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Belt game 536 · October 30, 1953

Milwaukee Hawks take the belt

Milwaukee Hawks beat Minneapolis Lakers 69–59 at home to start reign 236 of the NBA belt, the 13th for the franchise.

Minneapolis Lakers had held it since April 5, 1953, with 3 defenses over 208 days.

Milwaukee Hawks held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Pistons on November 1, 1953.

236Reign number
13Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score

Minneapolis Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
George Mikan012130————2-4
Frank Saul01100————3-4
Vern Mikkelsen0900————5-6
Jim Pollard0800————2-3
Jim Holstein0800————2-4
Whitey Skoog0400————2-2
Clyde Lovellette0300——0-0—3-6
Slater Martin0300——0-0—3-5
Bob Harrison0100——0-0—1-1
Jim Fritsche0000——0-0—0-0
Dick Schnittker0000——0-0—0-0

Milwaukee Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Irv Bemoras01400————2-5
Lew Hitch013170————5-6
George Ratkovicz0800————2-3
Bill Tosheff0700————1-1
Red Holzman0700————5-9
Bill Calhoun0600————2-4
Don Sunderlage0500——0-0—5-5
Jack Nichols0500————3-4
Bob Houbregs0400————2-3
Rabbit Walthour0000——0-0—0-0

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

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