1969–70 San Diego Rockets season

The 1969–70 NBA season was the Rockets' 3rd season in the NBA.[1]

1969–70 San Diego Rockets season
Head coach
General managerPete Newell
Owner(s)Bob Breitbard
ArenaSan Diego Sports Arena
Results
Record27–55 (.329)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKCST-TV
RadioKOGO
< 1968–69 1970–71 >

Offseason

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Draft picks

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Roster

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1969–70 San Diego Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
PG 12 Adelman, Rick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-06-16 Loyola Marymount
SG 33 Barnett, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1944-07-07 Oregon
PF 34 Block, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1944-04-16 USC
C 11 Hayes, Elvin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1945-11-17 Houston
PF 7 Kimball, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1942-09-07 Connecticut
SF 44 Kojis, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939-01-15 Marquette
PG 22 Lantz, Stu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-07-13 Nebraska
SF 42 Riley, Pat 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1945-03-20 Kentucky
SF 32 Smith, Bingo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1946-02-26 Tulsa
SF 31 Trapp, John Q. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1945-10-02 UNLV
PG 14 Williams, Art 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1939-09-29 Cal Poly Pomona
SG 18 Williams, Bernie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1945-12-30 La Salle
Head coach

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 10, 1969

Regular season

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Season standings

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W L PCT GB
x-Atlanta Hawks 48 34 .585
x-Los Angeles Lakers 46 36 .561 2
x-Chicago Bulls 39 43 .476 9
x-Phoenix Suns 39 43 .476 9
Seattle SuperSonics 36 46 .439 12
San Francisco Warriors 30 52 .366 18
San Diego Rockets 27 55 .329 21

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 16 @ Phoenix 114–116 Don Kojis (27) 0–1
2 October 18 @ San Francisco 125–124 (OT) Elvin Hayes (29) 1–1
3 October 22 Milwaukee 115–102 Don Kojis (26) 1–2
4 October 25 Phoenix 115–107 Elvin Hayes (28) 1–3
5 October 29 @ Atlanta 113–117 Elvin Hayes (34) 1–4
6 October 30 @ New York 110–123 Elvin Hayes (25) 1–5
7 October 31 @ Boston 113–118 Don Kojis (26) 1–6
8 November 1 @ Detroit 113–130 Elvin Hayes (31) 1–7
9 November 5 @ Cincinnati 120–133 Jim Barnett (22) 1–8
10 November 7 New York 129–111 Elvin Hayes (25) 1–9
11 November 10 N San Francisco 99–100 Elvin Hayes (23) 2–9
12 November 12 Detroit 119–132 Elvin Hayes (34) 3–9
13 November 14 Seattle 112–148 Jim Barnett (24) 4–9
14 November 15 Atlanta 118–133 Stu Lantz (30) 5–9
15 November 18 @ Baltimore 138–142 (OT) Barnett, Hayes, Kojis (26) 5–10
16 November 19 @ Philadelphia 125–116 John Block (33) 6–10
17 November 21 @ Los Angeles 98–100 Barnett, Hayes (25) 6–11
18 November 22 Boston 116–125 Elvin Hayes (41) 7–11
19 November 24 Seattle 105–112 John Block (32) 8–11
20 November 26 San Francisco 126–125 (OT) Hayes, Kojis (25) 8–12
21 November 28 @ Chicago 119–126 Elvin Hayes (33) 8–13
22 November 30 @ Milwaukee 99–111 Jim Barnett (18) 8–14
23 December 3 Chicago 131–146 Don Kojis (40) 9–14
24 December 5 @ San Francisco 107–112 Don Kojis (23) 9–15
25 December 6 Los Angeles 128–115 Elvin Hayes (40) 9–16
26 December 8 Detroit 111–102 Elvin Hayes (29) 9–17
27 December 10 Atlanta 107–126 Elvin Hayes (35) 10–17
28 December 12 @ Boston 104–107 Don Kojis (26) 10–18
29 December 13 @ Baltimore 105–117 Don Kojis (21) 10–19
30 December 14 @ Milwaukee 105–118 Don Kojis (31) 10–20
31 December 16 @ Chicago 110–101 Elvin Hayes (31) 11–20
32 December 17 @ Detroit 114–107 Jim Barnett (21) 12–20
33 December 19 San Francisco 111–119 John Block (25) 13–20
34 December 20 Cincinnati 111–126 Elvin Hayes (30) 14–20
35 December 21 @ Seattle 96–112 Elvin Hayes (27) 14–21
36 December 23 Los Angeles 109–115 Elvin Hayes (32) 15–21
37 December 27 Boston 111–110 Elvin Hayes (22) 15–22
38 December 29 @ Atlanta 118–122 Elvin Hayes (33) 15–23
39 December 30 @ Cincinnati 120–125 Elvin Hayes (31) 15–24
40 December 31 @ Milwaukee 126–143 Elvin Hayes (26) 15–25
41 January 2 @ Phoenix 120–121 Elvin Hayes (28) 15–26
42 January 4 Chicago 121–140 Elvin Hayes (34) 16–26
43 January 8 San Francisco 103–120 Bernie Williams (34) 17–26
44 January 10 New York 115–123 Elvin Hayes (31) 18–26
45 January 13 Baltimore 144–126 Elvin Hayes (37) 18–27
46 January 17 Baltimore 131–115 Elvin Hayes (34) 18–28
47 January 22 N Milwaukee 106–115 Elvin Hayes (29) 18–29
48 January 24 @ New York 114–127 Elvin Hayes (25) 18–30
49 January 25 @ Philadelphia 131–159 Elvin Hayes (27) 18–31
50 January 27 @ Los Angeles 109–124 Elvin Hayes (25) 18–32
51 January 28 Los Angeles 113–108 Jim Barnett (25) 18–33
52 January 30 Seattle 117–119 (OT) Elvin Hayes (49) 19–33
53 February 1 Phoenix 105–103 Elvin Hayes (32) 19–34
54 February 4 Milwaukee 141–123 Elvin Hayes (20) 19–35
55 February 6 Philadelphia 129–124 Jim Barnett (35) 19–36
56 February 8 @ Los Angeles 113–125 Hayes, Lantz (15) 19–37
57 February 11 Atlanta 155–131 Elvin Hayes (32) 19–38
58 February 14 San Francisco 123–141 Elvin Hayes (41) 20–38
59 February 15 Cincinnati 123–150 Stu Lantz (36) 21–38
60 February 16 N Baltimore 109–140 Elvin Hayes (27) 21–39
61 February 18 N Seattle 119–122 Jim Barnett (42) 22–39
62 February 20 @ Phoenix 117–126 Elvin Hayes (40) 22–40
63 February 21 Los Angeles 106–121 Elvin Hayes (23) 23–40
64 February 23 N Chicago 125–127 Barnett, Lantz (32) 23–41
65 February 24 @ Baltimore 118–128 John Block (24) 23–42
66 February 25 @ Boston 124–147 Elvin Hayes (46) 23–43
67 February 27 @ Philadelphia 111–125 Elvin Hayes (38) 23–44
68 March 1 Chicago 122–135 Elvin Hayes (38) 24–44
69 March 3 @ Seattle 114–126 Elvin Hayes (31) 24–45
70 March 4 Cincinnati 127–125 Bingo Smith (21) 24–46
71 March 6 @ New York 103–107 Elvin Hayes (33) 24–47
72 March 7 @ Detroit 126–134 Elvin Hayes (33) 24–48
73 March 9 N Philadelphia 112–131 Elvin Hayes (32) 24–49
74 March 10 @ Chicago 106–111 John Block (33) 24–50
75 March 11 @ Atlanta 121–122 Elvin Hayes (37) 24–51
76 March 12 @ Cincinnati 151–165 Elvin Hayes (40) 24–52
77 March 14 New York 119–103 Elvin Hayes (32) 24–53
78 March 15 Philadelphia 128–137 Jim Barnett (32) 25–53
79 March 17 Boston 117–125 Elvin Hayes (30) 26–53
80 March 19 Detroit 118–132 Bingo Smith (22) 27–53
81 March 20 @ Phoenix 104–127 Elvin Hayes (25) 27–54
82 March 22 Phoenix 130–129 Block, Hayes (23) 27–55

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