Model Predictions
| Model | Cleveland Cavaliers | Dallas Mavericks | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 30.3% | 69.7% | +4.6 | ✗ (11.6 off) |
| Pythagorean | 44.3% | 55.7% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Dallas Mavericks -7 (81-88). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 36 | 9-21 | 1-4 | 5-10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 18 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 35 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | - |
| Larry Hughes * | 33 | 6-15 | 0-2 | 5-5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | - |
| Daniel Gibson * | 33 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 31 | 7-16 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | - |
| Devin Brown * | 20 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic * | 20 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Ira Newble | 7 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | - |
Dallas Mavericks
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk Nowitzki * | 39 | 6-17 | 0-2 | 7-8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 23 | - |
| Josh Howard * | 35 | 9-18 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | - |
| Devin Harris * | 32 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 5-6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | - |
| Jerry Stackhouse * | 27 | 3-8 | 0-4 | 5-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | - |
| Jason Terry * | 27 | 3-12 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | - |
| Erick Dampier * | 23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Brandon Bass * | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Eddie Jones * | 18 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | - |
| Devean George | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Juwan Howard | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| DeSagana Diop | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
* = starter