Model Predictions
| Model | Cleveland Cavaliers | New York Knicks | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 41.4% | 58.6% | +1.9 | ✓ (8.1 off) |
| Pythagorean | 47.9% | 52.1% | - | ✓ |
Actual: New York Knicks +10 (98-88). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Gooden * | 41 | 11-16 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 29 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 41 | 8-20 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | - |
| LeBron James * | 40 | 5-15 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | - |
| Jeff McInnis * | 39 | 5-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | - |
| Ira Newble * | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Robert Traylor * | 11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | - |
| Dajuan Wagner | 14 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | - |
| Lucious Harris | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Scott Williams | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
New York Knicks
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephon Marbury * | 45 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | - |
| Kurt Thomas * | 42 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 15 | - |
| Jamal Crawford * | 42 | 9-19 | 2-8 | 4-4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 11 | - |
| Nazr Mohammed * | 30 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | - |
| Tim Thomas * | 26 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | - |
| Anfernee Hardaway * | 24 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | - |
| Michael Sweetney * | 14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | - |
| Jerome Williams * | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | - |
| Trevor Ariza * | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
* = starter