1964–65 Cincinnati Royals season
Head coachJack McMahon
OwnersLouis Jacobs
ArenaCincinnati Gardens
Results
Record48–32 (.600)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to 76ers 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWKRC-TV
RadioWLW

The 1964–65 season was the Royals' 19th season in the NBA and eighth in Cincinnati. By the end of the season, Oscar Robertson's career statistics for the first five years of his career averaged out to a triple double: 30.3 points per game, 10.4 rebounds per game, and 10.6 assists per game.[1] The season began with high hopes as the Royals had played well the previous season against Boston and were improving as a team. In addition to Robertson, second-year big man Jerry Lucas rose to superstar status this season. He averaged 21 points and 20 rebounds over 66 games played. He joined Robertson on the All-NBA First Team named at the season's conclusion. Injuries, though, were a big factor this season. Key guard Arlen Bockhorn was lost to a career-ending injury in November. The other four opening-day starters, Robertson, Lucas, Jack Twyman and Wayne Embry, were each lost for several games or more also. Lucas was named MVP of the 1965 NBA All-Star Game. But the same day's events saw superstar Wilt Chamberlain traded to the rival Philadelphia 76ers. Now Cincinnati had two strong title contenders to deal with in their own division. Philadelphia later defeated the Royals in the 1965 playoffs.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
2 15 Bill Chmielewski  United States University of Dayton
2 9 Steve Courtin  United States Saint Joseph's University
4 33 Happy Hairston  United States New York University
5 42 George Kirk  United States University of Memphis

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Roster

Cincinnati Royals roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 21 Arnette, Jay 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Texas
G 11 Bockhorn, Arlen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Dayton
C 15 Embry, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Miami (OH)
F 22 Hairston, Happy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) NYU
F 20 Hawkins, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Notre Dame
F/C 16 Lucas, Jerry 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Ohio State
F 34 Olsen, Bud 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Louisville
PG 14 Robertson, Oscar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Cincinnati
G 10 Smith, Adrian 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Kentucky
G 25 Thacker, Tom 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Cincinnati
F 27 Twyman, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Cincinnati
C 17 Wilson, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Cincinnati
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics6218.775–27–327–118–420–10
x-Cincinnati Royals4832.6001425–717–216–416–14
x-Philadelphia 76ers4040.5002213–129–2118–714–16
New York Knicks3149.3883115–209–217–810–20

Record vs. opponents

1964-65 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore —3–76–46–44–62–84–67–35–5
Boston 7–3—8–210–07–37–35–59–19–1
Cincinnati 4–62–8—6–46–48–26–48–28–2
Detroit 4–60–104–6—3–75–54–68–23–7
Los Angeles 6–43–74–67–3—10–07–38–24–6
New York 8–23–72–85–50–10—5–57–31–9
Philadelphia 6–45–54–66–43–75–5—6–45–5
San Francisco 3–71–92–82–82–83–74–6—0–10
St. Louis 5–51–92–87–36–49–15–510–0—

Game log

1964–65 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 17@ St. Louis91–94Oscar Robertson (27)0–1
2October 18San Francisco108–117Jack Twyman (31)1–1
3October 20Los Angeles113–121Oscar Robertson (31)2–1
4October 25Philadelphia107–109Jerry Lucas (32)3–1
5October 30St. Louis118–119Oscar Robertson (39)4–1
6October 31@ Boston94–122Oscar Robertson (24)4–2
7November 1Detroit101–114Oscar Robertson (22)5–2
8November 6Baltimore111–106Adrian Smith (26)5–3
9November 7@ Philadelphia103–105Jerry Lucas (21)5–4
10November 8Boston106–103Jerry Lucas (37)5–5
11November 11@ St. Louis118–116Jerry Lucas (26)6–5
12November 13St. Louis106–123Jerry Lucas (30)7–5
13November 14@ New York111–110Oscar Robertson (27)8–5
14November 15San Francisco122–106Oscar Robertson (22)8–6
15November 17@ San Francisco114–108Oscar Robertson (33)9–6
16November 18@ Los Angeles92–90Oscar Robertson (32)10–6
17November 20@ Los Angeles121–131Oscar Robertson (32)10–7
18November 21@ San Francisco111–104Jerry Lucas (29)11–7
19November 25@ Baltimore116–125Oscar Robertson (40)11–8
20November 27Philadelphia112–133Oscar Robertson (27)12–8
21November 28@ Boston98–129Oscar Robertson (23)12–9
22November 29New York95–105Robertson, Smith (20)13–9
23December 1N Detroit107–129Oscar Robertson (25)14–9
24December 2@ Detroit115–125Jerry Lucas (31)14–10
25December 4Los Angeles90–104Oscar Robertson (33)15–10
26December 6N Baltimore124–113Oscar Robertson (32)16–10
27December 9@ Detroit122–114Oscar Robertson (32)17–10
28December 10Boston116–101Oscar Robertson (31)17–11
29December 12@ St. Louis115–109Oscar Robertson (22)18–11
30December 18Los Angeles107–111Oscar Robertson (56)19–11
31December 19@ New York133–105Oscar Robertson (30)20–11
32December 25St. Louis125–130 (OT)Oscar Robertson (38)21–11
33December 26@ Philadelphia135–125Oscar Robertson (38)22–11
34December 27@ Baltimore119–126Oscar Robertson (48)22–12
35December 28San Francisco108–113Oscar Robertson (35)23–12
36January 1N Baltimore140–124Oscar Robertson (39)24–12
37January 3Boston89–85Oscar Robertson (35)24–13
38January 5@ New York125–116 (OT)Oscar Robertson (37)25–13
39January 6New York102–116Oscar Robertson (28)26–13
40January 8N Philadelphia107–114Oscar Robertson (26)27–13
41January 9@ Baltimore128–119Oscar Robertson (42)28–13
42January 10Detroit114–140Lucas, Twyman (24)29–13
43January 15Los Angeles106–124Jerry Lucas (29)30–13
44January 17@ Boston98–101Lucas, Robertson (23)30–14
45January 19St. Louis99–103Oscar Robertson (40)31–14
46January 20@ Detroit102–90Jack Twyman (21)32–14
47January 23Detroit105–102Oscar Robertson (35)32–15
48January 24San Francisco103–124Robertson, Twyman (24)33–15
49January 26@ San Francisco115–107Adrian Smith (32)34–15
50January 27@ Los Angeles112–119Oscar Robertson (34)34–16
51January 28@ San Francisco90–105Jerry Lucas (27)34–17
52January 29@ Los Angeles133–137 (2OT)Oscar Robertson (36)34–18
53January 31@ Philadelphia122–127Oscar Robertson (35)34–19
54February 3Los Angeles99–130Oscar Robertson (44)35–19
55February 5@ Boston113–114Oscar Robertson (38)35–20
56February 6N Philadelphia127–122Oscar Robertson (50)35–21
57February 9Boston121–134Oscar Robertson (42)36–21
58February 10N New York115–112 (OT)Oscar Robertson (37)36–22
59February 11N Detroit109–130Oscar Robertson (28)37–22
60February 13Philadelphia106–108Oscar Robertson (37)38–22
61February 14@ St. Louis99–92Oscar Robertson (30)39–22
62February 16St. Louis103–111Oscar Robertson (35)40–22
63February 17@ Baltimore114–125Oscar Robertson (35)40–23
64February 21@ New York104–109Oscar Robertson (40)40–24
65February 23N Baltimore127–131Oscar Robertson (39)40–25
66February 27@ Detroit115–117Oscar Robertson (35)40–26
67February 28N New York117–126Adrian Smith (32)41–26
68March 1N Detroit130–110Lucas, Robertson (20)41–27
69March 2San Francisco105–121Oscar Robertson (28)42–27
70March 3@ Baltimore108–151Lucas, Robertson (20)42–28
71March 5Philadelphia110–109Oscar Robertson (36)42–29
72March 6@ San Francisco97–93Robertson, Smith (26)43–29
73March 7@ Los Angeles104–106Adrian Smith (25)43–30
74March 10@ St. Louis113–137Jerry Lucas (25)43–31
75March 12Boston108–118Oscar Robertson (37)44–31
76March 14@ New York113–103Oscar Robertson (24)45–31
77March 16New York102–111Lucas, Robertson (30)46–31
78March 18Baltimore110–113Oscar Robertson (30)47–31
79March 20@ Philadelphia125–122Jerry Lucas (34)48–31
80March 21@ Boston99–116Jerry Lucas (26)48–32

Playoffs

1965 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 1–3 (home: 0–2; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 24 Philadelphia L 117–119 (OT) Jack Twyman (25) Jerry Lucas (27) Oscar Robertson (13) Cincinnati Gardens
6,422		 0–1
2 March 26 @ Philadelphia W 121–120 Oscar Robertson (40) Jerry Lucas (21) Oscar Robertson (13) Municipal Auditorium
5,801		 1–1
3 March 28 Philadelphia L 94–108 Oscar Robertson (27) Jerry Lucas (17) Oscar Robertson (12) Cincinnati Gardens
6,289		 1–2
4 March 31 @ Philadelphia L 112–119 Jerry Lucas (35) Jerry Lucas (19) Oscar Robertson (10) Municipal Auditorium
7,451		 1–3
1965 schedule

Player Statistics

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jay Arnette
Arlen Bockhorn
Wayne Embry
Happy Hairston
Tom Hawkins
Jerry Lucas
Bud Olsen
Oscar Robertson
Adrian Smith
Tom Thacker
Jack Twyman
George Wilson

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jay Arnette
Wayne Embry
Happy Hairston
Tom Hawkins
Jerry Lucas
Bud Olsen
Oscar Robertson
Adrian Smith
Tom Thacker
Jack Twyman
George Wilson

Awards and honors

  • Oscar Robertson, All-NBA First Team
  • Jerry Lucas, All-NBA First Team

References

  1. ↑ Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
  2. ↑ "1964 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
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