Belt game 5,597 · April 14, 2007
Phoenix Suns take the belt
Phoenix Suns beat Utah Jazz 126–98 on the road to start reign 2,459 of the NBA belt, the 73rd for the franchise.
Utah Jazz had held it since April 13, 2007, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Phoenix Suns held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Houston Rockets on April 16, 2007.
2,459Reign number
73Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Phoenix Suns
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leandro Barbosa | 28 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9-17 | 2-5 | 8-8 |
| Shawn Marion | 35 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 4-4 |
| Raja Bell | 33 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5-14 | 5-11 | 3-4 |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| Boris Diaw | 28 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Steve Nash | 35 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 7-7 |
| James Jones | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Jalen Rose | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Kurt Thomas | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Eric Piatkowski | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Pat Burke | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Marcus Banks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Utah Jazz
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Okur | 28 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6-13 | 3-5 | 5-8 |
| Carlos Boozer | 30 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8-18 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| Matt Harpring | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Dee Brown | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Derek Fisher | 25 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 5-7 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Rafael Araujo | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Paul Millsap | 21 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Deron Williams | 30 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1-9 | 1-4 | 1-2 |
| CJ Miles | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 |
| Jarron Collins | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Gordan Giricek | — | 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).