Model Predictions
| Model | Utah Jazz | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 47.8% | 52.2% | +0.5 | ✗ (9.5 off) |
| Pythagorean | 49.6% | 50.4% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers -9 (88-97). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Utah Jazz
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Kirilenko * | 44 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 11-11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 29 | - |
| Jarron Collins * | 33 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | - |
| Tom Gugliotta * | 32 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 | - |
| Raja Bell * | 31 | 10-16 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 10 | - |
| Carlos Arroyo * | 31 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | - |
| Gordan Giricek * | 17 | 1-8 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Greg Ostertag * | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Raul Lopez * | 17 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic * | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Michael Ruffin * | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Mikki Moore | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Boozer * | 44 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 25 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 37 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 8-8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | - |
| Kevin Ollie * | 34 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | - |
| LeBron James * | 33 | 4-14 | 0-2 | 6-10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | - |
| Lee Nailon * | 23 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | - |
| Ira Newble * | 22 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | - |
| Tony Battie * | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Dajuan Wagner * | 14 | 1-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | - |
| Eric Williams * | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - |
| DeSagana Diop * | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - |
* = starter