Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Sacramento Kings | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 62.4% | 37.6% | -2.8 | ✗ (3.8 off) |
| Pythagorean | 56.3% | 43.7% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Sacramento Kings +1 (99-98). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Battier * | 44 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | - |
| Tracy McGrady * | 43 | 12-31 | 1-4 | 7-8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 8 | - |
| Rafer Alston * | 35 | 4-13 | 2-5 | 6-9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | - |
| Luis Scola * | 34 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 10-10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 20 | - |
| Chuck Hayes * | 24 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Dikembe Mutombo * | 21 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | - |
| Carl Landry * | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | - |
| Bobby Jackson * | 12 | 3-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Luther Head * | 8 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - |
Sacramento Kings
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Martin * | 42 | 8-14 | 1-2 | 10-11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 13 | - |
| Metta World Peace * | 41 | 12-26 | 4-7 | 2-6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | - |
| Mikki Moore * | 33 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | - |
| Francisco Garcia * | 32 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | - |
| Shelden Williams * | 23 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | - |
| John Salmons * | 23 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | - |
| Brad Miller * | 22 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | - |
| Anthony Johnson * | 11 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - |
| Quincy Douby * | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Lorenzen Wright | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter