Model Predictions
| Model | Cleveland Cavaliers | Denver Nuggets | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 26.8% | 73.2% | +5.5 | ✗ (24.5 off) |
| Pythagorean | 43.0% | 57.0% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Denver Nuggets -19 (73-92). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 41 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | - |
| Jeff McInnis * | 34 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 30 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | - |
| Lucious Harris * | 27 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | - |
| Robert Traylor * | 25 | 7-16 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 22 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 19 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | - |
| Ira Newble * | 17 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | - |
| Luke Jackson | 6 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
Denver Nuggets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Miller * | 38 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | - |
| Marcus Camby * | 31 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | - |
| Carmelo Anthony * | 29 | 6-20 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | -6 | - |
| Earl Boykins * | 27 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | - |
| Kenyon Martin * | 24 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -1 | - |
| Greg Buckner * | 22 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | - |
| Nene Hilario * | 20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | - |
| Bryon Russell * | 17 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Rodney White * | 13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | - |
| Nikoloz Tskitishvili * | 12 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | - |
| DerMarr Johnson * | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - |
* = starter