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1968–69 Los Angeles Stars season

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Head coach
  
Place
  
Division: 5th (ABA)

Record
  
33–45 (.423)

Playoff finish
  
Did not qualify

Arena
  
Los Angeles Sports Arena

The 1968–69 Los Angeles Stars season was the first season of the franchise in Los Angeles in the American Basketball Association (ABA). The team had been bought by construction businessman Jim Kirst in the summer of 1968, and were subsequently moved to the city of Los Angeles, to play in Los Angeles Sports Arena, with a new head coach and a roster that dispatced most of the Amigo lineup from the previous year. On October 30, 1968, the Stars played the New Orleans Buccaneers, losing 112–109 to a crowd of 3,700. The Stars ended up finishing 5th place in the Western Division, finishing 8 games behind the 4th place Chaparrals.

Contents

Roster

  • 32 Brian Brunkhorst - Forward
  • 20 Steve Chubin - Shooting guard
  • 55 Warren Davis - Power forward
  • 35 Dennis Grey - Center
  • 42 Elvin Ivory - Forward
  • 10 Mervin Jackson - Point guard
  • 20 Jim Jarvis - Point guard
  • 50 Ed Johnson - Center
  • 22 Edgar Lacy - Small forward
  • 12 George Lehmann - Point guard
  • 14 Jay Miller - Small forward
  • 44 Larry Miller - Shooting guard
  • 33 George Stone - Small forward
  • 40 Ben Warley - Small forward
  • 21 Bob Warren - Shooting guard
  • Western Division

    C - ABA Champions

    Awards and honors

    1969 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 28, 1969)

  • Warren Davis
  • Mervin Jackson
  • References

    1968–69 Los Angeles Stars season Wikipedia


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