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Belt game 1,044 · November 20, 1959

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Syracuse Nationals 114–101 at home to start reign 480 of the NBA belt, the 50th for the franchise.

Syracuse Nationals had held it since November 18, 1959, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Golden State Warriors on November 25, 1959.

480Reign number
50Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bill Sharman252520——11-21—3-4
Bob Cousy4019411——7-19—5-5
Bill Russell3917260——7-13—3-5
Sam Jones201460——6-9—2-5
Tom Heinsohn2814140——6-22—2-2
John Richter208114——4-13—0-2
Jim Loscutoff19664——3-11—0-0
K.C. Jones11530——2-4—1-1
Gene Conley13490——1-3—2-3
Frank Ramsey18250——0-5—2-2
Gene Guarilia7010——0-2—0-0

Syracuse Nationals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
George Yardley3224110——12-23—0-1
Dolph Schayes271790——6-16—5-7
Barney Cable241380——5-12—3-5
Larry Costello371125——4-14—3-3
Connie Dierking171080——3-6—4-4
Frank Selvy23950——3-11—3-3
Johnny Kerr18690——2-5—2-4
Bob Hopkins265144——2-14—1-1
Hal Greer26444——2-9—0-1
Al Bianchi10200——1-5—0-0

Player box scores: Historical NBA Data and Player Box Scores by Eoin Moore (CC0).

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