1968–69 San Francisco Warriors season

The 1968–69 NBA season was the Warriors' 23rd season in the NBA and 7th in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]

1968–69 San Francisco Warriors season
Head coachGeorge Lee
ArenaCow Palace
Results
Record41–41 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 2–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1967–68 1969–70 >

Offseason

Roster

PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F50Allen, Bob6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)205 lb (93 kg)Marshall
G16Attles, Al6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)175 lb (79 kg)North Carolina A&T
F31Ellis, Joe6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)175 lb (79 kg)San Francisco
G21King, Jim6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)175 lb (79 kg)Tulsa
F35LaRusso, Rudy6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)220 lb (100 kg)Dartmouth
F/C43Lee, Clyde6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)205 lb (93 kg)Vanderbilt
G15Lewis, Bobby6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)175 lb (79 kg)North Carolina
G23Mullins, Jeff6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)190 lb (86 kg)Duke
C54Schlueter, Dale6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)225 lb (102 kg)Colorado State
F/C42Thurmond, Nate6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)225 lb (102 kg)Bowling Green
F22Turner, Bill6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)220 lb (100 kg)Akron
G12Williams, Ron6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)188 lb (85 kg)West Virginia
Head coach

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers5527.67132–921–182–030–10
x-Atlanta Hawks4834.585728–1218–212–126–14
x-San Francisco Warriors4141.5001422–1918–211–120–20
x-San Diego Rockets3745.4511825–168–254–420–20
Chicago Bulls3349.4022219–2112–252–319–21
Seattle SuperSonics3052.3662518–186–296–515–23
Phoenix Suns1666.1953911–264–281–128–30
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1968-69 NBA Records
TeamATLBALBOSCHICINDETLALMILNYKPHIPHOSDRSFWSEA
Atlanta2–43–36–14–26–03–44–22–41–56–03–44–34–2
Baltimore4–25–26–04–37–03–35–13–42–46–05–13–34–2
Boston3–32–54–25–25–12–45–11–65–26–04–23–33–3
Chicago1–60–62–41–53–33–45–12–41–54–23–34–34–3
Cincinnati2–43–42–55–13–42–45–14–23–44–22–43–33–3
Detroit0–60–71–53–34–33–32–43–43–44–23–32–44–2
Los Angeles4–33–34–24–34–23–35–15–11–56–07–04–35–1
Milwaukee2–41–51–51–51–54–21–50–60–66–24–23–33–5
New York4–24–36–14–22–44–31–56–04–35–13–35–16–0
Philadelphia5–14–22–55–14–34–35–16–03–45–14–22–46–0
Phoenix0–60–60–62–42–42–40–62–61–51–51–72–43–3
San Diego4–31–52–43–34–23–30–72–43–32–47–13–33–3
San Francisco3–43–33–33–43–34–23–43–31–54–24–23–34–3
Seattle2–42–43–33–43–32–41–55–30–60–63–33–33–4

Game log

1968–69 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 18San Diego123–108LaRusso, Thurmond (18)0–1
2October 19@ Seattle107–95Nate Thurmond (41)1–1
3October 22Phoenix101–109LaRusso, Thurmond (22)2–1
4October 26Baltimore106–107Jeff Mullins (33)3–1
5October 29@ New York97–110Rudy LaRusso (23)3–2
6October 30@ Baltimore110–112 (OT)Jeff Mullins (27)3–3
7November 1@ Atlanta105–109Jeff Mullins (28)3–4
8November 2@ Milwaukee101–102Rudy LaRusso (21)3–5
9November 4@ Phoenix119–108LaRusso, Thurmond (28)4–5
10November 6New York93–94Clyde Lee (25)5–5
11November 8@ Detroit118–122 (OT)Nate Thurmond (35)5–6
12November 9@ Atlanta106–113Nate Thurmond (26)5–7
13November 12Atlanta108–123Nate Thurmond (23)6–7
14November 15Detroit105–133Jeff Mullins (22)7–7
15November 16Los Angeles119–112Nate Thurmond (26)7–8
16November 19@ Chicago121–109Nate Thurmond (41)8–8
17November 20@ Cincinnati107–113Nate Thurmond (27)8–9
18November 22@ Los Angeles100–98Nate Thurmond (24)9–9
19November 23Seattle119–132Joe Ellis (32)10–9
20November 27Chicago119–106Nate Thurmond (27)10–10
21November 29Milwaukee119–140Clyde Lee (35)11–10
22November 30Milwaukee107–101Jeff Mullins (33)11–11
23December 1@ San Diego105–116Nate Thurmond (28)11–12
24December 3Seattle122–127Jeff Mullins (27)12–12
25December 4@ Phoenix97–126Rudy LaRusso (33)12–13
26December 6@ Seattle100–109 (OT)LaRusso, Turner (20)12–14
27December 7Seattle115–107Attles, King (21)12–15
28December 10Atlanta111–100Jeff Mullins (25)12–16
29December 11N Milwaukee96–106Rudy LaRusso (21)12–17
30December 13@ Boston108–98Nate Thurmond (27)13–17
31December 14@ Philadelphia91–137Bill Turner (21)13–18
32December 17@ New York99–114Rudy LaRusso (28)13–19
33December 18@ Baltimore100–109Jeff Mullins (30)13–20
34December 20@ Los Angeles101–133Rudy LaRusso (18)13–21
35December 21Philadelphia94–109Rudy LaRusso (36)14–21
36December 23@ San Diego125–95Rudy LaRusso (30)15–21
37December 26Phoenix118–119Bill Turner (28)16–21
38December 28@ Detroit102–131Jeff Mullins (21)16–22
39December 30@ Chicago97–103Rudy LaRusso (21)16–23
40January 1N Cincinnati106–101Rudy LaRusso (25)17–23
41January 3Boston102–104Nate Thurmond (23)18–23
42January 5Boston134–86Ron Williams (17)18–24
43January 7San Diego113–108Rudy LaRusso (31)18–25
44January 11New York85–77LaRusso, Thurmond (18)18–26
45January 16@ Chicago112–99Jeff Mullins (29)19–26
46January 17@ Boston99–102Jeff Mullins (24)19–27
47January 19@ Philadelphia98–97Nate Thurmond (35)20–27
48January 21Cincinnati113–107 (OT)Rudy LaRusso (37)20–28
49January 24San Diego107–114Ellis, LaRusso (22)21–28
50January 26@ Phoenix117–93Nate Thurmond (25)22–28
51January 28@ Cincinnati107–100Rudy LaRusso (39)23–28
52January 29@ Detroit133–126Jeff Mullins (42)24–28
53January 30Chicago111–101Rudy LaRusso (29)24–29
54February 1Los Angeles106–101 (OT)Jeff Mullins (27)24–30
55February 2@ Los Angeles122–117 (3OT)LaRusso, Thurmond (24)25–30
56February 4Seattle116–111LaRusso, Mullins (25)25–31
57February 8Cincinnati117–116Rudy LaRusso (36)25–32
58February 9@ Seattle121–120Jeff Mullins (34)26–32
59February 11@ Atlanta92–87Jeff Mullins (34)27–32
60February 12@ Baltimore110–120Nate Thurmond (28)27–33
61February 14@ Philadelphia127–111Jeff Mullins (36)28–33
62February 15@ New York92–98Nate Thurmond (24)28–34
63February 16@ Atlanta113–106Nate Thurmond (35)29–34
64February 18Detroit114–121Jeff Mullins (37)30–34
65February 19Philadelphia117–134Jeff Mullins (28)31–34
66February 20@ San Diego128–118Jeff Mullins (33)32–34
67February 22Philadelphia129–122Jeff Mullins (37)32–35
68February 24Chicago119–108Rudy LaRusso (34)32–36
69February 25Chicago99–101Nate Thurmond (30)33–36
70February 28Cincinnati115–131Rudy LaRusso (28)34–36
71March 1Phoenix119–118Nate Thurmond (24)34–37
72March 2@ Los Angeles92–107Rudy LaRusso (13)34–38
73March 4Boston95–99Jeff Mullins (23)35–38
74March 5Baltimore107–114Nate Thurmond (34)36–38
75March 7Baltimore130–135 (OT)Jeff Mullins (40)37–38
76March 9@ Boston89–138Bobby Lewis (19)37–39
77March 10@ Milwaukee123–106Rudy LaRusso (33)38–39
78March 12Los Angeles85–97Jeff Mullins (25)39–39
79March 14Detroit110–114Jeff Mullins (32)40–39
80March 18Atlanta128–115Jeff Mullins (28)40–40
81March 21Milwaukee100–103Jeff Mullins (26)41–40
82March 22New York117–90Jim King (19)41–41

Playoffs

1969 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 0–3; road: 2–1)
1969 schedule

Awards and records

References