Model Predictions
| Model | Chicago Bulls | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 41.1% | 58.9% | +2.0 | ✓ (12.0 off) |
| Pythagorean | 48.1% | 51.9% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers +14 (107-93). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Chicago Bulls
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng * | 40 | 7-15 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | - |
| Derrick Rose * | 39 | 7-16 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | - |
| Drew Gooden * | 37 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | - |
| Ben Gordon * | 31 | 11-19 | 5-9 | 4-5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 19 | - |
| Andres Nocioni * | 26 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Kirk Hinrich * | 20 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Thabo Sefolosha * | 17 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - |
| Tyrus Thomas * | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Joakim Noah * | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Aaron Gray | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delonte West * | 37 | 6-12 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | - |
| LeBron James * | 35 | 13-23 | 0-2 | 15-16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 32 | - |
| Mo Williams * | 32 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 3 | - |
| Ben Wallace * | 28 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 27 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 24 | 6-16 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | - |
| Daniel Gibson * | 24 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Wally Szczerbiak * | 22 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| JJ Hickson | 2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Tarence Kinsey | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Lorenzen Wright | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
* = starter