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Belt game 1,599 · December 28, 1965

Philadelphia 76ers take the belt

Philadelphia 76ers beat Boston Celtics 102–93 at home to start reign 727 of the NBA belt, the 68th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since December 25, 1965, with 1 defense over 3 days.

Philadelphia 76ers held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Atlanta Hawks on December 30, 1965.

727Reign number
68Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score

Philadelphia 76ers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Wilt Chamberlain4831406——11-25—9-12
Hal Greer027116——12-27—3-4
Chet Walker014121——4-19—6-8
Billy Cunningham012143——5-20—2-5
Wali Jones01052——3-14—4-5
Lucious Jackson0471——2-9—0-1
Dave Gambee0222——1-2—0-0
Gerry Ward0220——1-2—0-0
Al Bianchi0000——0-2—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
John Havlicek02869——10-22—8-10
Sam Jones02452——8-18—8-11
Thomas Sanders012121——6-12—0-1
Bill Russell011172——4-14—3-6
Don Nelson0951——4-9—1-4
Willie Naulls0842——3-9—2-2
K.C. Jones0131——0-6—1-2
Mel Counts0000——0-0—0-0
Woody Sauldsberry0020——0-3—0-0

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

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