Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Chicago Bulls | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 50.9% | 49.1% | -0.2 | ✓ (0.8 off) |
| Pythagorean | 50.4% | 49.6% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Chicago Bulls -1 (108-109). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafer Alston * | 53 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | - |
| Juwan Howard * | 50 | 15-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | - |
| David Wesley * | 50 | 6-13 | 2-7 | 3-5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | - |
| Tracy McGrady * | 39 | 13-29 | 2-4 | 7-8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 17 | - |
| Chuck Hayes * | 32 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 24 | - |
| Dikembe Mutombo * | 26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | - |
| Luther Head * | 24 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | - |
| Lonny Baxter * | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| John Lucas III | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Ryan Bowen | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng * | 47 | 9-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | - |
| Kirk Hinrich * | 41 | 4-17 | 3-5 | 5-7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | - |
| Ben Gordon * | 40 | 9-23 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | - |
| Chris Duhon * | 37 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | - |
| Andres Nocioni * | 35 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | - |
| Darius Songaila * | 32 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | - |
| Michael Sweetney * | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | - |
| Malik Allen * | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Stephen Graham * | 9 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | - |
| Othella Harrington * | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Tyson Chandler * | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - |
* = starter