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Belt game 859 · March 31, 1957 · playoffs

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks 119–99 at home to start reign 389 of the NBA belt, the 35th for the franchise.

St. Louis Hawks had held it since March 16, 1957, with 4 defenses over 15 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 6 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Atlanta Hawks on April 6, 1957.

389Reign number
35Team's reign
0Defenses
6Days held
Box score

St. Louis Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Ed Macauley261970——7-13—5-6
Jack McMahon311463——5-19—4-6
Charlie Share291380——5-13—3-4
Bob Pettit3511130——3-16—5-8
Jack Coleman211040——4-10—2-4
Irv Bemoras10940——3-7—3-3
Cliff Hagan33863——4-9—0-0
Slater Martin38814——1-9—6-9
Medford Park17740——3-9—1-1

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bob Cousy402277——9-25—4-4
Frank Ramsey252240——8-11—6-6
Arnie Risen2214100——5-10—4-5
Tom Heinsohn231494——7-17—0-0
Jack Nichols171120——5-11—1-1
Jim Loscutoff2211100——5-13—1-2
Bill Russell3111250——5-15—1-3
Bill Sharman19943——2-10—5-6
Andy Phillip29343——0-5—3-4
Dick Hemric12260——1-4—0-0

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

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