1961–62 Cincinnati Royals season

The 1961/62 season was the Royals 14th season in the NBA and its fifth in Cincinnati. Oscar Robertson had a career season as he averaged a triple double on the season.[1] All 5 starters on the Royals averaged double digits points per games as the team ended a 4-year playoff drought.[1] The Royals had a record of 43–37 and the improving team finished in 2nd place. Despite that, the NBA team had real local competition for fans in The Queen City due to remarkably successful college teams there. The starting five of the team had improved, with Bob Boozer improving to join solid holdovers Oscar Robertson, Jack Twyman, Wayne Embry, Arlen Bockhorn. In the playoffs, the Royals dealt with injuries and would be defeated by the Detroit Pistons in 4 games.

1961–62 Cincinnati Royals season
Head coachCharles Wolf
OwnersThomas E. Woods
ArenaCincinnati Gardens
Results
Record43–37 (.538)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to Pistons 1–3)
Local media
TelevisionWKRC-TV
RadioWKRC

Roster
1961–62 Cincinnati Royals roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 11 Bockhorn, Arlen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1933–07–08 Dayton
PF 13 Boozer, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1937–04–26 Kansas State
PF 21 Buckhalter, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1937–08–01 Tennessee State
C 15 Embry, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1937–03–26 Miami (OH)
C 61 Nordmann, Bevo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1939–12–11 Saint Louis
C 51 Reed, Hub 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1936–10–04 Oklahoma City
PG 14 Robertson, Oscar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1938–11–24 Cincinnati
SG 10 Smith, Adrian 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1936–10–05 Kentucky
SF 31 Twyman, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1934–05–11 Cincinnati
SF 71 Wiesenhahn, Bob 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1938–12–22 Cincinnati
PG 18 Zeller, Dave 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1939–06–08 Miami (OH)
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers5426.675–26–518–1310–833–13
x-Cincinnati Royals4337.5381118–1314–1611–829–17
x-Detroit Pistons3743.4631716–148–1713–1224–22
St. Louis Hawks2951.3632519–167–273–816–30
Chicago Packers1862.2253615-233-390–010–30

Record vs. opponents
1961-62 NBA Records
Team BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —9–17–15–36–38–48–47–210–2
Chicago 1–9—1–93–72–86–40–104–61–9
Cincinnati 1–79–1—6–65–75–43–59–35–4
Detroit 3–57–36–6—4–85–41–77–54–5
Los Angeles 3–68–27–58–4—6–26–310–26–2
New York 4–84–64–54–52–6—4–84–43–9
Philadelphia 4–810–05–37–13–68–4—6–36–6
St. Louis 2–76–43–95–72–104–43–6—4–4
Syracuse 2–109–14–55–42–69–36–64–4—

Game log
1961–62 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 21@ St. Louis138–129Jack Twyman (39)1–0
2October 24N Los Angeles124–122Oscar Robertson (32)1–1
3October 26@ New York117–120Oscar Robertson (30)1–2
4October 29Syracuse132–139Jack Twyman (31)2–2
5October 31N New York131–127Oscar Robertson (37)2–3
6November 1@ Los Angeles115–120Jack Twyman (35)2–4
7November 3@ Los Angeles132–114Oscar Robertson (31)3–4
8November 7New York98–123Jack Twyman (26)4–4
9November 10Chicago117–122Oscar Robertson (40)5–4
10November 11@ Chicago117–107Wayne Embry (32)6–4
11November 12St. Louis126–136Robertson, Twyman (31)7–4
12November 14N Syracuse115–119Oscar Robertson (36)8–4
13November 15@ Philadelphia133–145Oscar Robertson (49)8–5
14November 16Boston127–121Jack Twyman (29)8–6
15November 18@ St. Louis133–136Oscar Robertson (37)8–7
16November 19N Detroit112–128Jack Twyman (32)9–7
17November 21Philadelphia125–118Wayne Embry (26)9–8
18November 23N Syracuse117–99Oscar Robertson (20)9–9
19November 24@ Syracuse127–125Wayne Embry (32)10–9
20November 26Los Angeles102–117Oscar Robertson (24)11–9
21November 28@ New York131–117Oscar Robertson (31)12–9
22November 29Syracuse136–122Wayne Embry (33)12–10
23November 30N Boston133–130Oscar Robertson (33)13–10
24December 3Boston119–96Oscar Robertson (28)13–11
25December 6N Boston102–103Oscar Robertson (31)13–12
26December 8St. Louis123–128Jack Twyman (34)14–12
27December 10New York94–134Jack Twyman (38)15–12
28December 11N Chicago133–117Oscar Robertson (32)16–12
29December 13@ Syracuse136–126Jack Twyman (31)17–12
30December 14Detroit107–103Oscar Robertson (39)17–13
31December 16@ Detroit121–110Oscar Robertson (27)18–13
32December 19Philadelphia117–110Oscar Robertson (28)18–14
33December 23N Detroit134–125Oscar Robertson (35)18–15
34December 25Los Angeles141–127Oscar Robertson (40)18–16
35December 26@ St. Louis129–118Oscar Robertson (29)19–16
36December 27St. Louis117–142Jack Twyman (34)20–16
37December 29Detroit131–116Oscar Robertson (38)20–17
38December 30N New York123–119Jack Twyman (26)20–18
39January 1Syracuse110–106Jack Twyman (28)20–19
40January 3N New York111–122Jack Twyman (34)21–19
41January 5Boston124–103Oscar Robertson (27)21–20
42January 7N Chicago123–113Wayne Embry (30)22–20
43January 9N Chicago113–106Oscar Robertson (33)23–20
44January 11Philadelphia128–145Oscar Robertson (38)24–20
45January 12@ Boston125–141Oscar Robertson (33)24–21
46January 13@ Detroit119–112Oscar Robertson (39)25–21
47January 14St. Louis114–119Oscar Robertson (36)26–21
48January 18@ Philadelphia151–133Oscar Robertson (28)27–21
49January 20Los Angeles124–125Oscar Robertson (39)28–21
50January 22N Detroit106–115Oscar Robertson (29)29–21
51January 24@ Los Angeles123–136Oscar Robertson (32)29–22
52January 25@ Los Angeles112–116Oscar Robertson (33)29–23
53January 28Syracuse131–139Jack Twyman (29)30–23
54January 30@ St. Louis131–121Oscar Robertson (36)31–23
55February 1@ Philadelphia109–130Oscar Robertson (21)31–24
56February 2@ Boston124–143Oscar Robertson (34)31–25
57February 3@ New York110–121Jack Twyman (26)31–26
58February 5N Los Angeles134–128 (OT)Oscar Robertson (30)31–27
59February 6Detroit119–118Oscar Robertson (47)31–28
60February 7@ Detroit107–113Oscar Robertson (28)31–29
61February 8N Los Angeles109–113Oscar Robertson (38)32–29
62February 10St. Louis118–134Oscar Robertson (32)33–29
63February 11@ St. Louis109–129Oscar Robertson (33)33–30
64February 13Philadelphia132–152Oscar Robertson (42)34–30
65February 14N Chicago121–125Jack Twyman (28)34–31
66February 16@ Philadelphia132–136Oscar Robertson (40)34–32
67February 17Detroit123–113Oscar Robertson (30)34–33
68February 18N Chicago138–121Oscar Robertson (30)35–33
69February 20St. Louis109–129Oscar Robertson (31)36–33
70February 21@ Chicago153–125Arlen Bockhorn (25)37–33
71February 23@ Detroit134–120Oscar Robertson (39)38–33
72February 24Los Angeles114–118Oscar Robertson (35)39–33
73February 25Chicago105–108Oscar Robertson (33)40–33
74February 28Boston129–123 (OT)Oscar Robertson (41)40–34
75March 1@ Syracuse108–137Arlen Bockhorn (17)40–35
76March 2N Detroit112–120Oscar Robertson (41)41–35
77March 3@ Chicago126–119Robertson, Twyman (27)42–35
78March 10@ St. Louis110–116Jack Twyman (26)42–36
79March 13@ Los Angeles111–120Oscar Robertson (24)42–37
80March 14New York134–136Wayne Embry (23)43–37

Playoffs
1962 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 16 @ Detroit L 122–123 Bockhorn, Robertson (24) Cobo Arena 0–1
2 March 17 Detroit W 129–107 Oscar Robertson (33) Cincinnati Gardens 1–1
3 March 18 @ Detroit L 107–118 Oscar Robertson (26) Cobo Arena 1–2
4 March 20 Detroit L 111–112 Oscar Robertson (32) Cincinnati Gardens 1–3
1962 schedule

Player statistics

Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Arlen Bockhorn
Bob Boozer
Joe Buckhalter
Wayne Embry
Bevo Nordmann
Hub Reed
Oscar Robertson
Adrian Smith
Jack Twyman
Bob Wiesenhahn
Dave Zeller

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Arlen Bockhorn
Bob Boozer
Joe Buckhalter
Wayne Embry
Bevo Nordmann
Hub Reed
Oscar Robertson
Adrian Smith
Jack Twyman
Bob Wiesenhahn
Dave Zeller

Awards and honors
  • Oscar Robertson, All-NBA First Team
  • Oscar Robertson, NBA Leader, Assists, 899

References
  1. Cincinnati Royals (1957–1972)
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