St. Louis Hawks beat Syracuse Nationals 128–100 for the NBA belt (Feb 12, 1963)

Syracuse Nationals had held it since February 6, 1963, with 3 defenses over 6 days.

St. Louis Hawks held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Knicks on February 14, 1963.

621Reign number

65Team's reign

1Defenses

2Days held

Box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Al Bianchi	21	13	1	3	—	—	5-9	—	3-4
Johnny Kerr	24	13	5	1	—	—	5-10	—	3-4
Paul Neumann	26	13	2	3	—	—	5-9	—	3-4
Hal Greer	24	10	5	2	—	—	4-11	—	2-4
Ben Warley	17	10	6	0	—	—	5-12	—	0-0
Len Chappell	19	10	5	0	—	—	5-10	—	0-1
Dave Gambee	20	10	2	0	—	—	4-5	—	2-5
Larry Costello	25	9	3	3	—	—	4-11	—	1-2
Dolph Schayes	19	7	5	3	—	—	2-8	—	3-4
Chet Walker	22	4	12	3	—	—	2-10	—	0-0
Lee Shaffer	23	1	5	1	—	—	0-7	—	1-2

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Cliff Hagan	27	34	8	3	—	—	13-22	—	8-9
John Barnhill	35	16	2	3	—	—	7-10	—	2-2
Mike Farmer	19	16	8	2	—	—	6-14	—	4-4
Lenny Wilkens	20	15	3	4	—	—	4-5	—	7-8
Bill Bridges	21	12	11	2	—	—	5-9	—	2-2
Bob Duffy	15	8	2	2	—	—	3-8	—	2-2
Charles Vaughn	25	8	4	11	—	—	2-6	—	4-4
Bob Pettit	27	7	9	4	—	—	3-11	—	1-2
Zelmo Beaty	24	6	7	2	—	—	3-7	—	0-0
Woody Sauldsberry	24	6	7	0	—	—	3-9	—	0-0
Phil Jordon	3	0	0	1	—	—	0-0	—	0-0

St. Louis Hawks take the belt