1968–69 Philadelphia 76ers season

1968–69 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coachJack Ramsay
ArenaThe Spectrum
Results
Record55–27 (.671)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
TelevisionWPHL-TV
RadioWCAU

The 1968–69 NBA season was the 76ers' 20th season in the NBA and 6th season in Philadelphia. The team posted a record of 55–27. In the opening round of the playoffs, they lost to the Boston Celtics 4–1, with 3 of the losses coming at the Spectrum. Without Wilt Chamberlain, the 76ers turned to Lucious Jackson to play center in a more up-tempo, fast-breaking style to be run by new head coach Jack Ramsey, but Jackson suffered a major injury during the season and was never the same player.[1]

Roster

Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
G 21 Archie Clark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Minnesota
F 32 Billy Cunningham 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) North Carolina
PF 12 Johnny Green 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Michigan State
G 15 Hal Greer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Marshall
SG 14 Matt Guokas 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Saint Joseph's
PF 26 Shaler Halimon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Utah State
C 18 Darrall Imhoff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) California
F 54 Luke Jackson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Texas–Pan American
G 24 Wali Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Villanova
C 20 Craig Raymond 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) BYU
F 25 Chet Walker 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Bradley
C 16 George Wilson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Cincinnati
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • 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- 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
x – clinched playoff spot

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 18 Los Angeles 96–114 Hal Greer (35) 1–0
2 October 19 @ Baltimore 124–121 Clark, Cunningham, Greer (26) 2–0
3 October 22 @ New York 114–117 Chet Walker (21) 2–1
4 October 25 @ Detroit 122–132 Hal Greer (30) 2–2
5 October 26 Chicago 118–122 Billy Cunningham (34) 3–2
6 November 1 @ Boston 99–118 Billy Cunningham (23) 3–3
7 November 2 Cincinnati 119–113 Billy Cunningham (25) 3–4
8 November 9 Seattle 94–114 Billy Cunningham (22) 4–4
9 November 11 N Seattle 117–127 Hal Greer (34) 5–4
10 November 15 @ Atlanta 116–115 Billy Cunningham (27) 6–4
11 November 16 Milwaukee 92–136 Billy Cunningham (29) 7–4
12 November 19 N Phoenix 110–126 Billy Cunningham (27) 8–4
13 November 22 Baltimore 110–121 Billy Cunningham (29) 9–4
14 November 23 @ Cincinnati 120–105 Billy Cunningham (31) 10–4
15 November 24 @ San Diego 128–135 (OT) Billy Cunningham (31) 10–5
16 November 26 @ Phoenix 126–119 Wali Jones (34) 11–5
17 November 28 Los Angeles 107–122 Billy Cunningham (28) 12–5
18 November 30 Boston 117–113 (OT) Lucious Jackson (23) 12–6
19 December 4 San Diego 99–110 Hal Greer (28) 13–6
20 December 5 @ Chicago 109–92 Billy Cunningham (23) 14–6
21 December 6 @ Milwaukee 121–112 Hal Greer (28) 15–6
22 December 7 Detroit 106–140 Shaler Halimon (23) 16–6
23 December 8 N Milwaukee 122–117 Billy Cunningham (35) 17–6
24 December 10 N San Diego 132–120 Hal Greer (25) 17–7
25 December 11 Phoenix 123–143 Billy Cunningham (25) 18–7
26 December 14 San Francisco 91–137 Greer, Imhoff (21) 19–7
27 December 15 New York 104–110 Billy Cunningham (36) 20–7
28 December 17 @ Phoenix 145–128 Billy Cunningham (32) 21–7
29 December 18 @ Seattle 115–111 Chet Walker (30) 22–7
30 December 20 @ San Diego 116–109 Hal Greer (30) 23–7
31 December 21 @ San Francisco 94–109 Billy Cunningham (24) 23–8
32 December 22 @ Los Angeles 99–102 Chet Walker (27) 23–9
33 December 25 @ New York 109–110 Hal Greer (34) 23–10
34 December 26 Baltimore 120–125 Chet Walker (34) 24–10
35 December 28 @ Cincinnati 128–123 Billy Cunningham (37) 25–10
36 December 31 @ Milwaukee 128–107 Cunningham, Walker (24) 26–10
37 January 3 Los Angeles 101–130 Billy Cunningham (27) 27–10
38 January 4 @ Baltimore 112–117 Hal Greer (33) 27–11
39 January 5 Detroit 119–126 Cunningham, Greer (30) 28–11
40 January 7 @ Detroit 114–117 Billy Cunningham (25) 28–12
41 January 8 Atlanta 111–112 Billy Cunningham (29) 29–12
42 January 11 Boston 111–101 Chet Walker (27) 29–13
43 January 17 San Diego 124–129 Hal Greer (29) 30–13
44 January 19 San Francisco 98–97 Hal Greer (23) 30–14
45 January 22 New York 137–140 (2OT) Billy Cunningham (44) 31–14
46 January 24 @ Boston 120–111 Billy Cunningham (27) 32–14
47 January 25 Detroit 106–124 Hal Greer (22) 33–14
48 January 26 @ Atlanta 119–115 Hal Greer (31) 34–14
49 January 28 @ New York 88–121 Archie Clark (20) 34–15
50 January 29 Atlanta 96–119 Billy Cunningham (24) 35–15
51 January 30 N Cincinnati 115–116 Billy Cunningham (36) 35–16
52 January 31 Baltimore 108–105 Wali Jones (22) 35–17
53 February 2 Chicago 104–112 Wali Jones (27) 36–17
54 February 4 @ Phoenix 116–125 Billy Cunningham (36) 36–18
55 February 5 @ Seattle 119–115 Hal Greer (48) 37–18
56 February 7 @ Los Angeles 109–106 Hal Greer (28) 38–18
57 February 9 @ Boston 117–122 (OT) Billy Cunningham (37) 38–19
58 February 11 N Cincinnati 129–112 Billy Cunningham (31) 39–19
59 February 14 San Francisco 127–111 Hal Greer (31) 39–20
60 February 16 Boston 102–127 Hal Greer (29) 40–20
61 February 18 @ San Diego 125–113 Hal Greer (30) 41–20
62 February 19 @ San Francisco 117–134 Chet Walker (32) 41–21
63 February 21 @ Seattle 115–109 Hal Greer (37) 42–21
64 February 22 @ San Francisco 129–122 Billy Cunningham (41) 43–21
65 February 23 @ Los Angeles 125–121 Hal Greer (26) 44–21
66 February 25 @ Cincinnati 120–119 Hal Greer (32) 45–21
67 February 26 Phoenix 97–104 Hal Greer (26) 46–21
68 February 27 N Detroit 123–126 Hal Greer (28) 46–22
69 February 28 N Milwaukee 123–102 Billy Cunningham (38) 47–22
70 March 2 @ Detroit 126–112 Hal Greer (39) 48–22
71 March 3 @ Milwaukee 143–132 Chet Walker (37) 49–22
72 March 4 @ Chicago 113–114 Cunningham, Greer (24) 49–23
73 March 6 @ Atlanta 99–138 Billy Cunningham (18) 49–24
74 March 7 Chicago 113–131 Hal Greer (29) 50–24
75 March 9 New York 101–110 Cunningham, Jones (25) 51–24
76 March 11 @ New York 101–121 Billy Cunningham (23) 51–25
77 March 12 Boston 126–117 Chet Walker (26) 51–26
78 March 13 @ Chicago 113–106 Billy Cunningham (28) 52–26
79 March 15 Atlanta 120–122 Billy Cunningham (39) 53–26
80 March 19 Seattle 115–136 Hal Greer (34) 54–26
81 March 22 @ Baltimore 116–108 Chet Walker (25) 55–26
82 March 24 Cincinnati 125–119 Chet Walker (28) 55–27

Playoffs

1969 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 26 Boston L 100–114 Billy Cunningham (29) Darrall Imhoff (19) Billy Cunningham (6) Spectrum
8,151 		0–1
2 March 28 @ Boston L 103–134 Chet Walker (26) Billy Cunningham (11) Matt Guokas (4) Boston Garden
13,751 		0–2
3 March 30 Boston L 118–125 Billy Cunningham (33) Imhoff, Cunningham (14) Hal Greer (7) Spectrum
15,244 		0–3
4 April 1 @ Boston W 119–116 Hal Greer (24) Darrall Imhoff (20) Hal Greer (7) Boston Garden
14,017 		1–3
5 April 4 Boston L 90–93 Billy Cunningham (23) Darrall Imhoff (19) Archie Clark (7) Spectrum
15,244 		1–4
1969 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1968–69 Philadelphia 76ers
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