Belt game 5,457 · February 1, 2006
Cleveland Cavaliers take the belt
Cleveland Cavaliers beat New Jersey Nets 91–85 at home to start reign 2,395 of the NBA belt, the 47th for the franchise.
New Jersey Nets had held it since January 31, 2006, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Cleveland Cavaliers held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Miami Heat on February 2, 2006.
2,395Reign number
47Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
New Jersey Nets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Carter | 42 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9-19 | 1-5 | 10-12 |
| Richard Jefferson | 45 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6-15 | 1-2 | 6-7 |
| Jason Kidd | 36 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4-15 | 2-5 | 4-5 |
| Nenad Krstic | 35 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Scott Padgett | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Jason Collins | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Jacque Vaughn | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Antoine Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Zoran Planinic | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Lamond Murray | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Marc Jackson | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Clifford Robinson | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 44 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8-21 | 0-2 | 10-12 |
| Drew Gooden | 21 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 36 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 5-6 |
| Eric Snow | 29 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Damon Jones | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 2-3 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Donyell Marshall | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| Anderson Varejao | 23 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 |
| Luke Jackson | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Mike Wilks | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Alan Henderson | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Martynas Andriuskevicius | — | 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).