Belt game 5,333 · January 3, 2005
Seattle SuperSonics take the belt
Seattle SuperSonics beat Miami Heat 98–96 on the road to start reign 2,347 of the NBA belt, the 60th for the franchise.
Miami Heat had held it since December 17, 2004, with 7 defenses over 17 days.
Seattle SuperSonics held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Orlando Magic on January 5, 2005.
2,347Reign number
60Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Miami Heat
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyane Wade | 42 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9-22 | 0-1 | 10-11 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 39 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 9-15 |
| Eddie Jones | 40 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 3-6 |
| Damon Jones | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-9 | 3-8 | 0-0 |
| Michael Doleac | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Udonis Haslem | 33 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| Shandon Anderson | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| Keyon Dooling | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Wesley Person | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Wang Zhi-zhi | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Rasual Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Christian Laettner | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Seattle SuperSonics
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Allen | 42 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12-25 | 6-10 | 5-5 |
| Rashard Lewis | 41 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7-20 | 2-7 | 1-1 |
| Danny Fortson | 32 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 7-9 |
| Vladimir Radmanovic | 30 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 4-6 |
| Luke Ridnour | 38 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Antonio Daniels | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Reggie Evans | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Ibrahim Kutluay | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Jerome James | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Nick Collison | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Flip Murray | — | 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).