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 days.
Cleveland Cavaliers held it for 1 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Miami Heat on February 2, 2006.
2,395Reign number
47Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
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 |
| Damon Jones | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 2-3 |
| Eric Snow | 29 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
| Martynas Andriuskevicius | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Alan Henderson | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
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 |
| Marc Jackson | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Antoine Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Lamond Murray | — | 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 |
| Zoran Planinic | — | 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).