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Belt game 1,250 · January 5, 1962

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Cincinnati Royals 124–103 on the road to start reign 569 of the NBA belt, the 74th for the franchise.

Cincinnati Royals had held it since January 3, 1962, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Washington Wizards on January 10, 1962.

569Reign number
74Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score

Cincinnati Royals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Oscar Robertson0271511——9-24—9-10
Arlen Bockhorn01643——8-17—0-0
Wayne Embry015198——6-15—3-6
Bob Boozer013145——5-14—3-5
Adrian Smith01200——4-10—4-5
Jack Twyman01161——5-15—1-3
Hub Reed0430——2-6—0-0
Dave Zeller0431——1-3—2-3
Robert Nordmann0130——0-1—1-2

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Tom Heinsohn031102——14-23—3-4
Sam Jones02938——13-23—3-3
Frank Ramsey01731——8-12—1-1
Thomas Sanders01130——3-8—5-5
Bill Russell011248——3-11—5-7
Jim Loscutoff01082——5-10—0-0
K.C. Jones09211——4-11—1-1
Gary Phillips0411——1-6—2-4
Gene Guarilia0220——1-3—0-0
Carl Braun0011——0-3—0-0

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

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