1969–70 San Francisco Warriors season

{{short description|NBA professional basketball team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NBA season

| team = San Francisco Warriors

| team_link = Golden State Warriors

| end_year = 1970

| wins = 30

| losses = 52

| division = Western

| division_place = 6

| coach = George Lee (22–30)
Al Attles (8–22)

| arena = Cow Palace

| television =

| radio =

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| bbr_team = SFW

}}

The 1969–70 NBA season was the Warriors' 24th season in the NBA and 8th in the San Francisco Bay Area.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SFW/1970.html 1969–70 San Francisco Warriors]

Offseason

=Draft picks=

{{main article|1969 NBA draft}}

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=1969–70 San Francisco Warriors

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| bg2 = #FFC72C | color2 = #002F6C

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{{player2 | num = 16 | first = Al | last = Attles | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 175 | college = North Carolina A&T }}

{{player2 | num = 31 | first = Joe | last = Ellis |dab= basketball | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 175 | college = San Francisco }}

{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Dave | last = Gambee | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 215 | college = Oregon State }}

{{player2 | num = 43 | first = Clyde | last = Lee | pos = C/F | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 205 | college = Vanderbilt }}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = Bobby | last = Lewis | dab = basketball, born 1945 | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 175 | college = North Carolina }}

{{player2 | num = 32 | first = Jerry | last = Lucas | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 230 | college = Ohio State }}

{{player2 | num = 23 | first = Jeff | last = Mullins | dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 190 | college = Duke }}

{{player2 | num = 33 | first = Bob | last = Portman | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 200 | college = Creighton }}

{{player2 | num = 54 | first = Dale | last = Schlueter | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 225 | college = Colorado State }}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Adrian | last = Smith | dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 180 | college = Kentucky }}

{{player2 | num = 42 | first = Nate | last = Thurmond | pos = C/F | ft = 6 | in = 11 | lbs = 225 | college = Bowling Green }}

{{player2 | num = 22 | first = Bill | last = Turner | dab = basketball | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 220 | college = Akron }}

{{player2 | num = 12 | first = Ron | last = Williams | dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 188 | college = West Virginia }}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{1969–70 NBA West standings|team=SFW}}

=Record vs. opponents=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
colspan=15|1969–70 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#69B3E6;color:#C70F2E;width=35"|ATL

!style="background:#E45206;color:#012854;width=35"|BAL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#BA0C2F;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|CHI

!style="background:#012F6B;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|CIN

!style="background:#012F6B;color:#D40032;width=35"|DET

!style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|LAL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|MIL

!style="background:#003EA4;color:#FF8C00;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#C90F2E;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#702F8B;color:#FA4417;width=35"|PHO

!style="background:#00843D;color:#FFCC00;width=35"|SDR

!style="background:#FFC62C;color:#012F6B;width=35"|SFW

!style="background:#173F36;color:#EBAA00;width=35"|SEA

style="text-align:left;" | Atlanta2–46–05–23–33–34–33–34–23–32–44–25–24–2
style="text-align:left;" | Baltimore4–25–25–14–35–24–23–31–53–43–36–02–45–1
style="text-align:left;" | Boston0–62–53–33–34–32–41–64–32–42–44–25–12–4
style="text-align:left;" | Chicago2–51–53–33–33–34–24–20–63–35–23–44–24–3
style="text-align:left;" | Cincinnati3–33–43–33–34–22–42–52–54–33–34–22–41–5
style="text-align:left;" | Detroit3–32–53–43–32–43–31–61–61–53–33–33–33–3
style="text-align:left;" | Los Angeles3–42–44–22–44–23–33–32–44–23–45–25–26–0
style="text-align:left;" | Milwaukee3–33–36–12–45–26–13–32–45–26–06–04–25–1
style="text-align:left;" | New York2–45–13–46–05–26–14–24–25–26–05–15–14–2
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia3–34–34–23–33–45–12–42–52–54–24–26–00–6
style="text-align:left;" | Phoenix4–23–34–22–53–33–34–30–60–62–47–03–34–3
style="text-align:left;" | San Diego2–40–62–44–32–43–32–50–61–52–40–75–24–2
style="text-align:left;" | San Francisco2–54–21–52–44–23–32–52–41–50–63–32–53–4
style="text-align:left;" | Seattle2–41–54–23–45–13–30–61–52–46–03–42–44–3

=Game log=

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colspan=11 style="background:#005696; color:#FFC423;" | 1969–70 Game log
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| #

DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
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| 1

October 18San Diego125–124 (OT)Joe Ellis (29)0–1
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| 2

October 22@ Atlanta94–93Jeff Mullins (24)1–1
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| 3

October 23@ New York112–109Jeff Mullins (27)2–1
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 4

October 25Milwaukee104–118Jeff Mullins (30)3–1
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| 5

October 29Chicago101–87Jeff Mullins (29)3–2
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 6

November 1Cincinnati97–120Jeff Mullins (38)4–2
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| 7

November 4@ Baltimore105–124Jeff Mullins (28)4–3
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 8

November 6@ Cincinnati130–109Jeff Mullins (26)5–3
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 9

November 7@ Boston111–110Jeff Mullins (26)6–3
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 10

November 8@ Atlanta93–106Nate Thurmond (21)6–4
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 11

November 10N San Diego99–100Nate Thurmond (30)6–5
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 12

November 11New York116–103Jeff Mullins (30)6–6
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 13

November 14Atlanta120–109Nate Thurmond (25)6–7
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 14

November 15@ Chicago105–124Jeff Mullins (28)6–8
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 15

November 16@ Milwaukee123–129 (OT)Nate Thurmond (26)6–9
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 16

November 18Milwaukee110–127Nate Thurmond (26)7–9
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 17

November 21Boston115–118Nate Thurmond (30)8–9
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 18

November 22Los Angeles106–98Jeff Mullins (26)8–10
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 19

November 25@ Seattle114–106Nate Thurmond (29)9–10
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 20

November 26@ San Diego126–125 (OT)Nate Thurmond (32)10–10
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 21

November 27Baltimore118–116Jeff Mullins (42)10–11
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 22

November 28@ Los Angeles114–108Joe Ellis (31)11–11
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 23

December 2Detroit109–116Nate Thurmond (36)12–11
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| 24

December 3Detroit106–102Jeff Mullins (31)12–12
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 25

December 5San Diego107–112Jeff Mullins (31)13–12
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 26

December 9N Atlanta115–117Nate Thurmond (34)13–13
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 27

December 11N Chicago104–110Jeff Mullins (23)13–14
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 28

December 12@ Milwaukee109–123Jeff Mullins (20)13–15
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 29

December 13@ Detroit104–97Nate Thurmond (27)14–15
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 30

December 16Seattle119–125Jeff Mullins (31)15–15
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| 31

December 19@ San Diego111–119Joe Ellis (32)15–16
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 32

December 20Philadelphia122–109Bob Portman (23)15–17
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 33

December 23Seattle115–119Nate Thurmond (32)16–17
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 34

December 25@ Cincinnati124–120 (OT)Jeff Mullins (34)17–17
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| 35

December 26@ Philadelphia121–141Adrian Smith (23)17–18
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| 36

December 27@ Baltimore112–147Ron Williams (27)17–19
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 37

December 28N Philadelphia112–138Dave Gambee (20)17–20
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 38

December 30Los Angeles100–105Nate Thurmond (29)18–20
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 39

January 2@ Los Angeles95–125Nate Thurmond (20)18–21
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 40

January 3Chicago102–116Jeff Mullins (28)19–21
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 41

January 5Detroit102–118Nate Thurmond (29)20–21
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 42

January 7New York99–94Jeff Mullins (29)20–22
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 43

January 8@ San Diego103–120Attles, Ellis (22)20–23
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 44

January 9New York123–93Jeff Mullins (33)20–24
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 45

January 13@ Detroit102–115Jeff Mullins (36)20–25
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 46

January 14@ Atlanta103–101Dave Gambee (24)21–25
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 47

January 16@ Philadelphia105–127Jeff Mullins (16)21–26
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 48

January 18@ Milwaukee107–123Ron Williams (26)21–27
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 49

January 22N Los Angeles108–122Joe Ellis (38)21–28
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 50

January 23@ Phoenix138–132Dave Gambee (27)22–28
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 51

January 24Phoenix109–99Jerry Lucas (18)22–29
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 52

January 26Atlanta131–104Adrian Smith (15)22–30
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 53

January 29@ Seattle101–105Joe Ellis (23)22–31
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 54

January 30Phoenix116–125Clyde Lee (25)23–31
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 55

February 1@ Boston123–105Jeff Mullins (31)24–31
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| 56

February 3@ New York98–118Jerry Lucas (20)24–32
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 57

February 5@ Chicago127–105Joe Ellis (26)25–32
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 58

February 6@ Phoenix117–122Jerry Lucas (35)25–33
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 59

February 7Philadelphia115–111Jerry Lucas (33)25–34
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 60

February 10Atlanta104–113Jerry Lucas (22)26–34
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 61

February 11Los Angeles125–115Jerry Lucas (26)26–35
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 62

February 13Cincinnati128–110Jerry Lucas (25)26–36
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 63

February 14@ San Diego123–141Ron Williams (25)26–37
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 64

February 16N Boston114–117Lucas, Mullins (24)26–38
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| 65

February 18Milwaukee109–102Jeff Mullins (26)26–39
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 66

February 21Boston111–116Jeff Mullins (32)27–39
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 67

February 22@ Seattle127–131Joe Ellis (34)27–40
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 68

February 24@ Seattle122–130Ron Williams (23)27–41
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 69

February 25Chicago112–104Jerry Lucas (20)27–42
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 70

February 27Seattle107–99Joe Ellis (28)27–43
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 71

March 1@ Detroit99–116Clyde Lee (23)27–44
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| 72

March 3@ New York100–115Jeff Mullins (28)27–45
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 73

March 4@ Boston110–115Joe Ellis (25)27–46
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 74

March 6Phoenix97–107Jeff Mullins (25)28–46
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 75

March 7Cincinnati121–119Jerry Lucas (27)28–47
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| 76

March 10@ Los Angeles104–106Joe Ellis (24)28–48
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| 77

March 11Baltimore112–115 (2OT)Mullins, Williams (28)29–48
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| 78

March 13Baltimore114–108Ron Williams (17)29–49
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| 79

March 17@ Phoenix121–133Jerry Lucas (25)29–50
align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 80

March 20@ Cincinnati118–111Jerry Lucas (31)30–50
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 81

March 21@ Baltimore123–127Ron Williams (26)30–51
align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 82

March 22@ Philadelphia112–132Bob Portman (22)30–52

Awards and records

References

{{reflist}}

{{1969-70 NBA season by team}}

{{Golden State Warriors seasons}}

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