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Belt game 1,473 · March 5, 1964

Cincinnati Royals take the belt

Cincinnati Royals beat Boston Celtics 111–101 at home to start reign 672 of the NBA belt, the 64th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since February 28, 1964, with 4 defenses over 6 days.

Cincinnati Royals held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Detroit Pistons on March 10, 1964.

672Reign number
64Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score

Cincinnati Royals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Oscar Robertson48271517——8-20—11-13
Jerry Lucas4722224——8-14—6-7
Jack Twyman342052——8-14—4-4
Wayne Embry281372——6-14—1-4
Arlen Bockhorn171133——5-6—1-2
Tom Hawkins26940——4-10—1-2
Larry Staverman9610——3-4—0-0
Adrian Smith31335——1-9—1-1

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bill Russell4819296——5-15—9-11
Sam Jones311632——6-16—4-4
Tom Heinsohn221691——6-18—4-4
Frank Ramsey191311——5-10—3-3
John Havlicek291132——3-11—5-6
K.C. Jones331025——4-8—2-2
Thomas Sanders24760——3-9—1-1
Willie Naulls20630——3-8—0-0
Clyde Lovellette7300——1-5—1-1
Larry Siegfried7032——0-2—0-0

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

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