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Belt game 1,287 · March 6, 1962

New York Knicks take the belt

New York Knicks beat Boston Celtics 113–106 at home to start reign 585 of the NBA belt, the 68th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since March 4, 1962, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

New York Knicks held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Pistons on March 7, 1962.

585Reign number
68Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score

New York Knicks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Richie Guerin04000——16-33—8-13
Willie Naulls02600————6-6
Al Butler01600————2-3
Johnny Green01200————8-9
Darrall Imhoff0900————3-4
Cleveland Buckner0400————2-3
Phil Jordon0300————1-2
Dave Budd0300————1-2
Ronald Martin0000——0-0—0-0
Donnie Butcher0000——0-0—0-1

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Tom Heinsohn03000————2-2
Sam Jones01800————2-3
Bill Russell4715244————3-6
Frank Ramsey01400————2-4
Bob Cousy01400————2-6
Jim Loscutoff0600————0-0
K.C. Jones0600————4-4
Carl Braun0200————0-0
Thomas Sanders0100——0-0—1-1

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

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