Model Predictions
| Model | Cleveland Cavaliers | Dallas Mavericks | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 30.3% | 69.7% | +4.6 | ✗ (23.6 off) |
| Pythagorean | 44.3% | 55.7% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Dallas Mavericks -19 (81-100). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 34 | 8-20 | 0-2 | 13-15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 22 | - |
| Mo Williams * | 33 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | - |
| Delonte West * | 33 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 20 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 31 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 16 | - |
| Daniel Gibson * | 25 | 3-10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 25 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | - |
| Ben Wallace * | 21 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | - |
| Wally Szczerbiak * | 19 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | - |
| Lorenzen Wright | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | - |
| JJ Hickson | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tarence Kinsey | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - |
Dallas Mavericks
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Howard * | 33 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 4-7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | - |
| Jason Kidd * | 31 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | - |
| Dirk Nowitzki * | 31 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | - |
| Jason Terry * | 25 | 1-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | -3 | - |
| DeSagana Diop * | 23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | - |
| Erick Dampier * | 23 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | - |
| Antoine Wright * | 21 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | - |
| J.J. Barea * | 16 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | - |
| Gerald Green * | 16 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | - |
| Brandon Bass * | 12 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -2 | - |
| James Singleton | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | - |
* = starter