1968–69 San Diego Rockets season
Head coachJack McMahon
General managerPete Newell
Owner(s)Bob Breitbard
ArenaSan Diego Sports Arena
Results
Record37–45 (.451)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to Hawks 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKFMB-TV
RadioKFMB

The 1968–69 NBA season was the Rockets' 2nd season in the NBA.[1]

In the playoffs, the Rockets lost to the Atlanta Hawks in six games in the Semifinals.

Roster

1968–69 San Diego Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 12 Adelman, Rick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-06-16 Loyola Marymount
SF 30 Barnes, Harry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Northeastern
SG 33 Barnett, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1944-07-07 Oregon
PF 34 Block, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1944-04-16 USC
C 17 Finkel, Henry 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1942-04-20 Dayton
C 11 Hayes, Elvin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1945-11-17 Houston
PF 7 Kimball, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1942-09-07 Connecticut
SF 44 Kojis, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939-01-15 Marquette
SG 22 Lantz, Stu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-07-13 Nebraska
SG 42 Riley, Pat 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1945-03-20 Kentucky
SF 31 Trapp, John Q. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1945-10-02 UNLV
PG 14 Williams, Art 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1939-09-29 Cal Poly Pomona
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers 5527.671–32–921–182–030–10
x-Atlanta Hawks 4834.585728–1218–212–126–14
x-San Francisco Warriors 4141.5001422–1918–211–120–20
x-San Diego Rockets 3745.4511825–168–254–420–20
Chicago Bulls 3349.4022219–2112–252–319–21
Seattle SuperSonics 3052.3662518–186–296–515–23
Phoenix Suns 1666.1953911–264–281–128–30
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 17Seattle110–128Don Kojis (34)1–0
2October 18@ San Francisco123–108Elvin Hayes (32)2–0
3October 23@ Seattle117–118Elvin Hayes (24)2–1
4October 24Baltimore119–115Elvin Hayes (25)2–2
5October 27@ Los Angeles116–152Don Kojis (29)2–3
6October 30Atlanta116–127Elvin Hayes (32)3–3
7November 3Chicago107–121Elvin Hayes (30)4–3
8November 5New York109–113Don Kojis (28)5–3
9November 8@ Atlanta101–114Elvin Hayes (26)5–4
10November 9@ Baltimore107–109Elvin Hayes (30)5–5
11November 11@ Boston113–134Don Kojis (29)5–6
12November 12@ Chicago108–115Elvin Hayes (40)5–7
13November 13Detroit120–122Elvin Hayes (54)6–7
14November 15@ Los Angeles119–127Elvin Hayes (38)6–8
15November 16Boston120–112Don Kojis (32)6–9
16November 19@ New York113–107Elvin Hayes (39)7–9
17November 20@ Baltimore110–114Jim Barnett (36)7–10
18November 22Seattle111–126Elvin Hayes (45)8–10
19November 24Philadelphia128–135 (OT)Elvin Hayes (37)9–10
20November 26N Detroit120–134Elvin Hayes (34)9–11
21November 27N Baltimore123–107Elvin Hayes (36)10–11
22November 29Chicago110–89Elvin Hayes (28)10–12
23December 1San Francisco105–116Don Kojis (30)11–12
24December 3@ Chicago108–103Jim Barnett (29)12–12
25December 4@ Philadelphia99–110Don Kojis (33)12–13
26December 6Phoenix106–117Jim Barnett (27)13–13
27December 8@ Los Angeles118–132Barnett, Hayes (29)13–14
28December 10N Philadelphia132–120Elvin Hayes (39)14–14
29December 11@ Cincinnati110–116Elvin Hayes (35)14–15
30December 13@ Milwaukee96–101Elvin Hayes (27)14–16
31December 14@ New York105–112Elvin Hayes (26)14–17
32December 18@ Detroit112–124Elvin Hayes (40)14–18
33December 20Philadelphia116–109Elvin Hayes (31)14–19
34December 21Cincinnati124–132Block, Kojis (30)15–19
35December 23San Francisco125–95Don Kojis (18)15–20
36December 27New York111–109Elvin Hayes (40)15–21
37December 28@ Phoenix136–126Elvin Hayes (40)16–21
38December 30Los Angeles131–126 (OT)Elvin Hayes (33)16–22
39January 2Boston107–95Elvin Hayes (32)16–23
40January 4Seattle105–122Elvin Hayes (29)17–23
41January 7@ San Francisco113–108Jim Barnett (31)18–23
42January 8Baltimore108–107Elvin Hayes (26)18–24
43January 10Baltimore106–104Elvin Hayes (32)18–25
44January 12New York105–102John Block (29)18–26
45January 16N Cincinnati109–120Elvin Hayes (38)18–27
46January 17@ Philadelphia124–129John Block (31)18–28
47January 18@ Chicago102–107 (OT)Elvin Hayes (25)18–29
48January 19@ Phoenix136–118Don Kojis (26)19–29
49January 21Atlanta113–124Elvin Hayes (27)20–29
50January 24@ San Francisco107–114Elvin Hayes (30)20–30
51January 25Phoenix120–133Elvin Hayes (32)21–30
52January 26Chicago95–111Hayes, Kojis (29)22–30
53January 29Los Angeles122–120Elvin Hayes (40)22–31
54February 1Milwaukee95–101Don Kojis (26)23–31
55February 2@ Atlanta103–115Elvin Hayes (32)23–32
56February 4N Boston135–126Elvin Hayes (32)24–32
57February 5Cincinnati93–110Barnett, Hayes, Kojis (25)25–32
58February 7Phoenix119–130Elvin Hayes (31)26–32
59February 8@ Detroit119–123 (OT)Elvin Hayes (28)26–33
60February 9@ Milwaukee109–117Elvin Hayes (32)26–34
61February 12@ Cincinnati118–114John Block (29)27–34
62February 14@ Los Angeles109–115Elvin Hayes (25)27–35
63February 18Philadelphia125–113Elvin Hayes (37)27–36
64February 20San Francisco128–118Don Kojis (36)27–37
65February 22@ New York108–104Elvin Hayes (33)28–37
66February 23@ Atlanta92–124Pat Riley (20)28–38
67February 25@ Milwaukee112–114John Block (25)28–39
68February 27Cincinnati112–127Don Kojis (32)29–39
69March 1Los Angeles119–113Don Kojis (38)29–40
70March 4@ Seattle116–130Don Kojis (30)29–41
71March 6Boston97–110Elvin Hayes (31)30–41
72March 9@ Phoenix133–146Elvin Hayes (39)30–42
73March 11Phoenix106–116Elvin Hayes (33)31–42
74March 12N Seattle125–112Elvin Hayes (22)31–43
75March 13Detroit105–120Don Kojis (33)32–43
76March 15N Phoenix141–124Elvin Hayes (39)33–43
77March 16Detroit111–120Don Kojis (34)34–43
78March 18Milwaukee108–128Don Kojis (34)35–43
79March 20Atlanta97–115Elvin Hayes (24)36–43
80March 22Milwaukee120–106Elvin Hayes (22)36–44
81March 23Atlanta121–128Hayes, Riley (25)37–44
82March 24N Boston107–111John Block (19)37–45

Playoffs

1969 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 27 @ Atlanta L 98–107 Elvin Hayes (31) Toby Kimball (15) Art Williams (6) Alexander Memorial Coliseum
4,194		 0–1
2 March 29 @ Atlanta L 114–116 Rick Adelman (26) three players tied (9) Rick Adelman (6) Alexander Memorial Coliseum
6,006		 0–2
3 April 1 Atlanta W 104–97 Elvin Hayes (26) Elvin Hayes (19) Rick Adelman (8) San Diego Sports Arena
9,340		 1–2
4 April 4 Atlanta W 114–112 Elvin Hayes (30) Elvin Hayes (20) Don Kojis (4) San Diego Sports Arena
12,337		 2–2
5 April 6 @ Atlanta L 101–112 Elvin Hayes (27) Elvin Hayes (9) Art Williams (8) Alexander Memorial Coliseum
4,007		 2–3
6 April 7 Atlanta L 106–108 Kojis, Hayes (26) Toby Kimball (15) Adelman, Williams (6) San Diego Sports Arena
10,117		 2–4
1969 schedule

Awards and records

References

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