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Belt game 1,396 · April 10, 1963 · playoffs

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Cincinnati Royals 142–131 at home to start reign 641 of the NBA belt, the 96th for the franchise.

Cincinnati Royals had held it since April 7, 1963, with 0 defenses over 3 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 7 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Los Angeles Lakers on April 17, 1963.

641Reign number
96Team's reign
2Defenses
7Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Sam Jones414771——18-27—11-12
Tom Heinsohn353150——11-20—9-11
Bob Cousy3421316——9-18—3-4
Bill Russell4820244——8-14—4-6
John Havlicek24863——3-8—2-4
K.C. Jones19763——1-3—5-5
Thomas Sanders18560——0-3—5-5
Frank Ramsey17330——1-5—1-2
Jim Loscutoff4010——0-0—0-1

Cincinnati Royals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Oscar Robertson484366——11-24—21-22
Adrian Smith221910——9-17—1-2
Wayne Embry331870——7-16—4-6
Jack Twyman341761——5-12—7-9
Arlen Bockhorn32931——3-9—3-3
Bob Boozer21752——2-7—3-5
Tom Hawkins17670——2-4—2-2
Hub Reed15621——3-4—0-0
Enoch Olsen8450——2-4—0-1
Dave Piontek10210——1-2—0-0

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

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