Model Predictions
| Model | Phoenix Suns | Los Angeles Lakers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 70.7% | 29.3% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 42.5% | 57.5% | - | ✗ |
| Margin | 39.3% | 60.7% | +2.4 | ✗ (7.4 off) |
| Pythagorean | 47.4% | 52.6% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Los Angeles Lakers -5 (116-121). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Phoenix Suns
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channing Frye * | 37 | 7-12 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 16 | - |
| Jason Richardson * | 35 | 13-20 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 27 | - |
| Steve Nash * | 33 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 7-7 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 26 | - |
| Grant Hill * | 28 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | - |
| Hedo Turkoglu * | 26 | 6-9 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | - |
| Josh Childress * | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | - |
| Hakim Warrick * | 20 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | - |
| Jared Dudley * | 14 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Goran Dragic * | 13 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | - |
| Robin Lopez * | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Garret Siler | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Odom * | 42 | 10-18 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 20 | - |
| Pau Gasol * | 41 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 28 | - |
| Kobe Bryant * | 38 | 11-20 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 21 | - |
| Derek Fisher * | 27 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | - |
| Matt Barnes * | 25 | 2-8 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | - |
| Metta World Peace * | 22 | 5-12 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | - |
| Shannon Brown * | 18 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | - |
| Sasha Vujacic * | 11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 | - |
| Luke Walton * | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Devin Ebanks * | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Derrick Caracter | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
* = starter