1968-69 Los Angeles Lakers Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 55-27
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 11-7 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated San Francisco Warriors 4-2
Division Finals - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 4-1
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 483,262, Avg. 11,787 in 41 home dates
1968-69 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics
1968-69 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 55 wins and 27 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-7.

Los Angeles tossed in 9,204 points and surrendered 8,864. Elgin Baylor scored a team-leading 1,881 points for the Lakers, while Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West netted 18 or more per game, too. Wilt Chamberlain racked up 1,712 rebounds. Jerry West dished out 423 assists for the squad. The 1968-69 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the finals.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
Cliff AndersonG-FSeptember 7, 19446'2"200St. Joseph's (PA)(ht) Philadelphia, PA USA
Elgin BaylorFSeptember 16, 19346'5"225SeattleWashington, DC USA
Jay CartyFJuly 4, 19416'7"220Oregon StateWest Plains, MO USA
Wilt ChamberlainCAugust 21, 19367'1"250KansasPhiladelphia, PA USA
Mel CountsC-FOctober 16, 19417'0"230Oregon StateCoos Bay, OR USA
Freddie CrawfordG-FDecember 23, 19406'4"189St. BonaventureNew York, NY USA
Johnny EganGJanuary 31, 19395'11"180ProvidenceHartford, CT USA
Keith EricksonF-GApril 19, 19446'5"195UCLASan Francisco, CA USA
Tom HawkinsFDecember 22, 19366'5"210Notre DameChicago, IL USA
Bill HewittFAugust 8, 19446'7"210USCCambridge, MA USA
Jerry WestG-FMay 28, 19386'2"175West VirginiaCheylan, WV USA



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