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Belt game 250 · January 28, 1950

Philadelphia Warriors take the belt

Philadelphia Warriors beat New York Knicks 58–55 on the road to start reign 100 of the NBA belt, the 12th for the franchise.

New York Knicks had held it since January 22, 1950, with 3 defenses over 6 days.

Philadelphia Warriors held it for 4 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Sacramento Kings on February 1, 1950.

100Reign number
12Team's reign
0Defenses
4Days held

Box score

New York Knicks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Dick McGuire—14—5——4-9—6-9
Connie Simmons—13—1——6-15—1-5
Carl Braun—7—5——3-13—1-2
Vince Boryla—5—2——2-8—1-3
Ernie Vandeweghe—4—3——2-4—0-0
Paul Noel—4—0——2-6—0-0
Ray Lumpp—3—1——1-5—1-3
Harry Gallatin—3—1——1-4—1-2
Harry Donovan—2—0——1-2—0-2
Goebel Ritter—0—2——0-2—0-0

Philadelphia Warriors

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Vern Gardner—14—1——3-9—8-8
Francis Crossin—13—3——5-17—3-4
George Senesky—10—2——5-13—0-0
Leo Mogus—7—4——2-11—3-7
Ron Livingstone—7—1——3-13—1-1
Joe Fulks—3—0——1-3—1-1
Fred Lewis—2—1——1-4—0-0
Jake Bornheimer—1—1——0-4—1-2
Jerry Fleishman—1—0——0-4—1-3
Mike Novak—0—0——0-3—0-0

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

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