Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Phoenix Suns | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 54.4% | 45.6% | -1.0 | ✗ (6.0 off) |
| Pythagorean | 52.6% | 47.4% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Phoenix Suns +5 (114-109). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Battier * | 40 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 20 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 39 | 9-18 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | - |
| Metta World Peace * | 39 | 10-20 | 4-9 | 4-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 15 | - |
| Luis Scola * | 32 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | - |
| Aaron Brooks * | 30 | 4-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | - |
| Von Wafer * | 18 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | - |
| Kyle Lowry * | 17 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | - |
| Brent Barry * | 13 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Dikembe Mutombo * | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Chuck Hayes | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Phoenix Suns
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill * | 39 | 10-13 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 12 | - |
| Shaquille O'Neal * | 38 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 6-11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | - |
| Steve Nash * | 38 | 9-15 | 2-2 | 5-8 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 30 | - |
| Jason Richardson * | 35 | 8-15 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11 | - |
| Matt Barnes * | 33 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 21 | - |
| Jared Dudley * | 21 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | - |
| Lou Amundson * | 16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - |
| Goran Dragic * | 9 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Stromile Swift * | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | - |
| Alando Tucker | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Robin Lopez | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter