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Belt game 433 · March 12, 1952

Syracuse Nationals take the belt

Syracuse Nationals beat Boston Celtics 89–71 on the road to start reign 187 of the NBA belt, the 8th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since March 4, 1952, with 4 defenses over 8 days.

Syracuse Nationals held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Knicks on March 15, 1952.

187Reign number
8Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score

Syracuse Nationals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
George King02500——9-16—7-13
Red Rocha01600————6-7
Dolph Schayes015120————7-8
Paul Seymour01200————4-4
Wally Osterkorn01000————4-6
Al Cervi0800————4-4
Gerry Calabrese0300————1-1
George Ratkovicz0000——0-0—0-0
Billy Gabor0000——0-0—0-0
Noble Jorgensen0000——0-0—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bill Sharman01500————3-3
Bob Cousy01400————2-3
Bob Harris0800————2-2
Bob Donham0800————4-7
Ed Macauley0700————5-6
John Mahnken0600————2-3
Chuck Cooper0600————2-4
Horace McKinney0400————2-2
Dick Dickey0200——0-0—2-2
Bob Brannum0100——0-0—1-1

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

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