1969–70 Baltimore Bullets season

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1969–70 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachGene Shue
General managerJoe Sachs
Owner(s)Abe Pollin
ArenaBaltimore Civic Center
Results
Record50–32 (.610)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to Knicks 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWBAL-TV
RadioWBAL
< 1968–69 1970–71 >

The 1969–70 Baltimore Bullets season was their ninth season in the NBA and seventh season in the city of Baltimore. The Bullets would get started on a strong note as they won 9 straight games in November. The Bullets would finish with a record of 50–32. In a competitive Eastern Division, the Bullets finished the season 3rd place.[1]

Offseason

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NBA draft

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Roster

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Baltimore Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 3 Carter, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Mount St. Mary's
G 13 Davis, Mike 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Virginia Union
C 23 Ellis, Leroy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) St. John's
F 25 Johnson, Gus 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Idaho
G 22 Loughery, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. John's
F 24 Marin, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Duke
G 10 Monroe, Earl 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Winston-Salem State
F 31 Scott, Ray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Portland
SF 35 Tucker, Al 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oklahoma Baptist
F 41 Unseld, Wes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Louisville
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

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Season standings

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Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB
x-New York Knicks 60 22 .732 –
x-Milwaukee Bucks 56 26 .683 4
x-Baltimore Bullets 50 32 .610 10
x-Philadelphia 76ers 42 40 .512 18
Cincinnati Royals 36 46 .439 24
Boston Celtics 34 48 .415 26
Detroit Pistons 31 51 .378 29

Record vs. opponents

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1969–70 NBA records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta — 2–4 6–0 5–2 3–3 3–3 4–3 3–3 4–2 3–3 2–4 4–2 5–2 4–2
Baltimore 4–2 — 5–2 5–1 4–3 5–2 4–2 3–3 1–5 3–4 3–3 6–0 2–4 5–1
Boston 0–6 2–5 — 3–3 3–3 4–3 2–4 1–6 4–3 2–4 2–4 4–2 5–1 2–4
Chicago 2–5 1–5 3–3 — 3–3 3–3 4–2 4–2 0–6 3–3 5–2 3–4 4–2 4–3
Cincinnati 3–3 3–4 3–3 3–3 — 4–2 2–4 2–5 2–5 4–3 3–3 4–2 2–4 1–5
Detroit 3–3 2–5 3–4 3–3 2–4 — 3–3 1–6 1–6 1–5 3–3 3–3 3–3 3–3
Los Angeles 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 4–2 3–3 — 3–3 2–4 4–2 3–4 5–2 5–2 6–0
Milwaukee 3–3 3–3 6–1 2–4 5–2 6–1 3–3 — 2–4 5–2 6–0 6–0 4–2 5–1
New York 2–4 5–1 3–4 6–0 5–2 6–1 4–2 4–2 — 5–2 6–0 5–1 5–1 4–2
Philadelphia 3–3 4–3 4–2 3–3 3–4 5–1 2–4 2–5 2–5 — 4–2 4–2 6–0 0–6
Phoenix 4–2 3–3 4–2 2–5 3–3 3–3 4–3 0–6 0–6 2–4 — 7–0 3–3 4–3
San Diego 2–4 0–6 2–4 4–3 2–4 3–3 2–5 0–6 1–5 2–4 0–7 — 5–2 4–2
San Francisco 2–5 4–2 1–5 2–4 4–2 3–3 2–5 2–4 1–5 0–6 3–3 2–5 — 3–4
Seattle 2–4 1–5 4–2 3–4 5–1 3–3 0–6 1–5 2–4 6–0 3–4 2–4 4–3 —

Game log

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1969–70 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 15 Chicago 93–98 Earl Monroe (26) 1–0
2 October 18 Boston 117–124 Earl Monroe (34) 2–0
3 October 21 Los Angeles 142–137 (OT) Kevin Loughery (35) 2–1
4 October 24 Cincinnati 126–131 (OT) Gus Johnson (39) 3–1
5 October 25 @ New York 99–128 Earl Monroe (22) 3–2
6 October 28 @ Detroit 125–110 Kevin Loughery (33) 4–2
7 October 29 Philadelphia 129–105 Mike Davis (24) 4–3
8 October 31 N Chicago 118–109 Loughery, Marin (33) 4–4
9 November 1 Atlanta 140–137 (OT) Gus Johnson (37) 4–5
10 November 4 San Francisco 105–124 Jack Marin (26) 5–5
11 November 5 @ Philadelphia 139–130 Loughery, Monroe (25) 6–5
12 November 7 Seattle 112–126 Earl Monroe (25) 7–5
13 November 8 @ Cincinnati 121–130 Earl Monroe (27) 7–6
14 November 9 @ Milwaukee 116–105 Kevin Loughery (27) 8–6
15 November 14 @ Boston 109–108 Earl Monroe (33) 9–6
16 November 15 Milwaukee 120–129 Kevin Loughery (43) 10–6
17 November 18 San Diego 138–142 (OT) Mike Davis (40) 11–6
18 November 19 N Phoenix 118–133 Jack Marin (22) 12–6
19 November 21 Phoenix 116–126 Marin, Unseld (26) 13–6
20 November 23 @ Los Angeles 129–97 Earl Monroe (31) 14–6
21 November 25 @ Phoenix 134–124 Davis, Monroe (29) 15–6
22 November 27 @ San Francisco 118–116 Earl Monroe (29) 16–6
23 November 29 Boston 121–106 Mike Davis (28) 16–7
24 December 2 Cincinnati 107–129 Wes Unseld (30) 17–7
25 December 3 @ Boston 105–113 Gus Johnson (26) 17–8
26 December 5 New York 116–107 Earl Monroe (24) 17–9
27 December 6 N Seattle 132–129 (OT) Gus Johnson (34) 17–10
28 December 8 N Chicago 122–125 Johnson, Monroe (29) 18–10
29 December 10 Phoenix 137–107 Wes Unseld (20) 18–11
30 December 12 @ Chicago 123–108 Gus Johnson (30) 19–11
31 December 13 San Diego 105–117 Earl Monroe (31) 20–11
32 December 17 @ Atlanta 138–133 Jack Marin (30) 21–11
33 December 19 Detroit 105–108 Jack Marin (23) 22–11
34 December 20 @ New York 91–128 Jackon, Marin, Unseld (14) 22–12
35 December 25 Philadelphia 113–121 Jack Marin (31) 23–12
36 December 27 San Francisco 112–147 Ellis, Johnson (22) 24–12
37 December 28 @ Milwaukee 124–133 Kevin Loughery (27) 24–13
38 December 30 Milwaukee 126–124 Earl Monroe (30) 24–14
39 December 31 @ Atlanta 111–122 Jack Marin (22) 24–15
40 January 2 Cincinnati 116–118 Earl Monroe (25) 25–15
41 January 4 @ Cincinnati 128–129 Earl Monroe (28) 25–16
42 January 6 New York 129–99 Wes Unseld (27) 25–17
43 January 7 N Detroit 116–121 Earl Monroe (28) 26–17
44 January 9 @ Boston 142–130 Wes Unseld (29) 27–17
45 January 10 Atlanta 109–130 Kevin Loughery (27) 28–17
46 January 13 @ San Diego 144–126 Kevin Loughery (35) 29–17
47 January 15 @ Phoenix 115–124 Johnson, Loughery (26) 29–18
48 January 17 @ San Diego 131–115 Jack Marin (26) 30–18
49 January 18 @ Phoenix 133–134 Kevin Loughery (34) 30–19
50 January 22 N Detroit 115–119 Monroe, Unseld (22) 31–19
51 January 23 @ Philadelphia 118–133 Earl Monroe (23) 31–20
52 January 24 Philadelphia 111–112 Gus Johnson (27) 32–20
53 January 25 @ Cincinnati 122–129 Ray Scott (28) 32–21
54 January 28 Chicago 115–123 Kevin Loughery (34) 33–21
55 January 30 @ Detroit 117–129 Kevin Loughery (35) 33–22
56 January 31 Boston 117–120 Earl Monroe (27) 34–22
57 February 1 @ Atlanta 133–124 Kevin Loughery (29) 35–22
58 February 3 Seattle 120–115 Loughery, Marin (26) 35–23
59 February 6 Detroit 148–153 (2OT) Earl Monroe (39) 36–23
60 February 8 Milwaukee 106–120 Earl Monroe (23) 37–23
61 February 10 @ Los Angeles 111–106 Earl Monroe (27) 38–23
62 February 11 @ Seattle 117–119 Kevin Loughery (25) 38–24
63 February 13 @ Seattle 138–141 Gus Johnson (26) 38–25
64 February 16 N San Diego 109–140 Jack Marin (24) 39–25
65 February 18 Los Angeles 103–117 Earl Monroe (24) 40–25
66 February 20 Detroit 122–119 Kevin Loughery (28) 40–26
67 February 22 New York 104–110 Earl Monroe (37) 41–26
68 February 24 San Diego 118–128 Marin, Monroe (29) 42–26
69 February 25 @ Milwaukee 113–115 Earl Monroe (27) 42–27
70 February 27 Atlanta 107–114 Jack Marin (41) 43–27
71 February 28 @ New York 101–115 Carter, Monroe (23) 43–28
72 March 1 @ Philadelphia 99–104 Jack Marin (31) 43–29
73 March 2 N Cincinnati 110–118 Marin, Monroe (30) 44–29
74 March 4 Los Angeles 94–91 Jack Marin (23) 44–30
75 March 6 @ Los Angeles 105–100 Earl Monroe (29) 45–30
76 March 8 @ Seattle 109–106 Earl Monroe (31) 46–30
77 March 11 @ San Francisco 112–115 (2OT) Earl Monroe (31) 46–31
78 March 13 @ San Francisco 114–108 Earl Monroe (30) 47–31
79 March 15 @ Boston 130–127 Earl Monroe (35) 48–31
80 March 18 Philadelphia 119–113 Earl Monroe (22) 48–32
81 March 20 @ Chicago 138–131 Jack Marin (34) 49–32
82 March 21 San Francisco 123–127 Earl Monroe (40) 50–32

Player stats

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Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG

Playoffs

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In the playoffs, the Bullets were matched up against the New York Knicks for the 2nd consecutive season.[1] After losing the first 2 games, the Bullets battled back to win the next 2 games. After the Knicks captured Game 5 in New York, the Bullets forced a 7th game with a 96–87 win at the Civic Center.[1] However, the Bullets would fall in Game 7. The Knicks would go on to win the NBA Championship.

1970 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 26 @ New York L 117–120 Earl Monroe (39) Wes Unseld (31) Wes Unseld (5) Madison Square Garden
19,500 		0–1
2 March 27 New York L 99–106 Gus Johnson (28) Wes Unseld (21) Fred Carter (7) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289 		0–2
3 March 29 @ New York W 127–113 Earl Monroe (25) Wes Unseld (34) Earl Monroe (5) Madison Square Garden
19,500 		1–2
4 March 31 New York W 102–92 Earl Monroe (34) Wes Unseld (24) Fred Carter (7) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289 		2–2
5 April 2 @ New York L 80–101 Jack Marin (19) Wes Unseld (15) Jack Marin (6) Madison Square Garden
19,500 		2–3
6 April 5 New York W 96–87 Gus Johnson (31) Wes Unseld (24) Earl Monroe (5) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289 		3–3
7 April 6 @ New York L 114–127 Earl Monroe (32) Wes Unseld (16) Earl Monroe (6) Madison Square Garden
19,500 		3–4
1970 schedule

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Washington Wizards (1963–Present)
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