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Belt game 1,685 · December 15, 1966

St. Louis Hawks take the belt

St. Louis Hawks beat Boston Celtics 116–114 on the road to start reign 765 of the NBA belt, the 78th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since December 11, 1966, with 0 defenses over 4 days.

St. Louis Hawks held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on December 16, 1966.

765Reign number
78Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score

St. Louis Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Lenny Wilkens423254——10-16—12-13
Richie Guerin392334——10-24—3-4
Gene Tormohlen3016121——7-12—2-5
Bill Bridges4812143——6-10—0-5
Rod Thorn151111——5-7—1-2
Joe Caldwell261022——4-11—2-2
Lou Hudson23731——3-12—1-1
Tom Hoover10532——2-4—1-1
Paul Silas7011——0-2—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bailey Howell362262——7-12—8-10
Bill Russell48222612——5-10—12-17
John Havlicek402162——7-16—7-8
Sam Jones311821——8-17—2-2
K.C. Jones421444——7-12—0-0
Don Nelson13851——3-6—2-4
Larry Siegfried15620——2-5—2-2
Toby Kimball7261——1-3—0-0
Thomas Sanders8160——0-1—1-3

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

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