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Belt game 1,648 · April 17, 1966 · playoffs

Los Angeles Lakers take the belt

Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics 133–129 on the road to start reign 753 of the NBA belt, the 92nd for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since April 10, 1966, with 1 defense over 7 days.

Los Angeles Lakers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Celtics on April 19, 1966.

753Reign number
92Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bill Russell5328265——12-18—4-7
Sam Jones4523119——8-29—7-7
John Havlicek382163——9-20—3-3
Mel Counts141560——6-11—3-3
Thomas Sanders231241——6-8—0-0
Larry Siegfried291022——3-10—4-5
Don Nelson23862——2-10—4-5
K.C. Jones30832——3-4—2-3
Willie Naulls7430——2-6—0-0
Ron Bonham3010——0-1—0-1

Los Angeles Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Jerry West514182——15-27—11-13
Elgin Baylor4736202——13-28—10-13
Gail Goodrich452065——7-15—6-7
Rudy LaRusso241042——3-8—4-10
Jim King301030——4-8—2-3
Leroy Ellis31860——3-9—2-3
Darrall Imhoff22561——1-3—3-5
Walt Hazzard15310——1-4—1-1

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

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