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Belt game 2,141 · November 5, 1971

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Detroit Pistons 103–102 at home to start reign 952 of the NBA belt, the 143rd for the franchise.

Detroit Pistons had held it since October 30, 1971, with 0 defenses over 6 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 7 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Phoenix Suns on November 12, 1971.

952Reign number
143Team's reign
3Defenses
7Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Jojo White422944——12-24—5-5
Dave Cowens4419181——8-26—3-8
Don Nelson301861——4-11—10-10
John Havlicek48141511——6-23—2-3
Steve Kuberski24950——4-10—1-2
Don Chaney25792——1-7—5-7
Arthur Williams16602——2-7—2-2
Hank Finkel4130——0-1—1-4
Thomas Sanders7020——0-0—0-0

Detroit Pistons

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Jimmy Walker403463——14-25—6-6
Bob Lanier4221148——7-21—7-8
Curtis Rowe381491——6-8—2-2
Harvey Marlatt331064——3-9—4-4
Terry Dischinger20811——4-9—0-0
Steve Mix23630——3-11—0-0
Howard Komives23662——3-8—0-0
Willie Norwood15350——1-5—1-1
Erwin Mueller6021——0-0—0-0

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

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