Model Predictions
| Model | Boston Celtics | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 55.3% | 44.7% | -1.2 | ✗ (23.2 off) |
| Pythagorean | 53.2% | 46.8% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers +22 (115-93). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Davis * | 41 | 11-23 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 10 | - |
| Paul Pierce * | 36 | 10-24 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 15 | - |
| Mark Blount * | 34 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 16 | - |
| Delonte West * | 23 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | - |
| Dan Dickau * | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | - |
| Justin Reed * | 19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | - |
| Raef LaFrentz * | 18 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Al Jefferson * | 13 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Brian Scalabrine * | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Orien Greene | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Kendrick Perkins | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Ryan Gomes | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Hughes * | 41 | 9-22 | 2-4 | 5-6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 17 | - |
| LeBron James * | 40 | 13-20 | 1-3 | 9-11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 28 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 32 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 13-13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 18 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 31 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 20 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 31 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | - |
| Donyell Marshall * | 20 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | - |
| Luke Jackson * | 14 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Alan Henderson * | 7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | - |
| Damon Jones * | 6 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Mike Wilks | 8 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Zendon Hamilton | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - |
* = starter