1961-62 Cincinnati Royals Schedule and Results

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Record: 43-37, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Charles Wolf (43-37)

PTS/G: 123.1 (2nd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 121.3 (7th of 9)

SRS: 1.28 (5th of 9) Pace: 124.9 (5th of 9)

Off Rtg: 98.3 (1st of 9) Def Rtg: 96.9 (8th of 9) Net Rtg: +1.4 (5th of 9)

Expected W-L: 44-36 (5th of 9)

Arena: Cincinnati Gardens

NBA 1962 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (1-3) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 21, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		138	129	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Oct 24, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		122	124	1	1	L 1			at New York, NY
3	Thu, Oct 26, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		117	120	1	2	L 2
4	Sun, Oct 29, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		139	132	2	2	W 1
5	Tue, Oct 31, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		127	131	2	3	L 1			at St. Louis, MO
6	Wed, Nov 1, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	120	2	4	L 2
7	Fri, Nov 3, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		132	114	3	4	W 1
8	Tue, Nov 7, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	98	4	4	W 2
9	Fri, Nov 10, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		122	117	5	4	W 3
10	Sat, Nov 11, 1961	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		117	107	6	4	W 4
11	Sun, Nov 12, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		136	126	7	4	W 5
12	Tue, Nov 14, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		119	115	8	4	W 6			at New York, NY
13	Wed, Nov 15, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		133	145	8	5	L 1
14	Thu, Nov 16, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		121	127	8	6	L 2	5,671
15	Sat, Nov 18, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		133	136	8	7	L 3
16	Sun, Nov 19, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		128	112	9	7	W 1			at Chicago, IL
17	Tue, Nov 21, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		118	125	9	8	L 1
18	Thu, Nov 23, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		99	117	9	9	L 2			at Rochester, NY
19	Fri, Nov 24, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		127	125	10	9	W 1
20	Sun, Nov 26, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		117	102	11	9	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 28, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		131	117	12	9	W 3
22	Wed, Nov 29, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		122	136	12	10	L 1
23	Thu, Nov 30, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		133	130	13	10	W 1	3,408		at Providence, RI
24	Sun, Dec 3, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		96	119	13	11	L 1	7,653
25	Wed, Dec 6, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		102	103	13	12	L 2	6,148		at Philadelphia, PA
26	Fri, Dec 8, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		128	123	14	12	W 1
27	Sun, Dec 10, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		134	94	15	12	W 2
28	Mon, Dec 11, 1961	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		133	117	16	12	W 3			at Dayton, OH
29	Wed, Dec 13, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		136	126	17	12	W 4
30	Thu, Dec 14, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		103	107	17	13	L 1
31	Sat, Dec 16, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		121	110	18	13	W 1
32	Tue, Dec 19, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		110	117	18	14	L 1
33	Sat, Dec 23, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		125	134	18	15	L 2			at St. Louis, MO
34	Mon, Dec 25, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		127	141	18	16	L 3
35	Tue, Dec 26, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		129	118	19	16	W 1
36	Wed, Dec 27, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		142	117	20	16	W 2
37	Fri, Dec 29, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		116	131	20	17	L 1
38	Sat, Dec 30, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		119	123	20	18	L 2			at Philadelphia, PA
39	Mon, Jan 1, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		106	110	20	19	L 3
40	Wed, Jan 3, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		122	111	21	19	W 1			at Detroit, MI
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 5, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	124	21	20	L 1	6,169
42	Sun, Jan 7, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		123	113	22	20	W 1			at Louisville, KY
43	Tue, Jan 9, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		113	106	23	20	W 2			at Indianapolis, IN
44	Thu, Jan 11, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		145	128	24	20	W 3
45	Fri, Jan 12, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		125	141	24	21	L 1	10,223
46	Sat, Jan 13, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		119	112	25	21	W 1
47	Sun, Jan 14, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		119	114	26	21	W 2
48	Thu, Jan 18, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		151	133	27	21	W 3
49	Sat, Jan 20, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		125	124	28	21	W 4
50	Mon, Jan 22, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		115	106	29	21	W 5			at Dayton, OH
51	Wed, Jan 24, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		123	136	29	22	L 1
52	Thu, Jan 25, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		112	116	29	23	L 2
53	Sun, Jan 28, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		139	131	30	23	W 1
54	Tue, Jan 30, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		131	121	31	23	W 2
55	Thu, Feb 1, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		109	130	31	24	L 1
56	Fri, Feb 2, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		124	143	31	25	L 2	8,789
57	Sat, Feb 3, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		110	121	31	26	L 3
58	Mon, Feb 5, 1962	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	128	134	31	27	L 4			at Morgantown, WV
59	Tue, Feb 6, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		118	119	31	28	L 5
60	Wed, Feb 7, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		107	113	31	29	L 6
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 8, 1962	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		113	109	32	29	W 1			at Dayton, OH
62	Sat, Feb 10, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		134	118	33	29	W 2
63	Sun, Feb 11, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		109	129	33	30	L 1
64	Tue, Feb 13, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		152	132	34	30	W 1
65	Wed, Feb 14, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	L		121	125	34	31	L 1			at Detroit, MI
66	Fri, Feb 16, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		132	136	34	32	L 2
67	Sat, Feb 17, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		113	123	34	33	L 3
68	Sun, Feb 18, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		138	121	35	33	W 1			at Syracuse, NY
69	Tue, Feb 20, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		129	109	36	33	W 2
70	Wed, Feb 21, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		153	125	37	33	W 3
71	Fri, Feb 23, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		134	120	38	33	W 4
72	Sat, Feb 24, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	114	39	33	W 5
73	Sun, Feb 25, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		108	105	40	33	W 6
74	Wed, Feb 28, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	123	129	40	34	L 1	5,133
75	Thu, Mar 1, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		108	137	40	35	L 2
76	Fri, Mar 2, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		120	112	41	35	W 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
77	Sat, Mar 3, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		126	119	42	35	W 2
78	Sat, Mar 10, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		110	116	42	36	L 1
79	Tue, Mar 13, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	120	42	37	L 2
80	Wed, Mar 14, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		136	134	43	37	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Fri, Mar 16, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	122	123	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Mar 17, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	129	107	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Mar 18, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	107	118	1	2	L 1
4	Tue, Mar 20, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	111	112	1	3	L 2

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