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Belt game 978 · December 30, 1958

Philadelphia Warriors take the belt

Philadelphia Warriors beat Boston Celtics 112–105 at home to start reign 445 of the NBA belt, the 46th for the franchise.

Boston Celtics had held it since December 16, 1958, with 7 defenses over 14 days.

Philadelphia Warriors held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia 76ers on January 2, 1959.

445Reign number
46Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bill Sharman02652——11-23—4-4
Bob Cousy02575——9-25—7-7
Tom Heinsohn01861——7-12—4-6
Frank Ramsey01253——3-12—6-9
Bill Russell011190——5-9—1-3
Sam Jones0620——3-7—0-0
Lou Tsioropoulos0350——1-6—1-1
Bennie Swain0231——1-2—0-1
Jim Loscutoff0180——0-5—1-1
K.C. Jones0111——0-1—1-1

Philadelphia Warriors

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Paul Arizin035131——13-28—9-10
Joe Graboski024119——8-21—8-9
Woody Sauldsberry024141——11-26—2-4
Tom Gola015134——5-18—5-6
Guy Rodgers010121——4-7—2-3
Ernie Beck0201——1-1—0-0
Jack George0227——0-3—2-3
Vern Hatton0002——0-1—0-0
Andy Johnson0010——0-1—0-0

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

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