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Belt game 1,309 · October 30, 1962

St. Louis Hawks take the belt

St. Louis Hawks beat Boston Celtics 98–97 at home to start reign 598 of the NBA belt, the 62nd for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since April 16, 1962, with 4 defenses over 197 days.

St. Louis Hawks held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on October 31, 1962.

598Reign number
62Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Sam Jones332340——10-19—3-4
Bill Russell4522190——9-17—4-8
Thomas Sanders261890——8-16—2-2
Bob Cousy381340——5-15—3-3
Tom Heinsohn20850——3-11—2-3
John Havlicek31860——4-10—0-0
Frank Ramsey25540——2-6—1-1
K.C. Jones12030——0-5—0-0
Clyde Lovellette3000——0-1—0-0
Jim Loscutoff7010——0-3—0-0

St. Louis Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bob Pettit4626220——4-20—18-23
Phil Jordon411560——7-16—1-1
Cliff Hagan261540——6-11—3-6
Charles Vaughn271120——4-12—3-4
John Barnhill411130——5-13—1-2
Lenny Wilkens21840——3-5—2-3
Barney Cable8710——3-4—1-1
Mike Farmer22460——1-4—2-2
Zelmo Beaty7110——0-0—1-1
Nick Mantis1000——0-0—0-0

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

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