Belt game 5,726 · November 8, 2008
Cleveland Cavaliers take the belt
Cleveland Cavaliers beat Chicago Bulls 106–97 on the road to start reign 2,513 of the NBA belt, the 53rd for the franchise.
Chicago Bulls had held it since November 7, 2008, with 0 defenses over 1 days.
Cleveland Cavaliers held it for 11 days and 4 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Pistons on November 19, 2008.
2,513Reign number
53Team's reign
4Defenses
11Days held
Box score
Chicago Bulls
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Gordon | 38 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10-19 | 1-4 | 8-9 |
| Luol Deng | 45 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| Derrick Rose | 44 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7-21 | 0-2 | 3-4 |
| Andres Nocioni | 37 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-13 | 4-7 | 0-0 |
| Tyrus Thomas | 23 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Aaron Gray | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Joakim Noah | 26 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Kirk Hinrich | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Cedric Simmons | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Drew Gooden | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Demetris Nichols | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 39 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13-29 | 4-7 | 11-13 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| Anderson Varejao | 29 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| Mo Williams | 36 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 3-3 |
| Daniel Gibson | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Ben Wallace | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Wally Szczerbiak | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 |
| Delonte West | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| JJ Hickson | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tarence Kinsey | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Lorenzen Wright | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | — | 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).