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Belt game 961 · November 29, 1958

Boston Celtics take the belt

Boston Celtics beat Detroit Pistons 110–96 at home to start reign 440 of the NBA belt, the 41st for the franchise.

Detroit Pistons had held it since November 26, 1958, with 1 defense over 3 days.

Boston Celtics held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Atlanta Hawks on December 3, 1958.

440Reign number
41Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score

Detroit Pistons

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Shellie McMillon181450——6-10—2-4
Dick Farley241460——4-7—6-7
Gene Shue251420——4-10—6-6
Earl Lloyd21973——4-10—1-1
George Yardley30840——1-15—6-7
Barney Cable19870——4-10—0-0
Chuck Noble26844——4-15—0-0
Joe Holup18773——1-6—5-5
Walter Dukes105120——2-9—1-3
Phil Jordon195110——1-12—3-4
Dick McGuire21410——2-3—0-0

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Tom Heinsohn301960——8-21—3-3
Bill Russell2615220——4-6—7-13
Bennie Swain241450——5-8—4-5
Jim Loscutoff4014200——7-16—0-0
Bob Cousy3012514——5-17—2-2
Frank Ramsey221153——2-8—7-7
Bill Sharman151020——5-13—0-0
Sam Jones19750——3-8—1-4
Lou Tsioropoulos14330——1-6—1-1
Gene Conley10350——1-5—1-1
K.C. Jones10210——1-3—0-0

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

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