1970–71 Cincinnati Royals season
Head coachBob Cousy
General managerJoe Axelson
OwnersMax Jacobs
Jeremy Jacobs
ArenaCincinnati Gardens
Results
Record33–49 (.402)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Central)
Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWLWT
RadioWLW

The 1970–71 Cincinnati Royals season was the 23rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After trading Oscar Robertson, the Royals became a quick, young team. Some players included Norm Van Lier, a second-year guard who would lead the league in assists with 10.1 assists per game.[1] Draft picks Sam Lacey and Nate "Tiny" Archibald were new additions to the team. The Royals would continue its fast-breaking, high-scoring ways. During the season, they were held below 100 points only four times all season. The Royals also broke the 130 point mark an astounding 11 times.[1] The team's 116.0 scoring average was good for 3rd place in the NBA. Bob Cousy, the Royals coach was not defensive minded, and opposing teams racked up an average of 119.2 points per game. The Royals finished the season in 3rd place in the newly formed Central Division. The Royals would finish the season with a record of 33 wins, compared to 49 losses.

Draft picks

Roster

1970–71 Cincinnati Royals roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 10 Archibald, Nate 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1948-09-02 UTEP
SF 30 Arnzen, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1947-11-03 Notre Dame
G 19 Barr, Moe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944-06-19 Duquesne
PF 20 Green, Johnny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1933-12-08 Michigan State
C 22 Imhoff, Darrall Injured 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1938-10-11 California
C 44 Lacey, Sam 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1948-03-28 New Mexico State
PF 18 Paulk, Charlie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1946-06-14 Northeastern State
SG 21 Robinson, Flynn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1941-04-28 Wyoming
SF 5 Van Arsdale, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1943-02-22 Indiana
SG 23 Van Lier, Norm 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1947-04-01 Saint Francis (PA)
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Baltimore Bullets 4240.512–24–1316–252–210–6
x-Atlanta Hawks 3646.439621–2014–261–09–7
Cincinnati Royals 3349.402917–1611–285–516–6
Cleveland Cavaliers 1567.1832711–302–372–01–13
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-New York Knicks5230.634
2 y-Baltimore Bullets4240.512
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers4735.573
4 x-Atlanta Hawks3646.439
5 Boston Celtics4438.537
6 Cincinnati Royals3349.402
7 Buffalo Braves2260.268
8 Cleveland Cavaliers1567.183

Record vs. opponents

1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3—3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3—4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4—0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0—4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4—5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5—2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2—2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2—1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1—1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1—2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2—3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3—4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4—0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0—2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2—3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Season Schedule

1970–71 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 14New York128–104Tom Van Arsdale (22)0–1
2October 17Philadelphia123–105Tom Van Arsdale (29)0–2
3October 21Baltimore117–105Norm Van Lier (17)0–3
4October 23@ Boston126–131Tom Van Arsdale (26)0–4
5October 24@ New York103–115Charlie Paulk (30)0–5
6October 26Atlanta107–126Johnny Green (30)1–5
7October 28Seattle118–131Norm Van Lier (23)2–5
8October 30@ Cleveland125–110Norm Van Lier (23)3–5
9October 31Milwaukee121–100Tom Van Arsdale (22)3–6
10November 3@ Detroit112–115Flynn Robinson (23)3–7
11November 4Phoenix133–115Johnny Green (21)3–8
12November 7Boston140–122Johnny Green (28)3–9
13November 10@ Portland138–121Tom Van Arsdale (28)4–9
14November 11@ San Diego120–127Tom Van Arsdale (34)4–10
15November 12@ San Francisco121–107Tom Van Arsdale (29)5–10
16November 13@ Phoenix109–115Sam Lacey (20)5–11
17November 18Chicago128–107Tom Van Arsdale (24)5–12
18November 19@ New York106–98Archibald, Van Arsdale (22)6–12
19November 21Detroit102–114Tom Van Arsdale (34)7–12
20November 25San Diego138–120Archibald, Van Arsdale (21)7–13
21November 27@ Philadelphia113–109Green, Van Arsdale (23)8–13
22November 28Cleveland86–105Tom Van Arsdale (20)9–13
23December 2Seattle119–111Norm Van Lier (22)9–14
24December 5Philadelphia131–106Tom Van Arsdale (29)9–15
25December 6@ Baltimore118–126Tom Van Arsdale (29)9–16
26December 7N San Francisco113–124Tom Van Arsdale (36)10–16
27December 9Atlanta106–118Johnny Green (31)11–16
28December 12Cleveland95–114Norm Van Lier (26)12–16
29December 16Los Angeles118–102Tom Van Arsdale (26)12–17
30December 18@ Chicago122–137Norm Van Lier (31)12–18
31December 19Milwaukee110–119Sam Lacey (23)13–18
32December 20N Detroit136–135 (2OT)Johnny Green (39)13–19
33December 23Baltimore115–120Tom Van Arsdale (37)14–19
34December 25Cleveland100–117Van Arsdale, Van Lier (23)15–19
35December 26@ Atlanta130–118Norm Van Lier (29)16–19
36December 28N Milwaukee137–114Flynn Robinson (22)16–20
37December 30Detroit119–115Johnny Green (29)16–21
38January 2@ Buffalo115–103Tom Van Arsdale (27)17–21
39January 5N Los Angeles112–146Johnny Green (34)18–21
40January 6Portland128–133 (OT)Norm Van Lier (28)19–21
41January 8@ Detroit109–115Sam Lacey (25)19–22
42January 9Seattle114–110Sam Lacey (28)19–23
43January 14N Los Angeles126–120Johnny Green (27)19–24
44January 15@ Milwaukee116–135Sam Lacey (27)19–25
45January 16Buffalo113–114Archibald, Green, Van Arsdale (23)20–25
46January 18N Phoenix118–99Tom Van Arsdale (18)20–26
47January 19@ San Francisco108–116Tom Van Arsdale (30)20–27
48January 20@ Phoenix126–114Norm Van Lier (34)21–27
49January 22@ Seattle131–132 (OT)Tom Van Arsdale (39)21–28
50January 24@ Los Angeles131–142Tom Van Arsdale (25)21–29
51January 27Baltimore113–115Johnny Green (35)22–29
52January 29@ Baltimore118–145Van Arsdale, Van Lier (22)22–30
53January 30San Diego110–116Norm Van Lier (25)23–30
54January 31@ Chicago99–131Flynn Robinson (20)23–31
55February 2@ New York108–115Sam Lacey (27)23–32
56February 3Boston115–134Tom Van Arsdale (34)24–32
57February 5@ Boston110–114Tom Van Arsdale (27)24–33
58February 6Philadelphia118–109Flynn Robinson (30)24–34
59February 7@ Atlanta118–121Johnny Green (30)24–35
60February 11@ Seattle101–119Tom Van Arsdale (22)24–36
61February 12@ San Francisco119–133Tom Van Arsdale (40)24–37
62February 13@ San Diego116–120Tom Van Arsdale (27)24–38
63February 14@ Los Angeles113–125Norm Van Lier (24)24–39
64February 16N Portland102–109Tom Van Arsdale (29)25–39
65February 17@ Phoenix117–133Charlie Paulk (27)25–40
66February 19@ Cleveland109–125Flynn Robinson (32)25–41
67February 20Buffalo94–120Flynn Robinson (25)26–41
68February 24New York125–105Flynn Robinson (29)26–42
69February 26@ Milwaukee111–135Charlie Paulk (24)26–43
70February 28@ Philadelphia121–131Tom Van Arsdale (24)26–44
71March 1N Chicago94–98Tom Van Arsdale (22)26–45
72March 3@ Baltimore133–132 (OT)Lacey, Van Arsdale (23)27–45
73March 5N Portland111–117Tom Van Arsdale (30)28–45
74March 7@ Atlanta112–122Nate Archibald (26)28–46
75March 10New York118–120 (OT)Tom Van Arsdale (31)29–46
76March 12N Boston124–108Tom Van Arsdale (31)30–46
77March 13Atlanta127–136Nate Archibald (47)31–46
78March 14@ Cleveland115–103Tom Van Arsdale (31)32–46
79March 16@ Buffalo113–102Nate Archibald (25)33–46
80March 17San Francisco110–92Sam Lacey (20)33–47
81March 19@ Philadelphia127–147Johnny Green (18)33–48
82March 21@ Boston110–135Tom Van Arsdale (22)33–49

Awards and honors

References

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