Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Dallas Mavericks | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 9.3% | 90.7% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 10.8% | 89.2% | - | ✗ |
| Margin | 2.3% | 97.7% | +20.6 | ✗ (23.6 off) |
| Pythagorean | 18.0% | 82.0% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Dallas Mavericks -3 (95-98). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuttino Mobley * | 48 | 12-25 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14 | - |
| Steve Francis * | 45 | 8-21 | 0-2 | 4-8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 8 | - |
| Moochie Norris * | 37 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | - |
| Kenny Thomas * | 36 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 12 | - |
| Eddie Griffin * | 33 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 3-6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | - |
| Kelvin Cato * | 19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | - |
| Dan Langhi * | 16 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Terence Morris * | 12 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | - |
| Oscar Torres * | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Tierre Brown | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
Dallas Mavericks
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Finley * | 46 | 10-28 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 5 | - |
| Steve Nash * | 42 | 5-13 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 4 | - |
| Eduardo Najera * | 41 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 23 | - |
| Nick Van Exel * | 34 | 4-16 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - |
| Adrian Griffin * | 30 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | - |
| Raef LaFrentz * | 22 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | - |
| Greg Buckner * | 22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Wang Zhi-zhi * | 15 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 14 | - |
| Avery Johnson * | 6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | - |
| Evan Eschmeyer | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
* = starter