1963-64_Cincinnati_Royals_season

1963–64 Cincinnati Royals season
1963–64 Cincinnati Royals season
Head coach	Jack McMahon
Owners	Louis Jacobs
Arena	Cincinnati Gardens
Results
Record	55–25 (.688)
Place	Division: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Division finals; (lost to Celtics 1–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WKRC-TV
Radio	WLW
< 1962–63	1964–65 >

1963–64 Cincinnati Royals season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 1963–64 season was the Royals 16th season in the NBA and its seventh in Cincinnati. The Royals finished in 2nd place with a 55–25 record, the second best record in the NBA. The team's outstanding roster included Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, Team Captain Wayne Embry, Jack Twyman, Arlen Bockhorn, Bob Boozer, Tom Hawkins, Adrian Smith, Bud Olsen, Larry Staverman and coach Jack McMahon . The team is noteworthy for having both the NBA MVP in Robertson and the NBA Rookie of the Year in Lucas, a rare occurrence in NBA history. The team played most of their home games at Cincinnati Gardens arena, but also hosted home games that season in Dayton, Lima, Columbus at Saint John arena and Cleveland at Cleveland Arena. In the playoffs the Royals defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in a 5-game series, but both Lucas and Olsen would be lost to injury. In the Eastern Conference Final, the Royals were eliminated by the Boston Celtics, who triumphed in 5 games.

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Regular season

Season Schedule

1963–64 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 16	@ St. Louis	112–93	Wayne Embry (25)	1–0
2	October 17	Boston	93–92	Oscar Robertson (20)	1–1
3	October 19	New York	97–121	Oscar Robertson (19)	2–1
4	October 22	San Francisco	97–103	Oscar Robertson (22)	3–1
5	October 25	Los Angeles	122–109	Oscar Robertson (27)	3–2
6	October 26	@ San Francisco	99–102	Jack Twyman (31)	3–3
7	October 29	@ San Francisco	108–101	Oscar Robertson (28)	4–3
8	October 30	@ Los Angeles	115–107	Oscar Robertson (36)	5–3
9	November 1	@ Los Angeles	112–122	Oscar Robertson (26)	5–4
10	November 3	N Philadelphia	93–95	Oscar Robertson (25)	6–4
11	November 6	@ Boston	121–139	Robertson, Twyman (24)	6–5
12	November 8	Boston	115–116	Oscar Robertson (35)	7–5
13	November 9	Detroit	109–118	Wayne Embry (30)	8–5
14	November 13	San Francisco	98–92	Oscar Robertson (28)	8–6
15	November 16	@ New York	114–122	Wayne Embry (27)	8–7
16	November 17	Baltimore	109–110	Oscar Robertson (28)	9–7
17	November 19	N Detroit	102–127	Oscar Robertson (32)	10–7
18	November 20	@ Detroit	118–124	Lucas, Robertson (22)	10–8
19	November 23	@ St. Louis	121–133	Oscar Robertson (33)	10–9
20	November 24	St. Louis	113–122	Oscar Robertson (32)	11–9
21	November 26	N San Francisco	112–123	Oscar Robertson (32)	12–9
22	November 27	@ Baltimore	122–119	Embry, Robertson (28)	13–9
23	November 28	@ Philadelphia	125–110	Oscar Robertson (38)	14–9
24	November 29	New York	110–135	Oscar Robertson (29)	15–9
25	December 1	Los Angeles	114–109	Wayne Embry (39)	15–10
26	December 5	Boston	108–118	Oscar Robertson (48)	16–10
27	December 6	@ Boston	107–112	Oscar Robertson (40)	16–11
28	December 7	@ New York	116–105	Oscar Robertson (35)	17–11
29	December 8	Philadelphia	126–116	Oscar Robertson (32)	17–12
30	December 11	@ Detroit	127–107	Oscar Robertson (26)	18–12
31	December 12	New York	102–112	Jack Twyman (31)	19–12
32	December 14	@ Boston	108–105	Embry, Robertson (25)	20–12
33	December 20	Baltimore	96–103	Oscar Robertson (24)	21–12
34	December 21	@ Baltimore	106–108	Wayne Embry (26)	21–13
35	December 25	St. Louis	107–113	Oscar Robertson (37)	22–13
36	December 27	Boston	87–91	Oscar Robertson (37)	23–13
37	December 29	New York	99–105	Oscar Robertson (29)	24–13
38	January 2	N Detroit	111–112	Oscar Robertson (32)	25–13
39	January 3	@ Philadelphia	110–132	Oscar Robertson (27)	25–14
40	January 4	@ New York	125–116	Oscar Robertson (41)	26–14
41	January 5	Baltimore	106–111	Wayne Embry (27)	27–14
42	January 7	N Philadelphia	110–130	Jack Twyman (29)	28–14
43	January 8	N Philadelphia	110–126	Oscar Robertson (30)	29–14
44	January 10	@ Boston	92–109	Oscar Robertson (32)	29–15
45	January 12	Detroit	88–120	Oscar Robertson (34)	30–15
46	January 16	Los Angeles	95–108	Oscar Robertson (32)	31–15
47	January 18	St. Louis	121–120	Oscar Robertson (40)	31–16
48	January 19	@ St. Louis	109–114	Oscar Robertson (44)	31–17
49	January 21	@ New York	139–124	Oscar Robertson (31)	32–17
50	January 22	Boston	92–109	Oscar Robertson (38)	33–17
51	January 24	@ Philadelphia	111–134	Lucas, Robertson (29)	33–18
52	January 25	@ Baltimore	99–115	Oscar Robertson (27)	33–19
53	January 30	N New York	110–133	Jack Twyman (29)	34–19
54	January 31	N Baltimore	118–106	Oscar Robertson (35)	35–19
55	February 2	@ Boston	119–117 (OT)	Oscar Robertson (48)	36–19
56	February 4	Los Angeles	100–118	Jack Twyman (31)	37–19
57	February 7	Philadelphia	114–126	Oscar Robertson (42)	38–19
58	February 8	@ Baltimore	109–105	Oscar Robertson (30)	39–19
59	February 9	Detroit	107–135	Oscar Robertson (31)	40–19
60	February 12	N Detroit	121–147	Oscar Robertson (38)	41–19
61	February 14	New York	114–126	Oscar Robertson (29)	42–19
62	February 15	@ New York	130–124	Oscar Robertson (44)	43–19
63	February 16	Philadelphia	97–114	Oscar Robertson (32)	44–19
64	February 17	N San Francisco	113–129	Oscar Robertson (45)	45–19
65	February 19	San Francisco	108–101	Oscar Robertson (29)	45–20
66	February 21	@ San Francisco	101–93	Oscar Robertson (32)	46–20
67	February 22	@ Los Angeles	107–105	Oscar Robertson (32)	47–20
68	February 25	@ San Francisco	108–117	Oscar Robertson (26)	47–21
69	February 26	@ Los Angeles	97–103	Oscar Robertson (32)	47–22
70	February 28	N Philadelphia	132–134	Jack Twyman (36)	48–22
71	February 29	@ Philadelphia	117–114	Oscar Robertson (43)	49–22
72	March 1	@ Baltimore	122–111	Oscar Robertson (35)	50–22
73	March 3	@ New York	117–108	Oscar Robertson (33)	51–22
74	March 4	@ Boston	108–112	Oscar Robertson (34)	51–23
75	March 5	Boston	101–111	Oscar Robertson (27)	52–23
76	March 7	Baltimore	101–104	Oscar Robertson (30)	53–23
77	March 10	@ Detroit	103–114	Oscar Robertson (33)	53–24
78	March 12	Philadelphia	111–128	Oscar Robertson (28)	54–24
79	March 14	@ St. Louis	110–118	Oscar Robertson (48)	54–25
80	March 15	St. Louis	101–124	Oscar Robertson (25)	55–25

The Royals consistently posted winning marks over the full season for each month of play. Oct 5–3, Nov 10–6, Dec 9–4, Jan 11–6, Feb 14–3, March 6–3, plus a 4–6 record in the playoffs. Four of the five Boston playoff games took place in April.

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Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Boston Celtics	59	21	.738	–	26–4	21–17	12–0	25–11
x-Cincinnati Royals	55	25	.688	4	26–7	18–18	11–0	27–9
x-Philadelphia 76ers	34	46	.425	25	18–12	12–22	4–12	13–23
New York Knicks	22	58	.275	37	10–25	8–27	4–6	7–29

1963-64 NBA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	PHI	SFW	STL
Baltimore	—	1–9	2–8	7–3	3–7	7–3	5–5	3–7	3–7
Boston	9–1	—	5–7	7–1	6–3	10–2	10–2	5–3	7–2
Cincinnati	8–2	7–5	—	7–2	4–4	11–1	9–3	5–4	4–4
Detroit	3–7	1–7	2–7	—	5–7	4–5	3–5	3–9	2–10
Los Angeles	7–3	3–6	4–4	7–5	—	6–2	5–4	5–7	5–7
New York	3–7	2–10	1–11	5–4	2–6	—	4–8	1–8	4–4
Philadelphia	5–5	2–10	3–9	5–3	4–5	8–4	—	4–4	3–6
San Francisco	7–3	3–5	4–5	9–3	7–5	8–1	4–4	—	6–6
St. Louis	7–3	2–7	4–4	10–2	7–5	4–4	6–3	6–6	—

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
Jay Arnette	48	10.4	36.2	77.8	1.1	1.5	3.8
Arlen Bockhorn	70	23.9	41.2	76.2	2.9	2.5	8.3
Bob Boozer	32	22.7	41.6	62.2	5.6	1.0	11.0
Wayne Embry	80	36.4	45.8	65.0	11.6	1.4	17.3
Tom Hawkins	73	24.2	44.1	60.1	6.0	1.0	8.6
Jerry Lucas	79	41.4	52.7	77.9	17.4	2.6	17.7
Bud Olsen	49	10.5	40.5	56.1	3.0	0.6	4.1
Oscar Robertson	79	45.1	48.3	85.3	9.9	11.0	31.4
Adrian Smith	66	23.1	40.6	78.2	2.2	2.2	9.4
Larry Staverman	34	9.4	41.4	83.0	2.8	0.5	4.0
Tom Thacker	48	9.5	29.3	49.1	2.4	1.1	2.8
Jack Twyman	68	29.4	45.0	82.9	5.4	2.0	15.9

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
Jay Arnette	8	9.9	35.5	87.5	1.3	1.1	3.6
Arlen Bockhorn	10	30.1	38.0	75.0	3.9	3.9	9.7
Wayne Embry	10	36.3	38.1	62.2	12.4	2.1	13.4
Tom Hawkins	10	27.3	44.3	68.2	9.3	1.1	10.1
Jerry Lucas	10	37.0	39.0	70.3	12.5	3.4	12.2
Bud Olsen	2	5.0	50.0	—	2.0	0.5	3.0
Oscar Robertson	10	47.1	45.5	85.8	8.9	8.4	29.3
Adrian Smith	7	9.4	30.8	71.4	1.3	0.6	3.0
Larry Staverman	7	10.0	47.8	78.9	3.7	0.7	5.3
Tom Thacker	6	7.2	26.1	25.0	2.2	0.5	2.2
Jack Twyman	10	35.4	47.2	79.6	8.7	1.6	20.5

1963-64_Cincinnati_Royals_season

1963–64 Cincinnati Royals season

Draft picks

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Season Schedule

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References

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