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Belt game 2,618 · November 2, 1976

New Orleans Jazz take the belt

New Orleans Jazz beat Boston Celtics 115–97 at home to start reign 1,157 of the NBA belt, the 4th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since June 4, 1976, with 5 defenses over 151 days.

New Orleans Jazz held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Detroit Pistons on November 7, 1976.

1,157Reign number
4Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score

New Orleans Jazz

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Pete Maravich45431050017-40—9-11
Aaron James271721008-15—1-1
Nate Williams211360006-7—1-2
Gail Goodrich281044005-16—0-0
E.C. Coleman3610140004-9—2-3
Jim McElroy23954004-9—1-1
Otto Moore17852003-7—2-3
Paul Griffin31576002-4—1-3
Rich Kelley9041000-0—0-0
Ron Behagen3030000-2—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Dave Cowens43301750015-27—0-0
Jojo White441763008-20—1-2
John Havlicek331572005-14—5-6
Charlie Scott371414006-12—2-2
Sidney Wicks3412143005-11—2-6
Curtis Rowe21560002-4—1-2
Steve Kuberski4210000-2—2-2
Kevin Stacom12211001-4—0-0
Jim Ard3020000-1—0-0
Norm Cook2000000-1—0-0
Fred Saunders5020000-0—0-0
Tom Boswell2010000-1—0-0

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

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