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1965-66 Cincinnati Royals Schedule and Results

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45-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jack McMahon (45-35)

Points Per Game: 117.8 (3rd of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 116.6 (5th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-37 (4th of 9)

Arena: Cincinnati Gardens ▪ Attendance: 208,865 (5th of 9)

SRS: 1.03 (4th of 9)

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

1965-66 Cincinnati Royals:

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Mar 23, 1966 @ Boston Celtics W 107 103 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Mar 26, 1966 Boston Celtics L 125 132 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Mar 27, 1966 @ Boston Celtics W 113 107 2 1 W 1
4 Wed, Mar 30, 1966 Boston Celtics L 103 120 2 2 L 1
5 Fri, Apr 1, 1966 @ Boston Celtics L 103 112 2 3 L 2