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1997-12-09

Model Predictions

Model New York Knicks Chicago Bulls Spread Result
Elo 7.4% 92.6% -
Bradley-Terry 22.0% 78.0% -
Margin 18.9% 81.1% +8.0 (10.0 off)
Pythagorean 40.3% 59.7% -

Actual: Chicago Bulls +18 (100-82). Predictions use season-end ratings.

New York Knicks

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Patrick Ewing * 36 6-20 0-0 10-15 13 0 1 2 1 22 17 -
Allan Houston * 36 6-13 0-1 4-4 5 1 0 0 2 16 7 -
Charlie Ward * 36 6-10 3-4 0-0 5 5 1 0 5 15 11 -
Chris Mills * 31 5-10 1-3 0-0 4 3 3 1 2 11 10 -
John Starks * 26 2-13 0-5 1-2 3 3 2 0 3 5 -3 -
Chris Childs * 23 3-6 0-1 1-2 4 2 0 0 3 7 4 -
Charles Oakley * 19 1-4 0-0 1-2 4 1 1 0 0 3 5 -
Chris Dudley * 13 0-3 0-0 1-4 4 0 0 2 0 1 4 -
Buck Williams 16 0-2 0-0 2-2 2 1 1 0 1 2 3 -

Chicago Bulls

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Ron Harper * 38 5-13 0-0 3-3 9 4 1 3 0 13 17 -
Michael Jordan * 37 10-23 0-0 9-9 4 4 1 0 4 29 11 -
Toni Kukoc * 32 6-6 4-4 4-6 2 3 1 0 1 20 19 -
Dennis Rodman * 31 1-2 0-0 0-0 9 1 0 0 3 2 7 -
Luc Longley * 31 3-9 0-0 7-7 9 2 1 1 3 13 14 -
Steve Kerr * 21 2-5 1-3 2-2 3 2 1 0 1 7 7 -
Randy Brown * 18 3-6 0-0 3-3 1 0 0 0 0 9 4 -
Bill Wennington * 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 -
Jud Buechler * 7 0-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 -
Jason Caffey * 5 2-5 0-0 0-2 1 0 0 0 1 4 -1 -
Scott Burrell 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 -

* = starter