Belt game 5,604 · April 30, 2007 · playoffs
Houston Rockets take the belt
Houston Rockets beat Utah Jazz 96–92 at home to start reign 2,464 of the NBA belt, the 82nd for the franchise.
Utah Jazz had held it since April 26, 2007, with 1 defense over 4 days.
Houston Rockets held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Utah Jazz on May 3, 2007.
2,464Reign number
82Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy McGrady | 42 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 11-25 | 2-5 | 2-4 |
| Yao Ming | 38 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6-18 | 0-0 | 9-10 |
| Shane Battier | 39 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 0-0 |
| Rafer Alston | 44 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 3-4 |
| Juwan Howard | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Luther Head | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| Chuck Hayes | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kirk Snyder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Jake Tsakalidis | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| John Lucas III | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Utah Jazz
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Boozer | 37 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12-23 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| Derek Fisher | 31 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| Deron Williams | 41 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4-16 | 0-3 | 5-6 |
| Mehmet Okur | 37 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 2-4 |
| Andrei Kirilenko | 30 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Matt Harpring | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| Gordan Giricek | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Paul Millsap | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Ronnie Brewer | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| Jarron Collins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Player box scores: Historical NBA Data and Player Box Scores by Eoin Moore (CC0).