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Belt game 1,592 · December 11, 1965

New York Knicks take the belt

New York Knicks beat Baltimore Bullets 150–127 at home to start reign 724 of the NBA belt, the 75th for the franchise.

Baltimore Bullets had held it since December 8, 1965, with 1 defense over 3 days.

New York Knicks held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Washington Wizards on December 15, 1965.

724Reign number
75Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score

Baltimore Bullets

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Kevin Loughery182421——8-17—8-8
Johnny Green2720151——7-15—6-11
Johnny Kerr332096——8-16—4-6
Bailey Howell251972——8-11—3-6
Johnny Egan251420——4-10—6-6
Jerry Sloan15953——4-9—1-2
Don Ohl30745——3-11—1-1
Jim Barnes316102——3-10—0-3
Ben Warley8500——1-1—3-3
Wayne Hightower14351——1-7—1-2
Bob Ferry14042——0-1—0-0

New York Knicks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Dick Barnett393456——12-23—10-13
Dave Stallworth302651——11-16—4-5
Willis Reed4022163——7-15—8-8
Walt Bellamy3120163——8-18—4-4
Emmette Bryant221535——7-8—1-2
Dick Van Arsdale261325——5-15—3-3
Howard Komives231245——5-12—2-2
Tom Gola22612——1-2—4-4
Len Chappell4202——1-3—0-0
John Clemens3031——0-2—0-0

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

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