1967–68 Cincinnati Royals season

1967–68 Cincinnati Royals season
Head coach	Ed Jucker
Owners	Louis Jacobs
Arena	Cincinnati Gardens
Results
Record	39–43 (.476)
Place	Division: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WKRC-TV
Radio	WLW

The 1967–68 NBA season was the Royals 20th season in the NBA and 11th season in Cincinnati.

Roster

1967–68 Cincinnati Royals roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PF 17 Chappell, Len 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1941–01–31 Wake Forest C 24 Dierking, Connie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1936–10–02 Cincinnati SF 18 Dinwiddie, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1943–07–15 New Mexico Highlands C 23 Fox, Jim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1943–04–07 South Carolina SG 15 Gray, Gary 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1945–02–23 Oklahoma City PF 22 Hairston, Happy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1942–05–31 NYU G 11 Jackson, Al 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1943–07–29 Wilberforce SF 21 Love, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1942–12–08 Southern PF 16 Lucas, Jerry 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1940–03–30 Ohio State PG 14 Robertson, Oscar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1938–11–24 Cincinnati PG 20 Robinson, Flynn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1941–04–28 Wyoming PG 5 Rodgers, Guy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1935–09–01 Temple SG 10 Smith, Adrian 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1936–10–05 Kentucky PF 23 Tresvant, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939–06–07 Seattle SF 17 Van Arsdale, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1943–02–22 Indiana C 13 Wesley, Walt 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1945–01–25 Kansas

Head coach Ed Jucker Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Philadelphia 76ers	62	20	.756	–	27–8	26–12	9–0	29–11
x-Boston Celtics	54	28	.659	8	28–9	21–16	5–3	24–16
x-New York Knicks	43	39	.524	19	20–17	21–16	2–6	19–21
x-Detroit Pistons	40	42	.488	22	21–11	12–23	7–8	15–25
Cincinnati Royals	39	43	.476	23	18–12	13–23	8–8	18–22
Baltimore Bullets	36	46	.439	26	17–19	12–23	7–4	15–25

Record vs. opponents

1967-68 NBA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	CHI	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	PHI	SDR	SFW	SEA	STL
Baltimore	—	3–5	2–5	5–3	4–4	3–4	3–5	0–8	7–0	2–5	5–2	2–5
Boston	5–3	—	5–2	3–5	6–2	4–3	6–2	4–4	7–0	4–3	6–1	4–3
Chicago	5–2	2–5	—	5–2	3–4	1–7	2–5	1–6	4–4	2–6	3–5	1–7
Cincinnati	3–5	5–3	2–5	—	4–4	1–6	3–5	3–5	7–0	4–3	6–1	1–6
Detroit	4–4	2–6	4–3	4–4	—	2–5	4–4	1–7	5–2	4–3	6–1	4–3
Los Angeles	4–3	3–4	7–1	6–1	5–2	—	4–3	2–5	7–1	4–4	4–4	6–2
New York	5–3	2–6	5–2	5–3	4–4	3–4	—	3–5	6–1	5–2	4–3	1–6
Philadelphia	8–0	4–4	6–1	5–3	7–1	5–2	5–3	—	6–1	4–3	7–0	5–2
San Diego	0–7	0–7	4–4	0–7	2–5	1–7	1–6	1–6	—	2–6	3–5	1–7
San Francisco	5–2	3–4	6–2	3–4	3–4	4–4	2–5	3–4	6–2	—	7–1	1–7
Seattle	2–5	1–6	5–3	1–6	1–6	4–4	3–4	0–7	5–3	1–7	—	0–8
St. Louis	5–2	3–4	7–1	6–1	3–4	2–6	6–1	2–5	7–1	7–1	8–0	—

Game log

1967–68 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 17	@ Detroit	108–131	Happy Hairston (27)	0–1
2	October 18	San Francisco	118–122	Oscar Robertson (41)	1–1
3	October 21	Chicago	107–109	Happy Hairston (30)	2–1
4	October 22	@ Seattle	106–94	Jerry Lucas (26)	3–1
5	October 24	@ San Francisco	106–116	Bob Love (29)	3–2
6	October 25	@ Los Angeles	116–132	Oscar Robertson (33)	3–3
7	October 27	@ San Diego	116–113	Jerry Lucas (26)	4–3
8	October 29	@ San Diego	108–99	Lucas, Rodgers (23)	5–3
9	November 1	St. Louis	101–96	Jerry Lucas (32)	5–4
10	November 4	Los Angeles	106–104	Connie Dierking (30)	5–5
11	November 7	Boston	113–103	Adrian Smith (27)	5–6
12	November 8	@ Baltimore	100–122	Happy Hairston (28)	5–7
13	November 9	@ New York	106–123	Jerry Lucas (41)	5–8
14	November 11	San Diego	108–109	Jerry Lucas (23)	6–8
15	November 14	@ Philadelphia	102–122	Jerry Lucas (19)	6–9
16	November 17	@ Boston	120–119	Happy Hairston (26)	7–9
17	November 22	New York	122–123	Oscar Robertson (40)	8–9
18	November 24	N Seattle	133–153	Connie Dierking (27)	9–9
19	November 25	Detroit	133–123	Jerry Lucas (36)	9–10
20	November 29	New York	119–99	Happy Hairston (20)	9–11
21	December 1	@ Baltimore	109–123	Jerry Lucas (27)	9–12
22	December 2	Chicago	126–110	Oscar Robertson (35)	9–13
23	December 5	N Chicago	104–105	Oscar Robertson (37)	9–14
24	December 6	Philadelphia	108–107	Oscar Robertson (31)	9–15
25	December 8	@ St. Louis	95–101	Lucas, Robertson (22)	9–16
26	December 9	Boston	104–108	Oscar Robertson (40)	10–16
27	December 13	Baltimore	108–136	Oscar Robertson (27)	11–16
28	December 15	N Detroit	130–147	Lucas, Robertson (31)	12–16
29	December 16	@ Detroit	122–110	Oscar Robertson (34)	13–16
30	December 19	@ New York	118–133	Oscar Robertson (27)	13–17
31	December 22	@ Boston	117–120	Oscar Robertson (36)	13–18
32	December 25	Seattle	112–118	Connie Dierking (31)	14–18
33	December 26	@ Philadelphia	121–126	Oscar Robertson (32)	14–19
34	December 27	Los Angeles	127–132	Oscar Robertson (34)	15–19
35	December 28	N San Francisco	122–126	Oscar Robertson (41)	16–19
36	December 29	@ Baltimore	113–130	Oscar Robertson (35)	16–20
37	January 2	@ New York	125–119	Oscar Robertson (34)	17–20
38	January 5	@ Detroit	141–142 (OT)	Oscar Robertson (43)	17–21
39	January 6	Chicago	114–109	Oscar Robertson (39)	17–22
40	January 7	Philadelphia	118–134	Jerry Lucas (34)	18–22
41	January 9	N Baltimore	118–121	Oscar Robertson (27)	18–23
42	January 10	Baltimore	117–133	Oscar Robertson (28)	19–23
43	January 11	N Boston	120–116	Oscar Robertson (40)	20–23
44	January 13	San Diego	116–122	Oscar Robertson (32)	21–23
45	January 16	San Francisco	121–148	Oscar Robertson (27)	22–23
46	January 18	N San Diego	126–129	Oscar Robertson (36)	23–23
47	January 20	Detroit	120–128	Oscar Robertson (32)	24–23
48	January 25	N Los Angeles	118–116	Oscar Robertson (33)	24–24
49	January 26	@ Philadelphia	113–123	Connie Dierking (33)	24–25
50	January 27	St. Louis	120–111	Oscar Robertson (27)	24–26
51	January 30	N Detroit	101–121	Oscar Robertson (35)	25–26
52	January 31	New York	128–126 (OT)	Oscar Robertson (42)	25–27
53	February 2	@ Chicago	125–113	Oscar Robertson (40)	26–27
54	February 3	St. Louis	125–111	Oscar Robertson (38)	26–28
55	February 4	@ St. Louis	100–106	Lucas, Robertson (23)	26–29
56	February 5	N Seattle	132–129 (OT)	Adrian Smith (28)	26–30
57	February 6	@ Los Angeles	102–146	Adrian Smith (21)	26–31
58	February 8	@ San Francisco	109–126	Lucas, Van Arsdale (20)	26–32
59	February 10	@ San Diego	101–99	Adrian Smith (24)	27–32
60	February 12	N Chicago	104–112 (OT)	Connie Dierking (33)	27–33
61	February 13	N St. Louis	123–111	Jerry Lucas (23)	27–34
62	February 15	Seattle	119–132	Oscar Robertson (32)	28–34
63	February 16	N New York	91–125	Oscar Robertson (32)	29–34
64	February 17	Baltimore	115–117	Oscar Robertson (24)	30–34
65	February 18	Boston	100–107	Oscar Robertson (30)	31–34
66	February 20	@ Boston	110–126	Adrian Smith (23)	31–35
67	February 22	N Baltimore	99–112	Jerry Lucas (28)	31–36
68	February 23	@ Los Angeles	115–131	Adrian Smith (26)	31–37
69	February 24	@ San Francisco	114–127	Connie Dierking (27)	31–38
70	February 27	@ Los Angeles	106–117	Jerry Lucas (31)	31–39
71	February 29	@ San Diego	120–114	Oscar Robertson (27)	32–39
72	March 1	@ San Francisco	122–101	Oscar Robertson (31)	33–39
73	March 3	@ Seattle	138–128	Connie Dierking (41)	34–39
74	March 6	Philadelphia	106–108	Oscar Robertson (35)	35–39
75	March 7	N Philadelphia	125–117	Oscar Robertson (35)	35–40
76	March 8	Detroit	129–118	Oscar Robertson (38)	35–41
77	March 10	@ Boston	137–111	Connie Dierking (36)	36–41
78	March 11	@ Chicago	98–104	Oscar Robertson (37)	36–42
79	March 13	Seattle	123–142	Oscar Robertson (36)	37–42
80	March 14	N St. Louis	96–102	Oscar Robertson (30)	38–42
81	March 19	@ Philadelphia	131–130 (OT)	Connie Dierking (41)	39–42
82	March 20	@ New York	106–108	Oscar Robertson (28)	39–43

Awards and records

• Oscar Robertson, All-NBA First Team