1968–69 Milwaukee Bucks season

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1968–69 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coachLarry Costello
General managerJohn E. Erickson
OwnersMilwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro)
ArenaMilwaukee Arena
Results
Record27–55 (.329)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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The 1968–69 NBA season was the Bucks' inaugural season in the NBA.[1][2]

Expansion Draft

Player Position Team
Len Chappell Forward Detroit Pistons
Larry Costello Guard Philadelphia 76ers
Johnny Egan Guard Baltimore Bullets
Wayne Embry Center Boston Celtics
Dave Gambee Forward San Diego Rockets
Gary Gray Guard Cincinnati Royals
Fred Hetzel Forward San Francisco Warriors
Johnny Jones Forward Boston Celtics
Bob Love Forward Cincinnati Royals
Jon McGlocklin Guard San Diego Rockets
Jay Miller Guard Atlanta Hawks
Bud Olsen Forward Seattle SuperSonics
George Patterson Center Detroit Pistons
Jim Reid Forward Philadelphia 76ers
Guy Rodgers Guard Cincinnati Royals
Tom Thacker Guard Boston Celtics
Bob Warlick Guard San Francisco Warriors
Bob Weiss Guard Seattle SuperSonics

Draft picks

Main article: 1968 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 7 Charlie Paulk Forward  United States Northeastern State
2 22 Gene Moore  United States Saint Louis
3 35 Sam Williams  United States Iowa
4 50 Greg Smith  United States Western Kentucky
5 63 Joe Franklin  United States Wisconsin
6 78 Fred Smith  United States Hawaii
7 91 Tom Kondla  United States Minnesota
8 106 Elbert Miller  United States Nevada-Las Vegas
9 119 Cliff Berger  United States Kentucky
10 134 Eugene Jones  United States Missouri
11 146 Brad Luchini  United States Marquette
12 159 Dave Miller  United States Florida

Roster

1968–69 Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
F 50 Chappell, Len 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1941–01–31 Wake Forest
C 19 Cunningham, Dick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1946–07–11 Murray State
C 15 Embry, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1937–03–26 Miami (OH)
G 14 McGlocklin, Jon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1943–06–10 Indiana
C 27 Niemann, Rich 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1946–07–02 Saint Louis
G 21 Robinson, Flynn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1941–04–28 Wyoming
G 5 Rodgers, Guy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1935–09–31 Temple
C 16 Smith, Don 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1946–04–07 Iowa State
F 4 Smith, Greg 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1947–01–28 Western Kentucky
G 3 Williams, Sam 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1945–01–22 Iowa
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 31, 1969

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Baltimore Bullets 57 25 .695 – 29–9 24–15 4–1 26–14
x-Philadelphia 76ers 55 27 .671 2 26–8 24–16 5–3 23–17
x-New York Knicks 54 28 .659 3 30–7 19–20 5–1 26–14
x-Boston Celtics 48 34 .585 9 24–12 21–19 3–3 23–17
Cincinnati Royals 41 41 .500 16 15-13 16–21 10–7 20–20
Detroit Pistons 32 50 .390 25 21–17 7–30 4–3 13–27
Milwaukee Bucks 27 55 .329 30 15–19 8–27 4–9 7–29
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 – 2–4 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

1968–69 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 16 Chicago 89–84 Guy Rodgers (16) 0–1
2 October 19 @ Atlanta 107–125 Guy Rodgers (25) 0–2
3 October 23 New York 114–112 Wayne Embry (26) 0–3
4 October 26 @ Boston 89–102 Wayne Embry (20) 0–4
5 October 29 Baltimore 129–112 Hetzel, McGlocklin (21) 0–5
6 October 31 Detroit 118–134 Wayne Embry (30) 1–5
7 November 1 @ Cincinnati 114–132 Dave Gambee (21) 1–6
8 November 2 San Francisco 101–102 Dave Gambee (20) 2–6
9 November 6 N Los Angeles 115–128 Wayne Embry (30) 2–7
10 November 9 Boston 98–97 Embry, Hetzel (16) 2–8
11 November 12 Seattle 114–127 Dave Gambee (29) 3–8
12 November 15 @ Baltimore 102–129 Wayne Embry (24) 3–9
13 November 16 @ Philadelphia 92–136 Jon McGlocklin (19) 3–10
14 November 19 Atlanta 98–119 Guy Rodgers (26) 4–10
15 November 21 @ Chicago 111–120 Guy Rodgers (29) 4–11
16 November 23 Phoenix 112–115 Fred Hetzel (28) 5–11
17 November 24 @ Seattle 120–141 Wayne Embry (29) 5–12
18 November 25 N Seattle 123–113 Jon McGlocklin (25) 5–13
19 November 28 @ Seattle 103–115 Wayne Embry (27) 5–14
20 November 29 @ San Francisco 119–140 Fred Hetzel (29) 5–15
21 November 30 @ San Francisco 107–101 Fred Hetzel (22) 6–15
22 December 1 @ Los Angeles 112–119 Fred Hetzel (25) 6–16
23 December 3 Boston 137–115 Wayne Embry (29) 6–17
24 December 4 @ Boston 99–101 McGlocklin, Rodgers (20) 6–18
25 December 6 Philadelphia 121–112 Guy Rodgers (24) 6–19
26 December 7 @ New York 113–119 Jon McGlocklin (24) 6–20
27 December 8 N Philadelphia 122–117 Len Chappell (28) 6–21
28 December 10 Cincinnati 107–96 Jon McGlocklin (20) 6–22
29 December 11 N San Francisco 96–106 Flynn Robinson (24) 7–22
30 December 13 San Diego 96–101 Guy Rodgers (20) 8–22
31 December 14 @ Cincinnati 115–121 Wayne Embry (23) 8–23
32 December 18 @ Atlanta 116–122 Chappell, McGlocklin (23) 8–24
33 December 19 @ Chicago 111–113 Len Chappell (35) 8–25
34 December 20 Seattle 92–100 Flynn Robinson (28) 9–25
35 December 22 Phoenix 116–127 Fred Hetzel (31) 10–25
36 December 25 Detroit 119–113 Guy Rodgers (24) 10–26
37 December 26 @ Boston 106–139 McGlocklin, Robinson (17) 10–27
38 December 27 @ Baltimore 122–136 Hetzel, Robinson (25) 10–28
39 December 29 Chicago 102–97 Jon McGlocklin (24) 10–29
40 December 31 Philadelphia 128–107 Len Chappell (22) 10–30
41 January 2 N Cincinnati 109–113 Jon McGlocklin (26) 10–31
42 January 3 Phoenix 104–121 Len Chappell (33) 11–31
43 January 7 @ Cincinnati 116–101 Len Chappell (30) 12–31
44 January 8 New York 115–101 Jon McGlocklin (23) 12–32
45 January 10 Seattle 104–115 McGlocklin, Robinson (24) 13–32
46 January 12 Boston 110–114 Flynn Robinson (26) 14–32
47 January 17 @ Detroit 108–123 Flynn Robinson (23) 14–33
48 January 18 N New York 117–109 Flynn Robinson (22) 14–34
49 January 20 N Detroit 102–101 Jon McGlocklin (38) 15–34
50 January 21 Los Angeles 122–105 Jon McGlocklin (33) 15–35
51 January 25 @ New York 96–113 Jon McGlocklin (26) 15–36
52 January 27 N Seattle 128–107 Embry, Hetzel (20) 15–37
53 January 29 N Phoenix 111–107 Chappell, Hetzel (27) 15–38
54 January 31 @ Los Angeles 104–105 Flynn Robinson (43) 15–39
55 February 1 @ San Diego 95–101 Flynn Robinson (22) 15–40
56 February 2 @ Phoenix 121–122 Len Chappell (32) 15–41
57 February 4 @ Chicago 107–98 Flynn Robinson (22) 16–41
58 February 5 New York 111–102 Flynn Robinson (35) 16–42
59 February 7 Baltimore 114–107 Jon McGlocklin (22) 16–43
60 February 9 San Diego 109–117 Len Chappell (23) 17–43
61 February 12 Atlanta 113–106 Len Chappell (26) 17–44
62 February 14 @ Baltimore 122–132 Jon McGlocklin (37) 17–45
63 February 16 Los Angeles 97–106 Flynn Robinson (41) 18–45
64 February 17 N Atlanta 123–111 Flynn Robinson (43) 19–45
65 February 22 @ Detroit 108–107 Flynn Robinson (45) 20–45
66 February 23 N Phoenix 103–107 Len Chappell (24) 21–45
67 February 25 San Diego 112–114 Len Chappell (26) 22–45
68 February 27 Baltimore 117–126 Flynn Robinson (35) 23–45
69 February 28 N Philadelphia 123–102 Jon McGlocklin (27) 23–46
70 March 2 @ Atlanta 108–112 Flynn Robinson (28) 23–47
71 March 3 Philadelphia 143–132 Flynn Robinson (34) 23–48
72 March 5 Chicago 124–108 Jon McGlocklin (38) 23–49
73 March 6 Cincinnati 112–110 Flynn Robinson (39) 23–50
74 March 9 @ Detroit 126–121 McGlocklin, Robinson (21) 24–50
75 March 10 San Francisco 123–106 Jon McGlocklin (31) 24–51
76 March 13 N Seattle 141–118 Flynn Robinson (27) 24–52
77 March 14 @ Los Angeles 103–111 Jon McGlocklin (32) 24–53
78 March 18 @ San Diego 108–128 McGlocklin, Robinson (25) 24–54
79 March 19 @ Phoenix 117–110 Jon McGlocklin (26) 25–54
80 March 21 @ San Francisco 100–103 Flynn Robinson (20) 25–55
81 March 22 @ San Diego 120–106 Flynn Robinson (28) 26–55
82 March 23 @ Phoenix 128–118 Flynn Robinson (33) 27–55

Player statistics

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
Player GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
Zaid Abdul-Aziz 29 28.9 .363 .642 13.0 1.1 11.0
Len Chappell 80 27.6 .454 .737 8.0 1.2 14.6
Dick Cunningham 77 16.1 .425 .651 5.7 0.8 4.6
Wayne Embry 78 30.2 .427 .664 8.6 1.9 13.1
Dave Gambee 34 18.4 .464 .827 5.3 0.9 12.1
Fred Hetzel 53 30.0 .416 .837 8.9 1.6 15.9
Bob Love 14 16.2 .368 .763 4.6 0.2 7.9
Jon McGlocklin 80 36.1 .487 .842 4.3 3.9 19.6
Jay Miller 3 9.0 .200 .714 0.7 0.0 3.0
Rich Niemann 18 8.3 .407 .733 3.3 0.4 3.3
Charlie Paulk 17 12.8 .226 .565 4.6 0.2 3.0
Flynn Robinson 65 31.8 .436 .841 3.6 4.9 20.3
Guy Rodgers 81 26.6 .377 .793 2.8 6.9 10.3
Greg Smith 79 27.9 .450 .587 10.2 1.7 8.1
Bob Warlick 3 7.3 .125 .800 0.3 0.3 2.0
Bob Weiss 15 16.1 .316 .794 1.8 1. 8 6.6
Sam Williams 55 11.4 .342 .537 2.0 1.1 4.1

Transactions

Trades

November 23, 1968 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Chicago Bulls----
January 1, 1969 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Detroit Pistons----
January 31, 1969 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Cincinnati Royals----

Free Agents

References

  1. ^ 1968–69 Milwaukee Bucks
  2. ^ "New N. B. A. Milwaukee Team Is Looking Good, Commercially". The New York Times. October 24, 1968.
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