Model Predictions
| Model | Denver Nuggets | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 52.4% | 47.6% | -0.5 | ✗ (11.5 off) |
| Pythagorean | 51.0% | 49.0% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers +11 (110-99). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Denver Nuggets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Anthony * | 38 | 5-12 | 1-3 | 7-8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 11 | - |
| Chauncey Billups * | 36 | 9-13 | 4-6 | 4-4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 21 | - |
| Kenyon Martin * | 35 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | - |
| Nene Hilario * | 34 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | - |
| JR Smith * | 27 | 7-11 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | - |
| Linas Kleiza * | 21 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - |
| Anthony Carter * | 19 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Dahntay Jones * | 15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Renaldo Balkman * | 10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 38 | 10-20 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 19 | - |
| Mo Williams * | 34 | 10-21 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | - |
| Delonte West * | 33 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | - |
| Ben Wallace * | 25 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 24 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 23 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | - |
| Wally Szczerbiak * | 23 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | - |
| Daniel Gibson * | 18 | 7-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | - |
| JJ Hickson * | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Tarence Kinsey | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter