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Houston Rockets 95
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Oklahoma City Thunder 103
1998-04-12

Model Predictions

Model Houston Rockets Oklahoma City Thunder Spread Result
Elo 27.6% 72.4% - ✓
Bradley-Terry 16.0% 84.0% - ✓
Margin 14.7% 85.3% +9.7 ✓ (1.7 off)
Pythagorean 36.4% 63.6% - ✓

Actual: Oklahoma City Thunder +8 (103-95). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Houston Rockets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Clyde Drexler * 42 9-16 5-10 2-2 4 7 3 1 5 25 19 -
Kevin Willis * 41 11-18 0-0 6-6 9 2 2 0 1 28 22 -
Mario Elie * 38 2-8 2-5 1-1 2 7 0 0 2 7 6 -
Hakeem Olajuwon * 36 4-9 0-0 5-7 9 6 0 3 4 13 18 -
Matt Maloney * 34 5-11 2-8 0-0 2 5 1 0 1 12 8 -
Othella Harrington * 18 1-3 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 0 1 4 4 -
Brent Price * 16 2-5 2-4 0-0 1 0 0 0 3 6 -1 -
Eddie Johnson * 11 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Gary Payton * 44 6-19 2-8 5-7 7 10 5 0 1 19 21 -
Detlef Schrempf * 33 6-10 1-1 3-4 15 4 0 0 3 16 22 -
Vin Baker * 30 8-10 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 0 1 16 10 -
Hersey Hawkins * 29 8-12 4-5 0-0 3 1 0 0 2 20 10 -
Sam Perkins * 27 4-11 2-6 0-0 6 1 2 0 0 10 8 -
Jerome Kersey * 22 5-11 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 0 3 10 2 -
Nate McMillan * 19 1-5 0-3 0-0 2 4 1 1 0 2 5 -
Dale Ellis * 16 2-5 1-3 1-1 1 1 1 0 1 6 3 -
Jim McIlvaine * 15 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 2 1 2 5 -
Aaron Williams 0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -

* = starter