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1968–69  Baltimore Bullets season
Division champions
Head coach Gene Shue
General managerJoe Sachs
Owner(s) Abe Pollin
Arena Baltimore Civic Center
Results
Record57–25 (.695)
PlaceDivision: 1st ( Eastern)
Playoff finish Division semifinals
(lost to Knicks 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television WBAL-TV
Radio WBAL
< 1967–68 1969–70 >

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]

Roster

1968–69 Baltimore Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
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 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
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
# 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
Division semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
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. ^ a b c Washington Wizards (1963–Present)
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