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Belt game 2,240 · November 12, 1972

Portland Trail Blazers take the belt

Portland Trail Blazers beat Kansas City-Omaha Kings 102–100 at home to start reign 985 of the NBA belt, the 1st for the franchise.

Kansas City-Omaha Kings had held it since November 4, 1972, with 2 defenses over 8 days.

Portland Trail Blazers held it for 6 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Oklahoma City Thunder on November 18, 1972.

985Reign number
1Team's reign
2Defenses
6Days held
Box score

Portland Trail Blazers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Lloyd Neal352991——10-13—9-12
Sidney Wicks4825137——10-17—5-11
Geoff Petrie452234——11-23—0-1
Rick Adelman30847——4-8—0-0
Ollie Johnson35894——2-6—4-4
Charlie Davis7500——1-3—3-3
Dave Wohl18404——2-3—0-1
Terry Dischinger8113——0-2—1-1
Greg Smith14020——0-2—0-0

Kansas City-Omaha Kings

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Nate Archibald4828514——11-28—6-7
Sam Lacey4720144——9-18—2-5
Ron Riley4014123——7-10—0-0
Nate Williams201240——6-9—0-0
Matt Guokas34834——3-4—2-2
Don Kojis11821——4-6—0-0
Tom Van Arsdale20631——3-11—0-0
Dick Gibbs14412——2-6—0-0
Toby Kimball1010——0-0—0-0
Johnny Green5011——0-0—0-0

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

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