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Belt game 757 · March 2, 1956

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Minneapolis Lakers 119–113 at home to start reign 344 of the NBA belt, the 31st for the franchise.

Minneapolis Lakers had held it since February 29, 1956, with 1 defense over 2 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Knicks on March 6, 1956.

344Reign number
31Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score

Minneapolis Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Whitey Skoog412301——10-22—3-3
Clyde Lovellette312303——7-11—9-10
Vern Mikkelsen191202——5-10—2-3
George Mikan171201——5-7—2-3
Slater Martin411107——4-10—3-3
Lew Hitch181000——2-3—6-7
Dick Schnittker26803——4-12—0-0
Ed Kalafat25802——3-9—2-5
Dick Garmaker11603——2-3—2-2
Chuck Mencel11003——0-2—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bob Cousy44231115——6-15—11-11
Bill Sharman402305——9-17—5-7
Arnie Risen221901——5-7—9-11
Togo Palazzi241600——7-16—2-3
Jack Nichols361105——3-10—5-5
Jim Loscutoff2110102——4-9—2-4
Dick Hemric27900——3-6—3-4
Ernie Barrett12601——3-4—0-1
Dwight Morrison14200——1-3—0-0

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

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