Model Predictions
| Model | Los Angeles Lakers | Oklahoma City Thunder | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 21.0% | 79.0% | +7.3 | ✗ (30.3 off) |
| Pythagorean | 39.4% | 60.6% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Oklahoma City Thunder -23 (94-117). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler * | 41 | 10-19 | 2-3 | 9-9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 23 | - |
| Kobe Bryant * | 40 | 15-22 | 7-11 | 5-6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 27 | - |
| Jumaine Jones * | 39 | 6-14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | - |
| Tierre Brown * | 27 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | - |
| Brian Grant * | 26 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | - |
| Chucky Atkins * | 23 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - |
| Vlade Divac * | 21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | - |
| Devean George * | 12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Luke Walton * | 7 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Sasha Vujacic | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Brian Cook | 1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - |
Oklahoma City Thunder
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Allen * | 42 | 12-21 | 5-13 | 1-1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 18 | - |
| Luke Ridnour * | 39 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 8 | - |
| Damien Wilkins * | 37 | 4-16 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | - |
| Flip Murray * | 33 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 6-8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | - |
| Nick Collison * | 32 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 18 | - |
| Reggie Evans * | 26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | - |
| Danny Fortson * | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | - |
| Jerome James * | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Vitaly Potapenko | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Mateen Cleaves | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
* = starter