Belt game 5,895 · March 31, 2010
Phoenix Suns take the belt
Phoenix Suns beat New Jersey Nets 116–105 on the road to start reign 2,573 of the NBA belt, the 78th for the franchise.
New Jersey Nets had held it since March 29, 2010, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Phoenix Suns held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Milwaukee Bucks on April 3, 2010.
2,573Reign number
78Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Phoenix Suns
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Nash | 29 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9-16 | 3-4 | 3-4 |
| Jason Richardson | 31 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10-17 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | 27 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Jared Dudley | 24 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| Channing Frye | 34 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 4-4 |
| Goran Dragic | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Grant Hill | 23 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Lou Amundson | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3-6 |
| Leandro Barbosa | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Taylor Griffin | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Jarron Collins | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Earl Clark | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
New Jersey Nets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrence Williams | 31 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9-20 | 2-7 | 1-1 |
| Brook Lopez | 35 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 3-5 |
| Kris Humphries | 22 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Courtney Lee | 41 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7-13 | 2-6 | 1-1 |
| Jianlian Yi | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Devin Harris | 37 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2-10 | 0-3 | 5-5 |
| Jarvis Hayes | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Keyon Dooling | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Trenton Hassell | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Josh Boone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Chris Quinn | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tony Battie | — | 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).