Model Predictions
| Model | Cleveland Cavaliers | Charlotte Hornets | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 49.5% | 50.5% | +0.1 | ✗ (4.1 off) |
| Pythagorean | 51.8% | 48.2% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Charlotte Hornets -4 (97-101). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 41 | 13-24 | 2-5 | 7-9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 31 | - |
| Flip Murray * | 38 | 6-12 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | - |
| Eric Snow * | 32 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 26 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 24 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | - |
| Donyell Marshall * | 23 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 4-5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | - |
| Damon Jones * | 21 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic * | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Ira Newble | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Charlotte Hornets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brevin Knight * | 39 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | - |
| Gerald Wallace * | 39 | 5-11 | 1-1 | 6-9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 20 | - |
| Raymond Felton * | 38 | 8-22 | 2-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 1 | - |
| Jumaine Jones * | 35 | 6-16 | 1-4 | 5-8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 12 | - |
| Primoz Brezec * | 34 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | - |
| Bernard Robinson * | 20 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | - |
| Matt Carroll * | 17 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | - |
| Jake Voskuhl * | 13 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - |
* = starter