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The 1968–69 Baltimore Bullets season was their eighth season in the NBA and sixth season in the city of Baltimore . The Bullets continued to rebuild through the draft by selecting center Wes Unseld , a 2-time All-American from Louisville.[ 1] Unseld would have an immediate impact for the Bullets. He finished 2nd in the NBA in rebounding with 18.2 rebounds per game as the Bullets went from worst to first posting a league best 57–25 record. Rookie Wes Unseld won both the Rookie of the Year and MVP.[ 1] In the playoffs, the Bullets would show their inexperience as they were swept in 4 straight games by the New York Knicks.[ 1]
1968–69 Baltimore Bullets roster
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Record vs. opponents [ edit ]
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
—
1968–69 game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 16
Detroit
116–124
Gus Johnson (29)
1–0
2
October 19
Philadelphia
124–121
Earl Monroe (30)
1–1
3
October 20
@ Phoenix
134–122
Earl Monroe (30)
2–1
4
October 21
N Seattle
104–111
Ellis , Monroe (24)
3–1
5
October 24
@ San Diego
119–115
Earl Monroe (35)
4–1
6
October 25
@ Los Angeles
111–117
Gus Johnson (27)
4–2
7
October 26
@ San Francisco
106–107
Earl Monroe (30)
4–3
8
October 27
@ Seattle
126–114
Earl Monroe (32)
5–3
9
October 29
@ Milwaukee
129–112
Kevin Loughery (29)
6–3
10
October 30
San Francisco
110–112 (OT)
Gus Johnson (31)
7–3
11
November 1
@ New York
119–103
Kevin Loughery (33)
8–3
12
November 6
Atlanta
119–140
Earl Monroe (29)
9–3
13
November 9
San Diego
107–109
Earl Monroe (35)
10–3
14
November 12
Cincinnati
126–115
Ray Scott (27)
10–4
15
November 13
@ Cincinnati
115–111
Earl Monroe (33)
11–4
16
November 15
Milwaukee
102–129
Gus Johnson (28)
12–4
17
November 20
San Diego
110–114
Earl Monroe (28)
13–4
18
November 22
@ Philadelphia
110–121
Kevin Loughery (27)
13–5
19
November 23
Detroit
127–128
Gus Johnson (32)
14–5
20
November 24
@ Atlanta
118–111
Earl Monroe (28)
15–5
21
November 26
Atlanta
99–102
Earl Monroe (29)
16–5
22
November 27
N San Diego
123–107
Kevin Loughery (21)
16–6
23
November 29
Phoenix
106–124
Kevin Loughery (23)
17–6
24
December 1
Chicago
100–110
Earl Monroe (25)
18–6
25
December 3
Cincinnati
129–127
Kevin Loughery (28)
18–7
26
December 4
@ Detroit
112–106
Wes Unseld (28)
19–7
27
December 5
Los Angeles
90–108
Earl Monroe (26)
20–7
28
December 10
@ Boston
115–101
Earl Monroe (23)
21–7
29
December 11
New York
110–118
Johnson, Unseld (22)
22–7
30
December 14
Boston
101–110
Earl Monroe (25)
23–7
31
December 18
San Francisco
100–109
Kevin Loughery (26)
24–7
32
December 20
N Chicago
102–125
Earl Monroe (24)
25–7
33
December 21
Phoenix
117–131
Kevin Loughery (30)
26–7
34
December 25
Seattle
112–118
Earl Monroe (25)
27–7
35
December 26
@ Philadelphia
120–125
Jack Marin (33)
27–8
36
December 27
Milwaukee
122–136
Earl Monroe (32)
28–8
37
December 29
@ Atlanta
99–101
Earl Monroe (33)
28–9
38
December 31
@ New York
110–121
Gus Johnson (27)
28–10
39
January 3
@ Cincinnati
130–125
Earl Monroe (35)
29–10
40
January 4
Philadelphia
112–117
Wes Unseld (29)
30–10
41
January 7
Los Angeles
100–93
Earl Monroe (22)
30–11
42
January 8
@ San Diego
108–107
Jack Marin (27)
31–11
43
January 10
@ San Diego
106–104
Kevin Loughery (26)
32–11
44
January 11
@ Phoenix
118–107
Jack Marin (30)
33–11
45
January 20
Boston
109–122
Kevin Loughery (38)
34–11
46
January 21
@ Chicago
116–93
Earl Monroe (32)
35–11
47
January 22
Seattle
98–94
Kevin Loughery (27)
35–12
48
January 25
Atlanta
112–109
Earl Monroe (31)
35–13
49
January 26
@ Boston
86–124
Kevin Loughery (19)
35–14
50
January 27
Detroit
106–126
Kevin Loughery (37)
36–14
51
January 30
New York
109–106
Earl Monroe (33)
36–15
52
January 31
@ Philadelphia
108–105
Earl Monroe (27)
37–15
53
February 2
@ Detroit
128–106
Ray Scott (26)
38–15
54
February 3
Chicago
122–132
Kevin Loughery (35)
39–15
55
February 5
Boston
112–124
Earl Monroe (30)
40–15
56
February 7
@ Milwaukee
114–107
Earl Monroe (41)
41–15
57
February 8
@ New York
100–106
Kevin Loughery (31)
41–16
58
February 9
@ Atlanta
102–101
Earl Monroe (29)
42–16
59
February 11
@ Chicago
124–116
Earl Monroe (33)
43–16
60
February 12
San Francisco
110–120
Earl Monroe (29)
44–16
61
February 14
Milwaukee
122–132
Monroe, Unseld (28)
45–16
62
February 17
Cincinnati
117–112
Earl Monroe (30)
45–17
63
February 19
Los Angeles
88–110
Earl Monroe (34)
46–17
64
February 20
N Phoenix
121–124
Earl Monroe (30)
47–17
65
February 23
@ Cincinnati
126–109
Earl Monroe (23)
48–17
66
February 24
Detroit
119–123
Kevin Loughery (31)
49–17
67
February 27
@ Milwaukee
117–126
Kevin Loughery (25)
49–18
68
February 28
@ Detroit
134–116
Kevin Loughery (29)
50–18
69
March 4
@ Los Angeles
116–108
Earl Monroe (35)
51–18
70
March 5
@ San Francisco
107–114
Earl Monroe (42)
51–19
71
March 7
@ San Francisco
130–135 (OT)
Kevin Loughery (43)
51–20
72
March 8
@ Seattle
117–138
Earl Monroe (22)
51–21
73
March 9
@ Los Angeles
109–120
Loughery, Monroe (29)
51–22
74
March 10
@ Phoenix
140–121
Earl Monroe (33)
52–22
75
March 12
New York
110–111
Ray Scott (28)
53–22
76
March 14
N Cincinnati
128–130 (OT)
Jack Marin (35)
54–22
77
March 15
Boston
98–99
Earl Monroe (31)
55–22
78
March 18
Seattle
120–130
Kevin Loughery (32)
56–22
79
March 19
@ New York
100–104
Kevin Loughery (30)
56–23
80
March 21
@ Chicago
115–103
Earl Monroe (41)
57–23
81
March 22
Philadelphia
116–108
Quick , Workman (17)
57–24
82
March 23
@ Boston
98–126
Jack Marin (19)
57–25
1969 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
1969 schedule
Earl Monroe, All-NBA First Team
Wes Unseld, All-NBA First Team
Wes Unseld, NBA Rookie of the Year
Wes Unseld, NBA Most Valuable Player
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