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1965-66 Cincinnati Royals Roster and Stats

Record: 45-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Jack McMahon (45-35)

PTS/G: 117.8 (3rd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 116.6 (5th of 9)

SRS: 1.03 (4th of 9) Pace: 120.4 (7th of 9)

Off Rtg: 97.5 (3rd of 9) Def Rtg: 96.5 (7th of 9) Net Rtg: +1.0 (4th of 9)

Expected W-L: 43-37 (4th of 9)

Arena: Cincinnati Gardens

NBA 1966 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-3) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
21	Jay Arnette	G	6-2	175	December 19, 1938	us US	2	Texas
24	Connie Dierking	C	6-9	222	October 2, 1936	us US	4	Cincinnati
15	Wayne Embry	C	6-8	240	March 26, 1937	us US	7	Miami University
22	Happy Hairston	PF	6-7	225	May 31, 1942	us US	1	NYU
20	Tom Hawkins	SF	6-5	210	December 22, 1936	us US	6	Notre Dame
21	Art Heyman	F-G	6-5	205	June 24, 1941	us US	2	Duke
16	Jerry Lucas	PF	6-8	230	March 30, 1940	us US	2	Ohio State
11	Jon McGlocklin	SG	6-5	205	June 10, 1943	us US	R	Indiana
34	Bud Olsen	PF	6-8	220	July 25, 1940	us US	3	Louisville
14	Oscar Robertson	PG	6-5	205	November 24, 1938	us US	5	Cincinnati
10	Adrian Smith	SG	6-1	180	October 5, 1936	us US	4	Northeast Mississippi Community College, Kentucky
25	Tom Thacker	PG	6-2	170	November 2, 1939	us US	2	Cincinnati
27	Jack Twyman	SF	6-6	210	May 11, 1934	us US	10	Cincinnati
13	George Wilson	C	6-8	225	May 9, 1942	us US	1	Cincinnati

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Oscar Robertson	27	PG	76	46.0	10.8	22.7	.475	9.8	11.6	.842	7.7	11.1	3.0	31.3	MVP-3,AS,NBA1
2	Jerry Lucas	25	PF	79	44.5	8.7	19.3	.453	4.0	5.1	.787	21.1	2.7	3.5	21.5	MVP-5,AS,NBA1
3	Adrian Smith	29	SG	80	37.3	6.6	16.4	.405	5.1	6.0	.850	3.6	3.2	3.5	18.4	AS
4	Tom Hawkins	29	SF	79	26.9	3.5	7.6	.452	1.5	2.6	.555	7.3	1.3	3.5	8.4
5	Happy Hairston	23	PF	72	24.9	5.5	11.3	.489	3.1	4.5	.685	7.6	0.6	3.0	14.1
6	Wayne Embry	28	C	80	23.5	2.9	7.1	.411	1.8	2.9	.603	6.6	1.0	3.6	7.6
7	Connie Dierking	29	C	57	13.7	2.4	5.6	.416	0.9	1.4	.610	4.3	0.8	2.0	5.6
8	Jack Twyman	31	SF	73	12.9	3.1	6.8	.450	1.3	1.6	.812	2.3	0.8	1.7	7.4
9	Jon McGlocklin	22	SG	72	11.8	2.1	5.0	.421	0.9	1.1	.785	1.8	1.2	1.1	5.1
10	Tom Thacker	26	PG	50	9.6	1.7	4.1	.406	0.3	0.8	.395	2.4	1.2	1.7	3.7
11	Art Heyman	24		11	9.1	1.4	3.9	.349	0.9	1.5	.588	1.2	0.6	1.7	3.6
12	Bud Olsen	25	PF	4	9.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.3	0.8	.333	3.3	0.5	1.0	1.8
13	George Wilson	23	C	47	5.9	1.1	2.9	.391	0.6	0.9	.643	2.1	0.4	1.2	2.9
14	Jay Arnette	27		3	4.7	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7
	Team Totals			80	240.9	45.1	101.5	.444	27.6	36.3	.758	69.5	22.7	25.4	117.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jerry Lucas	25	PF	5	46.2	8.0	17.0	.471	5.4	7.0	.771	20.2	2.8	2.8	21.4
2	Oscar Robertson	27	PG	5	44.8	9.8	24.0	.408	12.2	13.6	.897	7.6	7.8	4.0	31.8
3	Adrian Smith	29	SG	5	31.4	4.4	11.8	.373	4.2	4.4	.955	2.4	2.6	2.4	13.0
4	Happy Hairston	23	PF	5	30.0	5.0	12.4	.403	5.4	7.6	.711	7.4	0.0	4.0	15.4
5	Wayne Embry	28	C	5	27.8	3.2	7.6	.421	1.4	2.4	.583	6.8	0.4	4.6	7.8
6	Tom Hawkins	29	SF	5	21.8	2.2	4.8	.458	0.2	1.2	.167	4.4	0.2	3.2	4.6
7	Jon McGlocklin	22	SG	4	16.5	3.5	7.3	.483	0.5	0.5	1.000	2.0	1.0	2.8	7.5
8	Connie Dierking	29	C	4	16.0	2.3	4.5	.500	2.3	2.5	.900	3.8	0.3	2.8	6.8
9	Tom Thacker	26	PG	4	11.5	1.8	5.5	.318	0.8	1.0	.750	2.3	1.3	2.8	4.3
10	Jack Twyman	31	SF	2	5.5	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.0	.500	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.5
11	George Wilson	23	C	1	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
	Team Totals			5	240.0	39.2	92.4	.424	31.8	39.8	.799	62.8	15.8	28.4	110.2

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Jerry Lucas	25	PF	79	3517	7.1	15.6	.453	3.2	4.1	.787	17.1	2.2	2.8	17.4	MVP-5,AS,NBA1
2	Oscar Robertson	27	PG	76	3493	8.4	17.8	.475	7.6	9.1	.842	6.0	8.7	2.3	24.5	MVP-3,AS,NBA1
3	Adrian Smith	29	SG	80	2982	6.4	15.8	.405	4.9	5.8	.850	3.5	3.1	3.3	17.7	AS
4	Tom Hawkins	29	SF	79	2126	4.6	10.2	.452	2.0	3.5	.555	9.7	1.7	4.6	11.2
5	Wayne Embry	28	C	80	1882	4.4	10.8	.411	2.7	4.5	.603	10.0	1.5	5.5	11.6
6	Happy Hairston	23	PF	72	1794	8.0	16.3	.489	4.4	6.4	.685	11.0	0.9	4.3	20.4
7	Jack Twyman	31	SF	73	943	8.6	19.0	.450	3.6	4.5	.812	6.4	2.3	4.7	20.7
8	Jon McGlocklin	22	SG	72	852	6.5	15.3	.421	2.6	3.3	.785	5.6	3.7	3.3	15.5
9	Connie Dierking	29	C	57	782	6.2	14.8	.416	2.3	3.8	.610	11.3	2.0	5.2	14.6
10	Tom Thacker	26	PG	50	478	6.3	15.6	.406	1.1	2.9	.395	9.0	4.6	6.4	13.8
11	George Wilson	23	C	47	276	7.0	18.0	.391	3.5	5.5	.643	12.8	2.2	7.3	17.6
12	Art Heyman	24		11	100	5.4	15.5	.349	3.6	6.1	.588	4.7	2.5	6.8	14.4
13	Bud Olsen	25	PF	4	36	3.0	8.0	.375	1.0	3.0	.333	13.0	2.0	4.0	7.0
14	Jay Arnette	27		3	14	2.6	15.4	.167	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	7.7	5.1

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jerry Lucas	25	PF	5	231	6.2	13.2	.471	4.2	5.5	.771	15.7	2.2	2.2	16.7
2	Oscar Robertson	27	PG	5	224	7.9	19.3	.408	9.8	10.9	.897	6.1	6.3	3.2	25.6
3	Adrian Smith	29	SG	5	157	5.0	13.5	.373	4.8	5.0	.955	2.8	3.0	2.8	14.9
4	Happy Hairston	23	PF	5	150	6.0	14.9	.403	6.5	9.1	.711	8.9	0.0	4.8	18.5
5	Wayne Embry	28	C	5	139	4.1	9.8	.421	1.8	3.1	.583	8.8	0.5	6.0	10.1
6	Tom Hawkins	29	SF	5	109	3.6	7.9	.458	0.3	2.0	.167	7.3	0.3	5.3	7.6
7	Jon McGlocklin	22	SG	4	66	7.6	15.8	.483	1.1	1.1	1.000	4.4	2.2	6.0	16.4
8	Connie Dierking	29	C	4	64	5.1	10.1	.500	5.1	5.6	.900	8.4	0.6	6.2	15.2
9	Tom Thacker	26	PG	4	46	5.5	17.2	.318	2.3	3.1	.750	7.0	3.9	8.6	13.3
10	Jack Twyman	31	SF	2	11	6.5	13.1	.500	3.3	6.5	.500	6.5	0.0	9.8	16.4
11	George Wilson	23	C	1	3	12.0	12.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		12.0	0.0	12.0	24.0