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Belt game 287 · April 23, 1950 · playoffs

Minneapolis Lakers take the belt

Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals 110–95 at home to start reign 119 of the NBA belt, the 11th for the franchise.

Syracuse Nationals had held it since April 20, 1950, with 0 defenses over 3 days.

Minneapolis Lakers held it for 192 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Baltimore Bullets (1947–54) on November 1, 1950.

119Reign number
11Team's reign
0Defenses
192Days held
Box score

Minneapolis Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
George Mikan—40—2——13-20—14-17
Jim Pollard—16—10——5-15—6-9
Herm Schaefer—12—1——2-6—8-8
Don Carlson—10—6——3-5—4-5
Slater Martin—9—2——4-4—1-1
Bud Grant—6—2——3-7—0-0
Arnie Ferrin—6—1——3-6—0-2
Vern Mikkelsen—5—0——1-11—3-3
Bob Harrison—5—2——2-4—1-1
Billy Hassett—1—1——0-0—1-2
Tony Jaros—0—0——0-2—0-0

Syracuse Nationals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Dolph Schayes—23—2——6-13—11-15
Johnny Macknowski—17—5——6-16—5-8
Billy Gabor—14—4——4-15—6-6
George Ratkovicz—11—2——3-15—5-11
Alex Hannum—9—1——4-11—1-4
Paul Seymour—7—2——2-8—3-4
Andrew Levane—4—1——2-3—0-0
Ed Peterson—4—0——2-3—0-1
Al Cervi—3—2——1-3—1-1
Leroy Chollet—3—0——1-2—1-1
Ray Corley—0—0——0-2—0-1

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

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