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Belt game 1,270 · February 9, 1962

New York Knicks take the belt

New York Knicks beat Syracuse Nationals 120–111 at home to start reign 576 of the NBA belt, the 66th for the franchise.

Syracuse Nationals had held it since February 8, 1962, with 0 defenses over 1 days.

New York Knicks held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Washington Wizards on February 10, 1962.

576Reign number
66Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score

New York Knicks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Richie Guerin03400——12-24—10-13
Willie Naulls03300————15-15
Phil Jordon01900————1-1
Johnny Green014200————4-6
Al Butler01200————2-3
Darrall Imhoff0400————0-0
Ronald Martin0200————0-0
Cleveland Buckner0200————0-1
Donnie Butcher0000——0-0—0-0

Syracuse Nationals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Al Bianchi02305————1-2
Hal Greer021150————5-7
Dave Gambee01700————5-5
Johnny Kerr01300————3-4
Joe Roberts01000————0-0
Dolph Schayes0900————1-1
Harvey Halbrook0600————0-1
Paul Neumann0600————2-2
Lee Shaffer0600————0-0

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

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