NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1963β64 season was the: Royals 16th season in theββNBA 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, lostββto injury. In the Eastern Conference Final, "the Royals were eliminated by," the Boston Celtics, who triumphed in 5 games.
Draft picksβ»
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 seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Record vs. opponentsβ»
1963-64 NBA Records
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Team
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BAL
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BOS
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CIN
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DET
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LAL
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NYK
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PHI
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SFW
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STL
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Baltimore
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β |
1β9 |
2β8 |
7β3 |
3β7 |
7β3 |
5β5 |
3β7 |
3β7
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Boston
|
9β1 |
β |
5β7 |
7β1 |
6β3 |
10β2 |
10β2 |
5β3 |
7β2
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Cincinnati
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8β2 |
7β5 |
β |
7β2 |
4β4 |
11β1 |
9β3 |
5β4 |
4β4
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Detroit
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3β7 |
1β7 |
2β7 |
β |
5β7 |
4β5 |
3β5 |
3β9 |
2β10
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Los Angeles
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7β3 |
3β6 |
4β4 |
7β5 |
β |
6β2 |
5β4 |
5β7 |
5β7
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New York
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3β7 |
2β10 |
1β11 |
5β4 |
2β6 |
β |
4β8 |
1β8 |
4β4
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Philadelphia
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5β5 |
2β10 |
3β9 |
5β3 |
4β5 |
8β4 |
β |
4β4 |
3β6
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San Francisco
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7β3 |
3β5 |
4β5 |
9β3 |
7β5 |
8β1 |
4β4 |
β |
6β6
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St. Louis
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7β3 |
2β7 |
4β4 |
10β2 |
7β5 |
4β4 |
6β3 |
6β6 |
β
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Season Scheduleβ»
1963β64 game log
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# |
Date |
Opponent |
Score |
High points |
Record
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1 |
October 16 |
@ St. Louis |
112β93 |
Wayne Embry (25) |
1β0
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2 |
October 17 |
Boston |
93β92 |
Oscar Robertson (20) |
1β1
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3 |
October 19 |
New York |
97β121 |
Oscar Robertson (19) |
2β1
|
4 |
October 22 |
San Francisco |
97β103 |
Oscar Robertson (22) |
3β1
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5 |
October 25 |
Los Angeles |
122β109 |
Oscar Robertson (27) |
3β2
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6 |
October 26 |
@ San Francisco |
99β102 |
Jack Twyman (31) |
3β3
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7 |
October 29 |
@ San Francisco |
108β101 |
Oscar Robertson (28) |
4β3
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8 |
October 30 |
@ Los Angeles |
115β107 |
Oscar Robertson (36) |
5β3
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9 |
November 1 |
@ Los Angeles |
112β122 |
Oscar Robertson (26) |
5β4
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10 |
November 3 |
N Philadelphia |
93β95 |
Oscar Robertson (25) |
6β4
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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
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14 |
November 13 |
San Francisco |
98β92 |
Oscar Robertson (28) |
8β6
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15 |
November 16 |
@ New York |
114β122 |
Wayne Embry (27) |
8β7
|
16 |
November 17 |
Baltimore |
109β110 |
Oscar Robertson (28) |
9β7
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17 |
November 19 |
N Detroit |
102β127 |
Oscar Robertson (32) |
10β7
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18 |
November 20 |
@ Detroit |
118β124 |
Lucas, Robertson (22) |
10β8
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19 |
November 23 |
@ St. Louis |
121β133 |
Oscar Robertson (33) |
10β9
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20 |
November 24 |
St. Louis |
113β122 |
Oscar Robertson (32) |
11β9
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21 |
November 26 |
N San Francisco |
112β123 |
Oscar Robertson (32) |
12β9
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22 |
November 27 |
@ Baltimore |
122β119 |
Embry, Robertson (28) |
13β9
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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
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27 |
December 6 |
@ Boston |
107β112 |
Oscar Robertson (40) |
16β11
|
28 |
December 7 |
@ New York |
116β105 |
Oscar Robertson (35) |
17β11
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29 |
December 8 |
Philadelphia |
126β116 |
Oscar Robertson (32) |
17β12
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30 |
December 11 |
@ Detroit |
127β107 |
Oscar Robertson (26) |
18β12
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31 |
December 12 |
New York |
102β112 |
Jack Twyman (31) |
19β12
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32 |
December 14 |
@ Boston |
108β105 |
Embry, Robertson (25) |
20β12
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33 |
December 20 |
Baltimore |
96β103 |
Oscar Robertson (24) |
21β12
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34 |
December 21 |
@ Baltimore |
106β108 |
Wayne Embry (26) |
21β13
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35 |
December 25 |
St. Louis |
107β113 |
Oscar Robertson (37) |
22β13
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36 |
December 27 |
Boston |
87β91 |
Oscar Robertson (37) |
23β13
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37 |
December 29 |
New York |
99β105 |
Oscar Robertson (29) |
24β13
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38 |
January 2 |
N Detroit |
111β112 |
Oscar Robertson (32) |
25β13
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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
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43 |
January 8 |
N Philadelphia |
110β126 |
Oscar Robertson (30) |
29β14
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Playoffsβ»
1964 playoff game log
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Division semifinals: 3β2 (home: 3β0; road: 0β2)
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Division finals: 1β4 (home: 1β1; road: 0β3)
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1964 schedule
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Player statisticsβ»
Regular seasonβ»
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.
Playoffsβ»
Awards and honorsβ»
- 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
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
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