1969–70 Philadelphia 76ers season

1969–70 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coachJack Ramsay
ArenaThe Spectrum
Results
Record42–40 (.512)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWPHL-TV
RadioWCAU
< 1968–69 1970–71 >

The 1969–70 NBA season was the 76ers 21st Franchise season in the NBA and 7th season in Philadelphia. The season prior, Wilt Chamberlain was dealt to the Lakers. However, a more devastating trade was made before the 1969–70 season. Chet Walker, an all-star forward, was traded to the Chicago Bulls for Jim Washington, who played college ball in Philadelphia, and ended up having a journeyman career. Luke Jackson continued to be hobbled by a major injury sustained in the previous season & never played the same again. That, combined with a very poor draft, were factors in the team losing 13 more games than the previous campaign.[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1969 NBA draft

This table only displays picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 13 Bud Ogden SF  United States Santa Clara
2 28 Willie Taylor PF/C  United States LeMoyne–Owen College

Roster

Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 21 Clark, Archie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Minnesota
F 32 Cunningham, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) North Carolina
G 15 Greer, Hal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Marshall
SG 14 Guokas, Matt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Saint Joseph's
F 20 Hetzel, Fred 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Davidson
C 18 Imhoff, Darrall 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) California
F 54 Jackson, Luke 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Texas–Pan American
G 24 Jones, Wali 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Villanova
F 28 Ogden, Bud 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Santa Clara
F 12 Washington, Jim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Villanova
C 16 Wilson, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Cincinnati
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

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

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

1969–70 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 17 Los Angeles 126–131 Hal Greer (40) 1–0
2 October 18 @ Cincinnati 134–123 Billy Cunningham (40) 2–0
3 October 22 Phoenix 119–122 Billy Cunningham (26) 3–0
4 October 25 Cincinnati 109–98 Billy Cunningham (21) 3–1
5 October 29 @ Baltimore 129–105 Hal Greer (32) 4–1
6 October 31 Milwaukee 129–125 (OT) Billy Cunningham (29) 4–2
7 November 1 Boston 131–123 Archie Clark (29) 4–3
8 November 4 N Chicago 113–109 Archie Clark (22) 5–3
9 November 5 Baltimore 139–130 Billy Cunningham (37) 5–4
10 November 7 @ Detroit 128–134 Clark, Cunningham, Greer (26) 5–5
11 November 8 Seattle 125–117 Billy Cunningham (46) 5–6
12 November 11 @ Atlanta 107–124 Billy Cunningham (37) 5–7
13 November 13 @ Phoenix 124–110 Hal Greer (28) 6–7
14 November 15 @ Seattle 136–146 Archie Clark (34) 6–8
15 November 16 @ Los Angeles 125–138 Billy Cunningham (35) 6–9
16 November 18 @ Chicago 119–127 Archie Clark (31) 6–10
17 November 19 San Diego 125–116 Hal Greer (35) 6–11
18 November 21 New York 98–94 Billy Cunningham (25) 6–12
19 November 22 @ Atlanta 132–116 Hal Greer (29) 7–12
20 November 26 @ Boston 135–114 Hal Greer (39) 8–12
21 November 28 Detroit 91–110 Billy Cunningham (26) 9–12
22 November 29 @ Milwaukee 129–111 Billy Cunningham (23) 10–12
23 November 30 @ Cincinnati 107–115 Billy Cunningham (26) 10–13
24 December 2 Milwaukee 122–114 Billy Cunningham (30) 10–14
25 December 5 @ Boston 105–104 Hal Greer (39) 11–14
26 December 6 Cincinnati 102–120 Billy Cunningham (31) 12–14
27 December 9 Los Angeles 99–123 Archie Clark (30) 13–14
28 December 10 @ Cincinnati 121–122 Billy Cunningham (34) 13–15
29 December 12 Detroit 111–125 Hal Greer (23) 14–15
30 December 13 @ New York 100–93 Hal Greer (27) 15–15
31 December 14 Chicago 121–126 Billy Cunningham (32) 16–15
32 December 16 @ Phoenix 141–119 Darrall Imhoff (28) 17–15
33 December 19 @ Seattle 116–123 Billy Cunningham (35) 17–16
34 December 20 @ San Francisco 122–109 Billy Cunningham (35) 18–16
35 December 21 @ Los Angeles 117–133 Cunningham, Imhoff (24) 18–17
36 December 25 @ Baltimore 113–121 Billy Cunningham (41) 18–18
37 December 26 San Francisco 121–141 Billy Cunningham (20) 19–18
38 December 27 @ Atlanta 107–112 Billy Cunningham (34) 19–19
39 December 28 N San Francisco 112–138 Billy Cunningham (29) 20–19
40 December 31 Chicago 109–129 Archie Clark (24) 21–19
41 January 2 Atlanta 117–121 Billy Cunningham (25) 22–19
42 January 4 Boston 120–130 Billy Cunningham (37) 23–19
43 January 9 Seattle 135–132 Billy Cunningham (29) 23–20
44 January 10 N Phoenix 119–117 Hal Greer (29) 23–21
45 January 12 @ Chicago 113–117 Billy Cunningham (26) 23–22
46 January 13 Atlanta 105–136 Archie Clark (29) 24–22
47 January 14 N Seattle 122–110 Darrall Imhoff (25) 24–23
48 January 16 San Francisco 105–127 Archie Clark (21) 25–23
49 January 18 Cincinnati 116–141 Hal Greer (27) 26–23
50 January 23 Baltimore 118–133 Billy Cunningham (29) 27–23
51 January 24 @ Baltimore 111–112 Hal Greer (35) 27–24
52 January 25 San Diego 131–159 Archie Clark (36) 28–24
53 January 26 @ Milwaukee 122–103 Wali Jones (29) 29–24
54 January 28 @ Boston 100–112 Archie Clark (30) 29–25
55 January 30 New York 104–100 Archie Clark (22) 29–26
56 February 1 Los Angeles 113–112 Billy Cunningham (28) 29–27
57 February 3 @ Phoenix 123–131 Billy Cunningham (40) 29–28
58 February 6 @ San Diego 129–124 Billy Cunningham (32) 30–28
59 February 7 @ San Francisco 115–111 Hal Greer (36) 31–28
60 February 8 @ Seattle 117–118 Billy Cunningham (22) 31–29
61 February 10 Milwaukee 139–131 Cunningham, Greer (28) 31–30
62 February 13 New York 151–106 Jim Washington (22) 31–31
63 February 14 @ New York 114–116 Billy Cunningham (36) 31–32
64 February 15 Phoenix 125–159 Jim Washington (34) 32–32
65 February 19 N Detroit 133–114 Archie Clark (28) 33–32
66 February 20 @ Chicago 119–126 Billy Cunningham (26) 33–33
67 February 21 @ Detroit 112–110 Billy Cunningham (26) 34–33
68 February 22 @ Cincinnati 116–136 Clark, Cunningham (32) 34–34
69 February 25 Detroit 105–122 Hal Greer (29) 35–34
70 February 27 San Diego 111–125 Clark, Greer (26) 36–34
71 March 1 Baltimore 99–104 Hal Greer (38) 37–34
72 March 3 @ Milwaukee 116–127 Hal Greer (28) 37–35
73 March 6 Boston 134–150 Hal Greer (30) 38–35
74 March 7 New York 111–104 Billy Cunningham (36) 38–36
75 March 8 @ New York 133–116 Billy Cunningham (39) 39–36
76 March 9 N San Diego 112–131 Hal Greer (38) 40–36
77 March 13 @ Los Angeles 117–128 Darrall Imhoff (22) 40–37
78 March 15 @ San Diego 128–137 Wali Jones (30) 40–38
79 March 17 Atlanta 128–125 Wali Jones (34) 40–39
80 March 18 @ Baltimore 119–113 Hal Greer (27) 41–39
81 March 20 Milwaukee 138–112 Hal Greer (25) 41–40
82 March 22 San Francisco 112–132 Fred Hetzel (25) 42–40

Playoffs

1970 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 25 @ Milwaukee L 118–125 Clark, Cunningham (21) Jim Washington (9) Greer, Jones (7) University of Wisconsin Field House
9,686 		0–1
2 March 27 @ Milwaukee W 112–105 Billy Cunningham (37) Cunningham, Washington (10) Billy Cunningham (7) University of Wisconsin Field House
9,686 		1–1
3 March 30 Milwaukee L 120–156 Archie Clark (20) Jim Washington (11) Bud Ogden (6) Spectrum
15,244 		1–2
4 April 1 Milwaukee L 111–118 Billy Cunningham (50) Darrall Imhoff (16) Wali Jones (7) Spectrum
14,206 		1–3
5 April 3 @ Milwaukee L 106–115 Billy Cunningham (28) Billy Cunningham (18) Hal Greer (6) University of Wisconsin Field House
12,868 		1–4
1970 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1969–70 Philadelphia 76ers