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Belt game 1,163 · January 8, 1961

St. Louis Hawks take the belt

St. Louis Hawks beat Boston Celtics 133–104 at home to start reign 531 of the NBA belt, the 56th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since January 5, 1961, with 1 defense over 3 days.

St. Louis Hawks held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on January 11, 1961.

531Reign number
56Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Sam Jones372450——9-18—6-7
Bob Cousy382250——7-26—8-8
Bill Russell4616210——6-10—4-9
Frank Ramsey341650——7-17—2-2
Tom Heinsohn161080——4-15—2-3
Gene Conley20840——4-7—0-0
K.C. Jones17410——2-8—0-0
Gene Guarilia5200——1-3—0-1
Thomas Sanders16270——1-5—0-1
Jim Loscutoff11010——0-4—0-0

St. Louis Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Cliff Hagan4437130——14-27—9-11
Clyde Lovellette3623100——9-21—5-5
Bob Pettit3419250——3-13—13-15
Lenny Wilkens4419110——8-18—3-6
Woody Sauldsberry231590——7-18—1-3
Si Green23950——4-7—1-1
Larry Foust3640——3-4—0-0
Fred LaCour4420——1-3—2-2
Johnny McCarthy25100——0-4—1-2
Al Ferrari4000——0-1—0-0

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

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