Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Utah Jazz | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 51.5% | 48.5% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 31.8% | 68.2% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 44.7% | 55.3% | +1.2 | ✓ (19.8 off) |
| Pythagorean | 53.4% | 46.6% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Utah Jazz +21 (94-73). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Posey * | 31 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | - |
| Steve Francis * | 30 | 2-14 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | - |
| Cuttino Mobley * | 30 | 3-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | - |
| Kelvin Cato * | 24 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 23 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Glen Rice * | 21 | 3-9 | 0-4 | 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - |
| Eddie Griffin * | 19 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Maurice Taylor * | 18 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | - |
| Moochie Norris * | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | - |
| Juaquin Hawkins * | 12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -2 | - |
| Terence Morris | 9 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | - |
Utah Jazz
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calbert Cheaney * | 33 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | - |
| Greg Ostertag * | 29 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 16 | - |
| Matt Harpring * | 28 | 9-15 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 16 | - |
| Karl Malone * | 28 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 6-12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | - |
| Andrei Kirilenko * | 25 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 6-7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | - |
| Mark Jackson * | 23 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Scott Padgett * | 20 | 6-8 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | - |
| John Stockton * | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | - |
| John Amaechi * | 7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | - |
| Tony Massenburg | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | - |
| DeShawn Stevenson | 6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Carlos Arroyo | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter