Belt game 5,033 · December 11, 2001
New Jersey Nets take the belt
New Jersey Nets beat Chicago Bulls 107–93 on the road to start reign 2,217 of the NBA belt, the 28th for the franchise.
Chicago Bulls had held it since December 8, 2001, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
New Jersey Nets held it for 10 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Indiana Pacers on December 21, 2001.
2,217Reign number
28Team's reign
3Defenses
10Days held
Box score
Chicago Bulls
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Mercer | 39 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Greg Anthony | 30 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6-11 | 3-4 | 0-2 |
| Brad Miller | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 3-5 |
| Kevin Ollie | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 7-8 |
| Tyson Chandler | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Marcus Fizer | 32 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-10 | 0-1 | 3-4 |
| Trenton Hassell | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Fred Hoiberg | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| A.J. Guyton | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| Charles Oakley | 20 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Dalibor Bagaric | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Eddy Curry | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
New Jersey Nets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucious Harris | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8-10 | 4-4 | 2-2 |
| Jason Kidd | 35 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7-13 | 2-5 | 1-1 |
| Richard Jefferson | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Keith Van Horn | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 3-4 |
| Todd MacCulloch | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Kerry Kittles | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Kenyon Martin | 33 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Jason Collins | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| Aaron Williams | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-6 |
| Steve Goodrich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Brandon Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Derrick Dial | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Player box scores: Historical NBA Data and Player Box Scores by Eoin Moore (CC0).