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Belt game 1,324 · December 7, 1962

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers 126–112 at home to start reign 602 of the NBA belt, the 86th for the franchise.

Los Angeles Lakers had held it since November 22, 1962, with 6 defenses over 15 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on December 8, 1962.

602Reign number
86Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bill Russell4724316——10-20—4-7
Frank Ramsey182260——9-19—4-4
K.C. Jones222243——9-9—4-0
Bob Cousy2613510——6-15—1-2
Tom Heinsohn191240——5-13—2-2
Thomas Sanders321243——6-13—0-0
John Havlicek291092——5-12—0-1
Clyde Lovellette11721——3-7—1-1
Sam Jones36464——2-18—0-4

Los Angeles Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Elgin Baylor4233155——10-28—13-15
Jerry West422366——11-29—1-1
Rudy LaRusso351492——6-12—2-2
Dick Barnett251462——4-10—6-6
Leroy Ellis181180——4-10—3-5
Frank Selvy28713——2-7—3-3
Jim Krebs20410——2-4—0-0
Gene Wiley284112——2-4—0-0
Rod Hundley1210——1-1—0-0
Howie Jolliff1001——0-0—0-0

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

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