Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 53.3% | 46.7% | -0.7 | ✗ (9.7 off) |
| Pythagorean | 51.5% | 48.5% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers +9 (99-90). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Battier * | 39 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Luis Scola * | 31 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | - |
| Metta World Peace * | 31 | 5-14 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | - |
| Tracy McGrady * | 30 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - |
| Rafer Alston * | 30 | 8-11 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 14 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 22 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 13-13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | - |
| Aaron Brooks * | 21 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | - |
| Brent Barry * | 8 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Carl Landry * | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Chuck Hayes | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James * | 38 | 11-23 | 0-3 | 5-7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 15 | - |
| Mo Williams * | 37 | 8-13 | 2-5 | 5-5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 17 | - |
| Ben Wallace * | 29 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | - |
| Daniel Gibson * | 28 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | - |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | 27 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | - |
| Anderson Varejao * | 26 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Delonte West * | 20 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | - |
| Wally Szczerbiak * | 15 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Lorenzen Wright * | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 12 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - |
* = starter