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Belt game 1,082 · January 29, 1960

Philadelphia Warriors take the belt

Philadelphia Warriors beat Boston Celtics 124–116 at home to start reign 494 of the NBA belt, the 57th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since January 15, 1960, with 5 defenses over 14 days.

Philadelphia Warriors held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Knicks on January 30, 1960.

494Reign number
57Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held

Box score

Philadelphia Warriors

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Wilt Chamberlain4843393——18-36—7-15
Guy Rodgers02199——9-17—3-5
Tom Gola01898——9-19—0-0
Paul Arizin018115——6-16—6-7
Andy Johnson01252——3-12—6-8
Woody Sauldsberry0884——3-18—2-3
Joe Ruklick0411——2-4—0-0
Joe Graboski0010——0-2—0-0
Vern Hatton0010——0-0—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bob Cousy029912——11-39—7-9
Tom Heinsohn029132——12-17—5-6
Bill Russell4820243——9-18—2-4
Gene Conley01350——5-8—3-6
Bill Sharman01221——6-14—0-0
Frank Ramsey0894——2-10—4-6
K.C. Jones0501——1-3—3-4
John Richter0000——0-0—0-0
Sam Jones0030——0-3—0-0

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

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