1968–69 Philadelphia 76ers season

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]

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.com
Local media
TelevisionWPHL-TV
RadioWCAU

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

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Baltimore Bullets 5725.695–29–924–154–126–14
x-Philadelphia 76ers 5527.671226–824–165–323–17
x-New York Knicks 5428.659330–719–205–126–14
x-Boston Celtics 4834.585924–1221–193–323–17
Cincinnati Royals 4141.5001615-1316–2110–720–20
Detroit Pistons 3250.3902521–177–304–313–27
Milwaukee Bucks 2755.3293015–198–274–97–29
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 —2–43–36–14–26–03–44–22–41–56–03–44–34–2
Baltimore 4–2—5–26–04–37–03–35–13–42–46–05–13–34–2
Boston 3–32–5—4–25–25–12–45–11–65–26–04–23–33–3
Chicago 1–60–62–4—1–53–33–45–12–41–54–23–34–34–3
Cincinnati 2–43–42–55–1—3–42–45–14–23–44–22–43–33–3
Detroit 0–60–71–53–34–3—3–32–43–43–44–23–32–44–2
Los Angeles 4–33–34–24–34–23–3—5–15–11–56–07–04–35–1
Milwaukee 2–41–51–51–51–54–21–5—0–60–66–24–23–33–5
New York 4–24–36–14–22–44–31–56–0—4–35–13–35–16–0
Philadelphia 5–14–22–55–14–34–35–16–03–4—5–14–22–46–0
Phoenix 0–60–60–62–42–42–40–62–61–51–5—1–72–43–3
San Diego 4–31–52–43–34–23–30–72–43–32–47–1—3–33–3
San Francisco 3–43–33–33–43–34–23–43–31–54–24–23–3—4–3
Seattle 2–42–43–33–43–32–41–55–30–60–63–33–33–4—

Game log
1968–69 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 18Los Angeles96–114Hal Greer (35)1–0
2October 19@ Baltimore124–121Clark, Cunningham, Greer (26)2–0
3October 22@ New York114–117Chet Walker (21)2–1
4October 25@ Detroit122–132Hal Greer (30)2–2
5October 26Chicago118–122Billy Cunningham (34)3–2
6November 1@ Boston99–118Billy Cunningham (23)3–3
7November 2Cincinnati119–113Billy Cunningham (25)3–4
8November 9Seattle94–114Billy Cunningham (22)4–4
9November 11N Seattle117–127Hal Greer (34)5–4
10November 15@ Atlanta116–115Billy Cunningham (27)6–4
11November 16Milwaukee92–136Billy Cunningham (29)7–4
12November 19N Phoenix110–126Billy Cunningham (27)8–4
13November 22Baltimore110–121Billy Cunningham (29)9–4
14November 23@ Cincinnati120–105Billy Cunningham (31)10–4
15November 24@ San Diego128–135 (OT)Billy Cunningham (31)10–5
16November 26@ Phoenix126–119Wali Jones (34)11–5
17November 28Los Angeles107–122Billy Cunningham (28)12–5
18November 30Boston117–113 (OT)Lucious Jackson (23)12–6
19December 4San Diego99–110Hal Greer (28)13–6
20December 5@ Chicago109–92Billy Cunningham (23)14–6
21December 6@ Milwaukee121–112Hal Greer (28)15–6
22December 7Detroit106–140Shaler Halimon (23)16–6
23December 8N Milwaukee122–117Billy Cunningham (35)17–6
24December 10N San Diego132–120Hal Greer (25)17–7
25December 11Phoenix123–143Billy Cunningham (25)18–7
26December 14San Francisco91–137Greer, Imhoff (21)19–7
27December 15New York104–110Billy Cunningham (36)20–7
28December 17@ Phoenix145–128Billy Cunningham (32)21–7
29December 18@ Seattle115–111Chet Walker (30)22–7
30December 20@ San Diego116–109Hal Greer (30)23–7
31December 21@ San Francisco94–109Billy Cunningham (24)23–8
32December 22@ Los Angeles99–102Chet Walker (27)23–9
33December 25@ New York109–110Hal Greer (34)23–10
34December 26Baltimore120–125Chet Walker (34)24–10
35December 28@ Cincinnati128–123Billy Cunningham (37)25–10
36December 31@ Milwaukee128–107Cunningham, Walker (24)26–10
37January 3Los Angeles101–130Billy Cunningham (27)27–10
38January 4@ Baltimore112–117Hal Greer (33)27–11
39January 5Detroit119–126Cunningham, Greer (30)28–11
40January 7@ Detroit114–117Billy Cunningham (25)28–12
41January 8Atlanta111–112Billy Cunningham (29)29–12
42January 11Boston111–101Chet Walker (27)29–13
43January 17San Diego124–129Hal Greer (29)30–13
44January 19San Francisco98–97Hal Greer (23)30–14
45January 22New York137–140 (2OT)Billy Cunningham (44)31–14
46January 24@ Boston120–111Billy Cunningham (27)32–14
47January 25Detroit106–124Hal Greer (22)33–14
48January 26@ Atlanta119–115Hal Greer (31)34–14
49January 28@ New York88–121Archie Clark (20)34–15
50January 29Atlanta96–119Billy Cunningham (24)35–15
51January 30N Cincinnati115–116Billy Cunningham (36)35–16
52January 31Baltimore108–105Wali Jones (22)35–17
53February 2Chicago104–112Wali Jones (27)36–17
54February 4@ Phoenix116–125Billy Cunningham (36)36–18
55February 5@ Seattle119–115Hal Greer (48)37–18
56February 7@ Los Angeles109–106Hal Greer (28)38–18
57February 9@ Boston117–122 (OT)Billy Cunningham (37)38–19
58February 11N Cincinnati129–112Billy Cunningham (31)39–19
59February 14San Francisco127–111Hal Greer (31)39–20
60February 16Boston102–127Hal Greer (29)40–20
61February 18@ San Diego125–113Hal Greer (30)41–20
62February 19@ San Francisco117–134Chet Walker (32)41–21
63February 21@ Seattle115–109Hal Greer (37)42–21
64February 22@ San Francisco129–122Billy Cunningham (41)43–21
65February 23@ Los Angeles125–121Hal Greer (26)44–21
66February 25@ Cincinnati120–119Hal Greer (32)45–21
67February 26Phoenix97–104Hal Greer (26)46–21
68February 27N Detroit123–126Hal Greer (28)46–22
69February 28N Milwaukee123–102Billy Cunningham (38)47–22
70March 2@ Detroit126–112Hal Greer (39)48–22
71March 3@ Milwaukee143–132Chet Walker (37)49–22
72March 4@ Chicago113–114Cunningham, Greer (24)49–23
73March 6@ Atlanta99–138Billy Cunningham (18)49–24
74March 7Chicago113–131Hal Greer (29)50–24
75March 9New York101–110Cunningham, Jones (25)51–24
76March 11@ New York101–121Billy Cunningham (23)51–25
77March 12Boston126–117Chet Walker (26)51–26
78March 13@ Chicago113–106Billy Cunningham (28)52–26
79March 15Atlanta120–122Billy Cunningham (39)53–26
80March 19Seattle115–136Hal Greer (34)54–26
81March 22@ Baltimore116–108Chet Walker (25)55–26
82March 24Cincinnati125–119Chet Walker (28)55–27

Playoffs
1969 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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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