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Belt game 1,826 · February 24, 1968

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Seattle SuperSonics 141–137 at home to start reign 817 of the NBA belt, the 127th for the franchise.

Seattle SuperSonics had held it since February 23, 1968, with 0 defenses over 1 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 8 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on March 3, 1968.

817Reign number
127Team's reign
3Defenses
8Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
John Havlicek038133——15-23—8-10
Don Nelson02472——9-13—6-8
Bailey Howell02281——8-17—6-8
Bill Russell018206——8-13—2-7
Thomas Sanders01442——4-10—6-6
Larry Siegfried01232——3-8—6-7
Tom Thacker0934——3-10—3-4
Wayne Embry0401——1-2—2-2
Johnny Jones0001——0-3—0-0

Seattle SuperSonics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Walt Hazzard03865——16-36—6-10
Bob Rule033181——14-21—5-7
Rod Thorn01974——7-18—5-6
Tom Meschery01392——5-7—3-6
Al Tucker0961——4-10—1-2
George Wilson0841——3-5—2-2
Tom Kron0640——2-7—2-2
Bob Weiss0602——2-3—2-2
Dorie Murrey0320——0-1—3-3
Enoch Olsen0274——1-2—0-1

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

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