The 1968–69 Los Angeles Stars season was the first season of the franchise in Los Angeles in the

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

(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 dispatched 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.

Roster

* 32 Brian Brunkhorst - Forward * 20

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- Shooting guard * 55 Warren Davis - Power forward * 35 Dennis Grey - Center * 42 Elvin Ivory - Forward * 10

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- Point guard * 20

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- Point guard * 50 Ed Johnson - Center * 22

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- Small forward * 12 George Lehmann - Point guard * 14 Jay Miller - Small forward * 44 Larry Miller - Shooting guard * 33 George Stone - Small forward * 40

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- Small forward * 21 Bob Warren - Shooting guard * 14 Mike LaRoche - Shooting guard (DNP; released after two games)

Final standings

Western Division

C - ABA Champions

Awards and honors

1969 ABA All-Star Game The second American Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 28, 1969, at Louisville Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky before an audience at 5,407, between teams from the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference. ...

selections (game played on January 28, 1969) * Warren Davis *

References

External links

RememberTheABA.com 1968–69 regular season and playoff results

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