Model Predictions
| Model | Los Angeles Lakers | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 37.3% | 62.7% | +2.9 | ✓ (11.1 off) |
| Pythagorean | 45.5% | 54.5% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers +14 (103-89). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Odom * | 43 | 6-12 | 1-3 | 6-6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | - |
| Kobe Bryant * | 41 | 7-22 | 1-4 | 11-11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 12 | - |
| Chucky Atkins * | 40 | 4-12 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | - |
| Caron Butler * | 38 | 5-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | - |
| Chris Mihm * | 22 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 13 | - |
| Jumaine Jones * | 13 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Brian Grant * | 12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Slava Medvedenko * | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Brian Cook | 14 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | - |
| Tierre Brown | 8 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Luke Walton | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 46 | 8-20 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 23 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 36 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 27 | - |
| Jeff McInnis * | 31 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic * | 30 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 29 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 20 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 21 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Lucious Harris * | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | - |
| Jerome Moiso * | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Robert Traylor | 26 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | - |
* = starter