Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 53.3% | 46.7% | -0.7 | ✓ (8.3 off) |
| Pythagorean | 51.5% | 48.5% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers -9 (81-90). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy McGrady * | 42 | 14-29 | 0-5 | 6-10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 13 | - |
| Rafer Alston * | 39 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 6-6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 22 | - |
| Juwan Howard * | 37 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 14 | - |
| David Wesley * | 34 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | - |
| Dikembe Mutombo * | 33 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - |
| Stromile Swift * | 23 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | - |
| Luther Head * | 20 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | - |
| Ryan Bowen * | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jon Barry | 4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 44 | 13-19 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 25 | - |
| Donyell Marshall * | 35 | 4-16 | 3-12 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | - |
| Damon Jones * | 33 | 1-7 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 32 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 29 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 27 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Ira Newble * | 18 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Mike Wilks * | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Luke Jackson | 5 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Martynas Andriuskevicius | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter