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Belt game 1,684 · December 11, 1966

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Philadelphia 76ers 117–103 at home to start reign 764 of the NBA belt, the 119th for the franchise.

Philadelphia 76ers had held it since November 24, 1966, with 10 defenses over 17 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 4 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Atlanta Hawks on December 15, 1966.

764Reign number
119Team's reign
0Defenses
4Days held
Box score

Philadelphia 76ers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Chet Walker362471——9-18—6-9
Billy Cunningham322232——10-17—2-5
Wilt Chamberlain4815246——5-13—5-10
Hal Greer431131——4-14—3-3
Larry Costello271111——3-7—5-6
Wali Jones211033——3-10—4-4
Lucious Jackson17620——3-5—0-0
Bill Melchionni5410——2-4—0-0
Dave Gambee11010——0-5—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
John Havlicek383483——14-26—6-7
Sam Jones392353——9-21—5-6
Bailey Howell221750——8-16—1-4
K.C. Jones391448——4-7—6-7
Don Nelson18933——4-5—1-5
Thomas Sanders24871——3-7—2-2
Bill Russell488196——4-8—0-0
Wayne Embry11420——2-5—0-0
Toby Kimball1000——0-0—0-0

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

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