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Belt game 447 · April 18, 1952 · playoffs

New York Knicks take the belt

New York Knicks beat Minneapolis Lakers 90–89 at home to start reign 196 of the NBA belt, the 27th for the franchise.

Minneapolis Lakers had held it since April 16, 1952, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

New York Knicks held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Los Angeles Lakers on April 20, 1952.

196Reign number
27Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score

Minneapolis Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Slater Martin03254——11-19—10-13
Jim Pollard01324——3-6—7-7
George Mikan011171——4-20—3-5
Frank Saul01045——4-9—2-2
Vern Mikkelsen0780——3-7—1-2
Bob Harrison0503——2-4—1-1
Lew Hitch04123——1-7—2-7
Howie Schultz0422——2-3—0-0
Joe Hutton0310——1-1—1-2

New York Knicks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Connie Simmons030111——10-18—10-11
Al McGuire01052——4-10—2-3
Nat Clifton09125——0-4—9-12
George Kaftan0821——3-9—2-5
Max Zaslofsky0811——2-10—4-4
Ernie Vandeweghe0821——2-6—4-5
Ray Lumpp0730——1-3—5-5
Dick McGuire0616——1-6—4-5
Harry Gallatin04140——1-9—2-4

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

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