1968-69 Denver Rockets Schedule and Results

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Record: 44-34, Finished 3rd in ABA Western Division

Coach: Bob Bass (44-34)

PTS/G: 114.9 (5th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 113.4 (4th of 11)

SRS: 1.41 (4th of 11) Pace: 106.9 (10th of 11)

Off Rtg: 106.4 (2nd of 11) Def Rtg: 105.0 (8th of 11) Net Rtg: +1.4 (4th of 11)

Expected W-L: 43-35 (4th of 11)

Arena: Denver Auditorium Arena

ABA 1969 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Semifinals (3-4) versus Oakland Oaks (Series Stats)

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 29, 1968	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		89	108	0	1	L 1
2	Wed, Oct 30, 1968	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		100	123	0	2	L 2
3	Thu, Oct 31, 1968	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		100	122	0	3	L 3
4	Sat, Nov 2, 1968	Box Score	@	Oakland Oaks	L		106	120	0	4	L 4
5	Wed, Nov 6, 1968	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W	OT	109	107	1	4	W 1
6	Thu, Nov 7, 1968	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		98	95	2	4	W 2
7	Tue, Nov 12, 1968	Box Score		Oakland Oaks	W		134	127	3	4	W 3
8	Thu, Nov 14, 1968	Box Score		Houston Mavericks	W		105	89	4	4	W 4
9	Sat, Nov 16, 1968	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		95	110	4	5	L 1
10	Tue, Nov 19, 1968	Box Score	@	Minnesota Pipers	W		126	121	5	5	W 1	at Duluth, MN
11	Wed, Nov 20, 1968	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		101	109	5	6	L 1
12	Thu, Nov 21, 1968	Box Score		Oakland Oaks	L		114	125	5	7	L 2
13	Tue, Nov 26, 1968	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W		115	109	6	7	W 1
14	Wed, Nov 27, 1968	Box Score	@	Houston Mavericks	W		126	107	7	7	W 2
15	Fri, Nov 29, 1968	Box Score	@	New Orleans Buccaneers	L	OT	128	131	7	8	L 1
16	Sat, Nov 30, 1968	Box Score	@	Miami Floridians	W		129	122	8	8	W 1
17	Sun, Dec 1, 1968	Box Score	@	Houston Mavericks	L		106	108	8	9	L 1
18	Tue, Dec 3, 1968	Box Score		New York Nets	W		127	108	9	9	W 1
19	Thu, Dec 5, 1968	Box Score		Minnesota Pipers	W		119	118	10	9	W 2
20	Sun, Dec 8, 1968	Box Score		Miami Floridians	W		121	113	11	9	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 10, 1968	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	L		101	107	11	10	L 1
22	Fri, Dec 13, 1968	Box Score		New Orleans Buccaneers	W		127	108	12	10	W 1
23	Sun, Dec 15, 1968	Box Score		Los Angeles Stars	W	OT	113	110	13	10	W 2
24	Wed, Dec 18, 1968	Box Score	@	Houston Mavericks	W		111	102	14	10	W 3
25	Thu, Dec 19, 1968	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		116	95	15	10	W 4
26	Sat, Dec 21, 1968	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Stars	L	OT	119	124	15	11	L 1
27	Sun, Dec 22, 1968	Box Score		New Orleans Buccaneers	W		122	96	16	11	W 1
28	Wed, Dec 25, 1968	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		129	110	17	11	W 2
29	Sat, Dec 28, 1968	Box Score		Los Angeles Stars	W		127	112	18	11	W 3
30	Sun, Dec 29, 1968	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		102	92	19	11	W 4
31	Thu, Jan 2, 1969	Box Score		Houston Mavericks	W		120	102	20	11	W 5
32	Sat, Jan 4, 1969	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		115	90	21	11	W 6
33	Sun, Jan 5, 1969	Box Score	@	Minnesota Pipers	L		111	120	21	12	L 1
34	Wed, Jan 8, 1969	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Stars	L		112	117	21	13	L 2
35	Thu, Jan 9, 1969	Box Score	@	Oakland Oaks	L		115	136	21	14	L 3
36	Sat, Jan 11, 1969	Box Score	@	Oakland Oaks	L		105	108	21	15	L 4
37	Sun, Jan 12, 1969	Box Score		Houston Mavericks	W		124	117	22	15	W 1
38	Wed, Jan 15, 1969	Box Score	N	New Orleans Buccaneers	W		112	107	23	15	W 2	at Jackson, MS
39	Thu, Jan 16, 1969	Box Score	@	New Orleans Buccaneers	L		106	136	23	16	L 1
40	Fri, Jan 17, 1969	Box Score		Los Angeles Stars	W		120	102	24	16	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 19, 1969	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		111	88	25	16	W 2
42	Wed, Jan 22, 1969	Box Score		New York Nets	W		124	103	26	16	W 3
43	Fri, Jan 24, 1969	Box Score		Los Angeles Stars	L		120	128	26	17	L 1
44	Sat, Jan 25, 1969	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		122	131	26	18	L 2
45	Sun, Jan 26, 1969	Box Score	@	Miami Floridians	L		97	108	26	19	L 3	at Miami Beach, FL
46	Wed, Jan 29, 1969	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		131	128	27	19	W 1
47	Thu, Jan 30, 1969	Box Score		New York Nets	W		128	103	28	19	W 2
48	Sat, Feb 1, 1969	Box Score	@	Oakland Oaks	L		114	124	28	20	L 1
49	Sun, Feb 2, 1969	Box Score	@	Oakland Oaks	W		119	105	29	20	W 1
50	Tue, Feb 4, 1969	Box Score		Minnesota Pipers	L		99	112	29	21	L 1
51	Wed, Feb 5, 1969	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		109	125	29	22	L 2
52	Fri, Feb 7, 1969	Box Score	@	Minnesota Pipers	W		110	106	30	22	W 1
53	Sat, Feb 8, 1969	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W	OT	119	115	31	22	W 2
54	Tue, Feb 11, 1969	Box Score		Miami Floridians	W		108	98	32	22	W 3
55	Fri, Feb 14, 1969	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		112	103	33	22	W 4
56	Sun, Feb 16, 1969	Box Score		New Orleans Buccaneers	W		105	94	34	22	W 5
57	Tue, Feb 18, 1969	Box Score		Oakland Oaks	L	OT	116	118	34	23	L 1
58	Sun, Feb 23, 1969	Box Score		Miami Floridians	L		106	109	34	24	L 2
59	Tue, Feb 25, 1969	Box Score		New Orleans Buccaneers	L		106	121	34	25	L 3
60	Wed, Feb 26, 1969	Box Score	@	Houston Mavericks	L		122	136	34	26	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 27, 1969	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Stars	W		115	101	35	26	W 1
62	Sun, Mar 2, 1969	Box Score		New Orleans Buccaneers	W		147	120	36	26	W 2
63	Tue, Mar 4, 1969	Box Score		Minnesota Pipers	W		126	120	37	26	W 3
64	Thu, Mar 6, 1969	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		123	114	38	26	W 4
65	Sat, Mar 8, 1969	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		111	121	38	27	L 1
66	Sun, Mar 9, 1969	Box Score		Los Angeles Stars	W		118	103	39	27	W 1
67	Wed, Mar 12, 1969	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Stars	L	OT	122	125	39	28	L 1
68	Thu, Mar 13, 1969	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Stars	L		119	142	39	29	L 2
69	Sun, Mar 16, 1969	Box Score		Oakland Oaks	W		131	119	40	29	W 1
70	Tue, Mar 18, 1969	Box Score	@	Miami Floridians	W		123	119	41	29	W 2	at West Palm Beach, FL
71	Wed, Mar 19, 1969	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		106	131	41	30	L 1
72	Fri, Mar 21, 1969	Box Score		Houston Mavericks	W		133	123	42	30	W 1
73	Sat, Mar 22, 1969	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		99	127	42	31	L 1
74	Mon, Mar 24, 1969	Box Score	@	Houston Mavericks	L		115	124	42	32	L 2
75	Tue, Mar 25, 1969	Box Score	@	New Orleans Buccaneers	L		100	112	42	33	L 3
76	Fri, Mar 28, 1969	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		123	134	42	34	L 4
77	Sat, Mar 29, 1969	Box Score		Houston Mavericks	W		121	99	43	34	W 1
78	Tue, Apr 1, 1969	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		94	90	44	34	W 2

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Sat, Apr 5, 1969	Box Score	@	Oakland Oaks	L	99	129	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Apr 6, 1969	Box Score	@	Oakland Oaks	W	122	119	1	1	W 1
3	Tue, Apr 8, 1969	Box Score		Oakland Oaks	L	99	121	1	2	L 1
4	Thu, Apr 10, 1969	Box Score		Oakland Oaks	W	109	108	2	2	W 1
5	Sat, Apr 12, 1969	Box Score	@	Oakland Oaks	L	118	128	2	3	L 1
6	Sun, Apr 13, 1969	Box Score		Oakland Oaks	W	126	115	3	3	W 1
7	Wed, Apr 16, 1969	Box Score	@	Oakland Oaks	L	102	115	3	4	L 1

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