Model Predictions
| Model | Orlando Magic | Houston Rockets | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 20.1% | 79.9% | +7.6 | ✓ (3.4 off) |
| Pythagorean | 38.9% | 61.1% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Houston Rockets +11 (103-92). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Orlando Magic
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darko Milicic * | 34 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 17 | - |
| Hedo Turkoglu * | 33 | 3-9 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | - |
| Dwight Howard * | 31 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 20 | - |
| Grant Hill * | 30 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 3 | - |
| Jameer Nelson * | 30 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Keyon Dooling * | 21 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Keith Bogans * | 21 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | - |
| Trevor Ariza * | 18 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | - |
| Carlos Arroyo * | 14 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - |
| JJ Redick | 2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Pat Garrity | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Battier * | 39 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 21 | - |
| Rafer Alston * | 35 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 35 | 14-22 | 0-0 | 9-11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 25 | - |
| Tracy McGrady * | 33 | 6-17 | 1-4 | 6-8 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 15 | - |
| Luther Head * | 28 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | - |
| Juwan Howard * | 23 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | - |
| Chuck Hayes * | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | - |
| Jake Tsakalidis * | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Kirk Snyder | 13 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
| John Lucas III | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter