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2026-03-17

Model Predictions

Model Los Angeles Lakers Houston Rockets Spread Result
Elo 45.1% 54.9% - βœ—
Bradley-Terry 47.1% 52.9% - βœ—
Margin 30.4% 69.6% +4.5 βœ— (12.5 off)
Pythagorean 42.4% 57.6% - βœ—
Efficiency 26.0% 74.0% - βœ—
Adjusted Efficiency 27.0% 73.0% - βœ—
Log Adjusted 26.9% 73.1% - βœ—
Points Off/Def 30.6% 69.4% - βœ—

Actual: Houston Rockets -8 (92-100). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Los Angeles Lakers

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Austin Reaves * 40 5-18 0-8 5-5 3 5 4 1 1 15 9 -
Luka DončiΔ‡ * 39 14-27 4-12 4-5 6 4 2 0 4 36 17 -
Marcus Smart * 35 4-9 3-7 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 11 3 -
LeBron James * 33 7-13 1-3 3-4 5 5 2 0 1 18 16 -
Deandre Ayton * 27 3-6 0-0 1-2 11 0 1 1 1 7 13 -
Rui Hachimura 23 3-6 0-2 0-0 3 0 1 0 1 6 3 -
Luke Kennard 16 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
Jake LaRavia 12 1-2 0-0 5-6 4 0 3 0 3 7 9 -
Jaxson Hayes 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -

Houston Rockets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Jabari Smith Jr. * 40 9-17 2-8 2-2 8 0 0 1 1 22 13 -
Amen Thompson * 40 8-13 0-1 3-4 12 5 0 1 4 19 20 -
Kevin Durant * 37 8-16 0-3 2-2 5 2 0 0 7 18 2 -
Tari Eason * 33 2-11 0-3 1-2 9 3 2 0 2 5 6 -
Clint Capela * 26 3-4 0-0 3-5 8 2 1 0 3 9 13 -
Reed Sheppard 30 5-11 1-6 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 11 4 -
Dorian Finney-Smith 24 3-7 2-5 0-0 2 4 1 1 3 8 6 -
Josh Okogie 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 -

* = starter