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1968-69 NBA West standings
The Los Angeles Lakers won the 1968-69 NBA West division race at 55-27, 7 games ahead of the Atlanta Hawks.
🏆The 1968-69 playoffs, series by series
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West standings, 1968-69
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers (LAL) x | 55 | 27 | .671 | - | 8-2 | W2 |
| Atlanta Hawks (ATL) x | 48 | 34 | .585 | 7 | 5-5 | L3 |
| San Francisco Warriors (SFW) x | 41 | 41 | .500 | 14 | 7-3 | L1 |
| San Diego Rockets (SDR) x | 37 | 45 | .451 | 18 | 7-3 | L1 |
| Chicago Bulls (CHI) | 33 | 49 | .402 | 22 | 3-7 | L4 |
| Seattle SuperSonics (SEA) | 30 | 52 | .366 | 25 | 4-6 | L6 |
| Phoenix Suns (PHX) | 16 | 66 | .195 | 39 | 1-9 | L7 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- x
- clinched a playoff place
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 7 times.
- The Los Angeles Lakers trailed by as many as 1.5 games on October 18, 1968.
- The Los Angeles Lakers took first place for good on November 6, 1968.
- The Atlanta Hawks won 12 games in a row from December 8, 1968 to January 3, 1969, the longest run of the race.
- The Chicago Bulls led by 1 game as late as October 16, 1968.
- The Los Angeles Lakers went 15-4 from October 26, 1968 to December 4, 1968, turning a deficit of 1.5 games into a lead of 5.5 games.
- Six teams held first place.
- The Los Angeles Lakers spent 141 of the season's 161 charted days in first place.