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Belt game 1,295 · March 31, 1962 · playoffs

Philadelphia Warriors take the belt

Philadelphia Warriors beat Boston Celtics 110–106 at home to start reign 590 of the NBA belt, the 67th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since March 28, 1962, with 0 defenses over 3 days.

Philadelphia Warriors held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Celtics on April 1, 1962.

590Reign number
67Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held

Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bill Russell4831304——11-26—9-12
Tom Heinsohn322173——9-21—3-3
Sam Jones3716122——5-21—6-12
Frank Ramsey231470——2-15—10-10
Bob Cousy3010710——4-17—2-2
K.C. Jones26856——2-8—4-5
Jim Loscutoff24641——3-10—0-0
Gary Phillips0000——0-0—0-0
Thomas Sanders20040——0-5—0-0

Philadelphia Warriors

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Wilt Chamberlain4841342——15-29—11-22
Paul Arizin422662——7-18—12-14
Tom Meschery4823157——7-17—9-10
Guy Rodgers4212610——5-16—2-5
Alvin Attles33624——3-4—0-0
Tom Gola8221——1-2—0-0
Ted Luckenbill1010——0-0—0-2
York Larese7010——0-2—0-0
Ed Conlin11040——0-4—0-0

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

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