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Belt game 1,165 · January 11, 1961

Syracuse Nationals take the belt

Syracuse Nationals beat St. Louis Hawks 133–128 at home to start reign 532 of the NBA belt, the 47th for the franchise.

St. Louis Hawks had held it since January 8, 1961, with 1 defense over 3 days.

Syracuse Nationals held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Celtics on January 12, 1961.

532Reign number
47Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score

St. Louis Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Clyde Lovellette03160——15-24—1-3
Bob Pettit029120————11-15
Cliff Hagan02600————10-11
Johnny McCarthy02307————3-4
Lenny Wilkens0800————2-2
Woody Sauldsberry0700————1-1
Si Green0400————2-3
Larry Foust0000——0-0—0-0

Syracuse Nationals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Dolph Schayes03500————17-17
Dave Gambee02500————3-4
Dick Barnett02408————4-5
Hal Greer02300————9-9
Johnny Kerr010140————2-3
Joe Roberts0900————1-1
Harvey Halbrook0700————1-3
Al Bianchi0000——0-0—0-0

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

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