1963–64 Cincinnati Royals season
Head coachJack McMahon
OwnersLouis Jacobs
ArenaCincinnati Gardens
Results
Record55–25 (.688)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishDivision finals
(lost to Celtics 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWKRC-TV
RadioWLW

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

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics5921.738–26–421–1712–025–11
x-Cincinnati Royals5525.688426–718–1811–027–9
x-Philadelphia 76ers3446.4252518–1212–224–1213–23
New York Knicks2258.2753710–258–274–67–29

Record vs. opponents

1963-64 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore —1–92–87–33–77–35–53–73–7
Boston 9–1—5–77–16–310–210–25–37–2
Cincinnati 8–27–5—7–24–411–19–35–44–4
Detroit 3–71–72–7—5–74–53–53–92–10
Los Angeles 7–33–64–47–5—6–25–45–75–7
New York 3–72–101–115–42–6—4–81–84–4
Philadelphia 5–52–103–95–34–58–4—4–43–6
San Francisco 7–33–54–59–37–58–14–4—6–6
St. Louis 7–32–74–410–27–54–46–36–6—

Season Schedule

1963–64 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16@ St. Louis112–93Wayne Embry (25)1–0
2October 17Boston93–92Oscar Robertson (20)1–1
3October 19New York97–121Oscar Robertson (19)2–1
4October 22San Francisco97–103Oscar Robertson (22)3–1
5October 25Los Angeles122–109Oscar Robertson (27)3–2
6October 26@ San Francisco99–102Jack Twyman (31)3–3
7October 29@ San Francisco108–101Oscar Robertson (28)4–3
8October 30@ Los Angeles115–107Oscar Robertson (36)5–3
9November 1@ Los Angeles112–122Oscar Robertson (26)5–4
10November 3N Philadelphia93–95Oscar Robertson (25)6–4
11November 6@ Boston121–139Robertson, Twyman (24)6–5
12November 8Boston115–116Oscar Robertson (35)7–5
13November 9Detroit109–118Wayne Embry (30)8–5
14November 13San Francisco98–92Oscar Robertson (28)8–6
15November 16@ New York114–122Wayne Embry (27)8–7
16November 17Baltimore109–110Oscar Robertson (28)9–7
17November 19N Detroit102–127Oscar Robertson (32)10–7
18November 20@ Detroit118–124Lucas, Robertson (22)10–8
19November 23@ St. Louis121–133Oscar Robertson (33)10–9
20November 24St. Louis113–122Oscar Robertson (32)11–9
21November 26N San Francisco112–123Oscar Robertson (32)12–9
22November 27@ Baltimore122–119Embry, Robertson (28)13–9
23November 28@ Philadelphia125–110Oscar Robertson (38)14–9
24November 29New York110–135Oscar Robertson (29)15–9
25December 1Los Angeles114–109Wayne Embry (39)15–10
26December 5Boston108–118Oscar Robertson (48)16–10
27December 6@ Boston107–112Oscar Robertson (40)16–11
28December 7@ New York116–105Oscar Robertson (35)17–11
29December 8Philadelphia126–116Oscar Robertson (32)17–12
30December 11@ Detroit127–107Oscar Robertson (26)18–12
31December 12New York102–112Jack Twyman (31)19–12
32December 14@ Boston108–105Embry, Robertson (25)20–12
33December 20Baltimore96–103Oscar Robertson (24)21–12
34December 21@ Baltimore106–108Wayne Embry (26)21–13
35December 25St. Louis107–113Oscar Robertson (37)22–13
36December 27Boston87–91Oscar Robertson (37)23–13
37December 29New York99–105Oscar Robertson (29)24–13
38January 2N Detroit111–112Oscar Robertson (32)25–13
39January 3@ Philadelphia110–132Oscar Robertson (27)25–14
40January 4@ New York125–116Oscar Robertson (41)26–14
41January 5Baltimore106–111Wayne Embry (27)27–14
42January 7N Philadelphia110–130Jack Twyman (29)28–14
43January 8N Philadelphia110–126Oscar Robertson (30)29–14
44January 10@ Boston92–109Oscar Robertson (32)29–15
45January 12Detroit88–120Oscar Robertson (34)30–15
46January 16Los Angeles95–108Oscar Robertson (32)31–15
47January 18St. Louis121–120Oscar Robertson (40)31–16
48January 19@ St. Louis109–114Oscar Robertson (44)31–17
49January 21@ New York139–124Oscar Robertson (31)32–17
50January 22Boston92–109Oscar Robertson (38)33–17
51January 24@ Philadelphia111–134Lucas, Robertson (29)33–18
52January 25@ Baltimore99–115Oscar Robertson (27)33–19
53January 30N New York110–133Jack Twyman (29)34–19
54January 31N Baltimore118–106Oscar Robertson (35)35–19
55February 2@ Boston119–117 (OT)Oscar Robertson (48)36–19
56February 4Los Angeles100–118Jack Twyman (31)37–19
57February 7Philadelphia114–126Oscar Robertson (42)38–19
58February 8@ Baltimore109–105Oscar Robertson (30)39–19
59February 9Detroit107–135Oscar Robertson (31)40–19
60February 12N Detroit121–147Oscar Robertson (38)41–19
61February 14New York114–126Oscar Robertson (29)42–19
62February 15@ New York130–124Oscar Robertson (44)43–19
63February 16Philadelphia97–114Oscar Robertson (32)44–19
64February 17N San Francisco113–129Oscar Robertson (45)45–19
65February 19San Francisco108–101Oscar Robertson (29)45–20
66February 21@ San Francisco101–93Oscar Robertson (32)46–20
67February 22@ Los Angeles107–105Oscar Robertson (32)47–20
68February 25@ San Francisco108–117Oscar Robertson (26)47–21
69February 26@ Los Angeles97–103Oscar Robertson (32)47–22
70February 28N Philadelphia132–134Jack Twyman (36)48–22
71February 29@ Philadelphia117–114Oscar Robertson (43)49–22
72March 1@ Baltimore122–111Oscar Robertson (35)50–22
73March 3@ New York117–108Oscar Robertson (33)51–22
74March 4@ Boston108–112Oscar Robertson (34)51–23
75March 5Boston101–111Oscar Robertson (27)52–23
76March 7Baltimore101–104Oscar Robertson (30)53–23
77March 10@ Detroit103–114Oscar Robertson (33)53–24
78March 12Philadelphia111–128Oscar Robertson (28)54–24
79March 14@ St. Louis110–118Oscar Robertson (48)54–25
80March 15St. Louis101–124Oscar 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

1964 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 22 Philadelphia W 127–102 Oscar Robertson (31) Jerry Lucas (25) Oscar Robertson (16) Cincinnati Gardens
6,238		 1–0
2 March 24 @ Philadelphia L 114–122 Oscar Robertson (30) Wayne Embry (11) three players tied (5) Municipal Auditorium
4,510		 1–1
3 March 25 Philadelphia W 101–89 Oscar Robertson (28) Jack Twyman (21) — Cincinnati Gardens
7,171		 2–1
4 March 28 @ Philadelphia L 120–129 Oscar Robertson (31) Oscar Robertson (14) Arlen Bockhorn (7) Municipal Auditorium
4,255		 2–2
5 March 29 Philadelphia W 130–124 Oscar Robertson (32) Wayne Embry (17) — Cincinnati Gardens
7,913		 3–2
Division finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 31 @ Boston L 87–103 Wayne Embry (21) Wayne Embry (16) Robertson, Arnette (3) Boston Garden
13,909		 0–1
2 April 2 @ Boston L 90–101 Oscar Robertson (30) Oscar Robertson (12) Oscar Robertson (9) Boston Garden
13,909		 0–2
3 April 5 Boston L 92–102 Oscar Robertson (34) Jerry Lucas (24) — Cincinnati Gardens
11,850		 0–3
4 April 7 Boston W 102–93 Oscar Robertson (33) Jerry Lucas (25) Jerry Lucas (10) Cincinnati Gardens 1–3
5 April 9 @ Boston L 95–109 Oscar Robertson (24) Wayne Embry (10) Oscar Robertson (6) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–4
1964 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  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

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.

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jay Arnette 4810.436.277.81.11.53.8
Arlen Bockhorn 7023.941.276.22.92.58.3
Bob Boozer 3222.741.662.25.61.011.0
Wayne Embry 8036.445.865.011.61.417.3
Tom Hawkins 7324.244.160.16.01.08.6
Jerry Lucas 7941.452.777.917.42.617.7
Bud Olsen 4910.540.556.13.00.64.1
Oscar Robertson 7945.148.385.39.911.031.4
Adrian Smith 6623.140.678.22.22.29.4
Larry Staverman 349.441.483.02.80.54.0
Tom Thacker 489.529.349.12.41.12.8
Jack Twyman 6829.445.082.95.42.015.9

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jay Arnette 89.935.587.51.31.13.6
Arlen Bockhorn 1030.138.075.03.93.99.7
Wayne Embry 1036.338.162.212.42.113.4
Tom Hawkins 1027.344.368.29.31.110.1
Jerry Lucas 1037.039.070.312.53.412.2
Bud Olsen 25.050.0—2.00.53.0
Oscar Robertson 1047.145.585.88.98.429.3
Adrian Smith 79.430.871.41.30.63.0
Larry Staverman 710.047.878.93.70.75.3
Tom Thacker 67.226.125.02.20.52.2
Jack Twyman 1035.447.279.68.71.620.5

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

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