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Belt game 864 · April 13, 1957 · playoffs

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks 125–123 at home to start reign 393 of the NBA belt, the 37th for the franchise.

St. Louis Hawks had held it since April 11, 1957, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 229 days and 14 defenses, then lost it to New York Knicks on November 28, 1957.

393Reign number
37Team's reign
14Defenses
229Days held
Box score

St. Louis Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bob Pettit5639193——14-34—11-13
Cliff Hagan4024160——7-15—10-14
Slater Martin562387——6-16—11-12
Jack Coleman361057——4-12—2-5
Ed Macauley21981——2-3—5-8
Medford Park21741——3-5—1-2
Jack McMahon37655——3-10—0-0
Charlie Share21560——0-6—5-7
Alex Hannum2000——0-1—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Tom Heinsohn4537232——17-33—3-10
Bill Russell5419322——7-17—5-10
Frank Ramsey281681——6-13—4-7
Arnie Risen2016100——6-12—4-7
Bob Cousy5812311——2-20—8-10
Bill Sharman48913——3-20—3-3
Jack Nichols9810——4-7—0-0
Andy Phillip10513——2-2—1-2
Jim Loscutoff18320——0-4—3-3

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

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