New Jersey Nets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 96–91 for the NBA belt (Dec 27, 2005)

Cleveland Cavaliers had held it since December 23, 2005, with 1 defense over 4 days.

New Jersey Nets held it for 14 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to San Antonio Spurs on January 10, 2006.

2,391Reign number

33Team's reign

3Defenses

14Days held

Box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Richard Jefferson	45	28	6	4	0	0	9-11	2-2	8-9
Vince Carter	30	21	9	4	0	0	5-19	0-4	11-15
Jason Kidd	35	14	9	9	2	0	5-12	2-4	2-2
Nenad Krstic	28	13	8	0	0	0	5-14	0-0	3-5
Clifford Robinson	32	8	3	1	1	0	3-6	0-1	2-2
Scott Padgett	10	6	2	1	0	0	3-3	0-0	0-0
Jacque Vaughn	24	4	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	0-0
Marc Jackson	6	2	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0
Jeff McInnis	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Lamond Murray	8	0	1	1	2	1	0-0	0-0	0-0
Jason Collins	17	0	0	1	1	1	0-3	0-0	0-0
Zoran Planinic	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
LeBron James	40	31	10	8	2	0	12-21	1-5	6-9
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	38	21	4	2	0	5	9-12	0-0	3-4
Larry Hughes	41	16	4	7	0	1	7-13	1-2	1-2
Eric Snow	33	10	1	5	1	0	5-9	0-1	0-0
Alan Henderson	8	6	4	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	4-4
Damon Jones	21	4	1	1	0	0	1-5	1-4	1-1
Donyell Marshall	32	3	14	0	0	0	1-8	1-4	0-0
Luke Jackson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0
Ira Newble	5	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0
Zendon Hamilton	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Drew Gooden	16	0	3	1	1	0	0-4	0-0	0-0
Mike Wilks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0

New Jersey Nets take the belt