Belt game 5,598 · April 16, 2007
Houston Rockets take the belt
Houston Rockets beat Phoenix Suns 120–117 at home to start reign 2,460 of the NBA belt, the 80th for the franchise.
Phoenix Suns had held it since April 14, 2007, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Houston Rockets held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Utah Jazz on April 18, 2007.
2,460Reign number
80Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Phoenix Suns
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amar'e Stoudemire | 33 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12-19 | 0-1 | 6-7 |
| Shawn Marion | 39 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11-16 | 2-4 | 3-4 |
| Steve Nash | 33 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7-14 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| James Jones | 24 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 2-2 |
| Leandro Barbosa | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 3-3 |
| Boris Diaw | 29 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Raja Bell | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Marcus Banks | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Pat Burke | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Eric Piatkowski | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kurt Thomas | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Jalen Rose | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy McGrady | 41 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 14-31 | 3-7 | 8-11 |
| Yao Ming | 38 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14-20 | 0-0 | 6-6 |
| Shane Battier | 37 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| Rafer Alston | 38 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3-12 | 1-6 | 4-4 |
| Luther Head | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| Juwan Howard | 25 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Jake Tsakalidis | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| John Lucas III | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Chuck Hayes | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kirk Snyder | — | 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).