Model Predictions
| Model | Cleveland Cavaliers | Chicago Bulls | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 36.6% | 63.4% | +3.0 | ✗ (11.0 off) |
| Pythagorean | 45.9% | 54.1% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Chicago Bulls -8 (100-108). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 43 | 12-25 | 4-6 | 9-13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 25 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 35 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 35 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 22 | - |
| Larry Hughes * | 29 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | - |
| Damon Jones * | 29 | 5-12 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | - |
| Donyell Marshall * | 28 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | - |
| Alan Henderson * | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | - |
| Ira Newble * | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
Chicago Bulls
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Duhon * | 41 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | - |
| Andres Nocioni * | 35 | 9-14 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 19 | - |
| Kirk Hinrich * | 34 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | -1 | - |
| Ben Gordon * | 33 | 7-15 | 4-8 | 4-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 9 | - |
| Luol Deng * | 26 | 7-13 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | - |
| Darius Songaila * | 25 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | - |
| Tyson Chandler * | 22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | - |
| Michael Sweetney * | 21 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | - |
* = starter