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Belt game 1,349 · January 20, 1963

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers 133–121 at home to start reign 614 of the NBA belt, the 88th for the franchise.

Los Angeles Lakers had held it since January 9, 1963, with 4 defenses over 11 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Sacramento Kings on January 23, 1963.

614Reign number
88Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score

Los Angeles Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Elgin Baylor4540153——14-33—12-17
Dick Barnett342761——7-17—13-15
Jerry West271484——6-25—2-3
Frank Selvy381424——6-16—2-2
Gene Wiley3411100——5-5—1-2
Rudy LaRusso25792——2-8—3-3
Leroy Ellis19410——2-7—0-0
Jim Krebs16461——2-8—0-0
Rod Hundley1000——0-1—0-0
Ron Horn1000——0-0—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bill Russell4829433——11-22—7-11
Sam Jones3329103——14-28—1-1
Tom Heinsohn3026122——10-28—6-7
John Havlicek291993——7-19—5-6
Bob Cousy289411——4-10—1-3
Thomas Sanders25972——4-11—1-2
K.C. Jones24834——3-6—2-2
Frank Ramsey19441——1-4—2-2
Jim Loscutoff4020——0-1—0-0

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

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