Model Predictions
| Model | Oklahoma City Thunder | Houston Rockets | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 60.6% | 39.4% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 74.5% | 25.5% | - | ✗ |
| Margin | 78.7% | 21.3% | -7.2 | ✗ (9.2 off) |
| Pythagorean | 74.2% | 25.8% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Houston Rockets +2 (100-98). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Oklahoma City Thunder
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Barry * | 41 | 6-10 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | - |
| Desmond Mason * | 38 | 8-18 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 12 | - |
| Gary Payton * | 37 | 11-21 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 29 | - |
| Ansu Sesay * | 28 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | - |
| Vin Baker * | 25 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | - |
| Predrag Drobnjak * | 19 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Jerome James * | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Randy Livingston * | 16 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | - |
| Shammond Williams | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Olumide Oyedeji | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Francis * | 44 | 11-24 | 1-2 | 9-11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 15 | - |
| Cuttino Mobley * | 37 | 5-14 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | - |
| Kenny Thomas * | 35 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | - |
| Dan Langhi * | 27 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | - |
| Kelvin Cato * | 25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | - |
| Moochie Norris * | 22 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 6-6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | - |
| Terence Morris * | 20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Jason Collier * | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Oscar Torres * | 7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Tierre Brown | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
* = starter