1968–69 Chicago Bulls season

1968–69 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachDick Motta
General managerDick Klein
Owner(s)Dick Klein
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record33–49 (.402)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
RadioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Roy Leonard)
< 1967–68 1969–70 >

The 1968–69 NBA season was the Bulls' third season in the NBA.[1]

Draft picks

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Main article: 1968 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College

Roster

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1968–69 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 18 Boerwinkle, Tom 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1945–08–23 Tennessee
F 19 Boozer, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1937–04–26 Kansas State
F 16 Clemens, Barry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943–05–01 Ohio Wesleyan
G 11 Haskins, Clem 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1943–07–11 Western Kentucky
F 10 Love, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1942–12–08 Southern
C 12 Newmark, Dave 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1946–09–11 Columbia
G 15 Petersen, Loy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1945–07–26 Oregon State
G 4 Sloan, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1942–03–28 Evansville
F 7 Washington, Jim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943–07–01 Villanova
G 8 Weiss, Bob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1942–05–07 Penn State
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 31, 1969

Regular season

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Season standings

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Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers 55 27 .671 – 32–9 21–18 2–0 30–10
x-Atlanta Hawks 48 34 .585 7 28–12 18–21 2–1 26–14
x-San Francisco Warriors 41 41 .500 14 22–19 18–21 1–1 20–20
x-San Diego Rockets 37 45 .451 18 25–16 8–25 4–4 20–20
Chicago Bulls 33 49 .402 22 19–21 12–25 2–3 19–21
Seattle SuperSonics 30 52 .366 25 18–18 6–29 6–5 15–23
Phoenix Suns 16 66 .195 39 11–26 4–28 1–12 8–30
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1968–69 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 15 @ New York 100–96 Flynn Robinson (32) 1–0
2 October 16 @ Milwaukee 89–84 Flynn Robinson (23) 2–0
3 October 19 Boston 106–96 Flynn Robinson (20) 2–1
4 October 23 @ Atlanta 91–106 Jim Washington (18) 2–2
5 October 26 @ Philadelphia 118–122 Flynn Robinson (36) 2–3
6 October 29 N Boston 103–97 Flynn Robinson (22) 3–3
7 October 31 @ Phoenix 103–112 Bob Boozer (23) 3–4
8 November 1 @ Los Angeles 114–101 Clem Haskins (24) 4–4
9 November 2 @ Seattle 95–101 Bob Boozer (23) 4–5
10 November 3 @ San Diego 107–121 Bob Boozer (22) 4–6
11 November 5 Los Angeles 112–109 (OT) Jerry Sloan (25) 4–7
12 November 6 @ Cincinnati 122–133 Flynn Robinson (27) 4–8
13 November 7 Seattle 105–120 Bob Boozer (26) 5–8
14 November 9 Cincinnati 110–104 Flynn Robinson (26) 5–9
15 November 12 San Diego 108–115 Clem Haskins (29) 6–9
16 November 16 @ New York 97–119 Clem Haskins (27) 6–10
17 November 19 San Francisco 121–109 Clem Haskins (29) 6–11
18 November 21 Milwaukee 111–120 Boozer, Haskins (25) 7–11
19 November 22 N New York 114–107 Jim Washington (28) 7–12
20 November 23 Atlanta 114–96 Clem Haskins (22) 7–13
21 November 24 @ Los Angeles 100–103 Bob Boozer (17) 7–14
22 November 26 @ Seattle 98–99 Sloan, Washington (22) 7–15
23 November 27 @ San Francisco 119–106 Jim Washington (29) 8–15
24 November 29 @ San Diego 110–89 Bob Boozer (27) 9–15
25 November 30 Phoenix 96–100 Jerry Sloan (23) 10–15
26 December 1 @ Baltimore 100–110 Jerry Sloan (29) 10–16
27 December 3 San Diego 108–103 Bob Boozer (33) 10–17
28 December 5 Philadelphia 109–92 Bob Boozer (33) 10–18
29 December 7 Los Angeles 81–90 Jerry Sloan (28) 11–18
30 December 10 Detroit 83–100 Jerry Sloan (19) 12–18
31 December 13 New York 94–83 Bob Boozer (22) 12–19
32 December 17 Atlanta 87–83 Bob Boozer (21) 12–20
33 December 19 Milwaukee 111–113 Bob Boozer (25) 13–20
34 December 20 N Baltimore 102–125 Boozer, Haskins, Sloan, Washington (14) 13–21
35 December 21 Boston 102–94 Boerwinkle, Boozer (16) 13–22
36 December 25 @ Cincinnati 98–103 Jim Washington (18) 13–23
37 December 26 Cincinnati 96–104 Jerry Sloan (23) 14–23
38 December 28 Los Angeles 86–93 Bob Boozer (26) 15–23
39 December 29 @ Milwaukee 102–97 Jim Washington (25) 16–23
40 December 30 San Francisco 97–103 Clem Haskins (20) 17–23
41 January 2 Atlanta 106–88 Bob Boozer (27) 17–24
42 January 4 Phoenix 92–103 Bob Boozer (33) 18–24
43 January 6 N Cincinnati 106–104 Bob Boozer (25) 18–25
44 January 7 New York 101–102 Clem Haskins (23) 19–25
45 January 11 Seattle 86–119 Boozer, Weiss (19) 20–25
46 January 16 San Francisco 112–99 Bob Boozer (23) 20–26
47 January 18 San Diego 102–107 (OT) Clem Haskins (30) 21–26
48 January 19 @ Detroit 111–120 Bob Boozer (25) 21–27
49 January 21 Baltimore 116–93 Tom Boerwinkle (19) 21–28
50 January 22 Boston 94–95 Bob Boozer (21) 22–28
51 January 24 @ Phoenix 106–117 Bob Boozer (25) 22–29
52 January 26 @ San Diego 95–111 Clem Haskins (20) 22–30
53 January 28 @ Los Angeles 118–125 Boozer, Haskins (24) 22–31
54 January 30 @ San Francisco 111–101 Bob Boozer (25) 23–31
55 January 31 Detroit 103–102 Bob Boozer (24) 23–32
56 February 2 @ Philadelphia 104–112 Bob Boozer (25) 23–33
57 February 3 @ Baltimore 122–132 Bob Boozer (27) 23–34
58 February 4 Milwaukee 107–98 Bob Boozer (20) 23–35
59 February 5 @ Detroit 120–108 Jerry Sloan (23) 24–35
60 February 7 New York 105–98 Bob Boozer (19) 24–36
61 February 8 @ Atlanta 97–106 Bob Boozer (23) 24–37
62 February 11 Baltimore 124–116 Jerry Sloan (27) 24–38
63 February 13 Detroit 101–120 Clem Haskins (21) 25–38
64 February 15 Cincinnati 111–101 Bob Boozer (31) 25–39
65 February 18 @ Seattle 113–114 Clem Haskins (26) 25–40
66 February 21 @ Phoenix 133–121 Bob Boozer (28) 26–40
67 February 24 @ San Francisco 119–108 Boozer, Haskins (29) 27–40
68 February 25 @ San Francisco 99–101 Bob Boozer (28) 27–41
69 February 26 @ Seattle 124–122 Bob Boozer (24) 28–41
70 March 2 @ Boston 92–99 Jerry Sloan (36) 28–42
71 March 4 Philadelphia 113–114 Bob Boozer (31) 29–42
72 March 5 @ Milwaukee 124–108 Jerry Sloan (43) 30–42
73 March 6 N Phoenix 117–125 (OT) Boozer, Sloan (27) 31–42
74 March 7 @ Philadelphia 113–131 Tom Boerwinkle (23) 31–43
75 March 11 Atlanta 90–102 Jim Washington (26) 32–43
76 March 12 @ Atlanta 90–109 Boozer, Sloan (18) 32–44
77 March 13 Philadelphia 113–106 Jerry Sloan (20) 32–45
78 March 15 Seattle 83–101 Jerry Sloan (30) 33–45
79 March 18 Los Angeles 93–92 Bob Boozer (29) 33–46
80 March 19 @ Boston 92–104 Boerwinkle, Boozer, Haskins (14) 33–47
81 March 21 Baltimore 115–103 Boozer, Sloan (23) 33–48
82 March 23 @ Detroit 114–158 Bob Boozer (23) 33–49

Player statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Awards and records

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References

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  1. ^ 1968–69 Chicago Bulls
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