Model Predictions
| Model | Orlando Magic | Houston Rockets | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 20.1% | 79.9% | +7.6 | ✓ (3.4 off) |
| Pythagorean | 38.9% | 61.1% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Houston Rockets +11 (89-78). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Orlando Magic
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Francis * | 44 | 10-28 | 0-4 | 3-5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 5 | - |
| Kelvin Cato * | 37 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 | - |
| Grant Hill * | 33 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | - |
| Dwight Howard * | 30 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | - |
| Hedo Turkoglu * | 28 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | -2 | - |
| Jameer Nelson * | 24 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | - |
| Doug Christie * | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Pat Garrity * | 13 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - |
| Tony Battie * | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Andrew DeClercq | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Stacey Augmon | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Wesley * | 42 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 36 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 19 | - |
| Bob Sura * | 36 | 3-13 | 0-4 | 9-12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 18 | - |
| Jon Barry * | 33 | 7-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21 | - |
| Juwan Howard * | 31 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | - |
| Rod Strickland * | 16 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Ryan Bowen * | 15 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Dikembe Mutombo * | 11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | - |
| Scott Padgett | 17 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Andre Barrett | 3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - |
* = starter