San Diego Rockets Playoff Rosters

1968-1969 San Diego Rockets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Rick Adelman PG 6-1 175 Jun 16, 1946 22 Loyola Marymount 0 1968 7th Rnd, #79, San Diego Rockets
Harry Barnes PG 6-3 205 Jul 25, 1945 23 Northeastern 0 1968 4th Rnd, #37, San Diego Rockets
Jim Barnett GF 6-4 170 Jul 7, 1944 24 Oregon 2 1966 1st Rnd, #8, Boston Celtics
John Block FC 6-9 207 Apr 16, 1944 24 USC 2 1966 3rd Rnd, #27, Los Angeles Lakers
Hank Finkel C 7-0 240 Apr 20, 1942 26 Dayton 2 1964 4th Rnd, #32, Los Angeles Lakers
Elvin Hayes FC 6-9 235 Nov 17, 1945 23 Houston 0 1968 1st Rnd, #1, San Diego Rockets
Toby Kimball PF 6-6 220 Sep 7, 1942 26 UConn 2 1965 3rd Rnd, #29, Boston Celtics
Don Kojis SF 6-3 202 Jan 15, 1939 30 Marquette 5 1961 2nd Rnd, #21, Chicago Zephyrs
Stu Lantz PG 6-3 175 Jul 13, 1946 22 Nebraska 0 1968 3rd Rnd, #23, San Diego Rockets
Pat Riley SG 6-4 205 Mar 20, 1945 24 Kentucky 1 1967 1st Rnd, #7, San Diego Rockets
John Q. Trapp SF 6-7 210 Oct 2, 1945 23 UNLV 0 1968 2nd Rnd, #15, San Diego Rockets
Art Williams PG 6-1 180 Sep 29, 1939 29 Cal Poly - Pomona 1 1967 NBA Draft, Undrafted

1968-1969 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #1 Baltimore Bullets #3 New York Knicks NYK in 4
Second Round #2 Philadelphia Sixers #4 Boston Celtics BOS in 5
Second Round W1 Los Angeles Lakers W3 San Francisco Warriors LAL in 6
Second Round W2 Atlanta Hawks W4 San Diego Rockets ATL in 6
Conference Finals #3 New York Knicks #4 Boston Celtics BOS in 6
Conference Finals W1 Los Angeles Lakers W2 Atlanta Hawks LAL in 5
NBA Finals W1 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Boston Celtics BOS in 7

1968-1969 San Diego Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Elvin Hayes 6 46.3 25.8 13.8 0.8
Don Kojis 6 38.7 20.2 8.5 3.5
Stu Lantz 6 34.7 13.5 3.5 1.7
Rick Adelman 6 31.2 11.7 2.5 4.8
John Block 5 19.4 12.4 2.8 0.6
Toby Kimball 6 32.8 9.8 12.3 0.7
Pat Riley 5 15.2 7.4 2.2 0.4
Art Williams 6 17.0 4.5 2.8 5.3
Jim Barnett 6 8.5 4.2 0.5 1.2
Hank Finkel 2 6.0 0.0 3.5 0.0

1968-1969 San Diego Rockets Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record San Diego Leaders Atlanta Leaders
Mar 27, 1969
@
Atlanta
L, 107-98 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Semi Finals
0-1 PTS: 31. Elvin Hayes
PTS: 39. Lou Hudson
Mar 29, 1969
@
Atlanta
L, 116-114 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Semi Finals
0-2 PTS: 26. Rick Adelman
PTS: 31. Zelmo Beaty
Apr 1, 1969
v.
Atlanta
W, 104-97 Valley View Casino Center
Conference Semi Finals
1-2 PTS: 26. Elvin Hayes
PTS: 31. Zelmo Beaty
Apr 4, 1969
v.
Atlanta
W, 114-112 Valley View Casino Center
Conference Semi Finals
2-2 PTS: 30. Elvin Hayes
PTS: 34. M. Abdul-Rahman
Apr 6, 1969
@
Atlanta
L, 112-101 McCamish Pavilion
Conference Semi Finals
2-3 PTS: 27. Elvin Hayes
PTS: 26. Joe Caldwell
Apr 7, 1969
v.
Atlanta
L, 106-108 Valley View Casino Center
Conference Semi Finals
2-4 PTS: 26. Elvin Hayes
PTS: 27. Lou Hudson