Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 53.3% | 46.7% | -0.7 | ✓ (3.3 off) |
| Pythagorean | 51.5% | 48.5% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers -4 (85-89). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Francis * | 45 | 6-18 | 1-4 | 5-6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | - |
| Cuttino Mobley * | 41 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 16 | - |
| Jim Jackson * | 37 | 4-14 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 30 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | - |
| Kelvin Cato * | 30 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | - |
| Maurice Taylor * | 25 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 6 | - |
| Eric Piatkowski * | 17 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | - |
| Scott Padgett * | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | - |
| Moochie Norris | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 36 | 7-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - |
| Carlos Boozer * | 32 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | - |
| Tony Battie * | 32 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | - |
| Eric Williams * | 31 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 30 | 6-18 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | - |
| Kedrick Brown * | 25 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | - |
| Darius Miles * | 23 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Kevin Ollie * | 18 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | - |
| J.R. Bremer * | 13 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | - |
* = starter