Model Predictions
| Model | Portland Trail Blazers | Los Angeles Lakers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 45.3% | 54.7% | +1.0 | ✗ (12.0 off) |
| Pythagorean | 49.6% | 50.4% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Los Angeles Lakers -11 (80-91). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Portland Trail Blazers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Anderson * | 42 | 6-13 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 20 | - |
| Damon Stoudamire * | 40 | 10-17 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 11 | - |
| Zach Randolph * | 32 | 10-18 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 18 | - |
| Darius Miles * | 29 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | - |
| Ruben Patterson * | 23 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Dale Davis * | 23 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | - |
| Theo Ratliff * | 20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | - |
| Shareef Abdur-Rahim * | 20 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | - |
| Eddie Gill * | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Dan Dickau | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Qyntel Woods | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Desmond Ferguson | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Bryant * | 43 | 5-23 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | - |
| Shaquille O'Neal * | 41 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 3-10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | - |
| Karl Malone * | 40 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | - |
| Gary Payton * | 35 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | - |
| Derek Fisher * | 23 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Rick Fox * | 21 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | - |
| Devean George * | 18 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -1 | - |
| Slava Medvedenko * | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Brian Cook | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Bryon Russell | 2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Luke Walton | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
* = starter