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Belt game 881 · December 3, 1957

Syracuse Nationals take the belt

Syracuse Nationals beat Philadelphia Warriors 119–96 on the road to start reign 396 of the NBA belt, the 35th for the franchise.

Philadelphia Warriors had held it since November 30, 1957, with 0 defenses over 3 days.

Syracuse Nationals held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Los Angeles Lakers on December 7, 1957.

396Reign number
35Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score

Philadelphia Warriors

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Paul Arizin322223——7-15—8-9
Tom Gola3715116——6-16—3-6
Ernie Beck291125——4-10—3-6
Walt Davis161031——4-7—2-2
Woody Sauldsberry27890——3-9—2-4
Jack George16833——3-7—2-2
Neil Johnston27851——1-10—6-6
Lennie Rosenbluth13663——3-10—0-2
Joe Graboski22624——2-11—2-2
George Dempsey15242——1-4—0-0
Jim Walsh6010——0-1—0-2

Syracuse Nationals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Dolph Schayes38271413——11-15—5-5
Larry Costello431844——7-17—4-4
Bob Harrison311713——7-12—3-5
Ed Conlin221523——5-12—5-5
Johnny Kerr3011153——4-9—3-4
Togo Palazzi11830——3-9—2-2
Paul Seymour16631——2-5—2-2
Earl Lloyd14561——2-2—1-1
Joe Holup13483——2-7—0-0
Bob Hopkins18481——2-8—0-0
Al Bianchi4421——1-3—2-2

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

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