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1997-03-17

Model Predictions

Model Detroit Pistons Cleveland Cavaliers Spread Result
Elo 42.5% 57.5% -
Bradley-Terry 68.3% 31.7% -
Margin 50.6% 49.4% -0.1 (3.1 off)
Pythagorean 50.8% 49.2% -

Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers +3 (85-82). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Detroit Pistons

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Grant Hill * 42 8-17 0-1 3-6 11 7 4 0 4 19 20 -
Otis Thorpe * 39 3-7 0-0 14-17 2 3 2 1 2 20 19 -
Lindsey Hunter * 35 5-10 5-7 1-2 2 4 1 0 0 16 13 -
Joe Dumars * 35 3-6 2-4 3-5 1 5 0 0 1 11 10 -
Terry Mills * 24 1-8 1-4 2-4 5 0 0 1 2 5 1 -
Michael Curry * 22 2-4 1-3 0-1 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 -
Theo Ratliff * 17 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 0 1 4 5 -
Grant Long * 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 -
Aaron McKie * 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 -
Litterial Green 2 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 * 45 8-14 1-5 2-2 6 4 1 2 2 19 16 -
Bobby Phills * 42 6-11 0-0 1-2 4 3 4 0 2 13 11 -
Bob Sura * 41 5-10 1-4 4-10 4 10 0 1 3 15 17 -
Danny Ferry * 39 3-7 1-2 3-3 7 1 0 0 2 10 9 -
Tyrone Hill * 38 11-13 0-0 4-10 10 1 1 0 0 26 25 -
Reggie Geary * 12 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -2 -
Vitaly Potapenko * 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 -
Antonio Lang * 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 -
Mark West 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -

* = starter