Belt game 5,794 · April 4, 2009
Miami Heat take the belt
Miami Heat beat Washington Wizards 118–104 on the road to start reign 2,527 of the NBA belt, the 41st for the franchise.
Washington Wizards had held it since April 2, 2009, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Miami Heat held it for 3 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New Orleans Pelicans on April 7, 2009.
2,527Reign number
41Team's reign
0Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Washington Wizards
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler | 39 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 5-7 |
| Antawn Jamison | 37 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8-15 | 1-4 | 6-11 |
| Brendan Haywood | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 4-9 |
| Javaris Crittenton | 38 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 3-3 |
| Dominic McGuire | 37 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| Juan Dixon | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 3-3 |
| JaVale McGee | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Darius Songaila | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Oleksiy Pecherov | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Nick Young | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Andray Blatche | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Gilbert Arenas | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Miami Heat
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyane Wade | 33 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7-13 | 4-7 | 15-17 |
| Yakhouba Diawara | 29 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6-12 | 4-9 | 0-0 |
| Jermaine O'Neal | 29 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Michael Beasley | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6-14 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| James Jones | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4-8 | 3-7 | 2-3 |
| Jamario Moon | 19 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Chris Quinn | 22 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 17 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| Mario Chalmers | 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Joel Anthony | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Daequan Cook | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Dorell Wright | — | 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).