Model Predictions
| Model | Sacramento Kings | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 30.4% | 69.6% | +4.5 | ✗ (11.5 off) |
| Pythagorean | 42.1% | 57.9% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers -7 (90-97). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Sacramento Kings
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metta World Peace * | 44 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | - |
| Mike Bibby * | 43 | 7-22 | 1-7 | 1-1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 7 | - |
| Kenny Thomas * | 40 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 18 | - |
| Brad Miller * | 38 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | - |
| Kevin Martin * | 36 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | - |
| Francisco Garcia * | 19 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | - |
| Shareef Abdur-Rahim * | 17 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 44 | 7-21 | 1-4 | 4-7 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | - |
| Flip Murray * | 44 | 9-16 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 6 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 32 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 30 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 23 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | - |
| Donyell Marshall * | 22 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Damon Jones * | 20 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 17 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic * | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
* = starter