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32-50, Finished 6th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 114.1 points per game, Allowed 117.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 33-49)
Coached by Donnie Butcher (10-12) and Paul Seymour (22-38)
Arena: Cobo Arena / Attendance: 201,433 (9th of 14 available)
SRS: -2.79 (11th of 14)
1968-69 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Oct 16, 1968 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 116 | 124 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 18, 1968 | Boston Celtics | L | 88 | 106 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 19, 1968 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 115 | 127 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Oct 23, 1968 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 117 | 110 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 25, 1968 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 132 | 122 | 2 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Oct 30, 1968 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 119 | 117 | 3 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Oct 31, 1968 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 118 | 134 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 2, 1968 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 112 | 104 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Wed, Nov 6, 1968 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 127 | 118 | 5 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 8, 1968 | San Francisco Warriors | W | OT | 122 | 118 | 6 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Nov 10, 1968 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | OT | 128 | 130 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Wed, Nov 13, 1968 | @ | San Diego Rockets | L | 120 | 122 | 6 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Nov 14, 1968 | N | Phoenix Suns | W | 111 | 109 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | at Tucson, AZ | |
| 14 | Fri, Nov 15, 1968 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 105 | 133 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 16, 1968 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 119 | 123 | 7 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 19, 1968 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 121 | 107 | 8 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Thu, Nov 21, 1968 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 121 | 129 | 8 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 23, 1968 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 127 | 128 | 8 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 26, 1968 | N | San Diego Rockets | W | 134 | 120 | 9 | 10 | W 1 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 20 | Wed, Nov 27, 1968 | Phoenix Suns | W | 125 | 111 | 10 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Nov 29, 1968 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 112 | 122 | 10 | 11 | L 1 | at Cleveland, OH | |
| 22 | Sat, Nov 30, 1968 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 108 | 120 | 10 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 4, 1968 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 106 | 112 | 10 | 13 | L 3 | |||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 6, 1968 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 118 | 132 | 10 | 14 | L 4 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 7, 1968 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 106 | 140 | 10 | 15 | L 5 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 10, 1968 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 83 | 100 | 10 | 16 | L 6 | ||
| 27 | Wed, Dec 11, 1968 | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 108 | 10 | 17 | L 7 | |||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 14, 1968 | Phoenix Suns | L | 118 | 123 | 10 | 18 | L 8 | |||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 18, 1968 | San Diego Rockets | W | 124 | 112 | 11 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 20, 1968 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 87 | 135 | 11 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 21, 1968 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 110 | 120 | 11 | 20 | L 2 | ||
| 32 | Wed, Dec 25, 1968 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 119 | 113 | 12 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 33 | Thu, Dec 26, 1968 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 94 | 95 | 12 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Dec 28, 1968 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 131 | 102 | 13 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Sun, Dec 29, 1968 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 108 | 111 | 13 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Tue, Dec 31, 1968 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 127 | 107 | 14 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 3, 1969 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 106 | 128 | 14 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 4, 1969 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 103 | 111 | 14 | 24 | L 2 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 5, 1969 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 119 | 126 | 14 | 25 | L 3 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 7, 1969 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 117 | 114 | 15 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 8, 1969 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 113 | 15 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 10, 1969 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 101 | 104 | 15 | 27 | L 2 | ||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 11, 1969 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 118 | 115 | 16 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 12, 1969 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 113 | 111 | 17 | 27 | W 2 | ||
| 45 | Fri, Jan 17, 1969 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 123 | 108 | 18 | 27 | W 3 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 19, 1969 | Chicago Bulls | W | 120 | 111 | 19 | 27 | W 4 | |||
| 47 | Mon, Jan 20, 1969 | N | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 101 | 102 | 19 | 28 | L 1 | at Madison, WI | |
| 48 | Wed, Jan 22, 1969 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 116 | 115 | 20 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Fri, Jan 24, 1969 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 107 | 106 | 21 | 28 | W 2 | |||
| 50 | Sat, Jan 25, 1969 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 106 | 124 | 21 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Mon, Jan 27, 1969 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 106 | 126 | 21 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Jan 29, 1969 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 126 | 133 | 21 | 31 | L 3 | |||
| 53 | Thu, Jan 30, 1969 | N | Seattle Supersonics | W | 144 | 118 | 22 | 31 | W 1 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 54 | Fri, Jan 31, 1969 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 103 | 102 | 23 | 31 | W 2 | ||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 1, 1969 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 99 | 119 | 23 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 2, 1969 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 106 | 128 | 23 | 33 | L 2 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 4, 1969 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 114 | 125 | 23 | 34 | L 3 | at Houston, TX | |
| 58 | Wed, Feb 5, 1969 | Chicago Bulls | L | 108 | 120 | 23 | 35 | L 4 | |||
| 59 | Sat, Feb 8, 1969 | San Diego Rockets | W | OT | 123 | 119 | 24 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 12, 1969 | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 113 | 24 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Thu, Feb 13, 1969 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 101 | 120 | 24 | 37 | L 2 | ||
| 62 | Fri, Feb 14, 1969 | Phoenix Suns | W | 128 | 123 | 25 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Feb 16, 1969 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 119 | 127 | 25 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Tue, Feb 18, 1969 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 114 | 121 | 25 | 39 | L 2 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Feb 19, 1969 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 131 | 124 | 26 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| 66 | Thu, Feb 20, 1969 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 87 | 97 | 26 | 40 | L 1 | |||
| 67 | Sat, Feb 22, 1969 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 107 | 108 | 26 | 41 | L 2 | |||
| 68 | Mon, Feb 24, 1969 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 119 | 123 | 26 | 42 | L 3 | ||
| 69 | Thu, Feb 27, 1969 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 126 | 123 | 27 | 42 | W 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 70 | Fri, Feb 28, 1969 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 116 | 134 | 27 | 43 | L 1 | |||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 2, 1969 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 112 | 126 | 27 | 44 | L 2 | |||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 4, 1969 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 99 | 102 | 27 | 45 | L 3 | ||
| 73 | Wed, Mar 5, 1969 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 128 | 120 | 28 | 45 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 7, 1969 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 114 | 105 | 29 | 45 | W 2 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 9, 1969 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 121 | 126 | 29 | 46 | L 1 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 11, 1969 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 101 | 137 | 29 | 47 | L 2 | ||
| 77 | Thu, Mar 13, 1969 | @ | San Diego Rockets | L | 105 | 120 | 29 | 48 | L 3 | ||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 14, 1969 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 110 | 114 | 29 | 49 | L 4 | ||
| 79 | Sun, Mar 16, 1969 | @ | San Diego Rockets | L | 111 | 120 | 29 | 50 | L 5 | ||
| 80 | Mon, Mar 17, 1969 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 119 | 95 | 30 | 50 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 21, 1969 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 110 | 104 | 31 | 50 | W 2 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 23, 1969 | Chicago Bulls | W | 158 | 114 | 32 | 50 | W 3 |