Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Portland Trail Blazers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 48.3% | 51.7% | +0.4 | ✗ (4.4 off) |
| Pythagorean | 50.5% | 49.5% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Portland Trail Blazers -4 (93-97). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy McGrady * | 44 | 5-15 | 1-3 | 5-7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | - |
| Jim Jackson * | 36 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | - |
| Tyronn Lue * | 29 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | - |
| Maurice Taylor * | 29 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 26 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | - |
| Dikembe Mutombo * | 21 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 17 | - |
| Charlie Ward * | 19 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Juwan Howard * | 19 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | - |
| Bostjan Nachbar * | 15 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | - |
| Ryan Bowen | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Scott Padgett | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Portland Trail Blazers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Anderson * | 39 | 3-12 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | - |
| Zach Randolph * | 39 | 11-22 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 21 | - |
| Shareef Abdur-Rahim * | 38 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | - |
| Damon Stoudamire * | 37 | 7-17 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12 | - |
| Theo Ratliff * | 29 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | - |
| Darius Miles * | 21 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | - |
| Nick Van Exel * | 20 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | - |
| Ruben Patterson * | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Joel Przybilla | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
* = starter