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Belt game 366 · November 3, 1951

Minneapolis Lakers take the belt

Minneapolis Lakers beat Rochester Royals 93–74 on the road to start reign 154 of the NBA belt, the 16th for the franchise.

Rochester Royals had held it since April 21, 1951, with 1 defense over 196 days.

Minneapolis Lakers held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on November 4, 1951.

154Reign number
16Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score

Rochester Royals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bob Davies01600————8-3
Arnie Johnson01500————7-5
Red Holzman01200————0-1
Arnie Risen01100————3-0
Bobby Wanzer0900————5-1
Jack Coleman0400————0-2
Odie Spears0400————0-1
Joe McNamee0200————0-0
Ray Ragelis0100——0-0—1-0
Paul Noel0000——0-0—0-1
Sam Ranzino0000——0-0—0-0

Minneapolis Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Vern Mikkelsen02500————7-1
George Mikan02400————8-2
Jim Pollard01600————0-0
Whitey Skoog0600————0-0
Bob Harrison0600————0-1
Joe Hutton0500————3-0
Lew Hitch0500————1-0
Howie Schultz0300————1-0
Slater Martin0300————1-0
John Pilch0000——0-0—0-0

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

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