Model Predictions
| Model | Cleveland Cavaliers | Houston Rockets | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 26.1% | 73.9% | +5.7 | ✓ (13.3 off) |
| Pythagorean | 42.5% | 57.5% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Houston Rockets +19 (99-80). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 42 | 7-22 | 1-4 | 4-7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 35 | 10-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 28 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 26 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | - |
| Ira Newble * | 22 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - |
| Jeff McInnis * | 22 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Lucious Harris * | 19 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | - |
| Robert Traylor * | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 11 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | - |
| DeSagana Diop | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jiri Welsch | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy McGrady * | 36 | 11-21 | 0-3 | 9-9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 18 | - |
| David Wesley * | 31 | 4-13 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | - |
| Scott Padgett * | 29 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | - |
| Bob Sura * | 28 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 24 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | - |
| Jon Barry * | 24 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Dikembe Mutombo * | 23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | - |
| Mike James * | 22 | 5-7 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | - |
| Clar. Weatherspoon * | 17 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Ryan Bowen | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Torraye Braggs | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Vin Baker | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter