Belt game 5,458 · February 2, 2006
Miami Heat take the belt
Miami Heat beat Cleveland Cavaliers 101–73 at home to start reign 2,396 of the NBA belt, the 34th for the franchise.
Cleveland Cavaliers had held it since February 1, 2006, with 0 defenses over 1 days.
Miami Heat held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Brooklyn Nets on February 4, 2006.
2,396Reign number
34Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Miami Heat
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyane Wade | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11-20 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 27 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| Gary Payton | 37 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| Antoine Walker | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| James Posey | 38 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-9 | 3-7 | 0-0 |
| Udonis Haslem | 25 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Alonzo Mourning | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| Jason Williams | 26 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2-10 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| Wayne Simien | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Jason Kapono | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Michael Doleac | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Shandon Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 39 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12-29 | 2-5 | 3-3 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| Drew Gooden | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 24 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Anderson Varejao | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-6 |
| Luke Jackson | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Damon Jones | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0-2 |
| Donyell Marshall | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| Mike Wilks | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Eric Snow | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Martynas Andriuskevicius | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Alan Henderson | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 |
Player box scores: Historical NBA Data and Player Box Scores by Eoin Moore (CC0).