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Belt game 1,526 · January 23, 1965

Philadelphia 76ers take the belt

Philadelphia 76ers beat Boston Celtics 104–100 on the road to start reign 692 of the NBA belt, the 66th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since December 30, 1964, with 10 defenses over 24 days.

Philadelphia 76ers held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Pistons on January 26, 1965.

692Reign number
66Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score

Philadelphia 76ers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Lucious Jackson026134——8-17—10-10
Hal Greer02232——7-16—8-11
Wilt Chamberlain4316266——7-20—2-5
Larry Costello01694——6-15—4-4
Chet Walker08102——3-12—2-2
Johnny Kerr08121——4-10—0-0
Al Bianchi0610——3-6—0-0
Dave Gambee0231——0-7—2-2

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Sam Jones03550——16-32—3-5
Willie Naulls021114——8-14—5-5
John Havlicek018143——6-23—6-7
Thomas Sanders01123——5-12—1-3
Tom Heinsohn0794——3-9—1-1
Bill Russell484177——0-14—4-7
K.C. Jones0404——2-6—0-0
Larry Siegfried0010——0-0—0-0
John Thompson0010——0-2—0-0

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

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