Model Predictions
| Model | Cleveland Cavaliers | Los Angeles Lakers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 40.4% | 59.6% | +2.1 | ✓ (1.1 off) |
| Pythagorean | 48.5% | 51.5% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Los Angeles Lakers +1 (99-98). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 40 | 11-22 | 2-3 | 4-9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 12 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 35 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 22 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 34 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 32 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 21 | - |
| Donyell Marshall * | 28 | 2-9 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - |
| Damon Jones * | 17 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Ira Newble * | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Luke Jackson * | 15 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | - |
| Mike Wilks * | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Anderson Varejao | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Odom * | 41 | 9-13 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 25 | - |
| Kobe Bryant * | 37 | 9-21 | 1-5 | 8-8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 7 | - |
| Smush Parker * | 36 | 6-13 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | - |
| Kwame Brown * | 34 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | - |
| Chris Mihm * | 30 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | - |
| Luke Walton * | 19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | - |
| Devean George * | 19 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | - |
| Sasha Vujacic * | 17 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Brian Cook | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
* = starter