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Belt game 927 · March 4, 1958

New York Knicks take the belt

New York Knicks beat Boston Celtics 104–99 at home to start reign 420 of the NBA belt, the 54th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since February 26, 1958, with 1 defense over 6 days.

New York Knicks held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on March 5, 1958.

420Reign number
54Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score

New York Knicks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Guy Sparrow02900——14-30—1-3
Ken Sears02500————5-5
Richie Guerin019010————5-5
Carl Braun01600————6-8
Ray Felix0900————3-5
Willie Naulls0600————2-3
Charlie Tyra0000——0-0—0-0
Larry Friend0000——0-0—0-0
Brendan McCann0000——0-0—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bill Sharman01800————10-10
Tom Heinsohn01800————2-3
Bill Russell013240————1-3
Frank Ramsey01200————4-4
Sam Jones01000————2-2
Bob Cousy0900————3-4
Lou Tsioropoulos0700————3-4
Jack Nichols0700————1-1
Arnie Risen0300————1-3
Andy Phillip0200————0-0

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

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