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Belt game 1,597 · December 25, 1965

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 113–99 on the road to start reign 726 of the NBA belt, the 109th for the franchise.

Baltimore Bullets had held it since December 15, 1965, with 2 defenses over 10 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on December 28, 1965.

726Reign number
109Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Don Nelson02100————11-16
John Havlicek01800————0-0
Bill Russell016340————2-4
K.C. Jones01400————4-6
Sam Jones01100————5-7
Thomas Sanders01100————1-1
Larry Siegfried01000————4-4
Willie Naulls0800————0-0
Mel Counts0400————2-2

Baltimore Bullets

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bailey Howell02300————5-9
Don Ohl01900————3-5
Jim Barnes01300————1-4
Johnny Egan01100————1-3
Gus Johnson0800————2-2
Jerry Sloan0600————2-2
Johnny Green0600————2-5
Ben Warley0600————0-1
Kevin Loughery0600——3-13—0-0
Bob Ferry0100——0-0—1-2
Johnny Kerr0000——0-0—0-0

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

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