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NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The
1970β71
Cincinnati Royals season was the 23rd season of the franchise in the
National Basketball Association (NBA). After trading Oscar Robertson, the Royals became a quick, young team. Some players included Norm Van Lier, a second-year guard who would lead the league in assists with 10.1 assists per game.
[1] Draft picks Sam Lacey and Nate "Tiny" Archibald were new additions to the team. The Royals would continue its fast-breaking, high-scoring ways. During the season, they were held below 100 points only four times all season. The Royals also broke the 130 point mark an astounding 11 times.
[1] The team's 116.0 scoring average was good for 3rd place in the NBA.
Bob Cousy , the Royals coach was not defensive minded, and opposing teams racked up an average of 119.2 points per game. The Royals finished the season in 3rd place in the newly formed Central Division. The Royals would finish the season with a record of 33 wins, compared to 49 losses.
Draft picks
Roster
1970β71 Cincinnati Royals roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
PG
10
Archibald, Nate
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
1948-09-02
UTEP
SF
30
Arnzen, Bob
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
1947-11-03
Notre Dame
G
19
Barr, Moe
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1944-06-19
Duquesne
PF
20
Green, Johnny
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1933-12-08
Michigan State
C
22
Imhoff, Darrall
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1938-10-11
California
C
44
Lacey, Sam
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
1948-03-28
New Mexico State
PF
18
Paulk, Charlie
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
219 lb (99 kg)
1946-06-14
Northeastern State
SG
21
Robinson, Flynn
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1941-04-28
Wyoming
SF
5
Van Arsdale, Tom
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
202 lb (92 kg)
1943-02-22
Indiana
SG
23
Van Lier, Norm
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
173 lb (78 kg)
1947-04-01
Saint Francis (PA)
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1970β71 NBA Records
Team
ATL
BAL
BOS
BUF
CHI
CIN
CLE
DET
LAL
MIL
NYK
PHI
PHO
POR
SDR
SFW
SEA
Atlanta
β
3β3
2β4
3β1
1β4
2β4
4β0
0β5
3β2
1β4
3β3
4β2
1β4
2β2
2β3
2β3
3β2
Baltimore
3β3
β
3β3
3β1
2β3
3β3
4β0
2β3
2β3
1β4
2β4
3β3
3β2
2β2
4β1
2β3
3β2
Boston
4β2
3β3
β
4β0
4β1
4β2
3β1
2β3
3β2
0β5
0β6
4β2
2β3
2β2
3β2
3β2
3β2
Buffalo
1β3
1β3
0β4
β
0β4
0β4
5β7
1β5
2β2
0β4
2β2
0β4
1β3
6β6
1β3
1β3
1β3
Chicago
4β1
3β2
1β4
4β0
β
4β0
4β0
3β3
2β4
1β5
3β2
3β2
3β3
3β1
6β0
4β2
3β2
Cincinnati
4β2
3β3
2β4
4β0
0β4
β
5β1
1β4
1β4
1β4
2β4
1β5
1β4
4β0
1β3
2β3
1β4
Cleveland
0β4
0β4
1β3
7β5
0β4
1β5
β
2β2
0β4
0β4
0β4
1β3
0β4
2β10
0β4
1β3
0β4
Detroit
5β0
3β2
3β2
5β1
3β3
4β1
2β2
β
2β3
1β5
2β3
2β3
2β4
3β1
4β2
1β4
3β1
Los Angeles
2β3
3β2
2β3
2β2
4β2
4β1
4β0
3β2
β
1β4
3β2
3β2
2β4
4β0
3β3
4β2
4β2
Milwaukee
4β1
4β1
5β0
4β0
5β1
4β1
4β0
5β1
4β1
β
1β4
4β1
4β2
3β1
4β1
6β0
5β1
New York
3β3
4β2
6β0
2β2
2β3
4β2
4β0
3β2
2β3
4β1
β
2β4
4β1
3β1
4β1
3β2
2β3
Philadelphia
2β4
3β3
2β4
4β0
2β3
5β1
3β1
3β2
2β3
1β4
4β2
β
3β2
4β0
3β2
3β2
3β2
Phoenix
4β1
2β3
3β2
3β1
3β3
4β1
4β0
4β2
4β2
2β4
1β4
2β3
β
4β0
2β4
3β2
3β2
Portland
2β2
2β2
2β2
6β6
1β3
0β4
10β2
1β3
0β4
1β3
1β3
0β4
0β4
β
0β4
1β3
2β4
San Diego
3β2
1β4
2β3
3β1
0β6
3β1
4β0
2β4
3β3
1β4
1β4
2β3
4β2
4β0
β
2β4
5β1
San Francisco
3β2
3β2
2β3
3β1
2β4
3β2
3β1
4β1
2β4
0β6
2β3
2β3
2β3
3β1
4β2
β
3β3
Seattle
2β3
2β3
2β3
3β1
2β3
4β1
4β0
1β3
2β4
1β5
3β2
2β3
2β3
4β2
1β5
3β3
β
Season Schedule
1970β71 Game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 14
New York
128β104
Tom Van Arsdale (22)
0β1
2
October 17
Philadelphia
123β105
Tom Van Arsdale (29)
0β2
3
October 21
Baltimore
117β105
Norm Van Lier (17)
0β3
4
October 23
@
Boston
126β131
Tom Van Arsdale (26)
0β4
5
October 24
@ New York
103β115
Charlie Paulk (30)
0β5
6
October 26
Atlanta
107β126
Johnny Green (30)
1β5
7
October 28
Seattle
118β131
Norm Van Lier (23)
2β5
8
October 30
@
Cleveland
125β110
Norm Van Lier (23)
3β5
9
October 31
Milwaukee
121β100
Tom Van Arsdale (22)
3β6
10
November 3
@
Detroit
112β115
Flynn Robinson (23)
3β7
11
November 4
Phoenix
133β115
Johnny Green (21)
3β8
12
November 7
Boston
140β122
Johnny Green (28)
3β9
13
November 10
@
Portland
138β121
Tom Van Arsdale (28)
4β9
14
November 11
@
San Diego
120β127
Tom Van Arsdale (34)
4β10
15
November 12
@
San Francisco
121β107
Tom Van Arsdale (29)
5β10
16
November 13
@ Phoenix
109β115
Sam Lacey (20)
5β11
17
November 18
Chicago
128β107
Tom Van Arsdale (24)
5β12
18
November 19
@ New York
106β98
Archibald , Van Arsdale (22)
6β12
19
November 21
Detroit
102β114
Tom Van Arsdale (34)
7β12
20
November 25
San Diego
138β120
Archibald, Van Arsdale (21)
7β13
21
November 27
@ Philadelphia
113β109
Green, Van Arsdale (23)
8β13
22
November 28
Cleveland
86β105
Tom Van Arsdale (20)
9β13
23
December 2
Seattle
119β111
Norm Van Lier (22)
9β14
24
December 5
Philadelphia
131β106
Tom Van Arsdale (29)
9β15
25
December 6
@ Baltimore
118β126
Tom Van Arsdale (29)
9β16
26
December 7
N San Francisco
113β124
Tom Van Arsdale (36)
10β16
27
December 9
Atlanta
106β118
Johnny Green (31)
11β16
28
December 12
Cleveland
95β114
Norm Van Lier (26)
12β16
29
December 16
Los Angeles
118β102
Tom Van Arsdale (26)
12β17
30
December 18
@ Chicago
122β137
Norm Van Lier (31)
12β18
31
December 19
Milwaukee
110β119
Sam Lacey (23)
13β18
32
December 20
N Detroit
136β135 (2OT)
Johnny Green (39)
13β19
33
December 23
Baltimore
115β120
Tom Van Arsdale (37)
14β19
34
December 25
Cleveland
100β117
Van Arsdale, Van Lier (23)
15β19
35
December 26
@ Atlanta
130β118
Norm Van Lier (29)
16β19
36
December 28
N Milwaukee
137β114
Flynn Robinson (22)
16β20
37
December 30
Detroit
119β115
Johnny Green (29)
16β21
38
January 2
@
Buffalo
115β103
Tom Van Arsdale (27)
17β21
39
January 5
N Los Angeles
112β146
Johnny Green (34)
18β21
40
January 6
Portland
128β133 (OT)
Norm Van Lier (28)
19β21
41
January 8
@ Detroit
109β115
Sam Lacey (25)
19β22
42
January 9
Seattle
114β110
Sam Lacey (28)
19β23
43
January 14
N Los Angeles
126β120
Johnny Green (27)
19β24
44
January 15
@ Milwaukee
116β135
Sam Lacey (27)
19β25
45
January 16
Buffalo
113β114
Archibald, Green, Van Arsdale (23)
20β25
46
January 18
N Phoenix
118β99
Tom Van Arsdale (18)
20β26
47
January 19
@ San Francisco
108β116
Tom Van Arsdale (30)
20β27
48
January 20
@ Phoenix
126β114
Norm Van Lier (34)
21β27
49
January 22
@ Seattle
131β132 (OT)
Tom Van Arsdale (39)
21β28
50
January 24
@ Los Angeles
131β142
Tom Van Arsdale (25)
21β29
51
January 27
Baltimore
113β115
Johnny Green (35)
22β29
52
January 29
@ Baltimore
118β145
Van Arsdale, Van Lier (22)
22β30
53
January 30
San Diego
110β116
Norm Van Lier (25)
23β30
54
January 31
@ Chicago
99β131
Flynn Robinson (20)
23β31
55
February 2
@ New York
108β115
Sam Lacey (27)
23β32
56
February 3
Boston
115β134
Tom Van Arsdale (34)
24β32
57
February 5
@ Boston
110β114
Tom Van Arsdale (27)
24β33
58
February 6
Philadelphia
118β109
Flynn Robinson (30)
24β34
59
February 7
@ Atlanta
118β121
Johnny Green (30)
24β35
60
February 11
@ Seattle
101β119
Tom Van Arsdale (22)
24β36
61
February 12
@ San Francisco
119β133
Tom Van Arsdale (40)
24β37
62
February 13
@ San Diego
116β120
Tom Van Arsdale (27)
24β38
63
February 14
@ Los Angeles
113β125
Norm Van Lier (24)
24β39
64
February 16
N Portland
102β109
Tom Van Arsdale (29)
25β39
65
February 17
@ Phoenix
117β133
Charlie Paulk (27)
25β40
66
February 19
@ Cleveland
109β125
Flynn Robinson (32)
25β41
67
February 20
Buffalo
94β120
Flynn Robinson (25)
26β41
68
February 24
New York
125β105
Flynn Robinson (29)
26β42
69
February 26
@ Milwaukee
111β135
Charlie Paulk (24)
26β43
70
February 28
@ Philadelphia
121β131
Tom Van Arsdale (24)
26β44
71
March 1
N Chicago
94β98
Tom Van Arsdale (22)
26β45
72
March 3
@ Baltimore
133β132 (OT)
Lacey, Van Arsdale (23)
27β45
73
March 5
N Portland
111β117
Tom Van Arsdale (30)
28β45
74
March 7
@ Atlanta
112β122
Nate Archibald (26)
28β46
75
March 10
New York
118β120 (OT)
Tom Van Arsdale (31)
29β46
76
March 12
N Boston
124β108
Tom Van Arsdale (31)
30β46
77
March 13
Atlanta
127β136
Nate Archibald (47)
31β46
78
March 14
@ Cleveland
115β103
Tom Van Arsdale (31)
32β46
79
March 16
@ Buffalo
113β102
Nate Archibald (25)
33β46
80
March 17
San Francisco
110β92
Sam Lacey (20)
33β47
81
March 19
@ Philadelphia
127β147
Johnny Green (18)
33β48
82
March 21
@ Boston
110β135
Tom Van Arsdale (22)
33β49
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