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Belt game 990 · January 25, 1959

Philadelphia Warriors take the belt

Philadelphia Warriors beat Minneapolis Lakers 125–111 at home to start reign 451 of the NBA belt, the 48th for the franchise.

Minneapolis Lakers had held it since January 18, 1959, with 0 defenses over 7 days.

Philadelphia Warriors held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Sacramento Kings on January 27, 1959.

451Reign number
48Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score

Minneapolis Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Elgin Baylor041182——13-26—15-21
Rod Hundley01834——7-14—4-5
Dick Garmaker01243——3-6—6-6
Vern Mikkelsen0953——3-14—3-4
Ed Fleming09113——4-13—1-2
Alexander Ellis0870——4-8—0-0
Steve Hamilton0611——3-5—0-0
Larry Foust05113——1-7—3-6
Jim Krebs0351——1-6—1-1

Philadelphia Warriors

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Paul Arizin03972——17-31—5-6
Woody Sauldsberry016112——7-17—2-4
Joe Graboski016141——5-14—6-7
Andy Johnson01533——4-10—7-9
Tom Gola014166——6-9—2-3
Jack George01221——4-9—4-8
Ernie Beck0721——3-5—1-2
Guy Rodgers0466——1-5—2-2
Vern Hatton0201——1-1—0-0
Lennie Rosenbluth0000——0-3—0-0

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

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