Belt game 5,265 · March 15, 2004
Phoenix Suns take the belt
Phoenix Suns beat Houston Rockets 99–97 on the road to start reign 2,324 of the NBA belt, the 62nd for the franchise.
Houston Rockets had held it since March 5, 2004, with 4 defenses over 10 days.
Phoenix Suns held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Los Angeles Clippers on March 16, 2004.
2,324Reign number
62Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yao Ming | 43 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11-16 | 0-0 | 7-9 |
| Jim Jackson | 44 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 |
| Cuttino Mobley | 49 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7-20 | 3-9 | 3-4 |
| Steve Francis | 48 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3-15 | 1-3 | 5-6 |
| Scott Padgett | 29 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Adrian Griffin | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Kelvin Cato | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Mark Jackson | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-4 |
| Clar. Weatherspoon | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Bostjan Nachbar | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Maurice Taylor | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Eric Piatkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Phoenix Suns
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Marion | 53 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10-23 | 4-6 | 5-5 |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | 50 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7-26 | 0-0 | 10-17 |
| Joe Johnson | 49 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6-13 | 1-3 | 6-6 |
| Leandro Barbosa | 32 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 1-1 |
| Zarko Cabarkapa | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 3-4 |
| Casey Jacobsen | 32 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 |
| Jahidi White | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 |
| Jake Voskuhl | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Antonio McDyess | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Donnell Harvey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Howard Eisley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Maciej Lampe | — | 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).