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2025-12-28

Model Predictions

Model Cleveland Cavaliers Houston Rockets Spread Result
Elo 44.1% 55.9% -
Bradley-Terry 42.5% 57.5% -
Margin 38.9% 61.1% +2.5 (14.5 off)
Pythagorean 45.6% 54.4% -
Efficiency 38.0% 62.0% -
Adjusted Efficiency 41.9% 58.1% -
Log Adjusted 41.9% 58.1% -
Points Off/Def 39.5% 60.5% -

Actual: Houston Rockets +17 (117-100). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Donovan Mitchell * 30 7-17 2-5 0-1 3 6 2 1 1 16 10 -
Sam Merrill * 25 5-8 3-6 0-1 3 3 1 0 1 13 11 -
Darius Garland * 24 5-9 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 3 12 1 -
Dean Wade * 17 2-6 2-5 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 6 5 -
Jarrett Allen * 17 3-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 2 1 2 6 10 -
Jaylon Tyson 29 10-20 1-5 2-3 15 0 1 1 3 23 17 -
De'Andre Hunter 20 0-7 0-3 2-2 1 2 0 1 1 2 -2 -
Evan Mobley 20 2-9 0-2 0-0 4 2 1 1 3 4 0 -
Lonzo Ball 18 0-2 0-2 2-2 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 -
Craig Porter Jr. 17 1-5 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 -
Thomas Bryant 12 3-7 0-2 1-2 7 2 0 1 0 7 10 -
Tyrese Proctor 7 3-3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 7 5 -

Houston Rockets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Amen Thompson * 33 6-14 1-5 0-0 9 4 0 1 3 13 10 -
Kevin Durant * 28 11-17 2-4 6-7 4 7 0 0 3 30 21 -
Jabari Smith Jr. * 26 6-9 3-5 0-0 7 2 1 1 0 15 17 -
Steven Adams * 22 3-6 0-0 3-6 8 1 2 0 3 9 11 -
Tari Eason * 21 3-6 2-3 1-2 6 0 2 1 2 9 10 -
Reed Sheppard 32 5-12 4-10 4-4 3 8 5 1 1 18 22 -
Clint Capela 18 2-6 0-0 0-0 8 0 1 2 1 4 8 -
Dorian Finney-Smith 16 1-4 1-3 0-0 3 2 1 1 0 3 6 -
Aaron Holiday 13 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 -
Josh Okogie 13 3-4 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 -
Jae'Sean Tate 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 -
Jeff Green 4 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 -
JD Davison 4 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 -

* = starter