1968–69 Los Angeles Lakers season

1968–69 Los Angeles Lakers season
Western Division Champions
Head coach	Butch van Breda Kolff
Owner(s)	Jack Kent Cooke
Arena	The Forum
Results
Record	55–27 (.671)
Place	Division: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (Eliminated 3–4)
Local media
Television	KTLA
Radio	KNX

The 1968–69 NBA season saw the Lakers acquire Wilt Chamberlain.

Offseason

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Bill Hewitt	(PF)	United States	USC

Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log

1968–69 game log

October

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 18	at Philadelphia	L 96–114	Elgin Baylor (36)			15,224	0–1
2	October 19	at New York	W 118–96	Wilt Chamberlain (29)			Madison Square Garden 16,443	1–1

1968–69 season schedule

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) San Francisco Warriors: Lakers win series 4–2

Game 1 @ Los Angeles: San Francisco 99, Los Angeles 94
Game 2 @ Los Angeles: San Francisco 107, Los Angeles 101
Game 3 @ San Francisco: Los Angeles 115, San Francisco 98
Game 4 @ San Francisco: Los Angeles 103, San Francisco 88
Game 5 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 103, San Francisco 98
Game 6 @ San Francisco: Los Angeles 118, San Francisco 78

West Division Finals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (2) Atlanta Hawks: Lakers win series 4–1

Game 1 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 95, Atlanta 93
Game 2 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 104, Atlanta 102
Game 3 @ Atlanta: Atlanta 99, Los Angeles 86
Game 4 @ Atlanta: Los Angeles 100, Atlanta 85
Game 5 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 104, Atlanta 96

NBA Finals

(W1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (E4) Boston Celtics: Celtics win series 4–3

Game 1 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 120, Boston 118
Game 2 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 118, Boston 112
Game 3 @ Boston: Boston 111, Los Angeles 105
Game 4 @ Boston: Boston 89, Los Angeles 88
Game 5 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 117, Boston 104
Game 6 @ Boston: Boston 99, Los Angeles 90
Game 7 @ Los Angeles: Boston 108, Los Angeles 106

Awards

Jerry West, NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team
Jerry West, All-NBA Second Team
Jerry West, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game
Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game
Wilt Chamberlain, NBA All-Star Game
Bill Hewitt, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

References

1968–69 NBA season by team

Eastern	Baltimore Boston Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Philadelphia

Western	Atlanta Chicago Los Angeles Phoenix San Diego San Francisco Seattle

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