Model Predictions
| Model | Oklahoma City Thunder | Los Angeles Lakers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 60.3% | 39.7% | -2.3 | ✗ (10.3 off) |
| Pythagorean | 54.6% | 45.4% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Los Angeles Lakers +8 (99-91). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Oklahoma City Thunder
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashard Lewis * | 44 | 6-16 | 2-5 | 3-6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | - |
| Ray Allen * | 42 | 7-18 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 15 | - |
| Flip Murray * | 35 | 11-20 | 0-3 | 6-7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 17 | - |
| Vitaly Potapenko * | 33 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | - |
| Antonio Daniels * | 20 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | - |
| Ansu Sesay * | 19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | - |
| Vladimir Radmanovic * | 18 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Jerome James * | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Reggie Evans * | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Luke Ridnour * | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Payton * | 40 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | - |
| Shaquille O'Neal * | 39 | 10-16 | 0-0 | 12-18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 31 | - |
| Kareem Rush * | 37 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | - |
| Rick Fox * | 28 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | - |
| Slava Medvedenko * | 21 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | - |
| Derek Fisher * | 19 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - |
| Devean George * | 15 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | - |
| Bryon Russell * | 14 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Brian Cook * | 9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | - |
| Kobe Bryant * | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Luke Walton | 17 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | - |
* = starter