Model Predictions
| Model | Boston Celtics | Utah Jazz | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 37.7% | 62.3% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 14.8% | 85.2% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 18.8% | 81.2% | +8.1 | ✓ (3.1 off) |
| Pythagorean | 45.0% | 55.0% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Utah Jazz +5 (96-91). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Walker * | 43 | 7-18 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 8 | - |
| Eric Williams * | 37 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 8-10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | - |
| Paul Pierce * | 36 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 15-17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 24 | - |
| Walter McCarty * | 34 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | - |
| J.R. Bremer * | 29 | 3-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | - |
| Kedrick Brown * | 20 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | - |
| Bimbo Coles * | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Mark Blount * | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Grant Long | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
Utah Jazz
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Harpring * | 39 | 11-17 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 14 | - |
| Karl Malone * | 38 | 5-16 | 0-0 | 9-14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 21 | - |
| Calbert Cheaney * | 36 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | - |
| John Stockton * | 29 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 18 | - |
| Andrei Kirilenko * | 20 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 5-8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | - |
| Mark Jackson * | 18 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | - |
| Greg Ostertag * | 16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | - |
| Scott Padgett * | 16 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Tony Massenburg * | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
| John Amaechi * | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | - |
| DeShawn Stevenson | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - |
* = starter