1961-62 Cincinnati Royals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 43-37
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 1-3 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Detroit Pistons 3-1
Coach: Charles Wolf (43-37)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 146,468, Avg. 4,725 in 31 home dates

1961-62 Cincinnati Royals Roster
1961-62 Cincinnati Royals Results

The Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 43 wins and 37 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-3.

The Royals tossed in 9,845 points and surrendered 9,704. Oscar Robertson scored a team-leading 2,432 points for Cincinnati, while Jack Twyman netted 20 or more per game, too. Oscar Robertson racked up 985 rebounds. Oscar Robertson dished out 899 assists for the squad.

Charles Wolf coached the team. The 1961-62 Cincinnati Royals lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Oscar Robertson	G-F	79	3503	1810	866			872	700	985	899	258	2432
Jack Twyman	F-G	80	2991	1542	739			435	353	638	215	323	1831
Wayne Embry	C-F	75	2623	1210	564			516	356	977	182	286	1484
Bucky Bockhorn	G	80	3062	1234	531			251	198	376	366	280	1260
Bob Boozer	F	79	2488	936	410			372	263	804	130	275	1083
Adrian Smith	G	80	1462	499	202			222	172	151	167	101	576
Hub Reed	C-F	80	1446	460	203			82	60	440	53	267	466
Joe Buckhalter	F	63	728	334	153			108	67	262	43	123	373
Bevo Nordmann	C	58	344	126	51			57	29	128	18	81	131
Bob Wiesenhahn	F	60	326	161	51			30	17	112	23	50	119
Dave Zeller	G	61	278	102	36			24	18	27	58	37	90
Totals		795	19251	8414	3806	0	0	2969	2233	4900	2154	2081	9845

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Oscar Robertson	G-F	79	44.3	47.8	80.3	12.5	11.4	3.3	30.8
Jack Twyman	F-G	80	37.4	47.9	81.1	8.0	2.7	4.0	22.9
Wayne Embry	C-F	75	35.0	46.6	69.0	13.0	2.4	3.8	19.8
Bucky Bockhorn	G	80	38.3	43.0	78.9	4.7	4.6	3.5	15.8
Bob Boozer	F	79	31.5	43.8	70.7	10.2	1.6	3.5	13.7
Adrian Smith	G	80	18.3	40.5	77.5	1.9	2.1	1.3	7.2
Hub Reed	C-F	80	18.1	44.1	73.2	5.5	0.7	3.3	5.8
Joe Buckhalter	F	63	11.6	45.8	62.0	4.2	0.7	2.0	5.9
Bevo Nordmann	C	58	5.9	40.5	50.9	2.2	0.3	1.4	2.3
Bob Wiesenhahn	F	60	5.4	31.7	56.7	1.9	0.4	0.8	2.0
Dave Zeller	G	61	4.6	35.3	75.0	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.5
Averages		795	24.2	45.2	75.2	6.2	2.7	2.6	12.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Oscar Robertson	G-F	4	185	81	42			39	31	44	44	18	115
Jack Twyman	F-G	4	149	78	34			8	8	29	12	18	76
Bob Boozer	F	4	143	57	32			12	9	42	3	16	73
Bucky Bockhorn	G	4	157	62	27			16	14	19	20	11	68
Wayne Embry	C-F	4	128	30	14			36	28	45	8	17	56
Joe Buckhalter	F	4	60	38	16			3	2	22	4	14	34
Hub Reed	C-F	4	69	21	9			4	3	20	5	9	21
Adrian Smith	G	4	53	19	8			5	5	5	3	2	21
Bob Wiesenhahn	F	2	6	4	1			1	1	2	0	0	3
Dave Zeller	G	2	5	2	1			0	0	1	1	0	2
Bevo Nordmann	C	2	5	1	0			0	0	2	0	1	0
Totals		38	960	393	184	0	0	124	101	231	100	106	469

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Oscar Robertson	G-F	4	46.3	51.9	79.5	11.0	11.0	4.5	28.8
Jack Twyman	F-G	4	37.3	43.6	100.0	7.3	3.0	4.5	19.0
Bob Boozer	F	4	35.8	56.1	75.0	10.5	0.8	4.0	18.3
Bucky Bockhorn	G	4	39.3	43.5	87.5	4.8	5.0	2.8	17.0
Wayne Embry	C-F	4	32.0	46.7	77.8	11.3	2.0	4.3	14.0
Joe Buckhalter	F	4	15.0	42.1	66.7	5.5	1.0	3.5	8.5
Hub Reed	C-F	4	17.3	42.9	75.0	5.0	1.3	2.3	5.3
Adrian Smith	G	4	13.3	42.1	100.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	5.3
Bob Wiesenhahn	F	2	3.0	25.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
Dave Zeller	G	2	2.5	50.0		0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0
Bevo Nordmann	C	2	2.5	0.0		1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		795	25.3	46.8	81.5	6.1	2.6	2.8	12.3

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