Belt game 4,961 · February 17, 2001
Boston Celtics take the belt
Boston Celtics beat Portland Trail Blazers 85–81 on the road to start reign 2,185 of the NBA belt, the 240th for the franchise.
Portland Trail Blazers had held it since February 13, 2001, with 1 defense over 4 days.
Boston Celtics held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Utah Jazz on February 19, 2001.
2,185Reign number
240Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Walker | 41 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9-22 | 7-12 | 3-4 |
| Paul Pierce | 39 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-16 | 1-3 | 5-8 |
| Bryant Stith | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| Milt Palacio | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | 26 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Eric Williams | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Mark Blount | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Kenny Anderson | 28 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-5 |
| Walter McCarty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Chris Carr | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Jerome Moiso | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Chris Herren | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Portland Trail Blazers
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasheed Wallace | 46 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11-16 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| Detlef Schrempf | 28 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| Bonzi Wells | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 |
| Arvydas Sabonis | 25 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Damon Stoudamire | 33 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3-10 | 0-2 | 2-2 |
| Dale Davis | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Steven Smith | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 |
| Stacey Augmon | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Greg Anthony | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| Will Perdue | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Erick Barkley | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Shawn Kemp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Player box scores: Historical NBA Data and Player Box Scores by Eoin Moore (CC0).