Belt game 5,322 · December 11, 2004
Boston Celtics take the belt
Boston Celtics beat Seattle SuperSonics 98–84 on the road to start reign 2,344 of the NBA belt, the 248th for the franchise.
Seattle SuperSonics had held it since December 4, 2004, with 2 defenses over 7 days.
Boston Celtics held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Denver Nuggets on December 15, 2004.
2,344Reign number
248Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Seattle SuperSonics
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashard Lewis | 42 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7-16 | 2-6 | 3-6 |
| Danny Fortson | 23 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 8-12 |
| Ray Allen | 41 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5-23 | 0-10 | 6-6 |
| Vladimir Radmanovic | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 1-2 |
| Antonio Daniels | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 4-5 |
| Jerome James | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Luke Ridnour | 33 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Reggie Evans | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Nick Collison | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Flip Murray | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Mateen Cleaves | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | — | 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 | 35 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7-13 | 2-5 | 6-7 |
| Gary Payton | 37 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10-16 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
| Tony Allen | 22 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 4-7 |
| Mark Blount | 37 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Ricky Davis | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 1-3 |
| Jiri Welsch | 29 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 3-3 |
| Raef LaFrentz | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Walter McCarty | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Marcus Banks | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Al Jefferson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tom Gugliotta | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kendrick Perkins | — | 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).