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Denver Nuggets 90
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San Antonio Spurs 96
1997-04-08

Model Predictions

Model Denver Nuggets San Antonio Spurs Spread Result
Elo 38.9% 61.1% - ✓
Bradley-Terry 32.5% 67.5% - ✓
Margin 40.2% 59.8% +2.2 ✓ (3.8 off)
Pythagorean 50.3% 49.7% - ✗

Actual: San Antonio Spurs +6 (96-90). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Denver Nuggets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Ervin Johnson * 41 8-11 0-0 0-0 15 0 2 6 3 16 25 -
Dale Ellis * 41 5-21 3-12 2-2 4 4 1 0 1 15 2 -
Tom Hammonds * 38 5-15 0-1 0-0 9 2 0 0 1 10 5 -
Antonio McDyess * 37 5-15 0-0 7-12 18 1 0 2 3 17 20 -
Anthony Goldwire * 29 4-8 2-5 3-4 3 6 1 0 3 13 12 -
Brooks Thompson * 24 5-10 4-7 1-2 1 1 0 1 1 15 7 -
Kenny Smith * 14 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 2 2 -1 -
Jerome Allen 11 0-3 0-1 2-2 3 7 0 0 0 2 9 -
George Zidek 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -

San Antonio Spurs

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Monty Williams * 43 14-26 0-0 2-4 10 3 0 4 2 30 19 -
Cory Alexander * 33 7-19 1-5 0-0 6 9 4 0 2 15 13 -
Greg Anderson * 32 6-10 0-0 2-2 16 0 1 2 2 14 21 -
Jamie Feick * 29 0-11 0-0 1-2 15 1 0 0 1 1 5 -
Vinny Del Negro * 26 5-13 0-0 0-0 4 2 2 0 0 10 5 -
Vernon Maxwell * 26 5-15 3-7 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 13 2 -
Charles Smith * 18 2-5 0-0 2-4 6 1 0 2 0 6 10 -
Will Perdue * 15 3-7 0-0 1-2 9 0 0 0 0 7 9 -
Avery Johnson * 14 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 -

* = starter