Cincinnati Royals

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basketball team defunct NBA team

The Cincinnati Royals were a former National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise, later relocated and rebranded as the Sacramento Kings.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cincinnati Royals (NBA)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball team ⓘ defunct NBA team ⓘ
abbreviation	CIN ⓘ
category	Basketball teams in Ohio ⓘ Defunct National Basketball Association teams ⓘ Sports in Cincinnati ⓘ
conference	Western Conference ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
division	Midwest Division ⓘ surface form: Midwestern Division Western Division ⓘ
foundedAs	Rochester Royals ⓘ
franchise	Sacramento Kings franchise history ⓘ
franchiseLineageContinuesAs	Sacramento Kings ⓘ
homeArena	Cincinnati Gardens ⓘ
homeCity	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio
joinedNBAAs	Rochester Royals ⓘ
league	National Basketball Association ⓘ
market	small-market NBA team ⓘ
notableAchievement	featured Oscar Robertson averaging a triple-double season ⓘ
notableCoach	Bob Cousy ⓘ Jack McMahon ⓘ
notablePlayer	Jack Twyman ⓘ Jerry Lucas ⓘ Oscar Robertson ⓘ
playedInEra	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ early 1970s ⓘ
predecessor	Rochester Royals ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
relocatedTo	Sacramento Kings ⓘ surface form: Kansas City Kings Sacramento Kings ⓘ surface form: Kansas City–Omaha Kings Sacramento Kings ⓘ
rival	Boston Celtics ⓘ Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ Atlanta Hawks ⓘ surface form: St. Louis Hawks
sport	basketball ⓘ
status	relocated franchise ⓘ
successor	Sacramento Kings ⓘ surface form: Kansas City Kings Sacramento Kings ⓘ surface form: Kansas City–Omaha Kings Sacramento Kings ⓘ
teamColors	blue ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ
wonNBAChampionshipAsFranchise	1951 ⓘ
wonNBAChampionshipCity	Rochester ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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Bob Cousy → coached → Cincinnati Royals ⓘ

Oscar Robertson → draftTeam → Cincinnati Royals ⓘ

Mel Daniels → draftedBy → Cincinnati Royals ⓘ

Sacramento Kings → formerName → Cincinnati Royals ⓘ

Western Division of NBA → includedFranchise → Cincinnati Royals ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Division (NBA)

Bob Cousy → playedFor → Cincinnati Royals ⓘ

Mel Daniels → playedFor → Cincinnati Royals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cincinnati Royals (NBA)

Oscar Robertson → playedFor → Cincinnati Royals ⓘ

Rochester Royals → relocatedTo → Cincinnati Royals ⓘ

Rochester Royals → successor → Cincinnati Royals ⓘ