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Belt game 1,782 · December 10, 1967

Seattle SuperSonics take the belt

Seattle SuperSonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 133–123 at home to start reign 799 of the NBA belt, the 1st for the franchise.

Los Angeles Lakers had held it since December 8, 1967, with 1 defense over 2 days.

Seattle SuperSonics held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on December 12, 1967.

799Reign number
1Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held

Box score

Seattle SuperSonics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Al Tucker423563——13-26—9-10
Dorie Murrey3219152——6-12—7-12
Walt Hazzard311947——4-13—11-14
Tom Meschery4018163——6-14—6-7
Bob Rule161491——5-8—4-4
Rod Thorn201402——6-9—2-2
Tom Kron24872——3-8—2-2
Bob Weiss22414——2-6—0-0
George Wilson8231——1-2—0-0
Plummer Lott3010——0-1—0-0
Enoch Olsen2000——0-0—0-0

Los Angeles Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Elgin Baylor4435152——14-30—7-8
Archie Clark342149——9-16—3-5
Jerry West442079——6-14—8-10
Mel Counts221520——6-10—3-3
Tom Hawkins281190——5-11—1-4
Gail Goodrich21921——3-8—3-5
Jim Barnes15620——3-3—0-0
Darrall Imhoff32683——2-6—2-4

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

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