Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Utah Jazz | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 44.2% | 55.8% | +1.3 | ✓ (5.7 off) |
| Pythagorean | 48.9% | 51.1% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Utah Jazz +7 (83-76). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuttino Mobley * | 41 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 5 | - |
| Steve Francis * | 38 | 5-15 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | -1 | - |
| Kelvin Cato * | 34 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | - |
| Jim Jackson * | 30 | 1-8 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 30 | 3-15 | 0-0 | 14-16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | - |
| Maurice Taylor * | 25 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | - |
| Eric Piatkowski * | 23 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | - |
| Moochie Norris | 12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Scott Padgett | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Utah Jazz
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Kirilenko * | 41 | 9-20 | 2-4 | 3-6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 18 | - |
| Matt Harpring * | 40 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | - |
| DeShawn Stevenson * | 30 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | - |
| Greg Ostertag * | 29 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | - |
| Mo Williams * | 25 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | - |
| Raja Bell * | 25 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | - |
| Raul Lopez * | 22 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | - |
| Curtis Borchardt * | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic * | 6 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
* = starter