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2004-12-29

Model Predictions

Model Houston Rockets Cleveland Cavaliers Spread Result
Margin 53.3% 46.7% -0.7 (10.3 off)
Pythagorean 51.5% 48.5% -

Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers -11 (87-98). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Houston Rockets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Tracy McGrady * 46 13-31 3-6 5-6 7 5 1 0 1 34 15 -
Bob Sura * 44 1-3 1-1 0-0 0 12 0 0 0 3 12 -
Jon Barry * 30 2-5 2-3 1-2 2 4 1 0 1 7 8 -
Ming Yao * 26 8-16 0-0 4-8 7 0 0 4 3 20 12 -
Maurice Taylor * 25 4-9 0-0 0-0 6 0 0 0 1 8 4 -
David Wesley * 24 1-5 0-2 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 -
Juwan Howard * 23 7-9 0-0 3-3 4 1 1 0 1 17 13 -
Dikembe Mutombo * 22 3-6 0-0 1-2 9 0 0 0 1 7 9 -

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Ira Newble * 41 4-9 0-1 6-6 4 2 1 0 1 14 11 -
Drew Gooden * 38 8-15 0-2 5-5 12 1 1 1 3 21 18 -
Jeff McInnis * 38 4-11 2-5 0-0 6 10 0 0 4 10 11 -
Zydrunas Ilgauskas * 36 7-19 0-0 3-6 11 2 0 2 4 17 9 -
Eric Snow * 24 1-4 1-2 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 -
Lucious Harris * 22 2-3 1-1 4-5 2 0 1 1 0 9 10 -
LeBron James * 17 0-5 0-1 3-5 3 5 0 0 0 3 6 -
Robert Traylor * 12 0-7 0-0 0-0 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 -
Anderson Varejao * 12 3-4 0-0 4-8 3 0 0 0 0 10 9 -

* = starter