Model Predictions
| Model | Cleveland Cavaliers | Detroit Pistons | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 45.0% | 55.0% | +1.1 | ✓ (10.9 off) |
| Pythagorean | 49.3% | 50.7% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Detroit Pistons +12 (90-78). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 37 | 9-20 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 15 | - |
| Flip Murray * | 35 | 7-13 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 5 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 30 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 28 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - |
| Donyell Marshall * | 25 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 25 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | - |
| Damon Jones * | 22 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic * | 17 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | - |
| Anderson Varejao | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Stephen Graham | 2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Martynas Andriuskevicius | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
Detroit Pistons
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Wallace * | 37 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 33 | - |
| Chauncey Billups * | 35 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 8-9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 24 | - |
| Tayshaun Prince * | 34 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | - |
| Richard Hamilton * | 33 | 8-19 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | - |
| Rasheed Wallace * | 29 | 7-19 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | - |
| Antonio McDyess * | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Lindsey Hunter * | 10 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Carlos Delfino * | 8 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Maurice Evans | 19 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Dale Davis | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | - |
| Jason Maxiell | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Alex Acker | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - |
* = starter