1963–64 Cincinnati Royals season

{{NBA season

| team = Cincinnati Royals

| end_year = 1964

| wins = 55

| losses = 25

| division = Eastern

| division_place = 2

| coach = Jack McMahon

| owners = Louis Jacobs

| arena = Cincinnati Gardens

| television = WKRC-TV

| radio = WLW

| playoffs = Division finals
(lost to Celtics 1–4)

| bbr_team = CIN

}}

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.

Draft picks

Tom Thacker from the outstanding University of Cincinnati program was another territorial draft pick, the team's first this year.

Shooter Jimmy Rayl was the team's second-round selection. He was cut, but later played in the ABA.

Regular season

= Season standings =

=Record vs. opponents=

colspan=10\|1964–65 NBA records
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
width=100\|Team !style="background:#002854;color:#E45206;width=35"\|BAL !style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|BOS !style="background:#012F6B;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|CIN !style="background:#012F6B;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|DET !style="background:#004B87;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|LAL !style="background:#003EA4;color:#FF8C00;width=35"\|NYK !style="background:#012268;color:#C90F2E;width=35"\|PHI !style="background:#002F6C;color:#FFC72C;width=35"\|SFW !style="background:#C90F2E;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|STL
style="text-align:left;" \| Baltimore	—	1–9	2–8	7–3	3–7	7–3	5–5	3–7	3–7
style="text-align:left;" \| Boston	9–1	—	5–7	7–1	6–3	10–2	10–2	5–3	7–2
style="text-align:left;" \| Cincinnati	8–2	7–5	—	7–2	4–4	11–1	9–3	5–4	4–4
style="text-align:left;" \| Detroit	3–7	1–7	2–7	—	5–7	4–5	3–5	3–9	2–10
style="text-align:left;" \| Los Angeles	7–3	3–6	4–4	7–5	—	6–2	5–4	5–7	5–7
style="text-align:left;" \| New York	3–7	2–10	1–11	5–4	2–6	—	4–8	1–8	4–4
style="text-align:left;" \| Philadelphia	5–5	2–10	3–9	5–3	4–5	8–4	—	4–4	3–6
style="text-align:left;" \| San Francisco	7–3	3–5	4–5	9–3	7–5	8–1	4–4	—	6–6
style="text-align:left;" \| St. Louis	7–3	2–7	4–4	10–2	7–5	4–4	6–3	6–6	—

= Season Schedule =

colspan=11 style="background:#0046AD; color:white;" \| 1963–64 game log
class="toccolours collapsible" width=50% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center"
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" \| #	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	October 16	@ St. Louis	112–93	Wayne Embry (25)	1–0
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 2	October 17	Boston	93–92	Oscar Robertson (20)	1–1
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	October 19	New York	97–121	Oscar Robertson (19)	2–1
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 4	October 22	San Francisco	97–103	Oscar Robertson (22)	3–1
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 5	October 25	Los Angeles	122–109	Oscar Robertson (27)	3–2
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 6	October 26	@ San Francisco	99–102	Jack Twyman (31)	3–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 7	October 29	@ San Francisco	108–101	Oscar Robertson (28)	4–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 8	October 30	@ Los Angeles	115–107	Oscar Robertson (36)	5–3
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 9	November 1	@ Los Angeles	112–122	Oscar Robertson (26)	5–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 10	November 3	N Philadelphia	93–95	Oscar Robertson (25)	6–4
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 11	November 6	@ Boston	121–139	Robertson, Twyman (24)	6–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 12	November 8	Boston	115–116	Oscar Robertson (35)	7–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 13	November 9	Detroit	109–118	Wayne Embry (30)	8–5
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 14	November 13	San Francisco	98–92	Oscar Robertson (28)	8–6
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 15	November 16	@ New York	114–122	Wayne Embry (27)	8–7
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 16	November 17	Baltimore	109–110	Oscar Robertson (28)	9–7
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 17	November 19	N Detroit	102–127	Oscar Robertson (32)	10–7
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 18	November 20	@ Detroit	118–124	Lucas, Robertson (22)	10–8
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 19	November 23	@ St. Louis	121–133	Oscar Robertson (33)	10–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 20	November 24	St. Louis	113–122	Oscar Robertson (32)	11–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 21	November 26	N San Francisco	112–123	Oscar Robertson (32)	12–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 22	November 27	@ Baltimore	122–119	Embry, Robertson (28)	13–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 23	November 28	@ Philadelphia	125–110	Oscar Robertson (38)	14–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 24	November 29	New York	110–135	Oscar Robertson (29)	15–9
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 25	December 1	Los Angeles	114–109	Wayne Embry (39)	15–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 26	December 5	Boston	108–118	Oscar Robertson (48)	16–10
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 27	December 6	@ Boston	107–112	Oscar Robertson (40)	16–11
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 28	December 7	@ New York	116–105	Oscar Robertson (35)	17–11
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 29	December 8	Philadelphia	126–116	Oscar Robertson (32)	17–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 30	December 11	@ Detroit	127–107	Oscar Robertson (26)	18–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 31	December 12	New York	102–112	Jack Twyman (31)	19–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 32	December 14	@ Boston	108–105	Embry, Robertson (25)	20–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 33	December 20	Baltimore	96–103	Oscar Robertson (24)	21–12
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 34	December 21	@ Baltimore	106–108	Wayne Embry (26)	21–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 35	December 25	St. Louis	107–113	Oscar Robertson (37)	22–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 36	December 27	Boston	87–91	Oscar Robertson (37)	23–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 37	December 29	New York	99–105	Oscar Robertson (29)	24–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 38	January 2	N Detroit	111–112	Oscar Robertson (32)	25–13
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 39	January 3	@ Philadelphia	110–132	Oscar Robertson (27)	25–14
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 40	January 4	@ New York	125–116	Oscar Robertson (41)	26–14
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 41	January 5	Baltimore	106–111	Wayne Embry (27)	27–14
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 42	January 7	N Philadelphia	110–130	Jack Twyman (29)	28–14
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 43	January 8	N Philadelphia	110–126	Oscar Robertson (30)	29–14
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 44	January 10	@ Boston	92–109	Oscar Robertson (32)	29–15
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 45	January 12	Detroit	88–120	Oscar Robertson (34)	30–15
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 46	January 16	Los Angeles	95–108	Oscar Robertson (32)	31–15
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 47	January 18	St. Louis	121–120	Oscar Robertson (40)	31–16
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 48	January 19	@ St. Louis	109–114	Oscar Robertson (44)	31–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 49	January 21	@ New York	139–124	Oscar Robertson (31)	32–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 50	January 22	Boston	92–109	Oscar Robertson (38)	33–17
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 51	January 24	@ Philadelphia	111–134	Lucas, Robertson (29)	33–18
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 52	January 25	@ Baltimore	99–115	Oscar Robertson (27)	33–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 53	January 30	N New York	110–133	Jack Twyman (29)	34–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 54	January 31	N Baltimore	118–106	Oscar Robertson (35)	35–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 55	February 2	@ Boston	119–117 (OT)	Oscar Robertson (48)	36–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 56	February 4	Los Angeles	100–118	Jack Twyman (31)	37–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 57	February 7	Philadelphia	114–126	Oscar Robertson (42)	38–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 58	February 8	@ Baltimore	109–105	Oscar Robertson (30)	39–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 59	February 9	Detroit	107–135	Oscar Robertson (31)	40–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 60	February 12	N Detroit	121–147	Oscar Robertson (38)	41–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 61	February 14	New York	114–126	Oscar Robertson (29)	42–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 62	February 15	@ New York	130–124	Oscar Robertson (44)	43–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 63	February 16	Philadelphia	97–114	Oscar Robertson (32)	44–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 64	February 17	N San Francisco	113–129	Oscar Robertson (45)	45–19
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 65	February 19	San Francisco	108–101	Oscar Robertson (29)	45–20
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 66	February 21	@ San Francisco	101–93	Oscar Robertson (32)	46–20
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 67	February 22	@ Los Angeles	107–105	Oscar Robertson (32)	47–20
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 68	February 25	@ San Francisco	108–117	Oscar Robertson (26)	47–21
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 69	February 26	@ Los Angeles	97–103	Oscar Robertson (32)	47–22
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 70	February 28	N Philadelphia	132–134	Jack Twyman (36)	48–22
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 71	February 29	@ Philadelphia	117–114	Oscar Robertson (43)	49–22
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 72	March 1	@ Baltimore	122–111	Oscar Robertson (35)	50–22
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 73	March 3	@ New York	117–108	Oscar Robertson (33)	51–22
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 74	March 4	@ Boston	108–112	Oscar Robertson (34)	51–23
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 75	March 5	Boston	101–111	Oscar Robertson (27)	52–23
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 76	March 7	Baltimore	101–104	Oscar Robertson (30)	53–23
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 77	March 10	@ Detroit	103–114	Oscar Robertson (33)	53–24
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 78	March 12	Philadelphia	111–128	Oscar Robertson (28)	54–24
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 79	March 14	@ St. Louis	110–118	Oscar Robertson (48)	54–25
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 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.

Playoffs

{{NBA game log start|Cincinnati Royals|end_year=1964|playoffs=yes}}

{{NBA game log section|Cincinnati Royals|Division semifinals|playoffs=yes|first=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 3

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 2

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| March 22

| Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196403220CIN.html W 127–102]

| Oscar Robertson (31)

| Jerry Lucas (25)

| Oscar Robertson (16)

| Cincinnati Gardens
6,238

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| March 24

| @ Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196403240PHI.html L 114–122]

| Oscar Robertson (30)

| Wayne Embry (11)

| three players tied (5)

| Municipal Auditorium
4,510

| 1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| March 25

| Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196403250CIN.html W 101–89]

| Oscar Robertson (28)

| Jack Twyman (21)

| —

| Cincinnati Gardens
7,171

| 2–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 4

| March 28

| @ Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196403280PHI.html L 120–129]

| Oscar Robertson (31)

| Oscar Robertson (14)

| Arlen Bockhorn (7)

| Municipal Auditorium
4,255

| 2–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 5

| March 29

| Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196403290CIN.html W 130–124]

| Oscar Robertson (32)

| Wayne Embry (17)

| —

| Cincinnati Gardens
7,913

| 3–2

{{NBA game log section|Cincinnati Royals|Division finals|playoffs=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| March 31

| @ Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196403310BOS.html L 87–103]

| Wayne Embry (21)

| Wayne Embry (16)

| Robertson, Arnette (3)

| Boston Garden
13,909

| 0–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| April 2

| @ Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196404020BOS.html L 90–101]

| Oscar Robertson (30)

| Oscar Robertson (12)

| Oscar Robertson (9)

| Boston Garden
13,909

| 0–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 3

| April 5

| Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196404050CIN.html L 92–102]

| Oscar Robertson (34)

| Jerry Lucas (24)

| —

| Cincinnati Gardens
11,850

| 0–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 4

| April 7

| Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196404070CIN.html W 102–93]

| Oscar Robertson (33)

| Jerry Lucas (25)

| Jerry Lucas (10)

| Cincinnati Gardens

| 1–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 5

| April 9

| @ Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196404090BOS.html L 95–109]

| Oscar Robertson (24)

| Wayne Embry (10)

| Oscar Robertson (6)

| Boston Garden
13,909

| 1–4

Player statistics

= Regular season =

Robertson led the NBA in assists and was second in scoring. He also led the NBA in free throws made and free throw percentage.

Lucas led the NBA in field goal percentage, and was third in rebounding.

style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="10%" \| Player ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| GP ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| GS ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| MPG ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| FG% ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| 3FG% ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| FT% ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| RPG ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| APG ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| SPG ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| BPG ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| PPG
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%"
{{sort\|Arnette, Jay\|Jay Arnette}} \|48	10.4	36.2	77.8	1.1	1.5	3.8
{{sort\|Bockhorn, Arlen\|Arlen Bockhorn}} \|70	23.9	41.2	76.2	2.9	2.5	8.3
{{sort\|Boozer, Bob\|Bob Boozer}} \|32	22.7	41.6	62.2	5.6	1.0	11.0
{{sort\|Embry, Wayne\|Wayne Embry}} \|80	36.4	45.8	65.0	11.6	1.4	17.3
{{sort\|Hawkins, Tom\|Tom Hawkins}} \|73	24.2	44.1	60.1	6.0	1.0	8.6
{{sort\|Lucas, Jerry\|Jerry Lucas}} \|79	41.4	52.7	77.9	17.4	2.6	17.7
{{sort\|Olsen, Bud\|Bud Olsen}} \|49	10.5	40.5	56.1	3.0	0.6	4.1
{{sort\|Robertson, Oscar\|Oscar Robertson}} \|79	45.1	48.3	85.3	9.9	11.0	31.4
{{sort\|Smith, Adrian\|Adrian Smith}} \|66	23.1	40.6	78.2	2.2	2.2	9.4
{{sort\|Staverman, Larry\|Larry Staverman}} \|34	9.4	41.4	83.0	2.8	0.5	4.0
{{sort\|Thacker, Tom\|Tom Thacker}} \|48	9.5	29.3	49.1	2.4	1.1	2.8
{{sort\|Twyman, Jack\|Jack Twyman}} \|68	29.4	45.0	82.9	5.4	2.0	15.9

= Playoffs =

style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="10%" \| Player ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| GP ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| GS ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| MPG ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| FG% ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| 3FG% ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| FT% ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| RPG ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| APG ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| SPG ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| BPG ! style="background:#393997;color:#c5ced4;" width="6%" \| PPG
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%"
{{sort\|Arnette, Jay\|Jay Arnette}} \|8	9.9	35.5	87.5	1.3	1.1	3.6
{{sort\|Bockhorn, Arlen\|Arlen Bockhorn}} \|10	30.1	38.0	75.0	3.9	3.9	9.7
{{sort\|Embry, Wayne\|Wayne Embry}} \|10	36.3	38.1	62.2	12.4	2.1	13.4
{{sort\|Hawkins, Tom\|Tom Hawkins}} \|10	27.3	44.3	68.2	9.3	1.1	10.1
{{sort\|Lucas, Jerry\|Jerry Lucas}} \|10	37.0	39.0	70.3	12.5	3.4	12.2
{{sort\|Olsen, Bud\|Bud Olsen}} \|2	5.0	50.0	—	2.0	0.5	3.0
{{sort\|Robertson, Oscar\|Oscar Robertson}} \|10	47.1	45.5	85.8	8.9	8.4	29.3
{{sort\|Smith, Adrian\|Adrian Smith}} \|7	9.4	30.8	71.4	1.3	0.6	3.0
{{sort\|Staverman, Larry\|Larry Staverman}} \|7	10.0	47.8	78.9	3.7	0.7	5.3
{{sort\|Thacker, Tom\|Tom Thacker}} \|6	7.2	26.1	25.0	2.2	0.5	2.2
{{sort\|Twyman, Jack\|Jack Twyman}} \|10	35.4	47.2	79.6	8.7	1.6	20.5

Awards and honors

Jerry Lucas: NBA Rookie of the Year, Second Team All-NBA, NBA All-Star
Oscar Robertson: NBA Most Valuable Player, First Team All-NBA, MVP of the 1964 NBA All-Star Game.
Wayne Embry: NBA All-Star

References

External links

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1964.html Royals on Basketball Reference]
http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/cincy/cincyroyals.html
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cincinnati_Royals
https://web.archive.org/web/20150917052242/http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams/teampage.htm?tm=CIN&lg=n

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