1965-66 Cincinnati Royals Schedule and Results

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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)

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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	Fri, Oct 15, 1965	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		100	111	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1965	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	102	0	2	L 2	12,044
3	Sun, Oct 17, 1965	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		144	124	1	2	W 1
4	Tue, Oct 19, 1965	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		99	100	1	3	L 1
5	Thu, Oct 28, 1965	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		113	108	2	3	W 1	5,995
6	Fri, Oct 29, 1965	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		131	121	3	3	W 2
7	Sat, Oct 30, 1965	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		114	134	3	4	L 1
8	Sun, Oct 31, 1965	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		113	107	4	4	W 1
9	Wed, Nov 3, 1965	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		122	108	5	4	W 2
10	Fri, Nov 5, 1965	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		120	114	6	4	W 3
11	Sat, Nov 6, 1965	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		114	103	7	4	W 4
12	Wed, Nov 10, 1965	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		124	119	8	4	W 5
13	Sat, Nov 13, 1965	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		135	132	9	4	W 6
14	Wed, Nov 17, 1965	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		131	115	10	4	W 7
15	Fri, Nov 19, 1965	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	129	10	5	L 1	8,572
16	Sun, Nov 21, 1965	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		120	114	11	5	W 1			at Indianapolis, IN
17	Tue, Nov 23, 1965	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		115	118	11	6	L 1			at New York, NY
18	Wed, Nov 24, 1965	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		112	108	12	6	W 1
19	Fri, Nov 26, 1965	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		117	113	13	6	W 2
20	Sat, Nov 27, 1965	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		132	129	14	6	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 30, 1965	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		126	120	15	6	W 4
22	Wed, Dec 1, 1965	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	121	15	7	L 1
23	Thu, Dec 2, 1965	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L		119	125	15	8	L 2			at Oakland, CA
24	Fri, Dec 3, 1965	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		122	118	16	8	W 1
25	Sun, Dec 5, 1965	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		108	99	17	8	W 2	10,453
26	Thu, Dec 9, 1965	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L		109	110	17	9	L 1			at Dayton, OH
27	Fri, Dec 10, 1965	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	129	17	10	L 2
28	Sat, Dec 11, 1965	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	132	135	17	11	L 3			at Syracuse, NY
29	Tue, Dec 14, 1965	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		112	109	18	11	W 1
30	Wed, Dec 15, 1965	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		117	110	19	11	W 2	5,097
31	Sat, Dec 18, 1965	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		114	122	19	12	L 1
32	Wed, Dec 22, 1965	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	OT	127	129	19	13	L 2
33	Sat, Dec 25, 1965	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		119	113	20	13	W 1
34	Sun, Dec 26, 1965	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		117	115	21	13	W 2
35	Mon, Dec 27, 1965	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		138	116	22	13	W 3
36	Wed, Dec 29, 1965	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		111	109	23	13	W 4
37	Sat, Jan 1, 1966	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		122	147	23	14	L 1
38	Sun, Jan 2, 1966	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		138	107	24	14	W 1
39	Mon, Jan 3, 1966	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		130	114	25	14	W 2			at Memphis, TN
40	Wed, Jan 5, 1966	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		117	103	26	14	W 3			at Dayton, OH
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 6, 1966	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		109	97	27	14	W 4			at Toledo, OH
42	Sat, Jan 8, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		126	115	28	14	W 5
43	Thu, Jan 13, 1966	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		107	102	29	14	W 6			at Indianapolis, IN
44	Sun, Jan 16, 1966	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		108	106	30	14	W 7
45	Tue, Jan 18, 1966	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		119	108	31	14	W 8
46	Fri, Jan 21, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		96	113	31	15	L 1	11,250
47	Mon, Jan 24, 1966	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	W		135	112	32	15	W 1			at Muncie, IN
48	Tue, Jan 25, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		113	101	33	15	W 2	8,719
49	Fri, Jan 28, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		103	125	33	16	L 1
50	Sat, Jan 29, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		116	115	34	16	W 1
51	Sun, Jan 30, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		98	115	34	17	L 1
52	Tue, Feb 1, 1966	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		125	127	34	18	L 2
53	Wed, Feb 2, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	119	34	19	L 3
54	Fri, Feb 4, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		125	132	34	20	L 4
55	Sun, Feb 6, 1966	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	W		117	116	35	20	W 1			at Phoenix, AZ
56	Mon, Feb 7, 1966	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		118	124	35	21	L 1			at Indianapolis, IN
57	Tue, Feb 8, 1966	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		128	113	36	21	W 1
58	Fri, Feb 11, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		94	113	36	22	L 1
59	Sat, Feb 12, 1966	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		143	116	37	22	W 1
60	Sun, Feb 13, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		102	104	37	23	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 15, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		136	123	38	23	W 1	7,811
62	Fri, Feb 18, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		114	118	38	24	L 1
63	Sat, Feb 19, 1966	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		113	124	38	25	L 2
64	Sun, Feb 20, 1966	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		133	129	39	25	W 1
65	Mon, Feb 21, 1966	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W		113	107	40	25	W 2			at Dayton, OH
66	Wed, Feb 23, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		133	140	40	26	L 1
67	Fri, Feb 25, 1966	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		119	125	40	27	L 2
68	Sat, Feb 26, 1966	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		112	103	41	27	W 1
69	Tue, Mar 1, 1966	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		102	100	42	27	W 2
70	Fri, Mar 4, 1966	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		103	107	42	28	L 1
71	Sat, Mar 5, 1966	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	149	145	43	28	W 1
72	Sun, Mar 6, 1966	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		137	125	44	28	W 2
73	Wed, Mar 9, 1966	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	119	44	29	L 1			at Indianapolis, IN
74	Thu, Mar 10, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		120	124	44	30	L 2	7,434
75	Sat, Mar 12, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		113	114	44	31	L 3
76	Sun, Mar 13, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		106	115	44	32	L 4
77	Tue, Mar 15, 1966	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		125	107	45	32	W 1			at Dayton, OH
78	Fri, Mar 18, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		105	125	45	33	L 1
79	Sat, Mar 19, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		121	127	45	34	L 2
80	Sun, Mar 20, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		104	121	45	35	L 3	13,284

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Wed, Mar 23, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	107	103	1	0	W 1	9,510
2	Sat, Mar 26, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	125	132	1	1	L 1	10,027
3	Sun, Mar 27, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	113	107	2	1	W 1	13,531
4	Wed, Mar 30, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	103	120	2	2	L 1	12,107
5	Fri, Apr 1, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	103	112	2	3	L 2	13,909

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