Model Predictions
| Model | Utah Jazz | Houston Rockets | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 33.8% | 66.2% | +3.7 | ✓ (15.3 off) |
| Pythagorean | 45.1% | 54.9% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Houston Rockets +19 (99-80). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Utah Jazz
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Boozer * | 35 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | - |
| Gordan Giricek * | 32 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | - |
| Matt Harpring * | 29 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | - |
| Keith McLeod * | 29 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | - |
| Mehmet Okur * | 29 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | - |
| Curtis Borchardt * | 20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Raja Bell * | 18 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Kirk Snyder * | 18 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | - |
| Carlos Arroyo * | 12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Raul Lopez * | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Kris Humphries | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Aleksandar Radojevic | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sura * | 41 | 10-14 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 27 | - |
| David Wesley * | 38 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | - |
| Tracy McGrady * | 37 | 6-18 | 3-8 | 10-12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 17 | - |
| Juwan Howard * | 35 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 | - |
| Jon Barry * | 23 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 23 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 7 | - |
| Maurice Taylor * | 11 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | - |
| Scott Padgett * | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 21 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | - |
| Ryan Bowen | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Reece Gaines | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Andre Barrett | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
* = starter