Belt game 5,144 · December 27, 2002
Portland Trail Blazers take the belt
Portland Trail Blazers beat Utah Jazz 103–98 at home to start reign 2,259 of the NBA belt, the 51st for the franchise.
Utah Jazz had held it since December 20, 2002, with 2 defenses over 7 days.
Portland Trail Blazers held it for 4 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Chicago Bulls on December 31, 2002.
2,259Reign number
51Team's reign
2Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Portland Trail Blazers
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottie Pippen | 35 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7-16 | 1-5 | 8-8 |
| Rasheed Wallace | 37 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6-16 | 0-3 | 7-10 |
| Ruben Patterson | 30 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| Arvydas Sabonis | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 7-8 |
| Jeff McInnis | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 3-3 |
| Qyntel Woods | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Derek Anderson | 39 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2-11 | 1-5 | 2-2 |
| Dale Davis | 33 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Damon Stoudamire | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Zach Randolph | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Bonzi Wells | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Antonio Daniels | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Utah Jazz
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Harpring | 38 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7-17 | 2-3 | 4-4 |
| John Stockton | 29 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 4-5 |
| Karl Malone | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 8-10 |
| Andrei Kirilenko | 27 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4-12 | 0-3 | 5-5 |
| DeShawn Stevenson | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Mark Jackson | 18 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Calbert Cheaney | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Scott Padgett | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Greg Ostertag | 31 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-6 |
| Tony Massenburg | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Carlos Arroyo | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| John Amaechi | 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).
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