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Belt game 1,515 · December 30, 1964

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 121–114 on the road to start reign 691 of the NBA belt, the 103rd for the franchise.

Baltimore Bullets had held it since December 27, 1964, with 0 defenses over 3 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 24 days and 10 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on January 23, 1965.

691Reign number
103Team's reign
10Defenses
24Days held
Box score

Baltimore Bullets

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Walt Bellamy4829190————7-9
Don Ohl02300————5-5
Kevin Loughery02200————4-4
Gus Johnson4422110————2-3
Bailey Howell01500————5-7
Bob Ferry0200——0-0—2-3
Si Green0100——0-0—1-3
Wali Jones0000——0-0—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Sam Jones03700————5-6
John Havlicek02900——12-26—5-6
Willie Naulls02200————2-2
Thomas Sanders01200————2-3
Bill Russell010120————0-2
K.C. Jones01000————4-6
Larry Siegfried0100——0-0—1-1
John Thompson0000——0-0—0-0

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

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