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55-27, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 112.2 points per game, Allowed 108.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 52-30)
Coached by Butch Van Breda Kolff (55-27)
Arena: The Forum / Attendance: 483,262 (2nd of 14 available)
SRS: 3.84 (5th of 14)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (4-2) versus San Francisco Warriors
1968-69 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 18, 1968 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 96 | 114 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 19, 1968 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 118 | 96 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 22, 1968 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 103 | 107 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Oct 23, 1968 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 110 | 117 | 1 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 25, 1968 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 117 | 111 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Oct 27, 1968 | San Diego Rockets | W | 152 | 116 | 3 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 29, 1968 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 125 | 124 | 4 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 1, 1968 | Chicago Bulls | L | 101 | 114 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Nov 3, 1968 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 127 | 109 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 5, 1968 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | OT | 112 | 109 | 6 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Wed, Nov 6, 1968 | N | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 128 | 115 | 7 | 4 | W 3 | at Madison, WI | |
| 12 | Fri, Nov 8, 1968 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 102 | 100 | 8 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 10, 1968 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 130 | 109 | 9 | 4 | W 5 | |||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 15, 1968 | San Diego Rockets | W | 127 | 119 | 10 | 4 | W 6 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 16, 1968 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 119 | 112 | 11 | 4 | W 7 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Nov 17, 1968 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 105 | 94 | 12 | 4 | W 8 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 19, 1968 | Boston Celtics | W | 116 | 106 | 13 | 4 | W 9 | |||
| 18 | Fri, Nov 22, 1968 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 98 | 100 | 13 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 19 | Sun, Nov 24, 1968 | Chicago Bulls | W | 103 | 100 | 14 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 26, 1968 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 100 | 104 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Thu, Nov 28, 1968 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 107 | 122 | 14 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Fri, Nov 29, 1968 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 93 | 92 | 15 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Dec 1, 1968 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 119 | 112 | 16 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Dec 3, 1968 | Phoenix Suns | W | 122 | 108 | 17 | 7 | W 3 | |||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 5, 1968 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 90 | 108 | 17 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 6, 1968 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 99 | 94 | 18 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 7, 1968 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 81 | 90 | 18 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 8, 1968 | San Diego Rockets | W | 132 | 118 | 19 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 13, 1968 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 103 | 105 | 19 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 14, 1968 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 136 | 120 | 20 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Sun, Dec 15, 1968 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 115 | 114 | 21 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 17, 1968 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 112 | 108 | 22 | 10 | W 3 | |||
| 33 | Fri, Dec 20, 1968 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 133 | 101 | 23 | 10 | W 4 | |||
| 34 | Sun, Dec 22, 1968 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 102 | 99 | 24 | 10 | W 5 | |||
| 35 | Wed, Dec 25, 1968 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 119 | 99 | 25 | 10 | W 6 | ||
| 36 | Thu, Dec 26, 1968 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 95 | 94 | 26 | 10 | W 7 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Dec 28, 1968 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 86 | 93 | 26 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Sun, Dec 29, 1968 | Detroit Pistons | W | 111 | 108 | 27 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Mon, Dec 30, 1968 | @ | San Diego Rockets | W | OT | 131 | 126 | 28 | 11 | W 2 | |
| 40 | Tue, Dec 31, 1968 | Detroit Pistons | L | 107 | 127 | 28 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 3, 1969 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 101 | 130 | 28 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 4, 1969 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 121 | 111 | 29 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 7, 1969 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 100 | 93 | 30 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 10, 1969 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 82 | 88 | 30 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 11, 1969 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 100 | 104 | 30 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 17, 1969 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 128 | 107 | 31 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 19, 1969 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 132 | 117 | 32 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 21, 1969 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 122 | 105 | 33 | 15 | W 3 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 22, 1969 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 115 | 116 | 33 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 24, 1969 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 106 | 110 | 33 | 17 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 26, 1969 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 126 | 113 | 34 | 17 | W 1 | at Cleveland, OH | |
| 52 | Tue, Jan 28, 1969 | Chicago Bulls | W | 125 | 118 | 35 | 17 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Wed, Jan 29, 1969 | @ | San Diego Rockets | W | 122 | 120 | 36 | 17 | W 3 | ||
| 54 | Fri, Jan 31, 1969 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 105 | 104 | 37 | 17 | W 4 | |||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 1, 1969 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | OT | 106 | 101 | 38 | 17 | W 5 | |
| 56 | Sun, Feb 2, 1969 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 3OT | 117 | 122 | 38 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Mon, Feb 3, 1969 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 107 | 114 | 38 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 7, 1969 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 106 | 109 | 38 | 20 | L 3 | |||
| 59 | Sat, Feb 8, 1969 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 122 | 104 | 39 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Sun, Feb 9, 1969 | Phoenix Suns | W | 134 | 116 | 40 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 12, 1969 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 109 | 92 | 41 | 20 | W 3 | ||
| 62 | Fri, Feb 14, 1969 | San Diego Rockets | W | 115 | 109 | 42 | 20 | W 4 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Feb 16, 1969 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 97 | 106 | 42 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Tue, Feb 18, 1969 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 109 | 43 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Feb 19, 1969 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 88 | 110 | 43 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Fri, Feb 21, 1969 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 124 | 43 | 23 | L 2 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Feb 23, 1969 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 121 | 125 | 43 | 24 | L 3 | |||
| 68 | Tue, Feb 25, 1969 | Seattle Supersonics | W | OT | 114 | 111 | 44 | 24 | W 1 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Feb 28, 1969 | Phoenix Suns | W | 121 | 117 | 45 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 1, 1969 | @ | San Diego Rockets | W | 119 | 113 | 46 | 24 | W 3 | ||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 2, 1969 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 107 | 92 | 47 | 24 | W 4 | |||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 4, 1969 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 108 | 116 | 47 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 7, 1969 | Boston Celtics | W | OT | 105 | 99 | 48 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 9, 1969 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 120 | 109 | 49 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 11, 1969 | Detroit Pistons | W | 137 | 101 | 50 | 25 | W 3 | |||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 12, 1969 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 85 | 97 | 50 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 14, 1969 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 111 | 103 | 51 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 16, 1969 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 108 | 73 | 52 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Mar 18, 1969 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 93 | 92 | 53 | 26 | W 3 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 19, 1969 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | OT | 128 | 136 | 53 | 27 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 21, 1969 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 116 | 103 | 54 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 23, 1969 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 128 | 111 | 55 | 27 | W 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Mar 26, 1969 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 94 | 99 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Mar 28, 1969 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 101 | 107 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Mon, Mar 31, 1969 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 115 | 98 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Apr 2, 1969 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 103 | 88 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Apr 4, 1969 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 103 | 98 | 3 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Apr 5, 1969 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 118 | 78 | 4 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Apr 11, 1969 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 95 | 93 | 5 | 2 | W 5 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Apr 13, 1969 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 104 | 102 | 6 | 2 | W 6 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Apr 15, 1969 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 80 | 99 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Apr 17, 1969 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 100 | 85 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Apr 20, 1969 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 104 | 96 | 8 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 12 | Wed, Apr 23, 1969 | Boston Celtics | W | 120 | 118 | 9 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Apr 25, 1969 | Boston Celtics | W | 118 | 112 | 10 | 3 | W 4 | |||
| 14 | Sun, Apr 27, 1969 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 111 | 10 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Apr 29, 1969 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 88 | 89 | 10 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 16 | Thu, May 1, 1969 | Boston Celtics | W | 117 | 104 | 11 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Sat, May 3, 1969 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 90 | 99 | 11 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Mon, May 5, 1969 | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 108 | 11 | 7 | L 2 |