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Belt game 910 · January 30, 1958

Minneapolis Lakers take the belt

Minneapolis Lakers beat Cincinnati Royals 105–104 at home to start reign 413 of the NBA belt, the 46th for the franchise.

Cincinnati Royals had held it since January 26, 1958, with 0 defenses over 4 days.

Minneapolis Lakers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on February 1, 1958.

413Reign number
46Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held

Box score

Cincinnati Royals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Jack Twyman02500——10-21—5-5
Clyde Lovellette02400——10-19—4-5
Maurice Stokes020200——8-21—4-7
George King01100——5-8—1-2
Jim Paxson01000——4-10—2-2
Dick Ricketts0900——2-6—5-6
Richie Regan0300——1-5—1-4
Dave Piontek0100——0-1—1-2
Don Meineke0100——0-5—1-1

Minneapolis Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Vern Mikkelsen03300——9-20—15-19
Larry Foust02900——12-22—5-7
Dick Garmaker01300——6-14—1-5
Bob Leonard0900——3-6—3-4
Rod Hundley0600——2-10—2-3
Ed Fleming0500——1-7—3-4
Art Spoelstra0400——1-8—2-5
Jim Krebs0400——2-7—0-0
Dick Schnittker0200——1-1—0-0
Joel Ingram0000——0-0—0-0
Walter Devlin0000——0-1—0-0

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

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