NBA 1965-66Regular season

Final

Cincinnati Royals96–113Boston Celtics

Cincinnati Royals at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 21 January 1966
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1965-66Regular season
Meeting: 161st meetingof 332 played

Cincinnati Royals

Cincinnati Royals box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Oscar Robertson	—	7–22	10–12	4	4	4	24
Happy Hairston	—	7–15	6–8	11	1	5	20
Adrian Smith	—	6–15	3–3	7	4	5	15
Jerry Lucas	—	6–15	2–4	22	2	4	14
Wayne Embry	—	2–7	2–4	4	0	3	6
Tom Thacker	—	2–7	1–1	2	2	2	5
George Wilson	—	2–3	0–0	1	0	0	4
Jack Twyman	—	2–4	0–0	2	0	1	4
Jon McGlocklin	—	1–5	0–0	1	0	0	2
Tom Hawkins	—	0–2	2–2	2	0	3	2
Team totals	—	35–95	26–34	56	13	27	96

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	20:00	4–12	1–1	3	2	2	9
Don Nelson	—	10–18	2–5	8	0	3	22
Larry Siegfried	—	9–16	2–3	2	1	5	20
Sam Jones	—	7–14	3–5	4	3	4	17
Bill Russell	—	5–9	6–10	25	7	4	16
Mel Counts	—	5–12	3–3	11	0	4	13
K.C. Jones	—	3–7	5–6	5	5	4	11
Willie Naulls	—	1–7	3–3	4	0	4	5
Team totals	20:00	44–95	25–36	62	18	30	113

This season

Boston Celtics 8, Sacramento Kings 7 in NBA 1965-66.

16 Oct 1965Cincinnati Royals 98–102 Boston Celtics
28 Oct 1965Boston Celtics 108–113 Cincinnati Royals
19 Nov 1965Cincinnati Royals 103–129 Boston Celtics
5 Dec 1965Boston Celtics 99–108 Cincinnati Royals
15 Dec 1965Cincinnati Royals 117–110 Boston Celtics
21 Jan 196696–113 this game
25 Jan 1966Boston Celtics 101–113 Cincinnati Royals
15 Feb 1966Boston Celtics 123–136 Cincinnati Royals
10 Mar 1966Boston Celtics 124–120 Cincinnati Royals
20 Mar 1966Cincinnati Royals 104–121 Boston Celtics
23 Mar 1966Cincinnati Royals 107–103 Boston Celtics
26 Mar 1966Boston Celtics 132–125 Cincinnati Royals
27 Mar 1966Cincinnati Royals 113–107 Boston Celtics
30 Mar 1966Boston Celtics 120–103 Cincinnati Royals
1 Apr 1966Cincinnati Royals 103–112 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Cincinnati Royals: 31–14
Boston Celtics: 30–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 206, Sacramento Kings 126.

15 Dec 1965Cincinnati Royals 117–110 Boston Celtics
25 Jan 1966Boston Celtics 101–113 Cincinnati Royals

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.