1969–70 Baltimore Bullets season

The 1969–70 Baltimore Bullets season was their ninth season in the NBA and seventh season in the city of Baltimore. The Bullets would get started on a strong note as they won 9 straight games in November. The Bullets would finish with a record of 50–32. In a competitive Eastern Division, the Bullets finished the season 3rd place.[1]

1969–70 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachGene Shue
General managerJoe Sachs
Owner(s)Abe Pollin
ArenaBaltimore Civic Center
Results
Record50–32 (.610)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to Knicks 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWBAL-TV
RadioWBAL

Offseason

Roster
Baltimore Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 3 Carter, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Mount St. Mary's
G 13 Davis, Mike 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Virginia Union
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
F 31 Scott, Ray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Portland
SF 35 Tucker, Al 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oklahoma Baptist
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
x-New York Knicks 6022.732–
x-Milwaukee Bucks 5626.6834
x-Baltimore Bullets 5032.61010
x-Philadelphia 76ers 4240.51218
Cincinnati Royals 3646.43924
Boston Celtics 3448.41526
Detroit Pistons 3151.37829

Record vs. opponents
1969–70 NBA records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —2–46–05–23–33–34–33–34–23–32–44–25–24–2
Baltimore 4–2—5–25–14–35–24–23–31–53–43–36–02–45–1
Boston 0–62–5—3–33–34–32–41–64–32–42–44–25–12–4
Chicago 2–51–53–3—3–33–34–24–20–63–35–23–44–24–3
Cincinnati 3–33–43–33–3—4–22–42–52–54–33–34–22–41–5
Detroit 3–32–53–43–32–4—3–31–61–61–53–33–33–33–3
Los Angeles 3–42–44–22–44–23–3—3–32–44–23–45–25–26–0
Milwaukee 3–33–36–12–45–26–13–3—2–45–26–06–04–25–1
New York 2–45–13–46–05–26–14–24–2—5–26–05–15–14–2
Philadelphia 3–34–34–23–33–45–12–42–52–5—4–24–26–00–6
Phoenix 4–23–34–22–53–33–34–30–60–62–4—7–03–34–3
San Diego 2–40–62–44–32–43–32–50–61–52–40–7—5–24–2
San Francisco 2–54–21–52–44–23–32–52–41–50–63–32–5—3–4
Seattle 2–41–54–23–45–13–30–61–52–46–03–42–44–3—

Game log
1969–70 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 15Chicago93–98Earl Monroe (26)1–0
2October 18Boston117–124Earl Monroe (34)2–0
3October 21Los Angeles142–137 (OT)Kevin Loughery (35)2–1
4October 24Cincinnati126–131 (OT)Gus Johnson (39)3–1
5October 25@ New York99–128Earl Monroe (22)3–2
6October 28@ Detroit125–110Kevin Loughery (33)4–2
7October 29Philadelphia129–105Mike Davis (24)4–3
8October 31N Chicago118–109Loughery, Marin (33)4–4
9November 1Atlanta140–137 (OT)Gus Johnson (37)4–5
10November 4San Francisco105–124Jack Marin (26)5–5
11November 5@ Philadelphia139–130Loughery, Monroe (25)6–5
12November 7Seattle112–126Earl Monroe (25)7–5
13November 8@ Cincinnati121–130Earl Monroe (27)7–6
14November 9@ Milwaukee116–105Kevin Loughery (27)8–6
15November 14@ Boston109–108Earl Monroe (33)9–6
16November 15Milwaukee120–129Kevin Loughery (43)10–6
17November 18San Diego138–142 (OT)Mike Davis (40)11–6
18November 19N Phoenix118–133Jack Marin (22)12–6
19November 21Phoenix116–126Marin, Unseld (26)13–6
20November 23@ Los Angeles129–97Earl Monroe (31)14–6
21November 25@ Phoenix134–124Davis, Monroe (29)15–6
22November 27@ San Francisco118–116Earl Monroe (29)16–6
23November 29Boston121–106Mike Davis (28)16–7
24December 2Cincinnati107–129Wes Unseld (30)17–7
25December 3@ Boston105–113Gus Johnson (26)17–8
26December 5New York116–107Earl Monroe (24)17–9
27December 6N Seattle132–129 (OT)Gus Johnson (34)17–10
28December 8N Chicago122–125Johnson, Monroe (29)18–10
29December 10Phoenix137–107Wes Unseld (20)18–11
30December 12@ Chicago123–108Gus Johnson (30)19–11
31December 13San Diego105–117Earl Monroe (31)20–11
32December 17@ Atlanta138–133Jack Marin (30)21–11
33December 19Detroit105–108Jack Marin (23)22–11
34December 20@ New York91–128Jackon, Marin, Unseld (14)22–12
35December 25Philadelphia113–121Jack Marin (31)23–12
36December 27San Francisco112–147Ellis, Johnson (22)24–12
37December 28@ Milwaukee124–133Kevin Loughery (27)24–13
38December 30Milwaukee126–124Earl Monroe (30)24–14
39December 31@ Atlanta111–122Jack Marin (22)24–15
40January 2Cincinnati116–118Earl Monroe (25)25–15
41January 4@ Cincinnati128–129Earl Monroe (28)25–16
42January 6New York129–99Wes Unseld (27)25–17
43January 7N Detroit116–121Earl Monroe (28)26–17
44January 9@ Boston142–130Wes Unseld (29)27–17
45January 10Atlanta109–130Kevin Loughery (27)28–17
46January 13@ San Diego144–126Kevin Loughery (35)29–17
47January 15@ Phoenix115–124Johnson, Loughery (26)29–18
48January 17@ San Diego131–115Jack Marin (26)30–18
49January 18@ Phoenix133–134Kevin Loughery (34)30–19
50January 22N Detroit115–119Monroe, Unseld (22)31–19
51January 23@ Philadelphia118–133Earl Monroe (23)31–20
52January 24Philadelphia111–112Gus Johnson (27)32–20
53January 25@ Cincinnati122–129Ray Scott (28)32–21
54January 28Chicago115–123Kevin Loughery (34)33–21
55January 30@ Detroit117–129Kevin Loughery (35)33–22
56January 31Boston117–120Earl Monroe (27)34–22
57February 1@ Atlanta133–124Kevin Loughery (29)35–22
58February 3Seattle120–115Loughery, Marin (26)35–23
59February 6Detroit148–153 (2OT)Earl Monroe (39)36–23
60February 8Milwaukee106–120Earl Monroe (23)37–23
61February 10@ Los Angeles111–106Earl Monroe (27)38–23
62February 11@ Seattle117–119Kevin Loughery (25)38–24
63February 13@ Seattle138–141Gus Johnson (26)38–25
64February 16N San Diego109–140Jack Marin (24)39–25
65February 18Los Angeles103–117Earl Monroe (24)40–25
66February 20Detroit122–119Kevin Loughery (28)40–26
67February 22New York104–110Earl Monroe (37)41–26
68February 24San Diego118–128Marin, Monroe (29)42–26
69February 25@ Milwaukee113–115Earl Monroe (27)42–27
70February 27Atlanta107–114Jack Marin (41)43–27
71February 28@ New York101–115Carter, Monroe (23)43–28
72March 1@ Philadelphia99–104Jack Marin (31)43–29
73March 2N Cincinnati110–118Marin, Monroe (30)44–29
74March 4Los Angeles94–91Jack Marin (23)44–30
75March 6@ Los Angeles105–100Earl Monroe (29)45–30
76March 8@ Seattle109–106Earl Monroe (31)46–30
77March 11@ San Francisco112–115 (2OT)Earl Monroe (31)46–31
78March 13@ San Francisco114–108Earl Monroe (30)47–31
79March 15@ Boston130–127Earl Monroe (35)48–31
80March 18Philadelphia119–113Earl Monroe (22)48–32
81March 20@ Chicago138–131Jack Marin (34)49–32
82March 21San Francisco123–127Earl Monroe (40)50–32

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the Bullets were matched up against the New York Knicks for the 2nd consecutive season.[1] After losing the first 2 games, the Bullets battled back to win the next 2 games. After the Knicks captured Game 5 in New York, the Bullets forced a 7th game with a 96–87 win at the Civic Center.[1] However, the Bullets would fall in Game 7. The Knicks would go on to win the NBA Championship.

1970 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 26 @ New York L 117–120 Earl Monroe (39) Wes Unseld (31) Wes Unseld (5) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 0–1
2 March 27 New York L 99–106 Gus Johnson (28) Wes Unseld (21) Fred Carter (7) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289		 0–2
3 March 29 @ New York W 127–113 Earl Monroe (25) Wes Unseld (34) Earl Monroe (5) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 1–2
4 March 31 New York W 102–92 Earl Monroe (34) Wes Unseld (24) Fred Carter (7) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289		 2–2
5 April 2 @ New York L 80–101 Jack Marin (19) Wes Unseld (15) Jack Marin (6) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 2–3
6 April 5 New York W 96–87 Gus Johnson (31) Wes Unseld (24) Earl Monroe (5) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289		 3–3
7 April 6 @ New York L 114–127 Earl Monroe (32) Wes Unseld (16) Earl Monroe (6) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 3–4
1970 schedule

Awards and honors

References
  1. Washington Wizards (1963–Present)
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