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Belt game 1,760 · October 28, 1967

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Philadelphia 76ers 104–95 at home to start reign 789 of the NBA belt, the 123rd for the franchise.

Philadelphia 76ers had held it since April 24, 1967, with 5 defenses over 187 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 7 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Atlanta Hawks on November 4, 1967.

789Reign number
123Team's reign
1Defenses
7Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Sam Jones332315——9-19—5-6
John Havlicek3319124——8-21—3-4
Bailey Howell3716121——8-17—0-0
Larry Siegfried341227——5-7—2-2
Don Nelson2812101——4-8—4-4
Thomas Sanders231050——3-7—4-6
Bill Russell288163——4-10—0-1
Wayne Embry29431——2-9—0-0
Tom Thacker4020——0-1—0-0

Philadelphia 76ers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Chet Walker341751——8-26—1-1
Wilt Chamberlain4816279——7-14—2-16
Hal Greer421463——5-18—4-5
Billy Cunningham261430——7-15—0-0
Wali Jones221410——5-12—4-5
Larry Costello26952——3-7—3-3
Lucious Jackson36981——2-5—5-6
Matt Guokas3201——1-1—0-0
Bill Melchionni3000——0-0—0-0

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

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