Belt game 5,605 · May 3, 2007 · playoffs
Utah Jazz take the belt
Utah Jazz beat Houston Rockets 94–82 at home to start reign 2,465 of the NBA belt, the 60th for the franchise.
Houston Rockets had held it since April 30, 2007, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Utah Jazz held it for 8 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Golden State Warriors on May 11, 2007.
2,465Reign number
60Team's reign
3Defenses
8Days held
Box score
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy McGrady | 41 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8-23 | 1-6 | 9-10 |
| Yao Ming | 36 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 7-9 |
| Rafer Alston | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5-14 | 3-8 | 0-0 |
| Juwan Howard | 21 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Shane Battier | 39 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-2 |
| Luther Head | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Chuck Hayes | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kirk Snyder | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| John Lucas III | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Jake Tsakalidis | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | — | 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 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 4-5 |
| Mehmet Okur | 40 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5-11 | 4-7 | 5-5 |
| Deron Williams | 39 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 2-3 |
| Andrei Kirilenko | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Gordan Giricek | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Paul Millsap | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Derek Fisher | 24 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| Matt Harpring | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Ronnie Brewer | — | 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Dee Brown | — | 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).