Belt game 5,671 · February 24, 2008
Houston Rockets take the belt
Houston Rockets beat Chicago Bulls 110–97 at home to start reign 2,489 of the NBA belt, the 84th for the franchise.
Chicago Bulls had held it since February 22, 2008, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Houston Rockets held it for 23 days and 10 defenses, then lost it to Boston Celtics on March 18, 2008.
2,489Reign number
84Team's reign
10Defenses
23Days held
Box score
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy McGrady | 35 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7-13 | 2-3 | 8-12 |
| Luis Scola | 33 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 3-6 |
| Bobby Jackson | 19 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 2-3 |
| Rafer Alston | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5-10 | 3-8 | 0-0 |
| Yao Ming | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Luther Head | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0-1 |
| Shane Battier | 41 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 0-1 |
| Carl Landry | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-6 |
| Chuck Hayes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Steve Novak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Aaron Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Chicago Bulls
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrus Thomas | 26 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| Larry Hughes | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Andres Nocioni | 27 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Drew Gooden | 25 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 4-4 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Kirk Hinrich | 28 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Luol Deng | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| Ben Gordon | 25 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| Cedric Simmons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Aaron Gray | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Joakim Noah | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Chris Duhon | — | 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).