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Belt game 63 · March 30, 1947

Philadelphia Warriors take the belt

Philadelphia Warriors beat New York Knicks 76–72 at home to start reign 29 of the NBA belt, the 3rd for the franchise.

New York Knicks had held it since March 30, 1947, with 0 defenses over 0 days.

Philadelphia Warriors held it for 6 days and 1 defense, then lost it to St. Louis Bombers on April 5, 1947.

29Reign number
3Team's reign
1Defenses
6Days held

Box score

Philadelphia Warriors

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Art Hillhouse—18—0————2-0
Ralph Kaplowitz—13—0————7-0
George Senesky—9—0————1-0
Joe Fulks—9—0————5-0
Matt Guokas—8—0————4-0
Howie Dallmar—7—0————1-0
Jerry Fleishman—6—0————0-0
Alexander Rosenberg—3—0————1-0
Angelo Musi—2—0————0-0
Jerry Rullo—1—0——0-0—1-0

New York Knicks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Lee Knorek—17—0————5-0
Stan Stutz—16—0————6-0
Tommy Byrnes—14—0————4-0
John Palmer—14—0————2-0
Leo Gottlieb—4—0————0-0
Butch Van Breda Kolff—3—0————1-0
Audley Brindley—1—0——0-0—1-0
Marion Cluggish—1—0——0-0—1-0
Bob Fitzgerald—1—0——0-0—1-0
Sidney Hertzberg—1—0——0-0—1-0
Frido Frey—0—0——0-0—0-0

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

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