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 |
| Ray Allen | 41 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5-23 | 0-10 | 6-6 |
| Danny Fortson | 23 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 8-12 |
| 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 |
| Reggie Evans | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Luke Ridnour | 33 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Nick Collison | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Mateen Cleaves | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Flip Murray | — | 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 |
| Raef LaFrentz | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Jiri Welsch | 29 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 3-3 |
| 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 |
| Kendrick Perkins | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tom Gugliotta | — | 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).