Model Predictions
| Model | Portland Trail Blazers | Los Angeles Lakers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 65.3% | 34.7% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 36.1% | 63.9% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 34.4% | 65.6% | +3.5 | ✓ (15.5 off) |
| Pythagorean | 43.0% | 57.0% | - | ✓ |
| Efficiency | 31.1% | 68.9% | - | ✓ |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 35.0% | 65.0% | - | ✓ |
| Log Adjusted | 35.0% | 65.0% | - | ✓ |
| Points Off/Def | 35.8% | 64.2% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Los Angeles Lakers +19 (128-109). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Portland Trail Blazers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anfernee Simons * | 38 | 9-22 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | - | - | |
| Justise Winslow * | 36 | 9-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | - | - | |
| Jerami Grant * | 35 | 10-23 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | - | - | |
| Jusuf Nurkic * | 31 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | - | |
| Trendon Watford * | 30 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | - | - | |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 27 | 7-12 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | - | - | |
| Jabari Walker | 14 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | |
| Drew Eubanks | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| Greg Brown III | 8 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| John Butler Jr. | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Reaves * | 34 | 7-10 | 2-5 | 6-8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | - | - | |
| LeBron James * | 32 | 12-18 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | - | - | |
| Anthony Davis * | 29 | 9-17 | 1-2 | 8-9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27 | - | - | |
| Dennis Schroder * | 29 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | - | |
| Patrick Beverley * | 22 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | |
| Russell Westbrook | 22 | 4-14 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | - | - | |
| Thomas Bryant | 19 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | - | - | |
| Max Christie | 18 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kendrick Nunn | 14 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | - | - | |
| Damian Jones | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Matt Ryan | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Juan Toscano-Anderson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
* = starter