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Belt game 846 · February 27, 1957

Rochester Royals take the belt

Rochester Royals beat Fort Wayne Pistons 90–76 at home to start reign 386 of the NBA belt, the 33rd for the franchise.

Fort Wayne Pistons had held it since February 25, 1957, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

Rochester Royals held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Los Angeles Lakers on March 1, 1957.

386Reign number
33Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held

Box score

Fort Wayne Pistons

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
George Yardley01800————6-7
Larry Foust01400————6-9
Mel Hutchins01300————3-4
Gene Shue01200————4-5
Red Rocha0900————5-5
Chuck Noble0400————0-0
Bill Kenville0300————1-4
Bill Thieben0200————0-0
Walter Devlin0100——0-0—1-1

Rochester Royals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bob Burrow01800————2-4
Jack Twyman01600————4-4
Maurice Stokes014150————0-1
Dave Piontek01400————2-2
Dick Ricketts01200————0-0
Tom Marshall0800————2-2
Johnny McCarthy0600————2-5
Ed Fleming0200——0-0—2-2
Art Spoelstra0000——0-0—0-0
Richie Regan0000——0-0—0-0

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

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