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