–121Earl Monroe (33)52–22
75March 12New York110–111Ray Scott (28)53–22
76March 14N Cincinnati128–130 (OT)Jack Marin (35)54–22
77March 15Boston98–99Earl Monroe (31)55–22
78March 18Seattle120–130Kevin Loughery (32)56–22
79March 19@ New York100–104Kevin Loughery (30)56–23
80March 21@ Chicago115–103Earl Monroe (41)57–23
81March 22Philadelphia116–108Quick, Workman (17)57–24
82March 23@ Boston98–126Jack Marin (19)57–25

Playoffs
1969 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 27 New York L 101–113 Earl Monroe (32) Wes Unseld (13) Monroe, Unseld (3) Baltimore Civic Center
11,941		 0–1
2 March 29 @ New York L 91–107 Earl Monroe (29) Wes Unseld (27) Kevin Loughery (4) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 0–2
3 March 30 New York L 116–119 Kevin Loughery (29) Wes Unseld (14) Kevin Loughery (7) Baltimore Civic Center
9,927		 0–3
4 April 2 @ New York L 108–115 Monroe, Unseld (25) Wes Unseld (20) Kevin Loughery (7) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 0–4
1969 schedule

Awards and honors
  • Earl Monroe, All-NBA First Team
  • Wes Unseld, All-NBA First Team
  • Wes Unseld, NBA Rookie of the Year
  • Wes Unseld, NBA Most Valuable Player

References
  1. Washington Wizards (1963–Present)
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