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Belt game 1,199 · March 7, 1961

St. Louis Hawks take the belt

St. Louis Hawks beat Los Angeles Lakers 137–136 at home to start reign 549 of the NBA belt, the 58th for the franchise.

Los Angeles Lakers had held it since March 2, 1961, with 1 defense over 5 days.

St. Louis Hawks held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on March 9, 1961.

549Reign number
58Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score

St. Louis Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bob Pettit5448130——15-39—18-20
Cliff Hagan383580——11-18—13-15
Larry Foust4019180——7-15—5-6
Lenny Wilkens471460——6-14—2-2
Woody Sauldsberry32940——4-13—1-1
Johnny McCarthy45790——3-10—1-2
Si Green20440——2-8—0-1
Al Ferrari11110——0-2—1-1
Fred LaCour3000——0-1—0-0

Los Angeles Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Elgin Baylor5139210——18-37—3-4
Rudy LaRusso4728120——11-22—6-9
Tom Hawkins282270——9-13—4-6
Jerry West3917140——7-13—3-8
Frank Selvy481340——5-15—3-5
Ray Felix34670——1-7—4-4
Bob Leonard17420——2-4—0-0
Jim Krebs11460——2-5—0-0
Rod Hundley12320——1-4—1-2
Howie Jolliff3010——0-0—0-0

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

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