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1997-12-16

Model Predictions

Model Phoenix Suns Cleveland Cavaliers Spread Result
Elo 44.7% 55.3% -
Bradley-Terry 57.3% 42.7% -
Margin 40.5% 59.5% +2.1 (10.9 off)
Pythagorean 49.3% 50.7% -

Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers +13 (103-90). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Phoenix Suns

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Rex Chapman * 40 5-14 1-5 4-5 3 5 0 0 2 15 7 -
Jason Kidd * 38 1-5 1-2 0-0 2 12 2 0 6 3 8 -
Clifford Robinson * 29 5-9 0-0 2-4 3 1 2 2 1 12 10 -
Antonio McDyess * 28 8-12 0-0 5-7 9 1 2 1 1 21 21 -
Danny Manning * 26 5-11 0-0 2-2 4 0 0 1 4 12 2 -
Steve Nash * 26 6-10 3-4 3-3 0 7 2 1 1 18 17 -
Cedric Ceballos * 17 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 0 2 6 4 -
Hot Rod Williams * 16 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 -
George McCloud * 10 1-5 1-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 3 -1 -
Mark Bryant * 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 -

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Wesley Person * 42 5-11 3-5 0-0 4 2 4 0 3 13 9 -
Derek Anderson * 36 8-13 0-1 3-3 4 6 4 0 4 19 16 -
Shawn Kemp * 34 6-17 0-0 9-14 11 3 0 0 6 21 12 -
Brevin Knight * 33 6-7 0-0 4-4 2 12 4 0 2 16 25 -
Zydrunas Ilgauskas * 23 5-12 0-0 0-0 9 2 2 3 0 10 14 -
Cedric Henderson * 20 3-5 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 1 6 5 -
Vitaly Potapenko * 20 3-4 0-0 4-8 4 2 0 1 0 10 13 -
Danny Ferry * 17 0-2 0-1 2-3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 -
Henry James * 10 1-2 1-1 3-3 1 1 0 0 1 6 5 -
Scott Brooks 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

* = starter