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1998-01-08

Model Predictions

Model Oklahoma City Thunder Cleveland Cavaliers Spread Result
Elo 40.6% 59.4% -
Bradley-Terry 65.9% 34.1% -
Margin 47.0% 53.0% +0.7 (25.7 off)
Pythagorean 50.9% 49.1% -

Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers -25 (84-109). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Gary Payton * 33 9-12 3-3 4-4 6 4 5 0 3 25 25 -
Vin Baker * 28 9-15 0-0 7-8 7 1 2 1 1 25 20 -
Detlef Schrempf * 27 3-8 0-1 8-8 7 4 0 0 5 14 12 -
Hersey Hawkins * 24 3-9 2-5 0-0 1 4 2 0 1 8 5 -
Aaron Williams * 22 4-9 0-0 1-2 3 2 1 3 1 9 8 -
Dale Ellis * 20 3-5 1-2 3-4 2 4 1 0 0 10 12 -
Greg Anthony * 19 2-6 1-3 0-0 5 3 3 0 1 5 9 -
David Wingate * 18 1-5 0-0 1-2 5 1 1 0 3 3 2 -
Jim McIlvaine * 16 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 -
Sam Perkins * 10 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 -
Eric Snow 9 1-3 0-0 2-3 0 2 0 0 2 4 1 -
Stephen Howard 8 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 -

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Cedric Henderson * 31 5-10 0-0 1-2 9 2 3 0 3 11 12 -
Shawn Kemp * 29 2-11 0-0 5-8 6 3 2 0 3 9 6 -
Wesley Person * 28 6-13 3-7 0-0 1 1 1 1 1 15 5 -
Brevin Knight * 24 1-3 0-0 2-3 2 5 0 1 3 4 6 -
Derek Anderson * 23 1-7 0-1 2-2 1 6 2 1 4 4 3 -
Zydrunas Ilgauskas * 19 5-7 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 2 1 10 8 -
Danny Ferry * 18 1-4 0-1 0-0 4 1 0 1 1 2 3 -
Vitaly Potapenko * 15 2-3 0-0 1-2 2 2 0 0 0 5 6 -
Tony Dumas * 15 2-5 0-1 0-3 3 1 0 0 3 4 0 -
Henry James * 12 3-6 1-1 4-4 2 0 0 0 0 11 7 -
Scott Brooks * 12 2-4 1-1 2-2 1 3 2 0 0 7 9 -
Shawnelle Scott 10 0-3 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 2 0 2 6 -

* = starter