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 | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Gene Shue |
General manager | Joe Sachs |
Owner(s) | Abe Pollin |
Arena | Baltimore Civic Center |
Results | |
Record | 57–25 (.695) |
Place | Division: 1st (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Division semifinals (lost to Knicks 0–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WBAL-TV |
Radio | WBAL |
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Baltimore Bullets | 57 | 25 | .695 | – | 29–9 | 24–15 | 4–1 | 26–14 |
x-Philadelphia 76ers | 55 | 27 | .671 | 2 | 26–8 | 24–16 | 5–3 | 23–17 |
x-New York Knicks | 54 | 28 | .659 | 3 | 30–7 | 19–20 | 5–1 | 26–14 |
x-Boston Celtics | 48 | 34 | .585 | 9 | 24–12 | 21–19 | 3–3 | 23–17 |
Cincinnati Royals | 41 | 41 | .500 | 16 | 15-13 | 16–21 | 10–7 | 20–20 |
Detroit Pistons | 32 | 50 | .390 | 25 | 21–17 | 7–30 | 4–3 | 13–27 |
Milwaukee Bucks | 27 | 55 | .329 | 30 | 15–19 | 8–27 | 4–9 | 7–29 |
Record vs. opponents
1968–69 NBA records | ||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BAL | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | SDR | SFW | SEA |
Atlanta | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 |
Baltimore | 4–2 | — | 5–2 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 |
Boston | 3–3 | 2–5 | — | 4–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 |
Chicago | 1–6 | 0–6 | 2–4 | — | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 |
Cincinnati | 2–4 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 5–1 | — | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 |
Detroit | 0–6 | 0–7 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 |
Los Angeles | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 |
Milwaukee | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 1–5 | — | 0–6 | 0–6 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–5 |
New York | 4–2 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 6–0 | — | 4–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–0 |
Philadelphia | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 3–4 | — | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 6–0 |
Phoenix | 0–6 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 2–6 | 1–5 | 1–5 | — | 1–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 |
San Diego | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–3 |
San Francisco | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 4–3 |
Seattle | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 5–3 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | — |
Game log
1968–69 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 16 | Detroit | 116–124 | Gus Johnson (29) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 19 | Philadelphia | 124–121 | Earl Monroe (30) | 1–1 | |||||
3 | October 20 | @ Phoenix | 134–122 | Earl Monroe (30) | 2–1 | |||||
4 | October 21 | N Seattle | 104–111 | Ellis, Monroe (24) | 3–1 | |||||
5 | October 24 | @ San Diego | 119–115 | Earl Monroe (35) | 4–1 | |||||
6 | October 25 | @ Los Angeles | 111–117 | Gus Johnson (27) | 4–2 | |||||
7 | October 26 | @ San Francisco | 106–107 | Earl Monroe (30) | 4–3 | |||||
8 | October 27 | @ Seattle | 126–114 | Earl Monroe (32) | 5–3 | |||||
9 | October 29 | @ Milwaukee | 129–112 | Kevin Loughery (29) | 6–3 | |||||
10 | October 30 | San Francisco | 110–112 (OT) | Gus Johnson (31) | 7–3 | |||||
11 | November 1 | @ New York | 119–103 | Kevin Loughery (33) | 8–3 | |||||
12 | November 6 | Atlanta | 119–140 | Earl Monroe (29) | 9–3 | |||||
13 | November 9 | San Diego | 107–109 | Earl Monroe (35) | 10–3 | |||||
14 | November 12 | Cincinnati | 126–115 | Ray Scott (27) | 10–4 | |||||
15 | November 13 | @ Cincinnati | 115–111 | Earl Monroe (33) | 11–4 | |||||
16 | November 15 | Milwaukee | 102–129 | Gus Johnson (28) | 12–4 | |||||
17 | November 20 | San Diego | 110–114 | Earl Monroe (28) | 13–4 | |||||
18 | November 22 | @ Philadelphia | 110–121 | Kevin Loughery (27) | 13–5 | |||||
19 | November 23 | Detroit | 127–128 | Gus Johnson (32) | 14–5 | |||||
20 | November 24 | @ Atlanta | 118–111 | Earl Monroe (28) | 15–5 | |||||
21 | November 26 | Atlanta | 99–102 | Earl Monroe (29) | 16–5 | |||||
22 | November 27 | N San Diego | 123–107 | Kevin Loughery (21) | 16–6 | |||||
23 | November 29 | Phoenix | 106–124 | Kevin Loughery (23) | 17–6 | |||||
24 | December 1 | Chicago | 100–110 | Earl Monroe (25) | 18–6 | |||||
25 | December 3 | Cincinnati | 129–127 | Kevin Loughery (28) | 18–7 | |||||
26 | December 4 | @ Detroit | 112–106 | Wes Unseld (28) | 19–7 | |||||
27 | December 5 | Los Angeles | 90–108 | Earl Monroe (26) | 20–7 | |||||
28 | December 10 | @ Boston | 115–101 | Earl Monroe (23) | 21–7 | |||||
29 | December 11 | New York | 110–118 | Johnson, Unseld (22) | 22–7 | |||||
30 | December 14 | Boston | 101–110 | Earl Monroe (25) | 23–7 | |||||
31 | December 18 | San Francisco | 100–109 | Kevin Loughery (26) | 24–7 | |||||
32 | December 20 | N Chicago | 102–125 | Earl Monroe (24) | 25–7 | |||||
33 | December 21 | Phoenix | 117–131 | Kevin Loughery (30) | 26–7 | |||||
34 | December 25 | Seattle | 112–118 | Earl Monroe (25) | 27–7 | |||||
35 | December 26 | @ Philadelphia | 120–125 | Jack Marin (33) | 27–8 | |||||
36 | December 27 | Milwaukee | 122–136 | Earl Monroe (32) | 28–8 | |||||
37 | December 29 | @ Atlanta | 99–101 | Earl Monroe (33) | 28–9 | |||||
38 | December 31 | @ New York | 110–121 | Gus Johnson (27) | 28–10 | |||||
39 | January 3 | @ Cincinnati | 130–125 | Earl Monroe (35) | 29–10 | |||||
40 | January 4 | Philadelphia | 112–117 | Wes Unseld (29) | 30–10 | |||||
41 | January 7 | Los Angeles | 100–93 | Earl Monroe (22) | 30–11 | |||||
42 | January 8 | @ San Diego | 108–107 | Jack Marin (27) | 31–11 | |||||
43 | January 10 | @ San Diego | 106–104 | Kevin Loughery (26) | 32–11 | |||||
44 | January 11 | @ Phoenix | 118–107 | Jack Marin (30) | 33–11 | |||||
45 | January 20 | Boston | 109–122 | Kevin Loughery (38) | 34–11 | |||||
46 | January 21 | @ Chicago | 116–93 | Earl Monroe (32) | 35–11 | |||||
47 | January 22 | Seattle | 98–94 | Kevin Loughery (27) | 35–12 | |||||
48 | January 25 | Atlanta | 112–109 | Earl Monroe (31) | 35–13 | |||||
49 | January 26 | @ Boston | 86–124 | Kevin Loughery (19) | 35–14 | |||||
50 | January 27 | Detroit | 106–126 | Kevin Loughery (37) | 36–14 | |||||
51 | January 30 | New York | 109–106 | Earl Monroe (33) | 36–15 | |||||
52 | January 31 | @ Philadelphia | 108–105 | Earl Monroe (27) | 37–15 | |||||
53 | February 2 | @ Detroit | 128–106 | Ray Scott (26) | 38–15 | |||||
54 | February 3 | Chicago | 122–132 | Kevin Loughery (35) | 39–15 | |||||
55 | February 5 | Boston | 112–124 | Earl Monroe (30) | 40–15 | |||||
56 | February 7 | @ Milwaukee | 114–107 | Earl Monroe (41) | 41–15 | |||||
57 | February 8 | @ New York | 100–106 | Kevin Loughery (31) | 41–16 | |||||
58 | February 9 | @ Atlanta | 102–101 | Earl Monroe (29) | 42–16 | |||||
59 | February 11 | @ Chicago | 124–116 | Earl Monroe (33) | 43–16 | |||||
60 | February 12 | San Francisco | 110–120 | Earl Monroe (29) | 44–16 | |||||
61 | February 14 | Milwaukee | 122–132 | Monroe, Unseld (28) | 45–16 | |||||
62 | February 17 | Cincinnati | 117–112 | Earl Monroe (30) | 45–17 | |||||
63 | February 19 | Los Angeles | 88–110 | Earl Monroe (34) | 46–17 | |||||
64 | February 20 | N Phoenix | 121–124 | Earl Monroe (30) | 47–17 | |||||
65 | February 23 | @ Cincinnati | 126–109 | Earl Monroe (23) | 48–17 | |||||
66 | February 24 | Detroit | 119–123 | Kevin Loughery (31) | 49–17 | |||||
67 | February 27 | @ Milwaukee | 117–126 | Kevin Loughery (25) | 49–18 | |||||
68 | February 28 | @ Detroit | 134–116 | Kevin Loughery (29) | 50–18 | |||||
69 | March 4 | @ Los Angeles | 116–108 | Earl Monroe (35) | 51–18 | |||||
70 | March 5 | @ San Francisco | 107–114 | Earl Monroe (42) | 51–19 | |||||
71 | March 7 | @ San Francisco | 130–135 (OT) | Kevin Loughery (43) | 51–20 | |||||
72 | March 8 | @ Seattle | 117–138 | Earl Monroe (22) | 51–21 | |||||
73 | March 9 | @ Los Angeles | 109–120 | Loughery, Monroe (29) | 51–22 | |||||
74 | March 10 | @ Phoenix | 140–121 | Earl Monroe (33) | 52–22 | |||||
75 | March 12 | New York | 110–111 | Ray Scott (28) | 53–22 | |||||
76 | March 14 | N Cincinnati | 128–130 (OT) | Jack Marin (35) | 54–22 | |||||
77 | March 15 | Boston | 98–99 | Earl Monroe (31) | 55–22 | |||||
78 | March 18 | Seattle | 120–130 | Kevin Loughery (32) | 56–22 | |||||
79 | March 19 | @ New York | 100–104 | Kevin Loughery (30) | 56–23 | |||||
80 | March 21 | @ Chicago | 115–103 | Earl Monroe (41) | 57–23 | |||||
81 | March 22 | Philadelphia | 116–108 | Quick, Workman (17) | 57–24 | |||||
82 | March 23 | @ Boston | 98–126 | Jack Marin (19) | 57–25 |
Playoffs
1969 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
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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
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