Model Predictions
| Model | Boston Celtics | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 55.3% | 44.7% | -1.2 | ✗ (13.2 off) |
| Pythagorean | 53.2% | 46.8% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers +12 (94-82). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delonte West * | 42 | 6-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | - |
| Paul Pierce * | 39 | 6-20 | 4-6 | 8-9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | - |
| Wally Szczerbiak * | 34 | 5-13 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | - |
| Ryan Gomes * | 29 | 3-12 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | - |
| Raef LaFrentz * | 27 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | - |
| Tony Allen * | 21 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | - |
| Kendrick Perkins * | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Brian Scalabrine * | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Gerald Green * | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Orien Greene * | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 44 | 13-26 | 4-8 | 6-8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 30 | - |
| Flip Murray * | 40 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 30 | 5-15 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | - |
| Donyell Marshall * | 27 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | - |
| Damon Jones * | 27 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 23 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 22 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 8 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Ira Newble | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter