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1997-02-27

Model Predictions

Model Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers Spread Result
Elo 85.8% 14.2% -
Bradley-Terry 80.9% 19.1% -
Margin 72.2% 27.8% -5.2 (8.2 off)
Pythagorean 54.8% 45.2% -

Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers +3 (73-70). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Chicago Bulls

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Michael Jordan * 43 7-25 0-3 9-9 8 4 0 0 2 23 8 -
Scottie Pippen * 42 5-13 0-4 4-6 14 2 3 0 5 14 15 -
Dennis Rodman * 39 6-11 0-0 4-4 16 1 0 1 2 16 21 -
Ron Harper * 28 1-8 0-2 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 2 -2 -
Toni Kukoc * 23 1-6 0-2 2-4 3 2 0 0 1 4 2 -
Steve Kerr * 22 1-4 1-3 0-1 2 1 2 0 1 3 3 -
Luc Longley * 16 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 6 4 -
Jason Caffey * 16 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 -
Randy Brown 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 -
Jud Buechler 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Chris Mills * 46 3-9 0-2 1-2 5 3 1 0 2 7 5 -
Bobby Phills * 44 5-14 3-4 0-0 7 3 3 0 1 13 11 -
Danny Ferry * 43 4-12 1-4 0-0 7 2 1 1 1 9 7 -
Terrell Brandon * 39 9-20 0-4 5-5 5 5 0 0 2 23 11 -
Vitaly Potapenko * 31 5-7 0-0 2-2 5 0 1 1 5 12 7 -
Mark West * 15 2-3 0-0 1-2 4 1 0 2 0 5 9 -
Bob Sura * 12 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 5 0 0 2 1 7 -
Donny Marshall 6 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -

* = starter