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42-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 119.1 points per game, Allowed 117.8 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 43-37)
Coached by Charles Wolf (42-38)
Arena: Cincinnati Gardens / Attendance: 137,739 (8th of 9 available)
SRS: 1.24 (5th of 9)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Syracuse Nationals
1962-63 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 20, 1962 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 109 | 113 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 23, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 116 | 115 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 24, 1962 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 114 | 121 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 26, 1962 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 118 | 102 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Sun, Oct 28, 1962 | San Francisco Warriors | W | OT | 131 | 130 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 3, 1962 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 111 | 130 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 7, 1962 | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 106 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 8 | Thu, Nov 8, 1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 114 | 116 | 3 | 5 | L 3 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Nov 9, 1962 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 122 | 119 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 10, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | W | 135 | 124 | 5 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 11 | Mon, Nov 12, 1962 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 126 | 137 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 13, 1962 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 127 | 109 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 13 | Wed, Nov 14, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 125 | 120 | 7 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 16, 1962 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 120 | 111 | 8 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 18, 1962 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 132 | 120 | 9 | 6 | W 4 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 21, 1962 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 143 | 139 | 10 | 6 | W 5 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Nov 22, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 110 | 134 | 10 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 24, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 123 | 129 | 10 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 19 | Sun, Nov 25, 1962 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 128 | 115 | 11 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 27, 1962 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 139 | 129 | 12 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Nov 30, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 130 | 117 | 13 | 8 | W 3 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 1, 1962 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 131 | 121 | 14 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Dec 2, 1962 | Boston Celtics | L | 127 | 128 | 14 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 24 | Thu, Dec 6, 1962 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 96 | 99 | 14 | 10 | L 2 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 8, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | OT | 128 | 131 | 14 | 11 | L 3 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 11, 1962 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 121 | 124 | 14 | 12 | L 4 | at New York, NY | |
| 27 | Wed, Dec 12, 1962 | N | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 102 | 105 | 14 | 13 | L 5 | at Boston, MA | |
| 28 | Thu, Dec 13, 1962 | N | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 142 | 123 | 15 | 13 | W 1 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 29 | Sat, Dec 15, 1962 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 124 | 120 | 16 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 18, 1962 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 103 | 16 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 19, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 129 | 120 | 17 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 21, 1962 | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 129 | 116 | 18 | 14 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 25, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | W | 131 | 120 | 19 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 28, 1962 | Boston Celtics | L | 113 | 121 | 19 | 15 | L 1 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 29, 1962 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 104 | 108 | 19 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 36 | Tue, Jan 1, 1963 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 112 | 106 | 20 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Wed, Jan 2, 1963 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 118 | 138 | 20 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 4, 1963 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 130 | 129 | 21 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Sat, Jan 5, 1963 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 117 | 136 | 21 | 18 | L 1 | at Utica, NY | |
| 40 | Sun, Jan 6, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | OT | 119 | 120 | 21 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 8, 1963 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 116 | 119 | 21 | 20 | L 3 | at Dayton, OH | |
| 42 | Wed, Jan 9, 1963 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 116 | 112 | 22 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 10, 1963 | Boston Celtics | W | 130 | 121 | 23 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 12, 1963 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 109 | 115 | 23 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 13, 1963 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 104 | 105 | 23 | 22 | L 2 | |||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 18, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 114 | 122 | 23 | 23 | L 3 | ||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 19, 1963 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 114 | 108 | 24 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 20, 1963 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 93 | 113 | 24 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 23, 1963 | Boston Celtics | W | 138 | 133 | 25 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 25, 1963 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 114 | 112 | 26 | 24 | W 2 | ||
| 51 | Sat, Jan 26, 1963 | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 142 | 116 | 27 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 52 | Sun, Jan 27, 1963 | N | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 143 | 126 | 28 | 24 | W 4 | at Dayton, OH | |
| 53 | Thu, Jan 31, 1963 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 125 | 128 | 28 | 25 | L 1 | at College Park, MD | |
| 54 | Fri, Feb 1, 1963 | N | San Francisco Warriors | L | 126 | 133 | 28 | 26 | L 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| 55 | Sat, Feb 2, 1963 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 113 | 117 | 28 | 27 | L 3 | at Rochester, NY | |
| 56 | Sun, Feb 3, 1963 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 125 | 115 | 29 | 27 | W 1 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 5, 1963 | Boston Celtics | L | 96 | 106 | 29 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 58 | Thu, Feb 7, 1963 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 134 | 129 | 30 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 8, 1963 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 116 | 112 | 31 | 28 | W 2 | ||
| 60 | Sun, Feb 10, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 124 | 107 | 32 | 28 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 13, 1963 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 124 | 122 | 33 | 28 | W 4 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 62 | Fri, Feb 15, 1963 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 96 | 99 | 33 | 29 | L 1 | |||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 16, 1963 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 110 | 99 | 34 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 17, 1963 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 109 | 98 | 35 | 29 | W 2 | ||
| 65 | Tue, Feb 19, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 126 | 129 | 35 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Wed, Feb 20, 1963 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 109 | 128 | 35 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| 67 | Thu, Feb 21, 1963 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 115 | 96 | 36 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Sat, Feb 23, 1963 | Detroit Pistons | L | 102 | 105 | 36 | 32 | L 1 | |||
| 69 | Sun, Feb 24, 1963 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 110 | 119 | 36 | 33 | L 2 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 70 | Tue, Feb 26, 1963 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 107 | 114 | 36 | 34 | L 3 | ||
| 71 | Wed, Feb 27, 1963 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 107 | 37 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Fri, Mar 1, 1963 | N | San Francisco Warriors | L | 125 | 132 | 37 | 35 | L 1 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 73 | Sun, Mar 3, 1963 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 122 | 123 | 37 | 36 | L 2 | ||
| 74 | Mon, Mar 4, 1963 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 114 | 111 | 38 | 36 | W 1 | ||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 6, 1963 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 97 | 106 | 38 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Sun, Mar 10, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 117 | 149 | 38 | 38 | L 2 | ||
| 77 | Tue, Mar 12, 1963 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 110 | 96 | 39 | 38 | W 1 | ||
| 78 | Wed, Mar 13, 1963 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 128 | 114 | 40 | 38 | W 2 | |||
| 79 | Sat, Mar 16, 1963 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 126 | 117 | 41 | 38 | W 3 | ||
| 80 | Sun, Mar 17, 1963 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 109 | 42 | 38 | W 4 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Mar 19, 1963 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 120 | 123 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Mar 21, 1963 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 133 | 115 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Mar 23, 1963 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 117 | 121 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Mar 24, 1963 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 125 | 118 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Mar 26, 1963 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | OT | 131 | 127 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 6 | Thu, Mar 28, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 135 | 132 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Mar 29, 1963 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 125 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Mar 31, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 121 | 116 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Apr 3, 1963 | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 128 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Apr 6, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 120 | 125 | 5 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Apr 7, 1963 | Boston Celtics | W | 109 | 99 | 6 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Wed, Apr 10, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 131 | 142 | 6 | 6 | L 1 |