Belt game 5,108 · May 27, 2002 · playoffs
New Jersey Nets take the belt
New Jersey Nets beat Boston Celtics 94–92 on the road to start reign 2,243 of the NBA belt, the 32nd for the franchise.
Boston Celtics had held it since May 21, 2002, with 1 defense over 6 days.
New Jersey Nets held it for 9 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Los Angeles Lakers on June 5, 2002.
2,243Reign number
32Team's reign
2Defenses
9Days held
Box score
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 48 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10-21 | 1-4 | 10-15 |
| Antoine Walker | 40 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10-17 | 3-7 | 7-9 |
| Rodney Rogers | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 5-8 |
| Kenny Anderson | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-16 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Tony Battie | 30 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tony Delk | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| Mark Blount | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kedrick Brown | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Eric Williams | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Erick Strickland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Walter McCarty | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
New Jersey Nets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Kittles | 35 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9-17 | 4-7 | 0-0 |
| Keith Van Horn | 39 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7-17 | 3-7 | 4-6 |
| Jason Kidd | 46 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6-15 | 2-5 | 5-5 |
| Lucious Harris | 15 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 5-6 |
| Kenyon Martin | 44 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3-13 | 0-0 | 2-6 |
| Aaron Williams | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| Todd MacCulloch | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Richard Jefferson | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Jason Collins | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Donny Marshall | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Anthony Johnson | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Brian Scalabrine | — | 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).