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Belt game 786 · November 11, 1956

Fort Wayne Pistons take the belt

Fort Wayne Pistons beat St. Louis Hawks 96–81 at home to start reign 358 of the NBA belt, the 33rd for the franchise.

St. Louis Hawks had held it since November 4, 1956, with 2 defenses over 7 days.

Fort Wayne Pistons held it for 6 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Atlanta Hawks on November 17, 1956.

358Reign number
33Team's reign
1Defenses
6Days held
Box score

St. Louis Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bob Pettit02700————5-5
Ed Macauley01200————2-2
Charlie Share0900————3-4
Cliff Hagan0600————0-0
Irv Bemoras0600————2-3
Jack Coleman0500————1-3
Bob Harrison0400————0-0
Medford Park0400————2-4
Jack McMahon0400————0-0
Norm Stewart0300————1-3
Willie Naulls0100——0-0—1-2

Fort Wayne Pistons

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Walter Devlin01700————3-5
Gene Shue01500————1-2
Mel Hutchins01300————3-4
Bob Houbregs01200————2-5
Larry Foust01000————2-3
George Yardley0900————3-5
Red Rocha0800————2-2
Bill Kenville0800————4-4
Bill Thieben0200————0-1
Alex Hannum0200————0-2

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

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