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Belt game 549 · November 25, 1953

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat New York Knicks 96–84 at home to start reign 243 of the NBA belt, the 17th for the franchise.

New York Knicks had held it since November 18, 1953, with 4 defenses over 7 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on November 26, 1953.

243Reign number
17Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Ed Macauley4628151——12-18—4-5
Bob Cousy4320013——5-20—10-10
Bill Sharman301602——5-15—6-9
Don Barksdale181102——5-8—1-1
Bob Brannum301004——3-8—4-5
Bob Harris25602——3-5—0-0
Chuck Cooper25301——0-7—3-3
Ernie Barrett14200——0-4—2-4
Bob Donham9001——0-1—0-0

New York Knicks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Vince Boryla442002——8-18—4-4
Harry Gallatin331700——6-9—5-6
Carl Braun351104——2-7—7-8
Nat Clifton27902——2-6—5-5
Al McGuire10902——3-4—3-10
Connie Simmons34902——4-11—1-2
Dick McGuire37705——2-11—3-3
Jim Baechtold15202——0-3—2-2
Donald Ackerman5000——0-1—0-0

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

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