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Belt game 442 · April 5, 1952 · playoffs

New York Knicks take the belt

New York Knicks beat Syracuse Nationals 99–92 at home to start reign 192 of the NBA belt, the 25th for the franchise.

Syracuse Nationals had held it since April 3, 1952, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

New York Knicks held it for 7 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Los Angeles Lakers on April 12, 1952.

192Reign number
25Team's reign
1Defenses
7Days held
Box score

New York Knicks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Max Zaslofsky02000————10-12
Ernie Vandeweghe01900————7-8
Nat Clifton01700————5-8
Dick McGuire0141213————2-7
Connie Simmons01400————2-2
Harry Gallatin0900————3-6
George Kaftan0600————2-3
Ray Lumpp0000——0-0—0-0

Syracuse Nationals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Red Rocha02200————6-8
Dolph Schayes02000————4-6
George King01300————3-3
Noble Jorgensen01100————5-5
Wally Osterkorn01000————4-6
Paul Seymour0900————3-4
Billy Gabor0300————1-1
George Ratkovicz0200——0-0—2-2
Al Cervi0200——0-0—2-2
Gerry Calabrese0000——0-0—0-0

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

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