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Belt game 721 · January 4, 1956

Philadelphia Warriors take the belt

Philadelphia Warriors beat Syracuse Nationals 88–87 on the road to start reign 328 of the NBA belt, the 33rd for the franchise.

Syracuse Nationals had held it since December 31, 1955, with 2 defenses over 4 days.

Philadelphia Warriors held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Pistons on January 5, 1956.

328Reign number
33Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score

Syracuse Nationals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Dolph Schayes3521115——4-18—13-14
George King321343——3-8—7-10
Johnny Kerr291181——5-11—1-1
Bill Kenville211142——4-6—3-4
Red Rocha361082——3-10—4-6
Paul Seymour34803——3-10—2-2
Ed Conlin25822——4-7—0-2
Jim Tucker13330——1-5—1-2
Dick Farley8201——1-2—0-0
Earl Lloyd7010——0-1—0-0

Philadelphia Warriors

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Neil Johnston3926123——9-22—8-14
Paul Arizin4419102——7-17—5-5
Jack George391552——5-9—5-7
Joe Graboski421493——4-15—6-9
Tom Gola47887——3-7—2-2
Ernie Beck14432——2-5—0-1
George Dempsey10224——1-3—0-0
Jackie Moore5020——0-0—0-0

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

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