Belt game 5,590 · April 1, 2007
Utah Jazz take the belt
Utah Jazz beat Houston Rockets 86–83 on the road to start reign 2,455 of the NBA belt, the 56th for the franchise.
Houston Rockets had held it since March 28, 2007, with 1 defense over 4 days.
Utah Jazz held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Portland Trail Blazers on April 4, 2007.
2,455Reign number
56Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Utah Jazz
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Okur | 37 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7-18 | 1-5 | 5-8 |
| Carlos Boozer | 25 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 5-9 |
| Deron Williams | 41 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5-15 | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| Matt Harpring | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Gordan Giricek | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Andrei Kirilenko | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Derek Fisher | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Jarron Collins | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-6 |
| Paul Millsap | 23 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Dee Brown | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Rafael Araujo | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Ronnie Brewer | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yao Ming | 39 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11-24 | 0-0 | 13-15 |
| Tracy McGrady | 36 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9-23 | 2-5 | 0-2 |
| Juwan Howard | 23 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 |
| Shane Battier | 41 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| Chuck Hayes | 25 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Rafer Alston | 43 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2-10 | 1-7 | 0-0 |
| John Lucas III | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| Jake Tsakalidis | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kirk Snyder | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Steve Novak | — | 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).