Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Los Angeles Lakers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 54.9% | 45.1% | -1.1 | ✗ (17.1 off) |
| Pythagorean | 53.0% | 47.0% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Los Angeles Lakers +16 (104-88). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafer Alston * | 42 | 5-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 4 | - |
| Keith Bogans * | 40 | 3-11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 38 | 16-25 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 25 | - |
| Luther Head * | 30 | 2-10 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Juwan Howard * | 27 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | - |
| Stromile Swift * | 22 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | - |
| Richie Frahm * | 21 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | - |
| Chuck Hayes * | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Rick Brunson | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Maciej Lampe | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Odom * | 43 | 7-13 | 2-7 | 5-7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | - |
| Kwame Brown * | 37 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | - |
| Smush Parker * | 36 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 21 | - |
| Kobe Bryant * | 35 | 19-32 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 19 | - |
| Luke Walton * | 26 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | - |
| Brian Cook * | 18 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | - |
| Sasha Vujacic * | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | - |
| Ronny Turiaf * | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - |
| Devean George | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Aaron McKie | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Jim Jackson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter