Belt game 5,088 · April 7, 2002
Boston Celtics take the belt
Boston Celtics beat New Jersey Nets 102–90 on the road to start reign 2,235 of the NBA belt, the 242nd for the franchise.
New Jersey Nets had held it since April 3, 2002, with 1 defense over 4 days.
Boston Celtics held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Chicago Bulls on April 8, 2002.
2,235Reign number
242Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
New Jersey Nets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Kidd | 44 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7-14 | 3-7 | 4-5 |
| Keith Van Horn | 37 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7-21 | 2-10 | 4-5 |
| Kenyon Martin | 39 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6-20 | 0-3 | 4-8 |
| Kerry Kittles | 30 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 2-2 |
| Todd MacCulloch | 21 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Jason Collins | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-6 |
| Richard Jefferson | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| Aaron Williams | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Lucious Harris | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Brian Scalabrine | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Brandon Armstrong | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Anthony Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 30 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8-17 | 3-3 | 13-15 |
| Antoine Walker | 46 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7-24 | 2-9 | 2-2 |
| Erick Strickland | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 3-3 |
| Rodney Rogers | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 2-5 |
| Eric Williams | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| Walter McCarty | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| Kenny Anderson | 24 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tony Battie | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Mark Blount | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tony Delk | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kedrick Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Player box scores: Historical NBA Data and Player Box Scores by Eoin Moore (CC0).