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Belt game 2,220 · April 18, 1972 · playoffs

Los Angeles Lakers take the belt

Los Angeles Lakers beat Milwaukee Bucks 115–90 at home to start reign 980 of the NBA belt, the 116th for the franchise.

Milwaukee Bucks had held it since April 16, 1972, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

Los Angeles Lakers held it for 8 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Knicks on April 26, 1972.

980Reign number
116Team's reign
1Defenses
8Days held
Box score

Milwaukee Bucks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar4328163——13-33—2-2
Wali Jones302142——8-13—5-5
Bob Dandridge4115134——5-16—5-5
Oscar Robertson29952——3-7—3-3
Lucius Allen29901——4-12—1-2
Curtis Perry376101——2-9—2-2
John Block19251——1-9—0-0
Toby Kimball5031——0-4—0-0
Barry Nelson3011——0-0—0-0
Chuck Lowery4000——0-2—0-0

Los Angeles Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Jim McMillian352542——10-19—5-6
Gail Goodrich342210——8-18—6-6
Jerry West3922310——7-15—8-11
Leroy Ellis2312121——6-13—0-0
Wilt Chamberlain4512266——2-3—8-8
Happy Hairston3410123——2-11—6-9
Pat Riley19851——3-8—2-2
Flynn Robinson4441——2-5—0-2
John Trapp4031——0-1—0-0
Jim Cleamons3001——0-1—0-0

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

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