1968–69 Chicago Bulls season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Chicago Bulls 1969 33 49 Western 5 Dick Motta Dick Klein Dick Klein Chicago Stadium Did not qualify CHI WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) WGN(Vince Lloyd, Roy Leonard) The 1968–69 Chicago Bulls season was the Bulls' third season in the NBA.1968–69 Chicago Bulls After two consecutive playoff appearances, the Bulls missed the postseason for the first time in franchise history. Draft picks 1968 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College14 Tom Boerwinkle C United States Tennessee 217 Loy Petersen G United States Oregon State 219 Ron Dunlap basketball C United States Illinois 331 Dave Newmark C United States Columbia 439 Mike Lynn Mike Lynn (basketball) F United States UCLA 553 Jim Tillman 1 F United States Loyola Chicago 667 Kenn Barnett 1 C United States Delaware 781 Willie Davis basketball C United States North Texas 895 Lloyd Higgins 1 F United States Pasadena 9109 Corky Bell 1 F United States Loyola Chicago 10123 Mike Weaver 1 F United States Northwestern 11137 Jim McGonigle 1 G United States Iowa State 12150 John Lallensack 1 F United States Wisconsin–Oshkosh 13163 Herm Gilliam G/F United States Purdue 14174 Dave Carr 1 G United States Washington 15183 Mickey McCarty F United States TCU 16191 Fred Holden 1 G United States Louisville 17199 Dave Benedict 1 G United States Central Washington State 18205 Bob Zoretich 1 F United States DePaul 19209 Rich Mason 1 F United States Indiana State 20212 Pee Wee Kirkland G United States Norfolk State 21214 Ronald Horton 1 F United States Delaware State Roster Chicago Bulls 1968–69 18 Tom Boerwinkle C 7 0 265 1945–08–23 Tennessee 19 Bob Boozer F 6 8 215 1937–04–26 Kansas State 16 Barry Clemens F 6 6 210 1943–05–01 Ohio Wesleyan 11 Clem Haskins G 6 3 195 1943–07–11 Western Kentucky 10 Bob Love F 6 8 215 1942–12–08 Southern 12 Dave Newmark C 7 0 240 1946–09–11 Columbia University 15 Loy Petersen G 6 5 205 1945–07–26 Oregon State 4 Jerry Sloan G 6 5 195 1942–03–28 Evansville 7 Jim Washington F 6 6 210 1943–07–01 Villanova 8 Bob Weiss G 6 2 180 1942–05–07 Penn State Dick Motta https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1969.html January 31, 1969 Regular season Before the season, Johnny Kerr left Chicago to join the expansion Phoenix Suns, and Dick Motta became the Bulls' head coach after leaving Weber State, where he had compiled a 120-33 record in six Division I seasons and won three Big Sky championships.2024-25 Chicago Bulls Media Guide https://library.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/basketball/yearbooks/KCHIBMG-2024.pdf Chicago Bulls 70 2026-10-14Grua Paul Weber State to honor legendary coach Dick Motta https://weberstatesports.com/news/2022/2/14/mens-basketball-weber-state-to-honor-legendary-coach-dick-motta Weber State University Athletics February 14, 2022 2026-10-14 Season standings CHI x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1968–69 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 15 @ New York 100–96 Flynn Robinson (32) 1–0 2 October 16 @ Milwaukee 89–84 Flynn Robinson (23) 2–0 3 October 19 Boston 106–96 Flynn Robinson (20) 2–1 4 October 23 @ Atlanta 91–106 Jim Washington (18) 2–2 5 October 26 @ Philadelphia 118–122 Flynn Robinson (36) 2–3 6 October 29 N Boston 103–97 Flynn Robinson (22) 3–3 7 October 31 @ Phoenix 103–112 Bob Boozer (23) 3–4 8 November 1 @ Los Angeles 114–101 Clem Haskins (24) 4–4 9 November 2 @ Seattle 95–101 Bob Boozer (23) 4–5 10 November 3 @ San Diego 107–121 Bob Boozer (22) 4–6 11 November 5 Los Angeles 112–109 (OT) Jerry Sloan (25) 4–7 12 November 6 @ Cincinnati 122–133 Flynn Robinson (27) 4–8 13 November 7 Seattle 105–120 Bob Boozer (26) 5–8 14 November 9 Cincinnati 110–104 Flynn Robinson (26) 5–9 15 November 12 San Diego 108–115 Clem Haskins (29) 6–9 16 November 16 @ New York 97–119 Clem Haskins (27) 6–10 17 November 19 San Francisco 121–109 Clem Haskins (29) 6–11 18 November 21 Milwaukee 111–120 Boozer, Haskins (25) 7–11 19 November 22 N New York 114–107 Jim Washington (28) 7–12 20 November 23 Atlanta 114–96 Clem Haskins (22) 7–13 21 November 24 @ Los Angeles 100–103 Bob Boozer (17) 7–14 22 November 26 @ Seattle 98–99 Sloan, Washington (22) 7–15 23 November 27 @ San Francisco 119–106 Jim Washington (29) 8–15 24 November 29 @ San Diego 110–89 Bob Boozer (27) 9–15 25 November 30 Phoenix 96–100 Jerry Sloan (23) 10–15 26 December 1 @ Baltimore 100–110 Jerry Sloan (29) 10–16 27 December 3 San Diego 108–103 Bob Boozer (33) 10–17 28 December 5 Philadelphia 109–92 Bob Boozer (33) 10–18 29 December 7 Los Angeles 81–90 Jerry Sloan (28) 11–18 30 December 10 Detroit 83–100 Jerry Sloan (19) 12–18 31 December 13 New York 94–83 Bob Boozer (22) 12–19 32 December 17 Atlanta 87–83 Bob Boozer (21) 12–20 33 December 19 Milwaukee 111–113 Bob Boozer (25) 13–20 34 December 20 N Baltimore 102–125 Boozer, Haskins, Sloan, Washington (14) 13–21 35 December 21 Boston 102–94 Boerwinkle, Boozer (16) 13–22 36 December 25 @ Cincinnati 98–103 Jim Washington (18) 13–23 37 December 26 Cincinnati 96–104 Jerry Sloan (23) 14–23 38 December 28 Los Angeles 86–93 Bob Boozer (26) 15–23 39 December 29 @ Milwaukee 102–97 Jim Washington (25) 16–23 40 December 30 San Francisco 97–103 Clem Haskins (20) 17–23 41 January 2 Atlanta 106–88 Bob Boozer (27) 17–24 42 January 4 Phoenix 92–103 Bob Boozer (33) 18–24 43 January 6 N Cincinnati 106–104 Bob Boozer (25) 18–25 44 January 7 New York 101–102 Clem Haskins (23) 19–25 45 January 11 Seattle 86–119 Boozer, Weiss (19) 20–25 46 January 16 San Francisco 112–99 Bob Boozer (23) 20–26 47 January 18 San Diego 102–107 (OT) Clem Haskins (30) 21–26 48 January 19 @ Detroit 111–120 Bob Boozer (25) 21–27 49 January 21 Baltimore 116–93 Tom Boerwinkle (19) 21–28 50 January 22 Boston 94–95 Bob Boozer (21) 22–28 51 January 24 @ Phoenix 106–117 Bob Boozer (25) 22–29 52 January 26 @ San Diego 95–111 Clem Haskins (20) 22–30 53 January 28 @ Los Angeles 118–125 Boozer, Haskins (24) 22–31 54 January 30 @ San Francisco 111–101 Bob Boozer (25) 23–31 55 January 31 Detroit 103–102 Bob Boozer (24) 23–32 56 February 2 @ Philadelphia 104–112 Bob Boozer (25) 23–33 57 February 3 @ Baltimore 122–132 Bob Boozer (27) 23–34 58 February 4 Milwaukee 107–98 Bob Boozer (20) 23–35 59 February 5 @ Detroit 120–108 Jerry Sloan (23) 24–35 60 February 7 New York 105–98 Bob Boozer (19) 24–36 61 February 8 @ Atlanta 97–106 Bob Boozer (23) 24–37 62 February 11 Baltimore 124–116 Jerry Sloan (27) 24–38 63 February 13 Detroit 101–120 Clem Haskins (21) 25–38 64 February 15 Cincinnati 111–101 Bob Boozer (31) 25–39 65 February 18 @ Seattle 113–114 Clem Haskins (26) 25–40 66 February 21 @ Phoenix 133–121 Bob Boozer (28) 26–40 67 February 24 @ San Francisco 119–108 Boozer, Haskins (29) 27–40 68 February 25 @ San Francisco 99–101 Bob Boozer (28) 27–41 69 February 26 @ Seattle 124–122 Bob Boozer (24) 28–41 70 March 2 @ Boston 92–99 Jerry Sloan (36) 28–42 71 March 4 Philadelphia 113–114 Bob Boozer (31) 29–42 72 March 5 @ Milwaukee 124–108 Jerry Sloan (43) 30–42 73 March 6 N Phoenix 117–125 (OT) Boozer, Sloan (27) 31–42 74 March 7 @ Philadelphia 113–131 Tom Boerwinkle (23) 31–43 75 March 11 Atlanta 90–102 Jim Washington (26) 32–43 76 March 12 @ Atlanta 90–109 Boozer, Sloan (18) 32–44 77 March 13 Philadelphia 113–106 Jerry Sloan (20) 32–45 78 March 15 Seattle 83–101 Jerry Sloan (30) 33–45 79 March 18 Los Angeles 93–92 Bob Boozer (29) 33–46 80 March 19 @ Boston 92–104 Boerwinkle, Boozer, Haskins (14) 33–47 81 March 21 Baltimore 115–103 Boozer, Sloan (23) 33–48 82 March 23 @ Detroit 114–158 Bob Boozer (23) 33–49 Player statistics Awards and records Jerry Sloan, NBA All-Defensive First Team Jerry Sloan, NBA All-Star Game References Chicago Category:Chicago Bulls seasons Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls Category:1968 in Chicago