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Belt game 1,575 · October 23, 1965

St. Louis Hawks take the belt

St. Louis Hawks beat Boston Celtics 120–110 at home to start reign 716 of the NBA belt, the 73rd for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since April 23, 1965, with 3 defenses over 183 days.

St. Louis Hawks held it for 11 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Los Angeles Lakers on November 3, 1965.

716Reign number
73Team's reign
1Defenses
11Days held
Box score

St. Louis Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Zelmo Beaty4724162——8-20—8-9
Lenny Wilkens422108——7-12—7-8
Cliff Hagan372110——9-14—3-4
Richie Guerin392185——7-15—7-12
Bill Bridges3317201——7-12—3-3
Jim Washington211270——5-8—2-3
Jeff Mullins11401——2-4—0-0
John Barnhill4000——0-0—0-0
Mike Farmer6021——0-0—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
John Havlicek272434——9-16—6-8
Sam Jones272130——10-15—1-1
Thomas Sanders241450——4-6—6-9
Willie Naulls261420——6-14—2-2
Larry Siegfried241200——5-6—2-2
Bill Russell487184——1-8—5-5
Ron Bonham12700——2-5—3-4
Si Green17610——3-9—0-0
K.C. Jones28301——0-5—3-4
Ron Watts3211——1-2—0-0
John Thompson4010——0-0—0-0

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

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