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2008-12-23

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