It was the first season the Suns would be without the services of All-Star guard Gail Goodrich.
The Suns were led in scoring by Dick Van Arsdale with 21.9 points per game.
Connie Hawkins finished the season averaging 20.9 points and 9.1 rebounds per contest.
Goodrich, a native of Los Angeles and who played college ball at UCLA, was traded before the season back to the Los Angeles Lakers, where he had played before being acquired in the expansion draft of 1968.
In exchange, the Suns obtained the 29-year-old 7-footer Mel Counts, who was coming off a career-high 12.6 average in points.