Belt game 5,175 · February 28, 2003
New York Knicks take the belt
New York Knicks beat Orlando Magic 118–110 at home to start reign 2,273 of the NBA belt, the 172nd for the franchise.
Orlando Magic had held it since February 25, 2003, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
New York Knicks held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Minnesota Timberwolves on March 2, 2003.
2,273Reign number
172Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New York Knicks
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latrell Sprewell | 53 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 9-25 | 6-8 | 4-4 |
| Howard Eisley | 53 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8-17 | 3-6 | 2-4 |
| Othella Harrington | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Allan Houston | 53 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6-21 | 0-6 | 7-7 |
| Clar. Weatherspoon | 49 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| Shandon Anderson | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 1-3 |
| Michael Doleac | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Frank Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Travis Knight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Lee Nailon | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Lavor Postell | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kurt Thomas | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Charlie Ward | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Orlando Magic
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy McGrady | 54 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11-27 | 1-7 | 11-12 |
| Gordan Giricek | 51 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8-17 | 1-5 | 3-4 |
| Drew Gooden | 46 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| Pat Garrity | 42 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7-17 | 5-11 | 0-0 |
| Darrell Armstrong | 37 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4-12 | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| Jacque Vaughn | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Andrew DeClercq | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Shawn Kemp | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Pat Burke | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Chris Whitney | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Jeryl Sasser | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Steven Hunter | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Olumide Oyedeji | — | 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).