Model Predictions
| Model | Cleveland Cavaliers | Houston Rockets | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 26.1% | 73.9% | +5.7 | ✗ (7.7 off) |
| Pythagorean | 42.5% | 57.5% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Houston Rockets -2 (102-104). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 48 | 14-34 | 0-4 | 8-11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 13 | - |
| Flip Murray * | 37 | 3-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Donyell Marshall * | 33 | 5-12 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 33 | 8-18 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | - |
| Damon Jones * | 33 | 8-10 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 23 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic * | 16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Ira Newble | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Bogans * | 48 | 7-9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 15 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 43 | 9-21 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 13 | - |
| Luther Head * | 43 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - |
| Rafer Alston * | 43 | 6-13 | 1-4 | 9-12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 23 | - |
| Juwan Howard * | 37 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | - |
| Stromile Swift * | 24 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | - |
| Richie Frahm * | 14 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Rick Brunson | 9 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | - |
| Ryan Bowen | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter