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NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The
1963β64 season was the Royals 16th season in the
NBA and its seventh in
Cincinnati . The Royals finished in 2nd place with a 55β25 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
1963-64 NBA Records
Team
BAL
BOS
CIN
DET
LAL
NYK
PHI
SFW
STL
Baltimore
β
1β9
2β8
7β3
3β7
7β3
5β5
3β7
3β7
Boston
9β1
β
5β7
7β1
6β3
10β2
10β2
5β3
7β2
Cincinnati
8β2
7β5
β
7β2
4β4
11β1
9β3
5β4
4β4
Detroit
3β7
1β7
2β7
β
5β7
4β5
3β5
3β9
2β10
Los Angeles
7β3
3β6
4β4
7β5
β
6β2
5β4
5β7
5β7
New York
3β7
2β10
1β11
5β4
2β6
β
4β8
1β8
4β4
Philadelphia
5β5
2β10
3β9
5β3
4β5
8β4
β
4β4
3β6
San Francisco
7β3
3β5
4β5
9β3
7β5
8β1
4β4
β
6β6
St. Louis
7β3
2β7
4β4
10β2
7β5
4β4
6β3
6β6
β
Season Schedule
1963β64 game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 16
@
St. Louis
112β93
Wayne Embry (25)
1β0
2
October 17
Boston
93β92
Oscar Robertson (20)
1β1
3
October 19
New York
97β121
Oscar Robertson (19)
2β1
4
October 22
San Francisco
97β103
Oscar Robertson (22)
3β1
5
October 25
Los Angeles
122β109
Oscar Robertson (27)
3β2
6
October 26
@ San Francisco
99β102
Jack Twyman (31)
3β3
7
October 29
@ San Francisco
108β101
Oscar Robertson (28)
4β3
8
October 30
@ Los Angeles
115β107
Oscar Robertson (36)
5β3
9
November 1
@ Los Angeles
112β122
Oscar Robertson (26)
5β4
10
November 3
N
Philadelphia
93β95
Oscar Robertson (25)
6β4
11
November 6
@ Boston
121β139
Robertson, Twyman (24)
6β5
12
November 8
Boston
115β116
Oscar Robertson (35)
7β5
13
November 9
Detroit
109β118
Wayne Embry (30)
8β5
14
November 13
San Francisco
98β92
Oscar Robertson (28)
8β6
15
November 16
@ New York
114β122
Wayne Embry (27)
8β7
16
November 17
Baltimore
109β110
Oscar Robertson (28)
9β7
17
November 19
N Detroit
102β127
Oscar Robertson (32)
10β7
18
November 20
@ Detroit
118β124
Lucas , Robertson (22)
10β8
19
November 23
@ St. Louis
121β133
Oscar Robertson (33)
10β9
20
November 24
St. Louis
113β122
Oscar Robertson (32)
11β9
21
November 26
N San Francisco
112β123
Oscar Robertson (32)
12β9
22
November 27
@ Baltimore
122β119
Embry, Robertson (28)
13β9
23
November 28
@ Philadelphia
125β110
Oscar Robertson (38)
14β9
24
November 29
New York
110β135
Oscar Robertson (29)
15β9
25
December 1
Los Angeles
114β109
Wayne Embry (39)
15β10
26
December 5
Boston
108β118
Oscar Robertson (48)
16β10
27
December 6
@ Boston
107β112
Oscar Robertson (40)
16β11
28
December 7
@ New York
116β105
Oscar Robertson (35)
17β11
29
December 8
Philadelphia
126β116
Oscar Robertson (32)
17β12
30
December 11
@ Detroit
127β107
Oscar Robertson (26)
18β12
31
December 12
New York
102β112
Jack Twyman (31)
19β12
32
December 14
@ Boston
108β105
Embry, Robertson (25)
20β12
33
December 20
Baltimore
96β103
Oscar Robertson (24)
21β12
34
December 21
@ Baltimore
106β108
Wayne Embry (26)
21β13
35
December 25
St. Louis
107β113
Oscar Robertson (37)
22β13
36
December 27
Boston
87β91
Oscar Robertson (37)
23β13
37
December 29
New York
99β105
Oscar Robertson (29)
24β13
38
January 2
N Detroit
111β112
Oscar Robertson (32)
25β13
39
January 3
@ Philadelphia
110β132
Oscar Robertson (27)
25β14
40
January 4
@ New York
125β116
Oscar Robertson (41)
26β14
41
January 5
Baltimore
106β111
Wayne Embry (27)
27β14
42
January 7
N Philadelphia
110β130
Jack Twyman (29)
28β14
43
January 8
N Philadelphia
110β126
Oscar Robertson (30)
29β14
44
January 10
@ Boston
92β109
Oscar Robertson (32)
29β15
45
January 12
Detroit
88β120
Oscar Robertson (34)
30β15
46
January 16
Los Angeles
95β108
Oscar Robertson (32)
31β15
47
January 18
St. Louis
121β120
Oscar Robertson (40)
31β16
48
January 19
@ St. Louis
109β114
Oscar Robertson (44)
31β17
49
January 21
@ New York
139β124
Oscar Robertson (31)
32β17
50
January 22
Boston
92β109
Oscar Robertson (38)
33β17
51
January 24
@ Philadelphia
111β134
Lucas, Robertson (29)
33β18
52
January 25
@ Baltimore
99β115
Oscar Robertson (27)
33β19
53
January 30
N New York
110β133
Jack Twyman (29)
34β19
54
January 31
N Baltimore
118β106
Oscar Robertson (35)
35β19
55
February 2
@ Boston
119β117 (OT)
Oscar Robertson (48)
36β19
56
February 4
Los Angeles
100β118
Jack Twyman (31)
37β19
57
February 7
Philadelphia
114β126
Oscar Robertson (42)
38β19
58
February 8
@ Baltimore
109β105
Oscar Robertson (30)
39β19
59
February 9
Detroit
107β135
Oscar Robertson (31)
40β19
60
February 12
N Detroit
121β147
Oscar Robertson (38)
41β19
61
February 14
New York
114β126
Oscar Robertson (29)
42β19
62
February 15
@ New York
130β124
Oscar Robertson (44)
43β19
63
February 16
Philadelphia
97β114
Oscar Robertson (32)
44β19
64
February 17
N San Francisco
113β129
Oscar Robertson (45)
45β19
65
February 19
San Francisco
108β101
Oscar Robertson (29)
45β20
66
February 21
@ San Francisco
101β93
Oscar Robertson (32)
46β20
67
February 22
@ Los Angeles
107β105
Oscar Robertson (32)
47β20
68
February 25
@ San Francisco
108β117
Oscar Robertson (26)
47β21
69
February 26
@ Los Angeles
97β103
Oscar Robertson (32)
47β22
70
February 28
N Philadelphia
132β134
Jack Twyman (36)
48β22
71
February 29
@ Philadelphia
117β114
Oscar Robertson (43)
49β22
72
March 1
@ Baltimore
122β111
Oscar Robertson (35)
50β22
73
March 3
@ New York
117β108
Oscar Robertson (33)
51β22
74
March 4
@ Boston
108β112
Oscar Robertson (34)
51β23
75
March 5
Boston
101β111
Oscar Robertson (27)
52β23
76
March 7
Baltimore
101β104
Oscar Robertson (30)
53β23
77
March 10
@ Detroit
103β114
Oscar Robertson (33)
53β24
78
March 12
Philadelphia
111β128
Oscar Robertson (28)
54β24
79
March 14
@ St. Louis
110β118
Oscar Robertson (48)
54β25
80
March 15
St. Louis
101β124
Oscar Robertson (25)
55β25
The Royals consistently posted winning marks over the full season for each month of play.
Oct 5β3, Nov 10β6, Dec 9β4, Jan 11β6, Feb 14β3, March 6β3, plus a 4β6 record in the playoffs.
Four of the five Boston playoff games took place in April.
Playoffs
1964 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 3β2 (home: 3β0; road: 0β2)
Division finals: 1β4 (home: 1β1; road: 0β3)
1964 schedule
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.
Playoffs
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
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