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1969-1970 San Diego Rockets: 27-55 .329
Next Season Home record: 21-17 (4684 points scored, 4561 allowed) Road record: 4-33 (4269 points scored, 4576 allowed) Other sites: 2-5 (779 points scored, 849 allowed)

Head Coaches: Jack McMahon (9-17), Alex Hannum (18-38) 9732 points scored (5th of 14 teams), 9986 points allowed (14th) NBA Averages: 116.7 points/game (9569.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Rick Adelman 6'1 175 23 Loyola Marymount Jim Barnett 6'4 170 25 Oregon John Block 6'9 207 25 Southern California Elvin Hayes 6'9 235 24 Houston Toby Kimball 6'6 220 27 Connecticut Don Kojis 6'3 202 30 Marquette Stu Lantz 6'3 175 23 Nebraska Pat Riley 6'4 205 24 Kentucky Bingo Smith 6'5 195 23 Tulsa John Trapp 6'7 210 24 Nevada - Las Vegas Art Williams 6'1 180 30 Cal Poly Pomona Bernie Williams 6'3 175 24 La Salle
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Elvin Hayes 82 3665 914 2020 0 0 428 622 0 0 1386 162 0 0 0 270 2256 27.5 F John Block 82 2152 453 1025 0 0 287 367 0 0 609 137 0 0 0 275 1193 14.5 G Jim Barnett 80 2105 450 998 0 0 289 366 0 0 305 287 0 0 0 222 1189 14.9 G Stu Lantz 82 2471 455 1027 0 0 278 361 0 0 255 287 0 0 0 238 1188 14.5 F Don Kojis 56 1578 338 756 0 0 181 241 0 0 388 78 0 0 0 135 857 15.3 G Bernie Williams 72 1228 251 641 0 0 96 122 0 0 155 165 0 0 0 124 598 8.3 F Bingo Smith 75 1198 242 567 0 0 66 96 0 0 328 75 0 0 0 119 550 7.3 F Toby Kimball 77 1622 218 508 0 0 107 185 0 0 621 95 0 0 0 187 543 7.1 G Art Williams 80 1545 189 464 0 0 88 118 0 0 292 503 0 0 0 168 466 5.8 F John Trapp 70 1025 185 434 0 0 72 104 0 0 309 49 0 0 0 200 442 6.3 G Rick Adelman 35 717 96 247 0 0 68 91 0 0 81 113 0 0 0 90 260 7.4 G Pat Riley 36 474 75 180 0 0 40 55 0 0 57 85 0 0 0 68 190 5.3
1969 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    6  Bingo Smith              865          Tulsa                          
  2   21  Bernie Williams          128    155   La Salle                       
  3   35  Charles Bonaparte                     Norfolk State                  
  4   49  Johnny Allen                          Bethune-Cookman                
  5   63  Charles Hentz                    57   Arkansas A&M                   
  6   77  Bob Tallent                           George Washington              
  7   91  Lynn Shackelford                 22   UCLA                           
  8  105  Bill DeHeer                           Indiana                        
  9  119  Larry Cheatham                        Tulsa                          
 10  133  Lee Sims                              Ashland                        
 11  147  Justus Thigpen            19      3   Weber State                    
 12  160  Raul Duarte                           South Dakota State             
 13  173  Joe McBride                           Augusta                        
 14  184  Mike Heckman                          California-Irvine              
 15  192  Jerry Nickens                         Tougaloo                       
 16  198  Dick Groves                           San Jose State                 
 17  204  Steve Howell                          Ohio State                     
 18  209  Joe Pridgen                           North Carolina Central         
 19  213  Blaine Royer                          Illinois State                 

Traded draft picks:


Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/16/1969 at Phoenix Suns L 114-116 0-1 10/18/1969 at San Francisco Warriors W 125-124 1-1 10/22/1969 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 102-115 1-2 10/25/1969 vs Phoenix Suns L 107-115 1-3 10/29/1969 at Atlanta Hawks L 113-117 1-4 10/30/1969 at New York Knicks L 110-123 1-5 10/31/1969 at Boston Celtics L 113-118 1-6 11/01/1969 at Detroit Pistons L 113-130 1-7 11/05/1969 at Cincinnati Royals L 120-133 1-8 11/07/1969 vs New York Knicks L 111-129 1-9 11/10/1969 at San Francisco Warriors W 100-99 2-9 11/12/1969 vs Detroit Pistons W 132-119 3-9 11/14/1969 vs Seattle Supersonics W 148-112 4-9 11/15/1969 vs Atlanta Hawks W 133-118 5-9 11/18/1969 at Baltimore Bullets L 138-142 5-10 11/19/1969 at Philadelphia 76ers W 125-116 6-10 11/21/1969 at Los Angeles Lakers L 98-100 6-11 11/22/1969 vs Boston Celtics W 125-116 7-11 11/24/1969 vs Seattle Supersonics W 112-105 8-11 11/26/1969 vs San Francisco Warriors L 125-126 8-12 11/28/1969 at Chicago Bulls L 119-126 8-13 11/30/1969 at Milwaukee Bucks L 99-111 8-14 12/03/1969 vs Chicago Bulls W 146-131 9-14 12/05/1969 at San Francisco Warriors L 107-112 9-15 12/06/1969 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 115-128 9-16 12/08/1969 vs Detroit Pistons L 102-111 9-17 12/10/1969 vs Atlanta Hawks W 126-107 10-17 12/12/1969 at Boston Celtics L 104-107 10-18 12/13/1969 at Baltimore Bullets L 105-117 10-19 12/14/1969 at Milwaukee Bucks L 105-118 10-20 12/16/1969 at Chicago Bulls W 110-101 11-20 12/17/1969 at Detroit Pistons W 114-107 12-20 12/19/1969 vs San Francisco Warriors W 119-111 13-20 12/20/1969 vs Cincinnati Royals W 126-111 14-20 12/21/1969 at Seattle Supersonics L 96-112 14-21 12/23/1969 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 115-109 15-21 12/27/1969 vs Boston Celtics L 110-111 15-22 12/29/1969 at Atlanta Hawks L 118-122 15-23 12/30/1969 at Cincinnati Royals L 120-125 15-24 12/31/1969 at Milwaukee Bucks L 126-143 15-25 01/02/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 120-121 15-26 01/04/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 140-121 16-26
Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 120-103 17-26 01/10/1970 vs New York Knicks W 123-115 18-26 01/13/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets L 126-144 18-27 01/17/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets L 115-131 18-28 01/22/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 106-115 18-29 01/24/1970 at New York Knicks L 114-127 18-30 01/25/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers L 131-159 18-31 01/27/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-124 18-32 01/28/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 108-113 18-33 01/30/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics W 119-117 19-33 02/01/1970 vs Phoenix Suns L 103-105 19-34 02/04/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 123-141 19-35 02/06/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 124-129 19-36 02/08/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 113-125 19-37 02/11/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks L 131-155 19-38 02/14/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 141-123 20-38 02/15/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals W 150-123 21-38 02/16/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets L 109-140 21-39 02/18/1970 at Seattle Supersonics W 122-119 22-39 02/20/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 117-126 22-40 02/21/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 121-106 23-40 02/23/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 125-127 23-41 02/24/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 118-128 23-42 02/25/1970 at Boston Celtics L 124-147 23-43 02/27/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers L 111-125 23-44 03/01/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 135-122 24-44 03/03/1970 at Seattle Supersonics L 114-126 24-45 03/04/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals L 125-127 24-46 03/06/1970 at New York Knicks L 103-107 24-47 03/07/1970 at Detroit Pistons L 126-134 24-48 03/09/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 112-131 24-49 03/10/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 106-111 24-50 03/11/1970 at Atlanta Hawks L 121-122 24-51 03/12/1970 at Cincinnati Royals L 151-165 24-52 03/14/1970 vs New York Knicks L 103-119 24-53 03/15/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 137-128 25-53 03/17/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 125-117 26-53 03/19/1970 vs Detroit Pistons W 132-118 27-53 03/20/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 104-127 27-54 03/22/1970 vs Phoenix Suns L 129-130 27-55

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